Unusual Double bar

[johnnopj]

Hi all

This is my first posting.

I used to breed Goudlians but have now since retired from the finch scene but still retain an interest in Aussie finches.

I found this young double bar in our garden last week.

Can anyone explain why he looks so different.

Out of the three babies he would be the most active of the lot. He appears to perfectly healthy he just looks different. It appears to be some type of marble pattern.

In the area we live we have visits from Double bars, Black throats, Plumheads, Bull finches, Zebras and both types of Crimson finches.

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regards


Johnno

[jusdeb]

Looks like hes just a little tacker and hasnt coloured up yet ....just a guess OH welcome to the forum

[gomer]

Hi and welcome to the forum.Half your luck with all those finches around.
He looks like some kind of mutation to me.I have never seen one as white as that one.I wonder how long it will last in the wild ? I have seen melanastic ones but they are rather black.And can be caused from diet.

[finchbreeder]

Can it be suggested that as he/she is a mutation and therefore at risk in the wild he/she should be captured. Strictly in the interests of preservation, and given to the nearest fincho.
I would volanteer but I don't currently have double bars and I susspect if these guys are wild in your area that you a aways away from where I am.
LML

[Mattyboy]

The white wing seems to indicate that it's a pied.
Nature will probably pick it off before it gets a chance to breed.

[johnnopj]

Thanks every one for the welcome.

Mutations must not be all that rare in the world.

In the same area I have seen a Pee wee with the black replaced with brown, a dilute coloured Chestnut, a fawn coloured Corella and Magpie with the coloured reversed.

I have also seen Gouldian’s in the area but that was because my aviary blew over and I lost 25 of them. After 20 years I can finally laugh The population never established itself though.

I am currently residing at Rupertswood a western suburb of Townsville.

I would imagine the same rules of capture apply to mutations as they do for normal native birds, although I often wonder.

Regards

Johnno

[finchbreeder]

Regretfully the same rules of capture do apply.
Sorry I am faciecous so and so.

LML