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I'm wanting to set up an all-male indoor aviary of finches. (I'm wanting males because I don't want to breed.) What do you think would be a good species of finch to have in an aviary like this? It would be nice if you could tell whether they were male or female without doing a DNA test. I was thinking maybe Cordon Bleu finches?

Societies get along well, but you have to watch the bird sing to be sure it is a male. Some species don't get along.

Or Gouldians. Peaceful. Marvelously colorful. Very easy to sex. Nothing exotic as far as food and maintenance.

I would say silver bills they get on great with bengalease and java finches most breeders will know the males because there song is nice and the females are very quiet

Others that go good are

Stars
Javas
Bengalease

Thank you so much, everyone! You've given me a lot of good news. I don't have access to many species of finches locally, but I can definitely find Society/Bengalese finches, which I didn't know you could sex by listening to the song. That is great news. About two hours away I can find some Gouldians, but they would be from a big pet store. I'm glad to hear they are easy to care for - some things I've read on the internet had made me think they would be too difficult to keep.
I have always loved the look of Java Finches, and I've heard Star Finches have very nice personalities. With some investigating, I might be able to find these in a neighboring state.

ericabelle yeah that sounds like really good news the stars are good temperament and they would go well with javas

Just don't add any zebra finch males, they can be very aggressive towards the other birds.

Thanks, CathyCraftz, I definitely won't. I've seen lots of reports of them being aggressive, so I'll definitely stay away from them!

I would skip Javas too. Not all of them, but some are viciously aggressive with smaller birds.

Sheather yeah I agree actually I e had two pairs and the male out of the grey pair attacked my finches

Only buy a java if it’s already been around them