Aussie Finch Forum

You can call that bird a modern day Chocolate Parson but it's nothing like the original Choc. Parson.
I call that a black/ brown where the older race was what I would call a red/ brown
They were called choc as they were several shades darker but no where near that colour
At least that is my opinion.

Bit hard to be definite on one pic . .

But bottom bird may be melanistic, going on the dark area in the undertail white and the overall appearance

Definitely 'different'

arthur wrote:Bit hard to be definite on one pic . .

But bottom bird may be melanistic, going on the dark area in the undertail white and the overall appearance

Definitely 'different'

Agree with Arthur, there seems to be a bit of melanistic in the bird in the last pic. Is this the bird that got lighter every moult ?

Hi Craig

These are both the same bird. choco1 was taken about 12 months after choc1.

Neil

This proves it was melanistic.

chocolateparson wrote:Hi Craig

These are both the same bird. choco1 was taken about 12 months after choc1.

Neil

Hi Chocolateparson

Please help me to describe color of my parson
Im not sure about Fawn or Brown that same thing
and I think I have Isabel parson , Could you please to confirm me sbout that
Thank you so much bro

top one fawn.

I save this color from website
but I don't know about Fawn color
Fawn is mean Topaaz or Isabel right?

Because Aussie and european birds are bred completely isolated from each other. They are named completely differently. Their genetic material is many years of seperation apart, so the mutations that appear may or may not have the same mode of inheritance and colouration. But fawn and topaaz do look very similar.
LML

I love the pretty pink beaks on the bottom couple . .

And the hint of pink on some of the others