compatability question

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jluna
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hi everyone,

i'm considering housing 3 pairs of longtails with a pair of cubans in a planted aviary measuring 3.6m L x 2m H x 1.2m W. although i've kept both species seperately and am very familiar with their personalities, i've never kept them together. any thoughts? if you think it's a 'no', what species would you replace the cubans with? the only other inhabitants will be king quail.

cheers,

justin
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Jayburd
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They should be OK together, what colour beak?
I have heard the theory that people have lots of pairs of cubans in an aviary to deflect specific -bird violence. apparently also works on Crimson Finches
Both being rather aggressive species should be ok :)
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jluna
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yellow-beaked. i heard something about cubans not liking birds with black feathering? but could be mistaken. i think longtails are big enough to look after themselves, anyways.
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shox
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should be ok, they are more aggressive to birds with yellow in their plume
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