Finch/Canary

Not really. Finches and canaries aren't parrots and generally don't become hand-tame the way a budgie or cockatiel can. They're best enjoyed as active, colourful flock or aviary birds you watch and listen to, rather than birds you handle day to day.

A quality finch or canary seed blend as the base, with soft food offered regularly, especially useful during breeding or moulting.

Basic Finch Seed Blend ($8.99) or Basic Canary Seed Blend ($8.99), with Passwell Finch Soft Food ($11.99–$17.99) as a nutritional top-up.

Male canaries are specifically prized and bred for their song, and are generally the more vocal of the two. Finches are more likely to chatter and call to each other, which still makes for a lovely, lively background sound rather than a trained song.

They're best kept in same-species groups. Mixing species, or mixing canaries with more boisterous finches, needs care since size and temperament differences can lead to bullying at the food or water source.

A flight-style cage rather than a small parrot cage, since these birds fly horizontally rather than climb.

Dividable Flight Cage ($62.99) suits Canaries, Finches, Budgies, Parrotlets and Lovebirds, and a Cane Finch Nest ($7.99–$10.99) is worth adding if you're breeding.