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Zebra finches

A zebra finch can be a variety of color from grey to white even black and sometimes the male can have orange cheeks. The scientific name for the zebra finch is the  taeniopygia guttata. A zebra finch size can be around 7cm.

 

The zebra finch are so special because they usually live close to water.the zebra finch is found in a range of grasslands and forest. The most common county to find thee zebra finch is in Australia because  can provide a warm climate.

 

The diet for a zebra finch are canary and mettet seeds.they are found of the green food. They do love to eat grass and eggs.the zebra finch will mostly eat any small seeds,because they are a small animal.

 

Many small mammals are common predators of the zebra finch  eggs,like snakes,mice and a lot more small mammals however they are pretty safe if you have them at home in a secured cage . It is very hard to get into a zebra finches nest as they make them out of hard materials The zebra finch is an amazing animal and very well known all over the world you are able to adopt one of these amazing creatures at your local pet store or local breeders.

Canary

Canaries can be a range of colors from white, red, yellow, green, brown and 100s more. Even there are 100s of breeds of canary like roller, gloster, red factors, yorkshire's, norwich and many more.

While wild canaries are a yellowish-green colour, domestic canaries have been selectively bred for a wide variety of colours, such as yellow, orange, brown, black, white, and red.


 

First the canary were only owned by the rich but the local citizens started to breed them and, again, they became very popular.Canaries were first bred in captivity in the 17th century.

Budgerigar

Budgerigar or budgies can be many different colors but in the wild they are usually a green and yellow color but with breeding we have over a thousand different colors of budgerigar.

 

In New Zealand  we have 1000s of breeders that breed budgerigar. Sometimes the breeder or owner take there budgerigar to a show in the show there could be up to 30 different colors of budgerigar and even at the shows you can buy budgerigar as it is best to buy your budgie of a local breeder so you can know all the info you need.

 

Budgerigar eat a range of foods you can keep you budgerigar on a seed diet but they love to eat eggs, beetroot, corn , apples , letters and lots more.


 

Budgerigar originated from Australia as of the warm heat, the wild budgerigar live in the desert near water holes next to long grass. The budgerigar is the  third most popular pet in the world, after the domesticated dog and cat.

Chinese quail

Chinese quail are a very little bird and it can’t really fly they come in a variety of colors such as black white silver blue even red. They are also known as king quail. Chinese quail are really compatible with other birds as on the picture on the right. The price varies between $5-$10 as they are so easy to breed. As they will make there net in the most weirdest of places chinese quail can lay up to  300 eggs a year if eggs get removed daily.

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Other birds

 

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