12/12/2023 0 Comments Canary finch for sale![]() ![]() Society finches do not exist naturally in the wild but are a hybrid of two finch species first bred in China and India thousands of years ago. On average, these finches live 8 to 12 years in captivity. Like most finches, Gouldian finches typically prefer not to be handled but can be quite interactive and respond to the site and sound of their owners. Gentle, calm, and with a relatively quiet song, Gouldian finches should be kept in pairs or groups. Gouldian finches are brightly colored, with the male exhibiting brilliant purple, yellow, green and turquoise feather patches that they use in an elaborate courtship display along with a complicated song pattern to attract the less colorful females. These finches are excellent choices for owners concerned about noise and limited space and typically live on average seven to ten years. Many of these birds recognize their owners’ faces and voices and respond with happy chirps and peeps. Usually friendly with other birds, zebra finches can sometimes act bold and dominant. They have black and white stripes over their chests – hence their name, “zebra.” Zebra finches are very social and typically do better when housed in pairs. Zebra finches originate from the wild grasslands of Australia. Finches come in a variety of colors and feather patterns, with perhaps the most common pet finches being the zebra finch, Gouldian finch, and society finch. ![]() Finches kept as pets are more often of the Family Estrildidae – the waxbills, weavers and sparrows. Within the group that makes up finches, there are several families of birds that comprise more than 140 species that are found in nearly every continent. When given a large enough cage to jump and flutter around in, access to sunlight, and proper nutrition, these birds can make excellent family pets. Many of them, in fact, live happily with similar species in large enough cages and are shy about being handled. They can make wonderful companions for families with children, as they don’t typically require the extensive handling and out-of-cage time that parrots require to live happily, and they don’t inflict the painful damaging bite that parrots can. The identifying feature of this group compared with other birds is the arrangement of their toes, with three pointing forward and one back, to facilitate perching.īoth canaries and finches have been domesticated as pets for hundreds of years. Canaries and finches belong to the order of birds called passerines that includes thousands of different species, including wild songbirds. If you are looking for relatively quiet, fairly easy to care for bird that is beautiful to watch and may even sing, you should consider a canary or a finch. By Laurie Hess, DVM, Dipl ABVP (Avian Practice) ![]()
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