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	HAMILTON & DISTRICT BUDGERIGAR & CAGE BIRD SOCIETY INC. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The natural distribution of estrildine finches extends from Africa (south of the Sahara Desert) to Madagascar and southern Arabia, northward towards southern China and Taiwan, they are also widespread throughout the Indo-Australian Archipelago, from the Australian mainland to Papua-New Guinea and eastward towards Micronesia and Samoa.
		However, they are distinguished from true finches, as well as from weavers and sparrows, by the presence of 10 primary wing feathers, as opposed to 9 in the true finches.
		This is another characteristic behavior of grass finches that departs from that of true finches, in which the female indicates her readiness by trembling with her wings.
	www.ossh.com /birds/budgies/austfnch.html (2329 words)

	FinchInfo.com -Housing & Environment-
		Most finches will appreciate the addition of a swing to their cage provided that it is not placed in such a way that it obscures flight or jumping path.
		If you have several types of finches, you may wish to place them all within the same aviary, but knowing which finches are okay to place into the same environment as others is requisite.
		Finches may be housed with canaries provided that the temperament and body size of the finches and canaries are as similar as possible, and that the requirements of both species (dietary, housing, etc.) are being met.
	www.finchinfo.com /housing.htm (9460 words)

	Animal Health Care -
		Some finches that are kept as pets include long-tailed finches, Erythrura [Chloebia] gouldiae or Gouldian Finch, and red-faced parrot Finch.
		Finches are sociable birds, so they should be housed in pairs (allow at least 3 m2 per pair), and it is important to provide suitable nesting boxes.
		Lifespan for finches is about 2-8 years for small ones and 8-12 years for large ones.
	www.animalhealthcare.ca /contents/content.asp?id=335&cat=Exotic (188 words)

	Breeding - Cross Breeding, Hybridization
		Bicheno (Owl) Finch Hybrids; Zebra Finch, Long-tailed Grassfinch, Parson Finch, Masked Grassfinch, Cherry finch, White-headed Munia, Bengalese Finch, Yellow-rumped Finch.
		Masked Grassfinch Hybrids; Long-tailed Grassfinch (fertile offspring), Parson Finch (fertile offspring), Zebra Finch, Chestnut-breasted Finch, Bicheno Finch, Cherry Finch.
		I think the lutino blue face parrot finch I own is a gorgeous bird, but have serious reservations that such a bird, with this unusual color variation, could or would survive in the jungle.
	www.lostmymarblz.com /fl-breeding-crossbrd.htm (3265 words)

	Emberizidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The family also includes the North American birds known as juncos and towhees.
		Their habits are similar to those of finches, with which they sometimes used to be grouped.
		Older sources may place some emberizids in the Fringillidae, and the common names of some emberizids still refer to them as finches.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emberizidae (200 words)

	Parson Finch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Since no export of Australian finch has been allowed for many years, all of the Parsons seen now in the US, are either bred here or imported from Europe.
		It is not as colorful as many of the other Australian finches that are kept today, but it is still in it’s own right one of the prettiest and most peaceful Australian finches.
		A diet of a good quality finch seed and eggfood, as well as some livefood (not required), is all that is needed to keep them happy.
	home.flash.net /~billgood/parsonfinch.htm (833 words)

	Mouth Markings of Estrildid Finches
		The mouth markings of the Zebra finch have a classic 'domino' pattern with a chevron at the top, twin marks on the tongue, and tear-shaped marks on the lower mandible.
		Star finch - Neochimia ruficauda - The Star's top three markings of the domino have joined to form a near Horseshoe that is reminiscent of the mannikins.
		Masked Grassfinch - Poephila personata - While the domino pattern is typical of the Australians, the lack of a closer relationship to the Shafttail is surprising.
	www.efinch.com /gape.htm (1056 words)

	Feathered Flyer: The Black Throated Finch
		The Black Throated Finch is a medium to large grassfinch slightly similar to the Long-tailed or Shaft-tailed Finch, it is also often accidentally identified as a Masked Finch though this is completely wrong.
		Black-throated Finches are known to have hybridised with the Zebra Finch, Double-barred Finch, Masked Finch, Long-tailed Finch,Spice Finch, Cut- throat Finch, Red-headed Parrot-finch, Bengalese Finch and White-headed Munia, so keep an eye on them if they are showing signs of misbehaviour in your mixed collection.
		They are indeed happiest and at their most prolific if they are kept on a colony basis in well planted aviaries, especially those with tall grasses.
	www.feathered.flyer.co.uk /finches/blackthroat.html (584 words)

	Gouldian Finch Recovery Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Data from the returns of licensed finch trappers operating in the Kimberley region of Western Australia suggested a rapid decline in Gouldian Finch populations throughout the 1970s that was not evident for other species, and prompted the prohibition of trapping for this species after 1981.
		In 1993, a species recovery process was initiated for the Gouldian Finch with funding commitments from the Endangered Species Unit of the Australian Nature Conservation Agency, the (then) Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory and Pegasus Mining (originally Zapopan), the operator of the Mt Todd gold mine in the Northern Territory.
		Analysis of body condition in finches throughout the year indicates that species such as masked finch (fl triangles) and long-tailed finch (yellow circles) increase their body mass during the wet season.
	www.nt.gov.au /ipe/pwcnt/index.cfm?attributes.fuseaction=open_page&page_id=5194 (2342 words)

	Finch Aviary - Birds - The Masked Grassfinch
		Finch Aviary - Birds - The Masked Grassfinch
		Mine are very peaceful birds, never showing signs of aggression accept when they are sitting on (infertile) eggs, and then it is just a little warning to the other birds to stay away.
		I would like to get another masked grass companion for Jade, but she and Evel have become so comfortable together, I don't believe it would be a good thing to rock the status quo.
	www.finchaviary.com /Birds/MaskedGrass.htm (424 words)

	Finch Families
		Hawaiian finches endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, are also in this family.
		ESTRILDIDAE: Grass and Parrot finches, Waxbills and Munias: Mannikins and Nuns.
		In the case of the Snow Finch, there are whites and yellows in a few species.
	www.exotictropicals.com /encyclo/birds/finches/FinchFamilies.htm (471 words)

	Document Title
		A mutation of the peachface, with red eyes and red beak and legs, with white tipped tails, these birds are somewhat smaller in size and must be specially bred to keep up the overall size.
		A much sort after mutation of the normal Black Mask, these birds must also be bred through the Black Mask from time to time, in order to keep a good sized bird.
		One pair to an aviary is best, but they get on well with finches in the same aviary, as long as they are left alone.
	www.ozbird.com /oz/BirdsGallery/BGFI.HTM (1154 words)

	CSIRO PUBLISHING - EMU: Austral Ornithology
		The diet of three finch species, the Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae), the Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda) and the Masked Finch (Poephila personata) was studied at a site in the monsoonal tropics of northern Australia from June 1995 to May 1997.
		Invertebrates, especially termites, were prevalent in the diet of the Long-tailed Finch in the late dry season but were not conspicuous in the diet of the other species.
		Relative to co-existing finches, the Gouldian Finch is a dietary specialist and thus potentially more exposed to changes in the distribution and abundance of key food resources.
	www.publish.csiro.au /nid/96/paper/MU01034.htm (200 words)

	The Finch Niche - Species Showcase - Black Masked Grassfinch
		The best way to sex them is to watch for the male to sing and the female to lay her eggs.
		They will nest in a typical finch nest and enjoy their privacy so no peeking.
		Housing: These are active finches and enjoy plenty of flight space.
	www.finches.org /o-maskedgrassfinch.mgi (171 words)

	Australian Finches
		Most finches live in groups of 20 - 50 birds, and these communities may coalesce to large flocks in winter.
		He collects grass mostly from directly under the chosen bush or tree, bites it off at ground level and carries the stalk directly upwards in a whizzing vertical flight.
		[a] Finch nestlings don't quiver their wings while begging for food, and [b] after the 1st day or so they twist their neck to one side when opening their mouth upward.
	member.rivernet.com.au /balehirs/Bishyp6fBirdFinches.html (1471 words)

	Birdwatching trip report - Queensland, Australia - surfbirds.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Varied Lorikeet, Northern Rosella, Masked Finch, Silver-backed Butcherbird and Partridge Pigeon that walked through the view as we admired a Great Bowerbird bower were very nice though, the area just before Berry Springs being very good for the butcherbird.
		Masked Lapwing Vanellus novaehollandiae miles The race miles is common in the north, whilst we saw novaehollandiae at Manly.
		*Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae The finale of the trip came when one was flushed from the fence at Luke O'Reilly's Farm after we had failed with Marbled Frogmouth for the third time.
	www.surfbirds.com /mb/trips/australia-pg-0703.html (7539 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Includes heads of: hooded mountain-tanager, masked crimson tanager, yellow cardinal, fawn-breasted tanager, hepatic tanager, yellow-faced grassquit, red-crested finch, white-rumped tanager, flish-blue seedeater, golden-collared tanager, orange-headed tanager, white-winged diuca-finch, fl-crested finch, chestnut=headed tanager, short-tailed finch, fl-throated finch, red-crowned ant-tanager, yellow-green grosbeak, blue-gray tanager, carmiol's tanager, red-and-fl grosbeak.
		Includes: shiny cowbird, masked gnatcatcher, cedar waxwing, bolivian flbird, yellow-legged thrush, chalk-browed mockingbird, spotted nightingale thrush, fasciated wren, long-billed gnatwren, white-capped dipper, short-billed pipit, horned lark.
		Includes: slate-colored grosbeak, red-billed pied tanager, fl-headed hemispringus, magpie tanager, fl-masked finch, fl-and-white tanager, carmiol's tanager, greater large-billed seed-finch, hooded tanager, scaled dove, fl-throated finch, long-tailed ground-dove.
	www.acnatsci.org /~spamer/quinn730.xml (1376 words)

	Australia's Biodiversity - Responses to Fire - Plants, birds and invertebrates: Fire and Australian birds: a review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Despite living in highly flammable heath and thicket vegetation, the Noisy Scrub-bird is dependant upon vegetation which has remained unburnt for long periods, typically greater than 40 years.
		The endangered Gouldian Finch has complex relationships with fire.
		In its tropical savanna woodland habitat, dry season fires remove the dense grass layer, allowing it easier access to grass seeds on the ground.
	www.deh.gov.au /biodiversity/publications/technical/fire/fab-tables.html (1047 words)

	Classification of birds of South America Part 10
		Storer (1960)<> suspected that Conothraupis was closely related to Sporophila based on remarkable plumage similarities; Zimmer (1947) had previously suspected that Conothraupis was a "finch" and not a "tanager" based on bill shape.
		The genus Catamblyrhynchus is often maintained in a separate monotypic family, Catamblyrhynchidae (e.g., Hellmayr 1938, Phelps and Phelps 1950a, Meyer de Schauensee 1970) or subfamily (Paynter 1970b, Ridgely and Tudor 1989); genetic data suggest that it should be at least tentatively included in the Thraupidae (Bledsoe 1988).
		Freeland and Boag 1999a.> The Galapagos finches were formerly (e.g., Hellmayr 1938) placed in a separate subfamily, Geospizinae, from other sparrows and finches; subsequent genetic data (e.g., Petren et al.
	www.museum.lsu.edu /~Remsen/SACCBaseline10.html (8224 words)

	MINNESOTA
		I have one crested society finch, one society finch, and they are now the proud parents of a baby society.
		Roseville, MN COMMENTS: I have three zebra finches, they are all very light in color and are grey, I don't know how to determine sexes.
		I will be ready for our new finch family members in July.
	www.finchworld.com /Finchlover/USA/minnesota.htm (303 words)

	Foreign Birds
		(Sometimes called Tiger finch} A nice quiet finch bred in Australian aviaries, the normal seed mix being quite adequate with perhaps some extra pannicum added.
		A sub species of the Alexandrine parrot, from Ceylon, Afghanistan and western Pakistan through India to Indo China.
		They build an open nest of twigs and small branches, preferably in the outside flight as they love the rain.
	www.ozbird.com /oz/foreign.htm (1174 words)

	Birding in Peru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Many of these regional endemics are also Peruvian endemics such as White-winged Guan, Tumbes Tyrant, Rufous Flycatcher, Peruvian Plantcutter, but most are shared with southern Ecuador, for example: Ecuadorean Piculet, Short-tailed Woodstar, Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner, Watkin's Antpitta, Pacific Elaenia, Ochraceous Attila, White-tailed Jay, Peruvian Swallow, Tumbes Sparrow, Sulphur-throated Finch.
		However, the desert is crossed by 53 fertile, vegetated valleys with some birds restricted to this region: Peruvian Sheartail, Chilean Woodstar, Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant, Chilean Swallow, Slender-billed Finch.
		Depite this area not being very large this region has many birds that can only be seen here in Peru.
	www.granperu.com /birdregions.htm (1294 words)

	Australian birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A whole family party were very responsive to our rather peculiar attempts to call them up from the tall grass at the eastern end of the bridge (actually I rather think that they would have appeared even if we’d used a salvation army band).
		There were some great plans about partaking in a cool and refreshing ale at one of the two old pubs downtown, but we discovered that one had burnt down and that the other had a fight brewing in the doorway, so an early night very quickly has become the most attractive option.
		I actually think we are rather lucky to have found this camp as it is as good a place as any to ride out the wild weather tonight.
	www.isg.rhul.ac.uk /~martin/grandhtml.html (17241 words)

	Finches & Softbills - True Grassfinches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Zebrafinch can be kept in a group or with other birds.
		The Heck's grassfinch, the Shafttail, the Masked finch and the Black-throated finch can be a little more aggressive.
		The Shafttail and the Blackthroated finch can also be found in a few different colours (fawn and white).
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/6199/10basic.htm (431 words)

	What's New on this Site?
		From Chris Lodge: Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher, Blackish Nightjar, the endangered Black-masked Finch, the endangered Cinereous Warbling-Finch, Yellow-billed Blue-finch, the endangered Cipo Canastero, Ferruginous Antbird, White-bibbed Ant-bird, Short-tailed Ant-thrush, Festive Coquette, Frilled Coquette, Great Potoo, the endangered Helmeted Woodpecker, Yellow-fronted Woodpecker, Red-bellied Macaw, the endangered Restinga Tyrannulet, Stripe-breasted Starthroat, and White-shouldered Fire-eye.
		Arrow-marked Babbler, White-rumped Babbler, Secretarybird, Cattle Egret, Southern Ground Hornbill, Melba Finch (Green-winged Pytillia), Red-billed Firefinch, Long-tailed (Reed) Cormorant, Lilac-breasted Roller, and Blue-breasted Cordonbleu (Blue Waxbill).
		From John Milbank: Whistling Kite, Red-capped Robin, Red-browed Firetail (Finch), Australian Shoveler, Wandering Whistling-Duck, Dusky Moorhen, Rainbow Lorikeet, and Superb Lyrebird.
	www.camacdonald.com /birding/WhatsNew2004Archive.html (1521 words)

	Bird Names - M
		Masked Plover {not current name} Vanellus miles © Len Robinson
		Masked Plover {not current name} Vanellus miles © Paul Gullan
		Masked Plover {not current name} Vanellus miles © Wendy Opie
	www.viridans.com /birdpics/mbird.htm (705 words)

	Bird watching Trip Report from Argentina
		At an altitude of about 1500 metres this section of the road gives easy access to snow pockets on the scree slope west of the pass and is a regular site for White‑bellied Seedsnipe and Yellow‑bridled Finch.
		Upland Goose, Andean Condor, Black‑chested Buzzard‑Eagle, White‑throated Caracara, Crested and Chimango Caracara, White‑bellied Seedsnipe, Austral Parakeet, Bar‑winged and Dark‑bellied Cinclodes, Thorn‑tailed Rayadito, White‑crested Elaenia, Dark‑faced Ground‑Tyrant, Austral Thrush, Chilean Swallow, Black‑chinned Siskin, Patagonian Sierra‑Finch, Yellow‑brided Finch.
		We stopped many times en route to Palomitas and amongst the first birds we saw were the beautiful pristine White Monjita, Red‑crested Finch and the stunning Plush‑crested Jay.
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/argentina/arg3/argen1.htm (8828 words)

	BOAF Store
		This shirt is based on a watercolor commissioned by the club in 1996.
		The shirt features an Blue Headed Pionus, a Red-Streaked Lory, and a Blue Masked Finch.
		This shirt is based on a watercolor commissioned by the club in 1997.
	www.boaf.com /boaf_store.htm (170 words)

	Bird Book, N.T. Australia
		Map 1: Covers the Kakadu Highway with directions to reliable sites for the major species of Kakadu National Park including Banded Fruit-Dove, White-throated Grass-Wren, White-lined Honeyeater, Sandstone-Shrike-Thrush and the prolific birdlife of the area.
		Map2: The Stuart Highway from Pine Creek to Katherine shows sites for Chestnut-backed Button-Quail, Hooded Parrot, Long-tailed Finch, Masked Finch, Gouldian Finch and many more Top End species.
		Map3: Covers the Victoria Highway from Katherine to Kununurra with sites for Purple-crowned Fairy-Wren, Yellow-rumped and Pictorella Mannikin, more Gouldian Finch sites and at Lake Argyle, two opportunities to see Yellow Chat and impressive numbers of waterfowl.
	birdbook.bigpondhosting.com (289 words)

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