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Need Help to ID Birds - Florida (1 Viewer)
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chowchilla
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They are the two colour phases of the Gouldian Finch, an Australian bird.
The Lion Cub
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I agree- I see them at the pet store.
Unfortunately that is far from the only species seen more often in the pet stores than in the wild :C
Niels
MLoyko
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Right, and I didn't mean nice that he saw them in captivity...just nice that he saw some. It may have came out wrong
MLoyko
d[-_-]b
And my little angry face was aimed at people who capture wild birds (even more so if it is for the pet trade), not at you
Niels
:-O I gotcha, yeah I did a project last semester on the bird trade so I kind of know what you mean.
-Matt
chowchilla
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Indeed. Trapping of any finch (and I think any wild bird) in Aus is illegal, but it goes on anyway and the birds are smuggled out of the country.And my little angry face was aimed at people who capture wild birds (even more so if it is for the pet trade), not at you
Niels
My advice to anyone thinking of keeping these birds as pets is don't!
They may be captive bred, but can you really be sure? The illegally trapped birds are sold in pet shops too. Gouldian Finches are certainly endangered; their populations are heavily fragmented and they are probably extinct in Qld (except for a tiny reintroduced population near Cairns). They will in all likelihood become extinct in the wild if the trade is not stamped out.
