I've always thought that the Apostlebird was one of the daggiest looking
birds - with that grey and brown - very 1970s! It does appear that the
Painted Finch is pretty close in the daggiest stakes, though...
Paul Dodd
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Sent: Tuesday, 2 September 2008 5:57 PM
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Subject: Re: Painted Finch north of Jerilderie, NSW
Riverina,
I wish these birds well, whether they're aviary escapees or whatever.
But I have to say that appearance-wise Painted Finch would have to be
one of my least favourite birds. Whoever told them that bright red and
mid brown went together? Eeeew.
John Leonard
2008/9/2 Andrew Taylor <>:
> On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 04:52:39PM +1000, John Harris wrote:
>> From my 20 years of avicultural experience, any escapee would only
>> survive a couple of days in the 'wild', so I have to concur with
>> Grant Brosie's earlier statement.
>
> Although the chances of an individual escapee are no doubt very poor,
> John Long's "Introduced Birds of the World" details many cases of birds
> thought to be aviary escapees persisting for at least several years in the
> wild and in some cases establishing long-term populations. For example,
> Birds of Sydney list these birds (and others) as escapees which survived
> for some time and in some cases bred: Cuban Grassquit, Nutmeg Manakin,
> White-headed Manakin, Black-headed Manakin, Java Sparrow, Red Bishop,
> White-winged Wydah, Crimson Finch and Star Finch
>
> Andrew
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