The Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) were these ever imported by the early settlers into Australia?
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Bullfinch. were these ever imported into Australia?
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From what i have heard they were but were and still hard to breed (os that is).
Would be mice for an old hand to twll some history.
they are my favourite finch based on photos.
Would be mice for an old hand to twll some history.
they are my favourite finch based on photos.
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Thanks for the replies.
Was lucky enough to see plenty of them in Europe last year.
Also a large number of different colour mutations around there.
From the numbers I would suggest not too hard to breed.
cheers, case
Was lucky enough to see plenty of them in Europe last year.
Also a large number of different colour mutations around there.
From the numbers I would suggest not too hard to breed.
cheers, case
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Some history of imports of Old World finches into Aus/NZ on page 1302 of this free pdf download.(28 pages).casehulsebosch wrote: ↑12 Mar 2016, 15:47 The Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) were these ever imported by the early settlers into Australia?
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http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/sites/all/f ... dfinch.pdf
I have not read it all yet but it looks interesting from a brief perusal.
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A good read thanks for sharing
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agate mosaic canaries, agate yellow mosaic canaries, red zebs, self bengos and goldfinch mules.