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Jayburd
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just found this pic on wiki
how nice are these? would sooooo love some :D It's a male Pallas's Rosefinch
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Oh yeah ....very very nice . :thumbup:
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Jayburd, do you know if they are local and available or are they like those Violet ears I took a fancy too :?:
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I highly doubt their availability to aviculture just about anywhere :(
I've never heard of them before today, and certainly never seen one.
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It looks like a sparrow with henna highlights :D > thats red hair dye for you blokey blokes :D
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Very unusuall. Asian according to my Googling.
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Very nice, like the white mohawk and goatee lol.
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great lookin little bird. looks like a cross between a canary and a ruddie :wtf:
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Looks like it has been bathing in beetroot juice. And that bib is a little remanicent of a Pictorella.
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Beautiful! Thanks for sharing your find Jayburd.
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