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Hello all! I recently went to a pet store that I normally don't frequent and they had a bunch of different types of finches - some that I wasn't sure of.

Sorry for the crappy photos - I was using my phone and they didn't really like it, so I didn't want to stress them out too much.

They had zebras, societies, cutthroats and then these guys -
#1

#2

#3

#4


And then there was this guy (not a finch obviously) - all the others were a dull blue and then he was a bright turquoise! Is this unusual or did he just look so fantastic next to the others?



Thanks!

#1 are orange cheeked waxbills

#2 not sure

#3 I should know but I am blanking

#4 Orange Weavers/ Bishops/ Grenadiers (my family had one of these growing up, he went through mealworms like you wouldn't believe!

#5 Budgies!

Hope this helps!

carcoozie

1. Orange Cheek Waxbills
2. Can't tell from picture
3.Green Singer
4. Orange Weaver
5. Budgies (not finches, small parrots)

Elana

They've got it!

On #2, I enlarged and tried to determine without much luck.

It looks like the beaks are silver, and the most common silver beaked finch is Indian/African Silverbills. But it looks like he's got a strip of light colored feathering on the upper chest, which wouldn't be present on a silverbill. So no clue!

Are you familiar with society finches? They're very common and their coloring could certainly be consistent with lightly pied societies. (They don't have silver beaks, but it's possible it's just the photo and they don't have silver beaks at all, but brown beaks.)

I couldn't tell that 2nd photo either, but I wonder if it could be Grey Singing finches? They are grey streaked with brownish grey and a bit of white, and the beak is tannish to light grey/brown.

Hey - thanks all! Pic #2 was smaller than a society - mostly all brown - terrible picture.

I knew the parakeet wasn't a finch, but was just intrigued with his color.

Thanks all for the IDs!

picture #2 may be silverbills... they quality of the picture is dark, little hard to tell

If the Orange-cheeked Waxbills and the "Silverbills were housed in the same cage there is a much better photo of the bird in the first photo. That does appear to be an Indian or African Silverbill.

#3 is a type of Weaver I'm pretty sure.

#4 is definitely a male Orange Bishop Weaver.

I am pretty sure the bird with the Red Bishop is a partially colored male Napoleon Weaver.
These 2 species are often imported together from Senegal.
Wevers are hard or impossible to identify when not in breeding plumage (and when female!) but this one shows enough yellow and black already.