Chris,
 
We have cordon blue finches and lavender wax bills here at Sedgwick County Zoo in or Jungle exhibit (which is a mixed species exhibit).  Scott Newland, our Senior keeper believes that average lifespan would only be about 3-5 years. 
Hope this helps
 
Pete Logsdon
Tropical Horticulturist
Sedgwick County Zoo
 

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To: AZH@...
From: cpartain@...
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:14:21 +0000
Subject: [AZH] Another Finch Question

 

An aviculturist co-worker would like to know the average life span of finches in aviaries or mixed-species exhibits. Do you all have any data from your institution?

Thanks

Chris Partain
National Aquarium Institute

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