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So I thought bengelease and society finches were both the same thing. But when I went to the pet shop they seemed to think they were two different birds so I was wondering if there is at all a difference between bengelease and society finches? And if not, how did they end up with two different names? Thanks!

They are the same bird. We call them Societies in North America and Bengalese everywhere else. Bengalese is the dominant term because historically, we thought they came from Bengal. We now know they don't, they come from China and Japan, but the name sticks elsewhere.

I think the early importers called them society finches to demonstrate their social nature, which is their main appeal versus other more colorful finches.

Flight Feathers yeh [quote=Sheather]They are the same bird. We call them Societies in North America and Bengalese everywhere else. Bengalese is the dominant term because historically, we thought they came from Bengal. We now know they don't, they come from China and Japan, but the name sticks elsewhere.

I think the early importers called them society finches to demonstrate their social nature, which is their main appeal versus other more colorful finches.[/quote]

is right however sometime soon I have seen in pet shops they might charge extra for bengalease trying to scam new people to it bengalease yeh is the most common name but society is used because of how they are very social and friendly

Awoke people get mixed up thinking that self society’s are bengalease and pied ones are society’s but it’s not they are both the same

Ok thank you! I thought were both the same bird!