has anyone seen these birds in the flesh? got some or know of anyone who does?
what price to they command? how secure are they?
the reason i ask is because they look pretty bloody fantastic to me!
however i do wonder how similar their care is to other finches since technically, red pileated finches are not even a finch at all!
in actual fact this "finch" is just a finch-like Tanager.
tanagers are a beautiful group of birds from the americas. and that makes them even more special in my book.
so anyhow. when i get good at breeding birds and all.... I WANT SOME!
red pileated finches....
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i dont even think they are even in Australia and even if they were they i would say theyd be up around 2000-3000 mark i would say
yeh there pretty cool finches
yeh there pretty cool finches
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you mean tanagers!fincher wrote:yeh there pretty cool finches
they are definitely in australia. i have seen them advertised and mentioned in (few) articles. however i am looking for more info.
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have never seen any myself. when your ready to get some though you could try placing a wanted advert on pet-link
http://www.petlink.com.au/Birds/Adverti ... index.html
or try this link, wattle aviaries
http://members.optusnet.com.au/wattle_aviaries/
or this one
http://www.aussiefinchbreeder.com/avail ... pecies.htm
http://www.petlink.com.au/Birds/Adverti ... index.html
or try this link, wattle aviaries
http://members.optusnet.com.au/wattle_aviaries/
or this one
http://www.aussiefinchbreeder.com/avail ... pecies.htm
Mick.
Finch addict and rodent hater.
Finch addict and rodent hater.
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thanks for the tips guys.
ace colony birds sells them.
they are however very expensive. i'll be waiting until i'm a bit more experienced before i fork out the cash for these babies.......
ace colony birds sells them.
they are however very expensive. i'll be waiting until i'm a bit more experienced before i fork out the cash for these babies.......
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i have rang them because i wanted a few bords from them that i realy wanted and the guy that aswered the phone was a jerk. i asked him aa few questions and he replied with pretty much 1 word answer so ill not buy from them now.
thanks chris
thanks chris