Aussie Finch Forum

here is a name of a non australian finch

Bandkeelvink

wonder who can tell me the common name

i no what it is but i wont say it ill let some other people have a guess

hint it mite or mite not be a Aussie finch lol

Sounds South African, whatever it is

yeppers cut throat or melba finch according to my googling. ;)

You gave it away when you sent everyone to http://www.birdsinsa.com/birds/amadinafasciata.htm in your previous post. Living over in the Philippines I find it much more confusing trying to distinguish the munias. So is a hoary old chestnut as easy to locate as the proverbial pregnant black headed nun? They are actually one and the same here! So confusing for a simple soul such as myself.

I think his proper name is Trevor

Sorry I don't speak Affrikans.
But Google does, so like several others, I now know it is the Cut Throut Finch.
LML

Suppose it makes sense
Band around neck
keel looks like a boat keel
vink made from red ink

lol you can make sense off anything after you know the answer.
i would have never guessed without looking it up

band = band
keel = throat (africaans)
vink = finch (dutch)

its amazing what you can find on google