BREEDING
I have succeeded in breeding all of them except for Red-capped Cardinal (P.gularis)
Northern Cardinal male
Yellow Cardinal female on the nest
The eggs
Breeding pair
Yellow Cardinal young
Yellow Cardinal youngs with parents
Northern and Yellow Cardinal youngs
Black-crested Finch, Pygmy Cardinal (Lophospingus pusillus)
Three females
The first nest(2009): They were empty
Youngs(2010) 5 days old chicks
8 days old chicks
....after fledging..
Parents and chicks
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Start in breeding season (2011).
I gave the nest to them.
1.Paroaria coronata: first egg 04.03, altogether 3 eggs , 2 empty and 1 young. The young died because of the cold.
2.Paroaria capitata: 13.04. 4 eggs, empty
3. other P.capitata: 12.04. 3 eggs, empty
3.Gubernatrix cristata: 16.04. 3 eggs
Paroaria capitata (Yellow billed-cardinal) from 2011.
The first hatching: 4 eggs, each of them was empty.
The second hatching: 4 eggs, 4 youngs (2 of them can be seen here.)
Paroaria coronata (Red crested-cardinal) youngs from 2011
Gubernatrix cristata (Yellow cardinal) youngs from 2011