Zebra-finch
a small australian waxbill, poephila guttata, that has black-and-white barred plumage and a chestnut ear patch: popular as a cage bird.
noun
any of various australasian songbirds with zebra-like markings, such as the gr-ssfinch poephila castanotis
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