~Finches By Species~

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Please, we need more Pictures and Information!  NFSS would like to update and complete the "species identification" pages for all the finches commonly kept in captivity. We would like to include photos, descriptions, articles, general husbandry and care.  If you have some pictures you would like to share, or would like to add information on a species that we could use on the website, please e-mail them to the webmaster@nfss.org. We will give you credit.

• Bengalese - Society Finch
  (Lonchura striata)
• Black Cheeked Waxbill
  (Estrilda erythrononotos)
• Black Crested Finch
  (Lophospingus pusillus)
• Cherry Finch
  (Aidemosyne modesta)
• Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
  (Lonchura castaneothorax)
• Cordon Bleu, Blue-breasted Waxbill
  (Uraeginthus angolensis)
• Cordon Bleu, Blue Cap Waxbill
  (Uraeginthus cyanocephala)
• Cordon Bleu Waxbill, Red-cheeked
  (Uraeginthus bengalus)
• Crimson Finch
  (Neochmia phaeton)
• Crimson-wing, Red-faced
  (Cryptospiza reichenovii)
• Cuban Melodious Finch
  (Tiaris canora)
• Cut-throat Finch
  (Amadina fascata)
• Diamond Sparrow
  (Emblema guttata)
• European Goldfinch
  (Carduelis carduelis britannica)
• European Green Finch
  (Chloris chloris)
• Fire Finch, Senegal or Red-billed
  (Lagonosticta senegala)
• Fire Finch, Vinaceous
  (Lagonosticta vinacea)
• Gold Breasted Waxbill
  (Amandava subflava)
• Gouldian Finch
  (Chloebia gouldiae)
• Grassfinch, Hecks or Shaftail Finch
  (Poephila acuticauda)
• Grassfinch, Masked
  (Poephila personata)
• Green Singing Finch
  (Serinus mozambicus)
• Grey Singing Finch
  (Serinus leucopygius)
• Java Rice Bird
  (Lonchura oryzivora)
• Lavender Finch
  (Estrilda caerulescens)
• Melba Finch
  (Pytilia melba)
• Olive Finch or Cuban Olive Finch
  (Tiaris olivacea)
• Orange Cheeked Waxbill
  (Estrilda melpoda)

 

• Owl or Bicheno Finch
  (Poephila bichenovii)
• Painted Finch
  (Emblema picta)
• Parrot Finch, Blue-faced
  (Erythrura trichroa)
• Parrot Finch, Forbes or Tri-colored
  (Erythrura tricolor)
• Parrot-finch, Pin-tailed
  (Erythrura prasina prasina)
• Parrot-Finch, Red-headed
  (Erythrura psittacea)
• Parson Finch
  (Poephila cincta)
• Pictorella Finch
  (Lonchura pectoralis)
• Purple Grenadier
  (Uraeginthus ianthinogaster)
• Red-eared Waxbill
  (Estrilda troglodytes)
• Red-headed Finch
  (Amadina erythrocephala)
• Rhodospingus or S.A. Crimson Finch
  (Rhodospingus cruetus)
• Rufous-collared Sparrow
  (Zonotrichia capensis)
• Saffron Finch
  (Sicalis flaveola)
• Silverbill, African
  (Lonchura cantans)
• Silverbill, Indian
  (Lonchura malabarica)
• Siskin, Black
  (Carduelis atrata)
• Siskin, Red
  (Carduelis cucullatus)
• Society Finch or Bengalese
  (Lonchura striata)
• Spice Finch
  (Lonchura punctulata)
• Star Finch
  (Neochmia ruficauda)
• Strawberry Finch
  (Amandava amandava)
• Swee or Dufresne's Waxbill
  (Coccopygia melanotis)
• Brown Twinspot
  (Clytospiza monteiri)
• Twinspot, Dybowski's
  (Euschistospiza dybowskii)
• Twinspot, Green
  (Mandingoa nitidula)
• Twinspot, Peter's
  (Hypargos niveoguttatus)
• Violet-eared Waxbill
  (Uraeginthus granatina)
• Weaver, Orange
  (Euplectes orix franciscana)
• Zebra Finch
  (Poephila castanotis

 

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