Aussie Finch Forum

I was looking at a profiles for plumhead finchs and it struck me that they often say that they are not as good looking as some finchs and even "plain birds".I t got me wondering what is everyones favorite 3 finchs for looks? Gouldians are very pretty colours and do stand out but I have a weakness for pattern and I thought plumheads were lovely birds when you see one up close...
My ranking would be plumheads ,painted and gouldian
on another scale for personality I would say Zebs for their happy go lucky attitudes ,societys for their affection and love of a bath and red brows for their calling to eachother
What do others think??

All Species of Parrotfinches No.1 for me
No.2 Parson
No.3 Cutthroats

all have great looks inquisitive and become friendly

Crimsons, gouldians and red eareds for me for looks. Although I also have a soft spot for plumheads as they were my first aussie finch.

painteds, gouldians double bars for personality.The first two I think are miles in front of others for inquisitiveness.

Red faced PFs have the most endearing personality of any bird I have ever met, my favorite bird to keep and from now on I vow never to be without a pair!
Looks go to blue caps if course

Oh, you wanted three of each?
Red faces, long tails, zebras for personality, they sure do have lots of it!
Looks go to blue caps, bamboo parrotfinch and then probably chestnuts or tri nuns... The more I get into the hobby the less I like the gaudiness of gouldiand

1= Zebras
2=Blue Caps
3=Ruddies

Good lookers? Each to his own but the Gould does stand out in its natural form as being "colourful". Notwithstanding I like St Helenas, Orange Breast and Javas (Greys) because of the subtle colouring and not the explosion of colour when you see them. You take them for what they are. Then you have Redbrows, Longtails, Crimsons, Double Bars and lets not forget Crimsons. Its all too hard. Most inquisitive? Hands down Painteds, reckon I might be on the money with this one then Zebs because they are Zebs and then the Gould can be fairly inquisitive. Great question, should get some good replies which will give some insight to members preferences.

Well done Amalan11!

hmmmm very hard I like them all ...but my altime favorites would be

1. Emblema
2. RF Parrot finch
3. Toss up between /Crimson and Cutthroat

Diamonds - full of personality and could watch them all day. Never managed to breed them.
Gouldians - the best colours of any finch and readily breed.
Stars - my first finch and the first finches that I ever bred. Still have a soft spot for them.

I saw a colony of Orange Bishop Weavers at Adelaide Zoo last week and watched them for ages. They would be right up there as well. There was one dominant male, and about 4 other males/young that were not coloured up as brilliantly as the dominant male. The dominant male had a corner of the aviary that he was controlling and would not let any other males fly within the area that he had claimed. The other males had areas that they had built display platforms and were displaying/trying to attract hens.

Canary wrote:Diamonds - full of personality and could watch them all day. Never managed to breed them.
Gouldians - the best colours of any finch and readily breed.
Stars - my first finch and the first finches that I ever bred. Still have a soft spot for them.

I saw a colony of Orange Bishop Weavers at Adelaide Zoo last week and watched them for ages. They would be right up there as well. There was one dominant male, and about 4 other males/young that were not coloured up as brilliantly as the dominant male. The dominant male had a corner of the aviary that he was controlling and would not let any other males fly within the area that he had claimed. The other males had areas that they had built display platforms and were displaying/trying to attract hens.

Are you sure those were orange bishops not grenadiers? I thought OBWs were really rare and only in private collections... Also I seem to remember reading something about grennies at adelaide