continent of Australia. Taeniopygia guttata castanotis is found over the wide range of continental Australia. The Australian race is sometimes split as Chestnut-eared Finch ( Gould , 1837), Taeniopygia castanotis . The morphological differences between the sub-species include differences in size. Taeniopygia guttata guttata is smaller than Taeniopygia guttata castanotis .