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Softbills

Zebra Waxbill

Golden Breasted or Zebra Waxbill Characteristics Although most pet owners are content to observe their birds, with patience and perseverance it is possible to finger tame them. They can be messy eaters and it is wise to place their cage in an area that can be easily cleaned up. These are perching and songbirds. Housing [...]

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Zebra Finch

Zebra Finch Characteristics Although most pet owners are content to observe their birds, with patience and perseverance it is possible to finger tame them. They can be messy eaters and it is wise to place their cage in an area that can be easily cleaned up. These are perching and songbirds. Housing Finch, canary, bird [...]

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Zebra Dove

Zebra Dove Characteristics Although most pet owners are content to observe their birds, with patience and perseverance it is possible to finger tame them. They can be messy eaters and it is wise to place their cage in an area that can be easily cleaned up. These are perching and songbirds. Housing Finch, canary, bird [...]

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Yellowgrass Finch

Yellow Grass or Little Saffron Finch Characteristics  Pale olive head and upperparts, streaked with brown-black. The female is duller in coloration. Eyes dark brown, beak light gray, legs gray. Nice song voice. Social Behaviors Prefer to be kept in pairs or colonies. Housing Finch, canary, bird of paradise, lyrebird, starling, wren, warbler, or bunting, they [...]

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Yellowbill Cardinal

Yellow Billed Cardinal Characteristics Although most pet owners are content to observe their birds, with patience and perseverance it is possible to finger tame them. They can be messy eaters and it is wise to place their cage in an area that can be easily cleaned up. These are perching and songbirds. Social Behaviors Excellent, [...]

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Yellow Eye Canary

Yellow Eyed Canary or Green Singing Finch Characteristics Although most pet owners are content to observe their birds, with patience and perseverance it is possible to finger tame them. They can be messy eaters and it is wise to place their cage in an area that can be easily cleaned up. These are perching and [...]

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Yellow Cardinal

Yellow or Green Cardinal Characteristics Olive green upperparts with black streak on the mantle. Yellow tail with two black central feathers. Crest, chin and throat black. Breast green-yellow, brighter on the abdomen and undertail coverts. The male has a black and the female a white streak over the eye. Sides of the throat and supercillum [...]

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Whitethroat Seedeater

White-Throated Seedeater Characteristics Gray. Black head and ear coverts. White bib, underside and breast; the last with a black band. Thighs black on the inside and white on the outside. Eyes dark brown, beak horn-colored yellowish, legs gray. The female is duller, with a black beak.  Social Behaviors Prefer to be kept in pairs or [...]

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White Rump Seedeater

White Rump Seedeater Characteristics Although most pet owners are content to observe their birds, with patience and perseverance it is possible to finger tame them. They can be messy eaters and it is wise to place their cage in an area that can be easily cleaned up. These are perching and songbirds. Housing Finch, canary, [...]

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White Head Mannikin

White Headed Munia, Mannikin or Nun   Characteristics Although most pet owners are content to observe their birds, with patience and perseverance it is possible to finger tame them. They can be messy eaters and it is wise to place their cage in an area that can be easily cleaned up. These are perching and [...]

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