What finch species do you have? part 2
- toothlessjaws
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are people picking the blue-billed firefinch instead of the red-billed by mistake?
i wasn't aware that blue-billed fire finches were still in this country....
i wasn't aware that blue-billed fire finches were still in this country....
- toothlessjaws
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part of it is australians obsession with shortening everything and adding a "Y" on the end...
admittedly there's little point calling them red-billed firefinches, when in australia we have only one firefinch species. but calling them "ruddies" is an exclusively australian name which is entirely unknown elsewhere.
i'm happy to just call them firefinches from now on.....;)
admittedly there's little point calling them red-billed firefinches, when in australia we have only one firefinch species. but calling them "ruddies" is an exclusively australian name which is entirely unknown elsewhere.
i'm happy to just call them firefinches from now on.....;)