It is gray with blue tones, with black stripes on both the wings and the tail, which give the appearance of a zebra, with a chest full of white feathers.
Main features:
• It is gray with blue tones, with black stripes on both the wings and the tail, which give the appearance of a zebra, with a chest full of white feathers.
• It has a thick beak, conical in shape, of an intense red colour, of short dimensions, but with a strength that is not common for its size.
• Until the male reaches puberty, the songs do not start, he only makes isolated sounds.
Reproduction:
• Sexual.
• These birds are very precocious, and can already breed at the age of three months.
Feeding:
• They are granivorous birds, that is, they feed on seeds, and the mandarin finch is no exception.
Distribution:
• They are originally from the Australasia continent, which includes the southwestern part of Oceania, the countries, Australia, Melanesia and New Zealand.