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I bought a pair of "indigo" finches this weekend, and cant seem to find them online. The male is a very shiny solid dark blue (looks black in some light) and has a light colored waxbill type beak. The female is brown with some stripes on her face. The breeder had another name written down that started with a C I thought, but failed to write it down. What else could these be called?

Thanks

Where are you located? Do you have pics? Size? It is hard to ID a bird without more information, but could it be a Combassou (an African species)? Google that and see if you can ID your bird. I suppose if you are outside North America it could be an Indigo Bunting--they are illegal to be kept in the U.S.

Senegal combassou or indigo bird...Is this it on link?
Paul.

http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/photos/c ... negal.html

Yes! Thank you!! It was driving me nuts! I wonder why that didnt come up in searches? Oh well..

We are in the states, we actually have 2 pair of indigo buntings raising chicks in birdhouses in our back yard. Cute little guys.

LD wrote:Yes! Thank you!! It was driving me nuts! I wonder why that didnt come up in searches? Oh well..

We are in the states, we actually have 2 pair of indigo buntings raising chicks in birdhouses in our back yard. Cute little guys.

I cheated and searched French websites.
Paul.

How common are these in aviculture in the states?

I believe they're relatively hard to find. Aren't they the host bird for one of the whydahs?

From what little information I have found, it said they were in the whydah family and they were parasitic as well. Guess I can forget any babies, since the only other finches I have are Lavender waxbills, I dont have a clue what gender they are. I dont think my toucan would be interested in that either

You've got a toucan? How cool is that? I want one! You must post a pic!

toucan,We need to see picture to be sure

I have a pair of grass quits that look alot like your birds. The male makes a loud trilling noise. He's almost the color of a starling

I'm going to join in with the "oooh"ing over your toucan! I've considered them for several years, but know it would be many more before I figured out if I really wanted to live with one.

This petshop owner I know has a pet Toucan in the store....They need LOTS of room to hop around and to make sure they don't slam their beak against anything. Beautiful birds though.

I wanted to get a toucan when i was younger, well i still would like one but im sure there very expensive and very hard to get.