NFSS Band Size Selection Chart

updated 12-03-08

If you band at fledge, you will want to use a band one size larger than these recommended sizes.

BIRD SPECIES

Size

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
Cutthroat Finch	C
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	D
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)	C
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 email bands@nfss.org with the name of the species and the size of the band being used, so we can add it to the above chart.