Nature's Small Jewels - Pet Birds Finches are great pet birds in a small package. Keep finches as single pet birds or in aviaries. This special companion would need to have personality, be easy to care for, be reasonably quiet, be affordable, and be colorful enough to please almost everybody. I'm sure many people are thinking of cockatoos, parakeets, or other members of the Psittacideae family. But there's one family of birds that also fits the bill, Fringillidae, or finches.
Finches live across the globe.
The majority of the finches held in captivity come from Australia, such as the zebra and Gouldian finches. Many other pet species come from the rest of the world, with the exception of those species native to the United States. Although we can enjoy our native finches in our backyards, it is illegal to own a bird native to the United States as a pet. Most people keep finches as aviary birds, and it is true that many species of finches do well in a setting with little to no connection with humans. Here, in an almost natural state, finches display their multitude of behaviors and rear their young.