Low level of extrapair parentage in wild zebra finches

By Simon C. Griffith, C. Holleley, Mylene M. Mariette, S. R. Pryke, Nina Svedin. 2010

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Cooperation and Coordination in Socially Monogamous Birds: Moving Away From a Focus on Sexual Conflict (2019, background): “It is arguable that our perspective on extrapair paternity is somewhat biased by the relatively high levels seen in many species of passerine that have been relatively well-sampled (Brouwer and Griffith, 2019), but even here, there are passerines such as the zebra finch in which extrapair paternity ”
Vocal communication at the nest between mates in wild zebra finches: a private vocal duet? (2010, background): “In particular, pairs may avoid signalling the presence of their nest to conspecifics to limit the occurrence of intraspecific brood parasitism (10.9% of offspring, Birkhead et al. 1990; Griffith et al. 2010) and also nest disturbance by prospecting adults (M.M. Mariette, personal observation).”
The Zebra Finch: the ultimate Australian supermodel (2010, background): “Recent work has found that wild Zebra Finches differ from domesticated stocks in traits such as mate-choice behaviour (Rutstein et al. 2007), female infidelity (Griffith et al. 2010), body size (Tschirren et al. 2009), and the level of synchrony in hatching of broods (Mainwaring et al. 2010).”