[Monica]

In My Opinion, and In My Experience.

I keep two budgies with four bourkes. Bourkes are similar in personality to that of finches. They are more aviary type birds that if tame enjoy human contact, however, they are very calm birds with a sweet melody of tweets and chirps. Cosmo, the oldest budgie, will peck at the bourkes if one were to get in his way; otherwise, he'll usually tend to stay to himself now a days. Smurf, the other budgie, he doesn't bully around the bourkes much, however, he constantly flirts with them especially the male bourke, and will tassel him until the bourke preens Smurf himself. Smurf also feeds the male bourke.

It's not just keeping budgies and finches together, it's keeping FEMALE budgies and finches together. Female budgies tend to be much more bossier than the males and will pick fights with other birds. Males usually tend to flirt too much, and females tend to be TOO aggressive, especially with other birds of a different species. The difference with keeping budgies and bourkes vs. budgies and finches is that finches are smaller, they are softbills, and are more fragile than that of grass parakeets (bourkes, scarlets, etc).

There are people who do keep finches with budgies, and sometimes even cockatiels, though they are usually kept in a large flight where everyone has room to escape. I do not recommend keeping finches with any parrot larger than that of a grass parakeet, and only to be kept with grass parakeets for that matter. Some can successfully keep finches with budgies; however, one MUST watch out for the finches’ safety and make sure that the budgies DO NOT bully the finches.