NFSS Band
Size Selection Chart
If you band at fledge, you will want to use a band one size
larger than these recommended sizes.
| Aracaris |
S |
| Black & White Mannikin |
C |
| Black Cheeked Waxbill |
B |
| Black Crested Finch |
E |
| Black Headed Red Siskin |
C |
| Blue breasted (Forbes) Parrot Finch |
C |
| Blue Capped Waxbill |
C |
| Blue Faced Parrot Finch |
D |
| Bronze Wing Mannikin |
C |
| Canaries
(Gloster, Fife, Miniature & Irish Fancy) |
E |
| Canaries
(Border, Red Factor, Lizard & Roller) |
G |
| Canaries
(Yorkshire, Norwich, Crested & Parisien Frill) |
J |
| Cherry Finch |
C |
| Chestnut Breast Finch |
D |
| Cordon Bleu Waxbill |
B |
| Cuban Melodious Finch |
B |
| Diamond Dove |
L |
| Diamond Sparrow |
E |
| Dove (other small) |
L |
| European Goldfinch |
E |
| European Green Finch |
E |
| Fire Finch |
B |
| Forbes (Blue breasted) Parrot
Finch |
C |
| Gold Breasted Waxbill |
A |
| Golden Song Sparrow |
E |
| Gouldian Finch |
D |
| Green Singing Finch |
C |
| Green/Purple Starlings |
R |
| Grey Singing Finch |
C |
| Heck's Shaftail |
C |
| Hornbills (small) |
T |
| Indian Hill Mynah |
S |
| Java Mynah |
S |
| Java Rice Bird |
K |
| Lavender Finch |
C |
| Magpie Mannikin |
G |
| Mannikins (most smaller) |
D |
| Mannikins (other larger) |
G |
| Mousebirds |
L |
| Nuns |
E |
| Olive Finch |
B |
| Orange Cheeked Waxbill |
A |
| Owl Finch |
A |
| Pagoda Mynah |
M |
| Painted Finch |
C |
| Parrot Finch (most other) |
D |
| Peale's Parrot Finch |
B |
| Pekin Robin |
J |
| Peter's Twinspot |
E |
| Pictorella Finch |
D |
| Pileated
Finch |
C |
| Pintailed Nonpareil |
D |
| Plush Capped Jay |
T |
| Purple Grenadier |
C |
| Pytilias |
C |
| Quail |
L |
| Quail Finch |
A |
| Red Crested Cardinal |
K |
| Red-eared Waxbill |
A |
| Red-headed Parrot Finch |
C |
| Ring Neck Dove |
S |
| Rufous Backed Mannikin |
B |
| Saffron Finch |
K |
| Shaftail Finch |
C |
| Shama Thrush |
K |
| Siberian Goldfinch |
G |
| Silver Eared Mesias |
J |
| Silverbills |
C |
| Siskins |
E |
| Siskin,
Red |
C |
| Society Finch (Bengalese)
(Includes Euro Societies) |
E |
| Softbills (other small) |
J |
| Softbills (other) |
L |
| Spice Finch |
E |
| Star Finch |
C |
| Strawberry Finch |
A |
| Sunbirds (large) |
M |
| Superb Starlings |
M |
| Tanagers (small) |
G |
| Timor Zebra |
B |
| Toucanettes |
S |
| Toucans (small) |
T |
| Touracos (small) |
T |
| Twinspots (most) |
D |
| Violet Eared Waxbill |
C |
| Waxbills (small) |
A |
| White Tailed Jay |
S |
| Yellow Rumped Finch |
D |
| Zebra Finch |
D |
BAND
SIZE |
BAND
SIZE
(Internal) * |
| A |
2.20
mm |
| B |
2.35
mm |
| C |
2.55
mm |
| D |
2.75
mm |
| E |
2.95
mm |
| G |
3.20
mm |
| J |
3.40
mm |
| K |
3.50
mm |
| L |
4.30
mm |
| M |
4.40
mm |
| R |
7.10
mm |
|
*The
internal diameters are "nominal" and slight variations
in size may occur during manufacture. |
|
If anyone is banding any species that
are not listed above, please e-mail the webmaster with the name of the species
and the size of the band being used, so we can add it to the above
chart.