![]() They will also inhabit cultivated areas such as sugarcane fields, woodland edges and open woodlands. They live in semi-arid and sub-humid areas where there are plenty of long grass and pandanus palms as well as eucalyptus trees and bushes such as acacia. In the wild, they are found in northern and eastern Australia from a western point at Roebuck Bay, across the northern part of Northern Territory to the coast of Queensland. ![]() In captivity, a fawn mutation has also been introduced where all the black and dark brown parts turn to a lighter brown shade. There is one known subspecies known as the Black Rumped Owl Finch where the rump is black. Their backs are brown with a faint shading and along the edges of the wing are black sections spotted with white. The upper breast white as is the belly, with a black line separating the two. The Owl Finch has a white face edged in black with black behind the beak fading to brown along the back of the head. The thickness of the breast bar is also said to be a way to separate male from female and even the whiteness of the face mask but none of these methods are totally conclusive. Singing is the surest way to sex these birds though some breeders believe that the amount of black on the head behind the beak is another way to sort gender. They are generally smaller than Zebras and more delicate in body shape with both sexes being nearly identical. Owl finches are members of the same family as the Zebra Finch, one of the most commonly seen faces in the aviculture world and can crossbreed with them. Just to let you know this post contains some affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I’ll receive a commission payment. ![]()
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