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Finch Personalities Chart

I. Gentle Personalities:
Good Community Types
Will get along well with other gentle types. Might be hurt by the tougher birds of types II and III below. For a large aviary with many hiding places it might work to place with tougher birds. Try to avoid crowding and offer privacy for best breeding.
Bronze Winged Mannikins
X

X
X

X



X







Button Quail
  • Normal
  • Silver
    		•
    X

    X

    X
    X


    X





    X


    Cordon Bleu
    X

    X
    X


    X


    X


    X

    X


    Blue Capped Waxbills
    X

    X
    X



    X



    X





    Fire Finch
    X

    X
    X


    X


    X







    Gold Breasted Waxbills
    X

    X
    X


    X



    X






    Lady Gould Finch
    X


    X



    X
    X








    Nuns
  • Black Hooded
  • Tri Colored
  • White Headed
    		•
    X
    X
    X



    X
    X
    X



    X
    X

    X







    X


    X
    X






    Orange Cheeked Waxbills
    X


    X

    X



    X







    Owl Finch
    X

    X
    X


    X


    X







    Red Eared Waxbills
    X

    X
    X

    X



    X







    Shafttails (Australian)
    X

    X

    X

    X


    X







    Silverbills
    X


    X

    X


    X






    X

    Societies
    X

    X
    X

    X


    X






    X
    X
    Star Finch
    X

    X
    X


    X

    X








    St. Helenas
    X


    X


    X


    X







    Spice Finch
    X

    X
    X


    X

    X








    Strawberry Finch (but, might not mix with Fire Finch or Gold Breast)
    X

    X
    X

    X



    X


    X
    X



    Zebras
    X


    X

    X


    X






    X
    X
    II. Medium:
    Tough Personalities
    Black Crested (Brazilian)
    X

    X

    X
    X




    X

    X




    Cutthroat Finch
    X

    X
    X

    X



    X






    X
    European Goldfinch
    X

    X


    X





    X
    X




    Green Singing Finch
    X

    X


    X



    X


    X




    Magpie Mannikins
    X

    X


    X





    X





    Whydahs - Paradise & Broadtail
    X

    X




    X



    X

    X


    X
    III. Can Be Tough
    Personalities
    Combassous
    X





    X




    X

    X



    Golden Sparrows
    X



    X
    X




    X





    X
    Honey Creepers
    X
    X




    X



    X

    X



    Lavender Waxbills
    X

    X
    X
    X

    X



    X





    X
    Pekin Robins
    X
    X

    X
    X





    X
    X



    X
    Saffron Finch
    X

    X

    X
    X





    X




    X
    Tanagers
    X
    X

    X
    X





    X




    X
    Weavers
    X




    X





    X

    X



    Whydahs - Pintailed
    X

    X

    X
    X





    X

    X


    X

    Individual birds of any species may vary in personality. Behavior may also change during the breeding season.

    This Species Support Page is a product of Bird Clubs of America for use in its National Finch Forum begun by Linda Oja of the Peninsula Caged Bird Society, Newport News, Va., and is sent to Alliance Clubs and others for use in newsletters or in library reference files. Others may use with total credits. Feel free to annotate the page from your experiences. BCA, Dick Ivy, educ. dir.-ed., P.O. Box 2005, Yorktown, VA 23692. July 1997.

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