Peale's (Fiji) Parrot Finch

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Niki_K
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arthur wrote:
Niki_K wrote:Yes, you do tend to see them more in Nadi these days than in Suva- funnily enough, the last time I was home (in Suva), I saw a strawberry finch in my driveway! Never seen one in Fiji before, so that was nice. Since then, my sister has said that she has seen a few within a few hundred metres of our house.
The 'purists' may not agree that it is 'nice'

Probably smuggled in :silent: . . a long way to fly from its natural habitat . . but you never know with those cyclones ;-)

Haha you're probably right on both counts- I thought it was nice to see one in the 'wild'! Fiji does have quite relaxed laws about bringing in animals, so they may well have been deliberately introduced. I don't think there's much in the way of aviculturists there (apart from people keeping native parrots- probably illegally)- my sister has been trying to obtain captive-bred Peale's parrot finches (called Kula lailai there- translates to 'little green'), but has had no success.
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dukem
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Here in Portugal they are fairly easy to find there are alot of breeders of this spicie. http://magoitoexoticos.blogspot.pt/2011 ... hrura.html
http://magoitoexoticos.blogspot.pt/2014 ... mante.html
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