Keeping Blue-faced Parrot Finches
Enjoy the Blue-faced Parrot Finch. Easy to keep, easy to breed
and a nice songster in a summer aviary
     

Colours
the normal bird is primarily green with a deep blue mask
various pied forms are available
a lutino bird exists with white mask, yellow body and reddish rump - but it suffers from poor eyesight
this has been overcome recently with a black-eyed yellow mutation which Graham has just acquired
these look robust birds without any eyesight problems
the mutation is recessive - a major plus - any bird carrying a single gene looks normal but has white patches on and around the beak (right - photo)
 
  

Photos - Yellow black eyed - courtesey Graham

Songsters

Housing
The Blue-faced Parrot Finch lies midway between the
very active, inquisitive, friendly, Red-headed Parrot Finch
and the shy, reclusive, relatively inactive Pin-tailed
Blue-faced Parrot Finches ideally should be bred as
single pairs in flights or large cages
A metre cube is my minimum
The Blue-faced Parrot Finch has a subdued plumage with the predominant colour being dull emerald green with a deep blue face
(as the name suggests)
Although they will breed in relatively small cages,
problems such as obesity seem to occur
and the birds lose condtition
It is an engaging character in its own right.
In sunlight it appears significantly more colourful but
its main claim to fame for me is the song of the cock
I have tried to breed these birds on a colony system
with absolutely no success.Ten birds were housed in
a large aviary with offshoot compartments with nest boxes
During the summer months, you could think that
outside flights with
Blue-faced Parrot Finches contain canaries
Breeding was attempted but there was too much aggression and interference. A few eggs were laid but none hatched
Nests were often taken over

 
How to Feed & Breed the Blue-faced Parrot Finch is shown on the
Link - Website - HomeLink - Blue-faced - Feeding and Breeding


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