Both finches and canaries is become two popular birds which mostly pets at home. These birds also has something same that caused they are become favorite and hunted by birdsong lovers such like their sound, beautiful feathers, and easy-treatment. They are also same at last concern population level. Even has some same similarity, there are some differences between finches and canaries. Here they are:
Finches
This bird has medium, it is around 20 centimeters measured from the tip of the beak to the tip of the tail. Their back and their tail colored dark chocolate and their throat, chest, and tummy colored white and gray, and their head is black. And also, their eyes are red and black for their beak and foot.
- Can we meet easily in home settlement
Finches are the kind of bird which usually layover in our backyard. They are also visiting city park and trenched in the tree in our house around.
In their wild life, Finch likes to visiting opened place, side of road, garden, shrubs, and secondary forest until 1600 meters from water surface. They are like to colony, both when looking for their food and when perch. This bird can also easily meet in city forest. The main food for finch is soft fruits like papaya and banana. This kind of fruits chosen cause its soft texture so the flinch can eat it easily. For baby finch, you need to smooth it before give it to them. It is suggested for you to boil it first. Beside fruits, finch also eats some insects like grasshopper, butterfly, caterpillar, and etc. Every morning, finch has unusual habit like other animals. This habit is sun bathing. Beside it, finch will up their topknot when they are happy.
Their skill to be quick adaptor and good survivor gives effect to gain their population. Even degradation of environment threat their population decrease, their skill to be quicker adaptor helps them to survive.
As we know that their main food is soft fruits like papaya and banana which is easy to find with cheap price. This kind of fruits chosen cause its soft texture so the flinch can eat it easily. For baby finch, you need to smooth it before give it to them. It is suggested for you to boil it first. Beside fruits, finch also eats some insects like grasshopper, butterfly, caterpillar, and etc.
They are can imitate some voices of other bird or master sound as same as the original. This fact also causes them to be hunt and killed. Some people rate that finch can being a threat for other birdsong and decrease the value, especially during competition. For people who looking for medium price birdsong, they can choose finch for alternative option. But people who feel that they already invest their money to grab the pricey bird, of course they don’t want his bird imitating by other. This fact is so sad.
- About male and female finches
There are almost no differences between male and female finches. Some people claimed that keep male finches is more advantage than female. Beside their voice is louder, the male also more practical.
Canaries
Canaries founded in 15 centuries. It has 20 centimeters length. Their body dominated by yellow and brown color. It has long dark brown tail, brown beak, small brown-cream foot and black eyes. The feathers in their body has uniquely pattern which combined three colors, yellow, brown, and white. But not only that color, there are also red-orange, white, pink, and another brown. The baby canaries are similar with chicks.
Unlike finches, canaries are living individually in their wildlife. They don’t make colony and rarely interesting for something beside their self. Their basic food is grain which is still easy to find. Canaries are so hyperactive. They mostly always do randomly thing such like flying and jumping. For pet owner who is just thinking to pet this bird, you better prepare the big cage to facilitating their active moves.
- About male and female canaries
The ass male usually more stand out than female. The shape is straightly vertical. The male’s sound is louder and the body is slimmer and elongated. The neck is also longer. And the female’s ass is flat, not too stand out. They are still singing but rarely. The body shape is rounded and their neck is shorter.
Unlike finches that should be mastering first to get beautiful voice, you don’t need to do that for canaries. They have beautiful original sound since they were born.
Conclusion
Even both of them have 20 centimeters length body, their feather color still different. On finches, they have back and their tail colored dark chocolate and their throat, chest, and tummy colored white and gray, and their head is black. And also, their eyes are red and black for their beak and foot. On canaries, they have long dark brown tail, brown beak, small brown-cream foot and black eyes. The feathers in their body has uniquely pattern which combined three colors, yellow, brown, and white. But not only that color, there are also red-orange, white, pink, and another brown.
Finches likes to visiting opened place, side of road, garden, shrubs, and secondary forest until 1600 meters from water surface. They are like to colony, both when looking for their food and when perch. This bird can also easily meet in city forest. The main food for finch is soft fruits like papaya and banana. This kind of fruits chosen cause its soft texture so the flinch can eat it easily. For baby finch, you need to smooth it before give it to them. It is suggested for you to boil it first. Beside fruits, finch also eats some insects like grasshopper, butterfly, caterpillar, and etc. Unlike finches, canaries are living individually in their wildlife. They don’t make colony and rarely interesting for something beside their self. Their basic food is grain which is still easy to find. Canaries are so hyperactive. They mostly always do randomly thing such like flying and jumping.
Unlike finches which have to mastering first to produce beautiful song, you don’t need that step for canaries. Canaries have beautiful original sound since they were born. This is surely more practical because you don’t need spend your energy to train them. But, it doesn’t mean that finches don’t have their own song. So do them. But to make it more beautiful you must train it.
It is absolutely note for pet owner who may have these birds to make difference with their cage. You must prepare the big cage for canaries facilitating their active moves because they like to flying and jumping inside the cage. Unlike canaries which are so hyperactive, finches are calmer. They do flying but not as random as canaries.