What kind of birds for an indoor aviary?

[chseeads]

Okay finch/canary/etc. experienced people, question....

What type of birds do well in an aviary together? (Meaning what I refer to as a "nursing home aviary" because you see them in nursing homes, hospitals, etc. sometimes...lol)

What different species get along well together and what kind would do well breeding in a communal enclosure that way?

Here's a pic of the type aviary I am referring to:

[WhiteRaven]

Here are species that can be put in a mixed finch aviary:
Aurora Finch
Yellow-winged Pytilia
Green Twinspot
Dybowski’s Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
Dark Firefinch
Masked Firefinch
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (can’t be kept with Purple Grenadier)
Purple Grenadier
Swee Waxbill
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Black-rumped Waxbill
Common Waxbill (St. Helena)
Avadavat - reeds
Goldbreast
Painted Finch
Star Finch
Owl/Bicheno Finch
Long/Shaft-tailed Grassfinch
Zebra Finch
Pintailed Parrot Finch
Blue-faced Parrot Finch
Red-headed Parrot Finch
Gouldian Finch
Cherry Finch – reeds
African Silverbill
Society Finch
Spice Finch
Chestnut Munia - reeds
White-haired Munia
Gray-headed Munia
Yellow-rumped Finch - reeds
Chestnut-breasted Finch - reeds
Java Sparrow
Jameson’s Firefinch - ground
Quail Finch - ground
Pictorella Finch - ground
European Goldfinch
Strawberry Finch
European Greenfinch
Black-cheeked Waxbill
Canary
(I think some of my notes are in that list, some birds do well with reeds and some like to spend time on the ground).

Here are species that CAN NOT be kept in a mixed aviary:
Orange-winged Pytilia – aggr. breeding
Melba Finch – aggressive
Peter’s Twinspot – aggressive
Black-billed Firefinch – can be aggr.
Bar-breasted Firefinch – aggressive
Violet-eared Waxbill – aggressive
Lavender Waxbill – aggr. breeding
Diamond Firetail – ground, aggr. breeding
Crimson Finch – aggressive
Bronze Mannikin – aggr. breeding
White-backed Munia - aggr. breeding
Parson Finch – aggressive
Cutthroat – aggr. breeding
Saffron Finch – aggressive
Gray Singer – can be aggr.
Chaffinch

Ones I'm not sure about (Google may tell you):
Masked Grassfinch

Sorry, got to go, I will answer the rest of your post when I get home. :)

[chseeads]

Great, thanks for the info so far, I look forward to hearing more of what you have to say... :)

[WhiteRaven]

Back again! :P As far as breeding goes, I don't know a whole lot about breeding, but some of them may breed if given the appropriate conditions for that species. Would be best to look up the best way to breed each species you are interested in and see if it's appropriate. Some require live food for rearing young as well.

Zebra finches breed like rabbits and often try to make a nest in the food bowl, etc if you don't have one for them. They will breed in a community aviary like that.

Society finches will probably try to breed but due to their overfriendly nature (cramming as many of them as they can into one nestbox), eggs are in danger of being crushed. Societies are great community birds though and will readily sit on eggs if other species aren't sitting on their own. Female societies are even known to share one nestbox to nest in.

Here's a calculator to determine how many finches are suitable for the aviary size you are after: Cage Size Calculator
Remember also that finches are very social birds and should have at least one other of the same species in there with them.

[ndeben]

I have canaries with lady goulds in my flight cage.

[B CAMP]

I think you would be better off with just the passive group of finches check out this link Finch Species Profiles

[chseeads]

With those, where would canaries fall?

Or something like a couple diamond doves or button quail or something?

[B CAMP]

I really can't give opinion with canaries but they are A much larger bird than most Finch's and would be intimidating to them but have read that they are usually passive same with doves,but I don't think all birds are exactly the same just have to watch for signs or aggressive behavior.
That aviary in the pictures isn't ideal for very many finches needs to be wider not taller