parrot finches question

[Diane]

Looking at the profiles of the red headed parrot finch and the blue headed parrot finch and noticed they are in different sections, blue head in the Australian and red in the non
Australian. The latin name only differs in the last part. Can someone explain the difference for me and when the non aussie comes from?

[fincher]

well the red face comes from the pacific area . on the island of new caladonia so therefore its not native to australia so its a foreng finch. that is pretty much the differance

hope this helps you out

[Diane]

Thanks fincher

[grumpz]

the blue faced parrot finches held in aviculture in Australia are more likley to come from the caroline islands north of australia.very little is know about the native population.

[Diane]

Are they a difficult bird to keep?

[fincher]

there pretty easy to keep.but they would prefer a avairy as there always so active and on the go

[Diane]

Excellent, my aviary is 6 mtrs long so they would have a fine old time in there as long as they can get on with gouldians emblemas ruddys and canaries

[GregH]

Apparently they can hybridize with Goulds so keep an eye on them

[Diane]

Ok, thanks for that. Thats the end of that idea until a new aviary is built. Is that the same deal with the red headed parrot finches and gouldians too?

[fincher]

there is the chance of hybrids but its very rare. it will only happen if there single birds of each sex. i know of a lot of people that have them together and had no hybrids.