Hi all,
Can somebody confirm if we have Fawn Choc Parsons here in Australia please..
Pretty sure a good friend has just had one fly the nest I will try and get some pictures soon.
Rich.
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Thanks Craig.
This wasn't a deliberate intention just a random mishap.
So have you heard of fawns appearing in Australia?
Rich.
This wasn't a deliberate intention just a random mishap.
So have you heard of fawns appearing in Australia?
Rich.
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The only difference with a fawn parson is brown where the black is and a slightly lighter body,if the bird is creamy brown in the body and chocolate bib and trouser strips it's a cream which is the next step to a white. Cheers Craig
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I doubt if there are many TRUE Chocolate Parsons left in our aviaries and maybe showing my ignorance even less chance in the west.
True Chocolate Parsons are different not just a darker form. I think you would see they are a different brown and seem to
have a real sheen to their feathers.
It is some years now since I saw them and nothing I have seen recently is any where near them.
From memory they we the shade of brown like the actual Chestnut.
True Chocolate Parsons are different not just a darker form. I think you would see they are a different brown and seem to
have a real sheen to their feathers.
It is some years now since I saw them and nothing I have seen recently is any where near them.
From memory they we the shade of brown like the actual Chestnut.
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Have to agree. I've seen a few referred to as chocolate parsons in recent years but haven't seen the real deal for at least 20 years. The proper ones are/were a big solid finch with a large black bib, dark brown with a slight hint of rufous on the front and a conspicuous clean white rump.
I remember talking to a finch breeder about chocolate parsons at a bird sale about 10 years ago. We were saying then that you don't see the real deal any more. I said that I would love to get a few pairs of them again & he said "yeah me too. I'd love to put the cream mutation through them." I shook my head & walked away.
I remember talking to a finch breeder about chocolate parsons at a bird sale about 10 years ago. We were saying then that you don't see the real deal any more. I said that I would love to get a few pairs of them again & he said "yeah me too. I'd love to put the cream mutation through them." I shook my head & walked away.
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It hasn't been given a sub-species name by taxonomists (that I know of) and was always regarded as the "southern form" of the nominate subspecies N.c.cincta.
The "chocolate" form of the Diggles/black-rumped Parson was/is regarded as a separate subspecies though, N.c.nigrotecta. Taxonomy is such a fickle field of science
The "chocolate" form of the Diggles/black-rumped Parson was/is regarded as a separate subspecies though, N.c.nigrotecta. Taxonomy is such a fickle field of science