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Great news from Ron at Kingfisher Park about Klaus
and the juvenile Blue-faced Parrot Finch, the first seasonal
record.
On 10th August 2001 an immature
Parrot finch died after hitting a plate glass window locally. In due course it
was forwarded to Canberra for DNA testing in order to determine that if it was a
different race to those present in the Pacific and PNG area. As is our typical
experience we received no feed back on the results of our initiative and
effort.
However my point is anybody with
experince with avairy birds able to point out at what age this species attains
full adult plumage?
When the birds show up at Mt.
Lewis each December invariably they appear in well defined male and
female plumage.
Any information will be
appreciated.
Del. Richards, Fine Feather Tours, Mossman,
NQ.
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