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title: "Diamante de Bichenov"
description: "Stizoptera bichenovii — Aves. The double-barred finch (Stizoptera bichenovii) is an estrildid finch found in dry savannah, tropical (lowland) dry grassland and shrubland habitats in northern and eastern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/double-barred-finch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Diamante de Bichenov

> Stizoptera bichenovii — Aves. The double-barred finch (Stizoptera bichenovii) is an estrildid finch found in dry savannah, tropical (lowland) dry grassland and shrubland habitats in northern and eastern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Stizoptera bichenovii*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Praderas y campos), `savanna` (Sabana)
- iNaturalist observations: 4821
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289384](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289384)

## Names

- en: Double-barred Finch
- de: Ringelastrild
- es: Diamante de Bichenov
- fr: Diamant de Bicheno

## Countries with the most observations

AU (4606)

## Summary

The double-barred finch (Stizoptera bichenovii) is an estrildid finch found in dry savannah, tropical (lowland) dry grassland and shrubland habitats in northern and eastern Australia. It is sometimes referred to as Bicheno's finch or as the owl finch, the latter of which owing to the dark ring of feathers around the face. It is the only species placed in the genus Stizoptera .

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-barred_finch

## Photo

![Diamante de Bichenov](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/double-barred-finch/medium.jpg)

Photo: Barb · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144124412

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/double-barred-finch?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).