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WHAT IS THIS BIRD?
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 11:45 am
by lovezebs
A fellow here in town is seling some of his birds.
One of these birds is this: picture posted below.
Any idea what this is???
Re: WHAT IS THIS BIRD?
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:07 pm
by Christiaan
Elana
It looks like a indian silverbill to me..
Re: WHAT IS THIS BIRD?
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:10 pm
by lovezebs
Re: WHAT IS THIS BIRD?
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:14 pm
by cindy
Re: WHAT IS THIS BIRD?
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 2:42 pm
by Sheather
African species.
Re: WHAT IS THIS BIRD?
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 4:06 pm
by finchmix22
Lana,
It looks like a mannikin, maybe Society self with some pied. I'm not as familiar with silver bills. It is pretty though!
Re: WHAT IS THIS BIRD?
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 4:48 pm
by cindy
picture is from efinch.com Roy Beckham's site
African silverbill is on the left and Indian silverbill is on the right. From the look of the picture above, lighter beak, it looks like an African silverbill.
Re: WHAT IS THIS BIRD?
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:08 pm
by lovezebs
cindy &
Sheather &
finchmix22
Thanks guys, I think Cindy hit the nail on the head. I do think it is an African Silverbill from the pictures.
Buddy, was very happy to find out what bird he has, but still wanted more money than I want to spend for his small group of finches.
Thanks ever so much folks, you made a man happy today
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Re: WHAT IS THIS BIRD?
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 2:00 am
by Rox
Elana, definitely an African silverbill. I have 1 (had 2 but lost the hen
) and they are very amusing. They have a funny habit of running sideways on the perch like a crab