Greenfinch in Brisbane

[Mike Owen <>]

It is pretty certain to have escaped. European Greenfinches are quite a 
common finch in aviculture, selling for around $40 a pair - very much at 
the bottom end of the price scale for aviary finches.
cheers,

Mike
Sunshine Coast


On 17-May-15 12:37 PM, Elliot Leach wrote:
> The bird was still there this morning - does anyone have any idea where it
> could have come from?
> It wasn't banded (as far as I could see), but I'm assuming that it's an
> escapee... it's a long, long way out of range if not.
>
> elliot
>
> On 16 May 2015 at 20:25, Andrew Thelander <> wrote:
>
> > Hi folks
> >
> > A single European Greenfinch was seen and photographed by myself and
> > others today at the Sandy Camp Road Wetlands in Wynnum North, Brisbane. I
> > have posted some pics on the birding-aus Facebook page.
> >
> > A rare sighting for Brisbane.
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> >
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