What in the world are YOU???
- LokoChoko
- Pip
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- Location: Ecuador
What in the world are YOU???
Hello lovely finch lovers, I have a challenge for you all. I have a little and I mean tiny bird that has yet to be identified by me and my vet, I think she's a Eurasian Siskin but I live in South America so you can understand my confusion.
- Fraza
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Re: What in the world are YOU???
LokoChoko could it be a green finch I have totally no clue but I’m curious lol
FINCHES I HAVE
Bengalese
zebras
Java sparrows
Silver bills
java x beng hybrid
PETS IVE HAD
dogs
Fish
Cocktiel
Doves
Hybrid cherry x Bengalese
Stars
Heck’s
Canary’s
My favourite is COCO my grey pearl society cock been here since the start my flock leader
YOUTUBE CHANNEL
https://m.youtube.com/results?q=fraser% ... de101&sm=3
Bengalese
zebras
Java sparrows
Silver bills
java x beng hybrid
PETS IVE HAD
dogs
Fish
Cocktiel
Doves
Hybrid cherry x Bengalese
Stars
Heck’s
Canary’s
My favourite is COCO my grey pearl society cock been here since the start my flock leader
YOUTUBE CHANNEL
https://m.youtube.com/results?q=fraser% ... de101&sm=3
- haroun
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Re: What in the world are YOU???
hi
european green finch !
european green finch !
- LokoChoko
- Pip
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Re: What in the world are YOU???
Thank you, everyone, for helping me but I think I have finally found what she is.
A Hooded Siskin (Sporagra magellanica).
there widespread in Peru and also found in Ecuador.
A Hooded Siskin (Sporagra magellanica).
there widespread in Peru and also found in Ecuador.
- haroun
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Re: What in the world are YOU???
oh nice congrtaes, they 're so expensive here in my country .LokoChoko wrote: Thank you, everyone, for helping me but I think I have finally found what she is.
A Hooded Siskin (Sporagra magellanica).
there widespread in Peru and also found in Ecuador.
is she an adult hen or a juvenile male ?!
- LokoChoko
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Re: What in the world are YOU???
she's an adult hen and has the sweetest personalityharoun wrote:oh nice congrtaes, they 're so expensive here in my country .LokoChoko wrote: Thank you, everyone, for helping me but I think I have finally found what she is.
A Hooded Siskin (Sporagra magellanica).
there widespread in Peru and also found in Ecuador.
is she an adult hen or a juvenile male ?!
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Re: What in the world are YOU???
LokoChoko - what a lovely little bird! Yes, they are very expensive here in the US as well - and usually in very bad shape. The wholesalers seem to feed them regular finch mix which eventually makes them sick. They, like European goldfinches, Eurasian siskins and red hooded siskins nee a lot of oily seeds in their diet (niger (thistle), perilla, flax, some sesame seed, some sunflower chips etc. Not exclusively but mixed in with the regular finch mix. Too much sunflower can make them fat, though. Lots of semi-ripe green grasses and aphids, if available, as well.
I used to breed them in the 1990s and they are lovely birds!
Iso
PS: I saw your other post about her and a zebra finch in the same cage: the zebra needs the regular starchy finch mix so you might want to offer her mix in a separate dish. I would not want to crossbreed those two. Perhaps you can find a hooded siskin male for her...
I used to breed them in the 1990s and they are lovely birds!
Iso
PS: I saw your other post about her and a zebra finch in the same cage: the zebra needs the regular starchy finch mix so you might want to offer her mix in a separate dish. I would not want to crossbreed those two. Perhaps you can find a hooded siskin male for her...
- LokoChoko
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Re: What in the world are YOU???
Thank you so much isobea for the information, she loves to fly free in the house so I can make her a separate mix no problem, I had no idea their diets were so different but I'll fix that immediately.isobea wrote: LokoChoko - what a lovely little bird! Yes, they are very expensive here in the US as well - and usually in very bad shape. The wholesalers seem to feed them regular finch mix which eventually makes them sick. They, like European goldfinches, Eurasian siskins and red hooded siskins nee a lot of oily seeds in their diet (niger (thistle), perilla, flax, some sesame seed, some sunflower chips etc. Not exclusively but mixed in with the regular finch mix. Too much sunflower can make them fat, though. Lots of semi-ripe green grasses and aphids, if available, as well.
I used to breed them in the 1990s and they are lovely birds!
Iso
PS: I saw your other post about her and a zebra finch in the same cage: the zebra needs the regular starchy finch mix so you might want to offer her mix in a separate dish. I would not want to crossbreed those two. Perhaps you can find a hooded siskin male for her...
I've never seen her kind of bird in my area or in shops so I'd have to look into where to get a male but I'm in no hurry to breed her so I can take my time.