A Guide to Australian Grassfinches: Their Management, Care & Breeding.
The popularity of Australian Grassfinches worldwide is largely due to the hardiness of these tiny, gregarious and colourful birds. The 18 members of the Australian Grassfinch Estrildid family are featured in detail. 160 colour photographs support the 80 pages of text and diagrams indicate visual differences. A must for every finch breeder.
CONTENTS | SPECIES |
Introduction | Beautiful Firetail Finches |
Management of Australian Grassfinches | Black-throated Grassfinches |
Feeding and Nutrition | White-rumped |
Housing of Grassfinches | Black-rumped |
Compatibility/Sexing | Blue-faced Parrot Finches |
Methods of Regulating the Breeding Season | Chestnut-breasted Munias |
Fledging and Weaning Grassfinch Chicks | Crimson Finches |
Fostering | Black-bellied |
Colour Mutations in Grassfinch Species | White-bellied |
Common Health and Disease Problems in Grassfinches | Diamond Firetail Finches |
Diagrams | Double-barred Finches |
White-rumped | |
Black-rumped | |
Gouldian Finches | |
Black-headed | |
Red-headed | |
Yellow-headed | |
Long-tailed Grassfinches | |
Yellow-billed | |
Red-billed | |
Masked Grassfinches | |
White-eared | |
Painted Firetail Finches | |
Pictorella Munias | |
Plumheaded Finches | |
Red-browed Finches | |
Lesser Red-browed | |
Red-eared Firetail Finches | |
Star Finches | |
Eastern Finches | |
Western Finches | |
Yellow rumped Munias | |
Zebra Finches |