Bronze-winged mannikins

jamezyboo21 · Post by **jamezyboo21** » Thu May 15, 2008 5:14 pm

Does anyone own bronze mannikins? I supposedly have a male and female pair. i think for the first time today i saw one singing very lightly because it was standing tall and singing with its head tilted up a little. But mostly they do little chirping sounds back and forth. They look alike to me and there very bonded they follow each other everywhere and eat together and there constantly going in there nest but no eggs.

Post by **Sally** » Thu May 15, 2008 5:27 pm

Are these some of your new birds? They will take a while to settle in. I have a Bronze-winged Mannikin male along with his two BWM/Society babies. He is pretty active and gets along with everyone in a community flight. However, when I first put them in the flight, he took an instant dislike to a juvie male Society--they hated each other on sight. I had to put the divider in the flight till I decided to relocate the juvie Society--no more problems.

jamezyboo21 · Post by **jamezyboo21** » Thu May 15, 2008 5:35 pm

Thanks Sally.do the male and females both sing though. i think one of the was singing today. oh yeah, i also got soe lovebirds today, lol. More birdies, Some guy just ga ve them to me for free because he got them for his little daughter and she wasnt even interested in them. He gave me 2 cages as well. i will try to take pics later tonight.

lonchura_boi · Post by **lonchura_boi** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:43 pm

male bronze wings are bigger and "chunkier" looking than females, and have more defined markings. he will also sit higher on the perch than her. ie if they sit together, he sort of sits taller than her.