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David Pace's Pictorella manual (Page 8).

7. Artificial incubation
N/A

8. Artificial rearing
N/A

Others as Applicable
Hybridisation
Kingston notes that crossbreedings with this species are a rarity (Kingston '94). Schorer, however, states that Pictorellas should not share an aviary with Chestnut-breasted Lonchura castaneothorax or Yellow-rumped Lonchura flaviprymna Finches as they will readily hybridise with these two species (Schorer '80). The resulting hybrids from a Chestnut-breasted Finch and Pictorella mating are infertile (Queensland Finch Society '87). Steven Wilson, Keeper in Charge of Birds at Melbourne Zoo, confirms seeing the young of a Pictorella cock x Yellow-rumped hen in a private aviary. (Wilson pers. comm.)

Acknowledgements
I would like to thank the following for discussion and input into the many drafts that have been undertaken in the compilation of this husbandry manual: Greg Pyers, Steve Wilson, Richard Hudson, Mario Vujovich, Russell Kingston, Charles Hibbert, Graeme Phipps, Sandra Muratti and the Bird & Design Departments at Melbourne Zoo.
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