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A. rubrogenys were bred.


Turacos appear to have bred better than usual, with 2005 breedings

including 26 White-cheeked Tauraco leucotis, 13 Schalow’s T. schaiowi, a

Black-billed 7 schuetti and five Ross’s Musophaga rossae. The number of

owls bred appears to have been roughly comparable to the number bred in

each of the previous three years. Forty-seven Speckled Mousebirds Colius

striatus, five Lilac-breasted Rollers Coracias caudatus and 10 Blue-bellied

Rollers C. cyanogaster are listed as having been bred. Just three hombills,

one Crowned Tockus alboterminatus and two Von der Decken’s I deckeni,

are listed, followed by three Toco Toucans Ramphastos toco (no aracaris)

and just a solitary Bearded Barhet Lybius dubius.


Six Hooded Pittas Pitta sordida were bred, 39 Azure-winged Magpies

Cyanopica cyana, 12 Omei Shan Liocichlas Liocichla omeiensis , 28 Pekin

Robins Leiothrix lutea and 13 White-collared Yuhinas Yuhina diademata.

Eleven White-shouldered Starlings Sturnus sinensis were bred, 11 Emerald

Starlings Lamprotornis iris , 24 Superb L. superbus and 16 Scissor billed

Starlings Scissirostrum dubium , but just three Bali Starlings Leucopsar

rothschildi.


The breeding of 45 Brown Twinspots Clytospiza monteiri is especially

noteworthy. One hundred and five Red-billed Firefinches Lagonosticta

senegala were bred, 102 Golden-breasted Waxbills Amandava subfiava,

68 Blue-capped Waxbills Uraeginthus cyanocephala and 65 Red-cheeked

Cordon-bleus U. bengalus. Australian Estrildidae remain as popular as

ever, though as with Australian parakeets, colour mutations seem to be more

popular than the normal-coloured forms.


Sixty-nine Cuban Finches Tiaris canorus were bred, five Blue-necked

Tanagers Tangara cyancollis, one Burnished Buff T cay ana, one Opal-

ramped T. veiia and two Thick-billed Euphonias Euphonia laniirostris.


The full list of 8,858 birds of452 species reported as having been bred in

the UK in 2005 can be found in this latest FBF Breeding Register, available

from FBF Registrar, Reuben B. Girling, 11 Deramore Drive, Badger Hill,

York YO10 5FIW, UK. The Avicultural Society continues to provide

generous financial support towards the cost of distributing the Breeding

Register , which is priced £5 (post free). Cheques (sterling only please)

should be made payable to the “Foreign Bird Federation”.



