Besides Pekin Robins I have kept and keep other species of softbills and seed eaters. Numbers of specimens are listed as males, females and birds of unknown sex . The code is as follows: number males; number of females; birds of unknown sex . For example 1.1.3 is a pair with three unsexed chicks.
Inventory of species September 2011
Softbills:
Pekin robins (Leothrix lutea)
European Robins (Erithacus rubecula)
Blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla) a European warbler
Blue Tits (Parus caeruleus)
Bearded tits (Panurus biarmicus)
Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Spectacled jay thrush (Garrulax canorus)
European Finches:
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Species kept previously:
Silver-eared Mesia (Leiothrix argentauris)
European Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue-winged Minla (Minla cyanouroptera)
Red-tailed Minla (Minla ignotincta)
Oriental White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosa)
Purple Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus)
White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus)
Great tit (Parus major)
Various European finches
Peter’s book “Pekin Robins and Small Softbills – Management and Breeding”; ISBN-13 978-0-88839-606-8 ; ISBN-10 -88839-606-6 , published by www.hancockhouse.com discusses the care and breeding of other softbills.
