Difference between male and female long tail finch

Mimianil · Post by **Mimianil** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 3:06 am

Some days before I bought two long tail finches from a pet shop. The shop keeper told me one is male and another is female. But now I think the two are female. How can I identify the male and female long tail finch by appearence.

wildbird · Post by **wildbird** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 11:36 pm

What kind of finch do you have? A picture would help. It seems there are more females for sale than males. Most shop keepers either don't know what they are or just want to make a sale, and a pair sounds pretty good.

Mimianil · Post by **Mimianil** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 2:07 am

I am attaching a photo of the same.

Mimianil · Post by **Mimianil** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 3:02 am

I am attaching more photos. Please help me to find whether it is male or female.

Fraza · Post by **Fraza** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 3:11 am

I think males but I’m not certain am not skilled at them myself I have only had them a few month but my bet is Male

MariusStegmann · Post by **MariusStegmann** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 9:23 am

You sex them on the size of the bibs. The male's bibs is generally wider and more oval. The bib can sometimes can be pear-shaped with the wide part at the bottom.

Cock bird on the right

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Cock bird on the right and the stance is generally higher

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Fraza · Post by **Fraza** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 4:36 pm

MariusStegmann

Watch have you got my exact pair there
https://imgur.com/gallery/Fsitz

MariusStegmann · Post by **MariusStegmann** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:33 am

Mimianil Yes, those 2 birds look like cocks.

MariusStegmann · Post by **MariusStegmann** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:05 am

Sorry, I forgot about it. The most glaring difference between the sexes is that the cock's tail feathers is about 6 to 10 mm longer than the hen's tail-feathers.

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