Songsters

The Blue-faced Parrot Finch lies midway between the extremely 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 very large cages.
A metre cube is my minimum.

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 containing 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

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