American Goldfinch at Tropical Birdland, 18/05/13

Maguari · 19 May 2013

Carduelis tristis

A pair of these in the walk-through aviary were a total but very welcome surprise - a first for me and a species not otherwise listed on Zootierliste (though it would seem a candidate to be in the trade).

zoogiraffe · 19 May 2013

Maguari said:
Carduelis tristis

A pair of these in the walk-through aviary were a total but very welcome surprise - a first for me and a species not otherwise listed on Zootierliste (though it would seem a candidate to be in the trade).

I think I can see a visit coming to this great little collection to see these!

FBBird · 22 May 2013

American Goldfinch

Possibly a bit too 'special' to be in a walk-through -- there can't be many about.

TeaLovingDave · 22 May 2013

Maguari said:
Carduelis tristis

A pair of these in the walk-through aviary were a total but very welcome surprise - a first for me and a species not otherwise listed on Zootierliste (though it would seem a candidate to be in the trade).

They were certainly about in private hands 15 years or so ago - my grandad had some, among many other passerines.

Ituri · 22 May 2013

Now I know how the Australians feel when we are geeking out about Australian Magpies.

Maguari · 22 May 2013

Ituri said:
Now I know how the Australians feel when we are geeking out about Australian Magpies.

Europeans had a solution to this - we took all our common bird species and introduced them everywhere else, so that no-one would ever be excited to see them.

Ituri · 22 May 2013

Maguari said:
Europeans had a solution to this - we took all our common bird species and introduced them everywhere else, so that no-one would ever be excited to see them.

Is that why? I always wondered.

American Goldfinch at Tropical Birdland, 18/05/13

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