Aussie Finch Forum

Died out in Australia or globally ? How did they come to die out ? Hard to breed ?

What I know deb is that they still breed them in Europe, but I would like to know why they're not hear coz being such a beautiful looking bird would hav liked to hav some to breed.

Same djb . I'm curious to know why they aren't around too and yes they are bloody gawjus looking birds .

Maybe one of the more mature forumers will have an idea about what happened with them .

some canadian, american and european aviculturists I know of have them,
as to why, I have no idea...

We have a chap from ireland on the board who has them if memory serves, though I don't recall his username... I gather they are a challenging bird to breed.

Its Nick Nolan you are thinking of. He has a few pics of the bullfinches on the forum
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There are a few different types of bullfinch they spread right across the northen hemasphere threw europe and down to the northen parts of africa but not in america they are a biggish bird that requires quite a lot of livefood I kept them back when I was living in the uk do well on a seed mix of canary style and bigger they loved blackberries as well and they are are an excellent bird but can bully smaller birds mine was kept in an aviary by there selves and produced a couple of broods they get quite tame as well coming to the wire for treats.

Thanks Diane for the link was quite interesting reading.

The last ones I saw here in Australia were in the mid 80's.
Quite a big finch but very beautiful especially the male.
They are harder to manage than other European species kept here, also they are high on the NO NO class as the authorities here and over seas fear that they would establish wild colonies and damage fruit crops as they seem to love the fruit tree buds.

Well there goes that hope of ever getting any