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| 99.1 | Here goes.. after some research.... | CSC32::K_WORKMAN | Hand picked by Juan Valdez | Wed Jan 25 1989 19:17 | 43 |
| Howdy,
The Red Avadavat is also known as the Bombay Avadavat, Tiger Finch
or Indian Strawberry Finch. They are all one in the same. There
is another Avadavat known as the Green Avadavat or Green Strawberry.
Both species of Avadavats come from India.
An excerpt from my book on finches on the Red Avadavat:
Males:
"While in color during spring, summer, and fall, the male has a
rusty-red on the head, chest, abdomen, and rump. The upperparts
are dull brown, and white spots are sprinkled generously on the
wings and chest. The beak in both sexes is red."
Females:
"Females and males out-of-color are very similiar. The red fades
into a dull and dark yellowish straw shade in all areas except the
rump. The white spots disappear from the chest but remain on the
brown upperparts. Sexes are distinguishable during this phase because
the rump is duller, and the spots are smaller in females."
I am looking at my fire finches as I type. The male has glossy
red on his head and chest and is dull brown towards his tail.
He has no white spots but should have a few on his tummy according
to the breed. The biggest feature is his yellow eye ring which I
don't believe the strawberries have. The female is light brown
with just a touch of red around her head. She doesn't have the
yellow eye ring. They both have red beaks. The female does have
white speckles on her tummy and sides just below her wings. My
fire finches are African Fire Finches. There are several other
breeds of Fire Finches which differ ever so slightly. Some are
the Bar Breasted Fire Finch, Jameson's Fire Finch, Blue Billed Fire
Finch, Black Bellied Fire Finch and the Vinaceous Fire finch. Some
of the differences are the shades of red and the size of the white
spots.
I hope this helps.
Karen
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| 99.2 | Colours et al! | CHEFS::DEAL | | Thu Jan 26 1989 08:03 | 13 |
| Thanks, Karen. I think I need to see a live bird presented as an
avadavat, the colours are difficult to envision. However, the yellow
eye ring is something I'll check for at home tonight.
The female tried to begin a nest in a canary pan which had no felt.
When we noticed her, we took out the nest, added a felt and, of
course, she immediately quit. We found a broken BLUE egg on the
bottom of the cage and, unless it was the Gouldian, it was the
avadavat's. Nothing I've read gives me an egg colour for either.
Bye for now,
Eileen
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| 99.3 | Springs NOT in the air! | CSC32::K_WORKMAN | Hand picked by Juan Valdez | Thu Jan 26 1989 09:16 | 10 |
| At least your female is trying to nest! In my finch flight I have
two White Headed Nuns, two Cordon Blue's, two Grey Singing Finches
and the Fire Finches. NOBODY WANTS TO BUILD NESTS AND LAY EGGS.
I'm not sure whats going on. Everybody gets along really well and
I'm sure that I have both sexs of each pair. The flight is pretty
large so I don't think overcrowding is a problem. I'm going to
add some more nests and perches to see if maybe is a domain problem.
I'd love to get my Cordon's to breed!
See ya!
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| 99.4 | To spring, or not to spring! | CHEFS::DEAL | | Fri Jan 27 1989 08:10 | 15 |
| Wonder why..... My green singers raised two clutches in Sept/Oct
and the female is at the end of another. She is bare breasted,
ragged and looks pitiful. If there are no hatched chicks this weekend,
she gets moved to her own private quarters. It was my impression
that Serins bred in the Fall, just like the Gouldians breed in winter
and canaries all the time.
The avadavat female DOES have yellow around her eye !! Hope she
continues, I like the additional colour.... and our local pet shop
person is paying us more and more for the birds we bring him. Fourty
seven more years and we'll break even, if we don't add more birds!
Bye for now,
Eileen
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