AUSTRALIAN FINCH SOCIETY I


n the early 1970’s there began to emerge the feeling amongst bird


keepers that an attempt to establish a viable breeding strain of Australian finches was essential if we were to maintain these birds in aviculture in the UK.


In 1971, 12 of these forward thinking individuals formed the Australian Finch Society.


Species covered in the mandate to date are;-


Long tailed Grassfinch; Poephila acuticauda. Heck’s; Poephila acuticauda hecki;


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Parson Finch; Poephila cincta; Diggles Finch Poephila nigrotecta; Masked Grassfinch; Poephila personata; Star Finch; Neochmia ruficauda; Gouldian Finch; Erythrura gouldiae; Diamond Firetail, Stagonopleura guttata; Bicheno Finch; Taeniopygia bichenovii; Cherry Finch; Neochmia modesta; Chestnut-breasted Finch Lonchura castaneothrax,& Lonchura castaneothrax sharpie; Blue-faced Parrot-finch; Erythrura trichroa; Red-throated Parrot-finch; Erythrura psittacea;


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