My new Pin-Tailed Parrot Finches

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Andrew
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Hi,

I'm a new member living in Singapore, and it was suggested I get some Pin-Tailed Parrot Finches that became available here. So I did. They are a nice looking bird and they are something I will never have the chance to keep when I return to Australia. I took some photos just after ringing them. There are two males and two females. One of the males is the naturally occurring wild variety. The purchase price was a very reasonable SGD 35 each. The photos aren't great but I hope they are interesting. They are a new bird for me of course, so am trying to gather as much info as possible. This is my first real post, so please be understand issues I may have uploading or presenting the photos.
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finches247
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There Beautiful Finches & Best of luck with them :thumbup:
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Shane Gowland
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Wow. Stunning colours, do they actually exist in Australia?
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iaos
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Stunning.

Do you think they are captive bred or wild caught?

Cheers Ian
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SamDavis
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Great species. Thanks for sharing.
I doubt that many if any remain in Australia but we live in hope.
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Craig52
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Brilliant but i think you have two different sub species,the red bellied and the yellow bellied.Can you confirm this Andrew. Cheers Craig
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Pretty, and easy to sex. If they are two different colour versions of the same type of finch. As it would appear. It might be best to breed them in seperate avairys. Do you have space for a couple of long avairys? Long to allow for the fast flight they are reputed to enjoy.
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SamDavis
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Craig52 wrote:Brilliant but i think you have two different sub species,the red bellied and the yellow bellied.Can you confirm this Andrew. Cheers Craig
I thought the yellow was a mutation?
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Craig52
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SamDavis wrote:
Craig52 wrote:Brilliant but i think you have two different sub species,the red bellied and the yellow bellied.Can you confirm this Andrew. Cheers Craig
I thought the yellow was a mutation?
No i don't think so Sam but it has a yellow rump which is not right.The yellow bellied bird i think still has a red rump and they are two distinct races. Craig

Just checked,it is the yellow variant of the same bird and it does have a yellow rump :)
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Both yellow and orange are found in the wild
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