What might this hybrid be?

[TomDeGraaff]

The other day I ventured down to the seaside city of Geelong where branchez kindly took me around to some aviaries including some AFFers. Thanks branchez. I had a great time and appreciate your kindness. Great new aviary, too! Looks even bigger when you're standing in it!!!

Anyway, in one of the aviaries, we saw a hybrid. Branchez posted it a while ago but no real ideas came forth. It is allopreening with a long-tailed.
Species in the original aviary included long-tailed, black-throated, red-faced parrotfinch but not star.
Tom

[Buzzard-1]

I do realize that that Star was listed as not in the aviary, but it does look like a Longtail x Star to me with the red and the spots under the bib?

[SamDavis]

Are you sure they were the only species present? It's hard to believe that bloke is a RF Parrot finch hybrid.

[willy]

Red Strawberry perhaps, not sure if that's possible. Trying to think what else has spots.

[Diane]

Emblema have spots but I would have thought the longer sharper looking beak they have would have been carried forward.
Ruddies have spots too.
????? Interesting.
How old is the bird? Has it been through a complete moult yet?

[Greg41]

Any adjoining aviaries with birds in them?

Cheers Greg.

[Craig52]

I would have said star as well or painted but as it has a dark bill it could be RFPF if that is possible,has it got a red rump or red in the rump? Craig

[elferoz777]

Painted cross red brow

[finchbreeder]

The face/bib definately looks like a painted despite the shorter beak, and the rest of the bird looks longtail or blackthroated. So if there are painteds present? Unusuall, and best popped into the holding avairy, just in case it is a fertile hybird. Unlikely as this is.
LML

[Pictorella]

I'd say Star x Long-tail