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Australian Aviculture - Vol. 40 - No. 8. August 1995 Author D. White.

"A 'yellow' mutation of the crimson finch also exists in captivity but is still being established. Basically, wherever the normal coloured bird is red this has been replaced by a golden-orange colour. I believe that it is a recessive mutation"

iaos wrote:Australian Aviculture - Vol. 40 - No. 8. August 1995 Author D. White.

"A 'yellow' mutation of the crimson finch also exists in captivity but is still being established. Basically, wherever the normal coloured bird is red this has been replaced by a golden-orange colour. I believe that it is a recessive mutation"

Yellow Crimson finches there are a lot from in holland I have by meself about 10 birds,coming breeding season 3 pairs 100% yellow and the others going aigainst normals. they are al ressesievei.(It's normal ,while mutations against wild colours,when not split are all ressesive.)
Breeding going good not excelent but good.Iám have seen a photo on the internet somewhere made in Australia who seen the birds in the wild.but can't find the photo no more.
have look in the next day's to find.

Regards Ger Janssen.

Hi Ger. Interesting to see the Dutch have good stocks of Crimsons. Are they decendents of New Guinea or Australian, white bellied stock or are they from Australian black bellied stock? I guess they are bred in cabinets too which will be a contrast to Australia. They are still a bit of a novelty in their homeland because Aussies tend to keep all finches in aviaries todether with other with other estrillids and many lines have earned their other name - blood finch because they are so aggressive and so Aussie aviculturists tend to avoid them.

there's a pic of a yellow crimson in the Encyclopaedia of estrildid Finches (Matthew Vriends & Tanya Heming-Vriends)

http://http://www.ornitologialodato.com ... y+black%29

There are also some photos of the yellow mutation on this Italian website. (the photos are down the bottom of the page)

Gee, I'd missed these posts & pix . . dunno how

I saw my one and only 'golden blood' about 1970 in Townsville at the aiaries of Laurie(?) Larry(?) Taylor, whose aviaries were wiped out by floods a couple of years later.

I seem to remember it as a brighter and more yellow colour than the above pix . . but the memory is a funny thing and is a mix of what you saw, what you thought you saw, and what you would like to have seen

Anyway lighter or darker, would love to have a pair flying around in my aviaries

Hello,

Find the photo off the yellow crimson finch who is made in Australia.

Regards Ger.

http://www.google.nl/imgres?q=crimson+f ... r:19,s:189" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Australian Aviculture Oct 1965 p139 "Golden" Finches Bred" L Taylor

From R.Kingston's ABK Guide to Australian Grassfinches:

"the yellow mutation occurs in the wild as well as in captivity. The intensity of the colour varies from a deep yellow through to a rust colour."

ciao
Dimar

Photos of hen Golden/yellow Bloods along water coursce in Pandanus tree in the North. Cheers