Geoffrey,
Guess what? I have only ever seen one wild Gouldian Finch and would you believe,
it just happened to be a juvenile! Those that were on the Great Grasswren Hunt
in 2000 will remember the bird.
Cheers,
Mark
From: Geoffrey Dabb
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Sent: Friday, 25 May 2007 4:40 PM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Central
Finch
Well done to Mark Clayton, Steve Holliday, Benj Whitworth, Dave
Sampson and Muriel Brookfield who all recognised an immature Gouldian Finch.
Quite tricky I thought and not something I could have done cold, I must say.
I thought you might have been put off by the ‘central’
association. Rather surprisingly, it seems the only real ‘central
Australian finch’ is the Painted, being the only one apart from the
widespread Zebra that is found in Alice Springs.
[Map from Schodde & Mason ‘Directory of Australian Birds’]
