Is a Shaft-tail Finch the Right Pet Bird for You?

Other common names: Black Heart Finch; Heck's Grassfinch (P. a. hecki); Long-tailed Finch (P. a. acuticauda)

Scientific name: Poephila acuticauda

The basics:

The Shaft-tail Finch is one of the classic favorites of aviculture because of its sleek appearance, delightful personality, and easy care. This finch originates from northern Australia, where they inhabit open woodlands. In 2008, scientists...

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Pin-tailed Whydahs, Vidua macroura - Beauty Of Birds

Indigobirds

The Pin-tailed Whydah, Vidua macroura, is a small resident songbird that occurs in most of Africa south of the Sahara Desert; where it lives in light and densely wooded forests with Mopane trees; savanna grasslands where it breeds and feeds; and African bushveld.

The Pin-tailed Whydah is known in Afrikaans as Koningrooibekkie. They are also called "Widow Birds" in reference to the...

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Date: 2017-04-03 08:07:06
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The Star Finch - Neochmia ruficauda

Red-faced finch, Ruficauda, Rufous-tailed finch

Description

Males are easily distinguished from hens by their larger face mask. The males also have a song that they will sing while stretching their neck and fluffing their head feathers, often while carrying a long piece of nesting material ( MP3 of the male's song ).

Diet

For such a small bird, the Star finch really likes big seeds. I found that...

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Date: 2015-10-22 02:43:44
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Colorado State Bird - Lark Bunting - 50States.com

[Calamospiza melanocorys.]

PLATE CCII.--MALE AND FEMALE.

This species, of which there are in my possession several specimens, presented to me by my friend Mr. NUTTALL, was discovered by that zealous naturalist and his companion Mr. TOWNSEND on the plains of the Platte, and briefly characterized in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. From its general appearance, and...

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