Munia or Seed-Finch in Boulder

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Ernest Crvich

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Oct 4, 2019, 5:27:27 PM10/4/19
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See the Facebook groups Colorado Field Ornithologists, Colorado Rare Bird Alert, and What's This Bird? for a bit more detail.


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Christian Nunes

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Oct 4, 2019, 6:53:02 PM10/4/19
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This bird, which I’m now comfortable calling a Sporophila sp., is currently feeding in y’all imported grasses right along the creek south of the bike path east of 30th. Near where Campo meets the bike path. Viewable from the bike path, but better from the south side of the creek itself. 

Highly unusual. Not sure why anyone would keep one as a pet, but also hard to see it flying up from South America. Similar species in Mexico are a richer brown color, so I’m leaning Large-billed Seed-Finch. 

Christian
Boulder 

On Oct 4, 2019, at 3:27 PM, Ernest Crvich <ecr...@gmail.com> wrote:

See the Facebook groups Colorado Field Ornithologists, Colorado Rare Bird Alert, and What's This Bird? for a bit more detail.


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Rachel Kolokoff Hopper

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Oct 4, 2019, 7:12:07 PM10/4/19
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Hi all,

I took the liberty of sending the pics to Alvaro Jaramillo (much experience with seed-finches) and he says: 

Impossible to know (species) without a male and out of range I would say. Most likely a Lesser/Chestnut-bellied, as these are common and widespread. They are also traded heavily in Argentina from what I recall, so are likely in the international market
Alvaro 
 
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Ernest

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Oct 4, 2019, 7:18:44 PM10/4/19
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Edith Israel on CFO said this may be an escapee from the aviary at ManorCare down the road (I didn't know they had one). They guy who cares for the birds there (Trevor) is supposed to call me tomorrow, hopefully he'll know if they have seed-finches (or munia), and if they had one escape recently. I should probably visit just to see what they have there, in case this happens again. 8^(

Hi all,

I took the liberty of sending the pics to Alvaro Jaramillo (much experience with seed-finches) and he says: 

Impossible to know (species) without a male and out of range I would say. Most likely a Lesser/Chestnut-bellied, as these are common and widespread. They are also traded heavily in Argentina from what I recall, so are likely in the international market
Alvaro 
 
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Ft. Collins, CO



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