Birds Species
There is such a wide variety of finches! They vary in size from under 3″ up to 8″ (7.5-20 cm) in length. Their plumage can be very colorful, depending on the species. Finches are mostly quiet birds, there are some that have a song, and most are very active. The average life span of most finches is between 5 and 10 years, though there have been some finches known to have lived for up to 27 years! There are hundreds finch species! There are many types of finches, many are wild finches, but a wide variety can be found in the pet industry. All finches, both wild finches and pet finches, belong to one of four families.
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| Lady Gouldian Finch | Star Finch | Owl (Bicheno) Finch |
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| Chloebia gouldiae | Neochmia ruficauda | Poephila bichenovii |
| Pin-tailed Nonpareil/Parrot Finch | Red-throated Parrot Finch | Blue-faced Parrot Finch |
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| Erythrura prasina | Erythrura psittacea | Erythrura trichroa |
| Swee (Yellow-bellied) Waxbill | Common (St. Helena) Waxbill | Black-rumped (Red-eared) Waxbill |
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| Estrilda melanotis | Estrilda astrild | Estrilda troglodytes |
| Blue-breasted Cordon Bleu | Blue-capped Cordon Bleu | Red-cheeked Cordon Bleu |
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| Uraeginthus angolensis | Uraeginthus cyanocephala | Uraeginthus bengalus |
| Red Avadavat (Strawberry Finch) | Red Avadavat (Strawberry Finch) | Orange Cheeked Waxbill |
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| Amandava amandava | Amandava amandava | Estrilda melpoda |
| Goldbreast [-ed Waxbill] | Grey-headed Silverbill/Mannikin/Munia | Bronze [-winged] Mannikin |
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| Amandava subflava | Lonchura caniceps | Lonchura cucullata |
| Society (Bengalese) Finch | African Silverbill | Spice Finch |
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| Lonchura striata domestica | Lonchura cantans | Lonchura punctulata |
| Black-headed Mannikin/Munia/Nun | Tri-colored Munia/Nun | White-headed Mannikin/Munia/Nun |
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| Lonchura atricapilla | Lonchura malacca | Lonchura maja |
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| Aurora Finch | European Goldfinch | Green Singing Finch |
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| Pytilia phoenicoptera | Carduelis carduelis | Serinus mozambicus |
| Paradise Whydah | Pin-tailed Whydah | Pin-tailed Whydah |
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| Vidua paradisaea | Vidua macroura | Vidua macroura |
| Purple Grenadier | Purple Grenadier | Lavender Waxbill |
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| Uraeginthus ianthinogaster | Uraeginthus ianthinogaster | Estrilda caerulescens |
| Shaft-tail (Heck’s Grass) Finch | Zebra Finch | Zebra Finch |
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| Poephila acuticauda | Poephila guttata | Poephila guttata |
| Zebra Finch | Zebra Finch | Zebra Finch |
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| Poephila guttata | Poephila guttata | Poephila guttata |
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| Cut-throat Finches | Diamond Firetail | Melba Finch |
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| Amadina fasciata | Emblema guttata | Pytilia melba |
| Orange (Red Bishop) Weaver | Orange (Red Bishop) Weaver | Saffron Finch |
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| Euplectes orix | Euplectes orix | Sicalis flaveola |
| Java (Rice Bird) Sparrow | Java (Rice Bird) Sparrow | Java (Rice Bird) Sparrow |
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| Padda oryzivora | Padda oryzivora | Padda oryzivora |
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| Bar-breasted Firefinch | Crimson Finch | Cuban (Melodious) Finch |
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| Lagonosticta rufopicta | Neochmia phaeton | Tiaris canora |
| Parson’s Finch | Peter’s Twinspot | Violet-eared Waxbill |
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| Poephila cincta | Hypargos niveoguttatus | Uraeginthus granatina |
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