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Recommended Ring Sizes


 

Size A - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT  (2.16mm), Plastic SPLIT Size XF
Small Waxbills and Bicheno (Owl Finches) Finches

 

Size B - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (2.34mm), Plastic SPLIT Size XF
Cordon Bleu, Fire Finch, Lavender Finch

 

Size C - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT  (2.49mm), Plastic SPLIT Size XF
Gouldian Finch and other small finches, Silverbills, Star Finch, Heck’s Grassfinch,

Zebra Finch, Pictorella, Cherry Finch, Painted Finch, Chestnut Breasted Finch, Red Siskin

 

Size D - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (2.67mm), Plastic SPLIT Size XF
Green Singing Finch, Cut-Throat Finch, Parrot Finch, Violet Eared Waxbill,

European Goldfinch, Bengalese Finch, other Australian Finches

 

Size E - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (2.84mm), Plastic SPLIT Size XCS
Gloster, Fife, and miniature Canaries, Blackcap, Greenfinch, Nightingale, Yellow Hammer,

Chaffinch, Bramble Finch, Red Bunting, Diamond Sparrow, Yellow Siskin and all Nuns

 

Size G - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (3.05mm), Plastic SPLIT Size XCL
Border, Roller, Red Factor, Japanese Hoso, Waterslager and Lizard Canaries, Snow Bunting

 

 Size J - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT(3.30mm), Plastic SPLIT Size XCL
Yorkshire, Norwich, Crested and Frill Canaries, Corn Bunting

 

Size K - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT  (3.94mm), Plastic SPLIT Size XB
Java Sparrow, Hawfinch, Shama, Mesia, Pekin Robin, Saffron Finch

 

Size L - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (4.09mm), Plastic SPLIT Size XB
Budgerigar, Grass Parakeets including Bourkes, Turquoisines, Splendids, Elegants and

Bluewings plus Diamond Dove, Chinese Painted Quail, Button Quail, Parrotlets, Bulbuls

 

Size M - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (4.34mm), Plastic SPLIT Size X3
Redrumps, Manycolours, Lovebirds, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Shrike, Glossy Starlings,

Kakarikis, Lineolated Parakeets, Stanley Rosella, Swift Parrots

 

Size N - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (5.33mm), Plastic SPLIT Size 1FB
Cockatiels, Mealie & Golden Mantled Rosellas, Pileated Parrot, Plumheaded

Parakeet, Goldie Lorikeet, Lutino & Pied Kakarikis

 

Size P - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT  (5.99mm), Plastic SPLIT Size 1FB
Cloncurry, Pennant, small Quakers, large Quail, Dusky, Peach Fronted, Pyrrhura,

Nanday, Sun, Green Cheeked, & Maroon Bellie Conures,  African Ring Neck,

 Tippler/Tumbler Pigeons & Doves (including Ring Neck)

 

Size R - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (7.04mm), Plastic SPLIT Size 1FB
Port Lincoln, Twenty-Eight, Blue Headed Pionus, Larger Rosellas, Crimson, Jenday, &

 Blue-Winged Conures, larger Quakers, Princess of Wales, Lesser Hill Mynah, Rainbow,

Dusky, Blue-Streaked & Violet Necked Lory, Rock Pebbler, Barrabands, Grey Cheeked Parakeet

 

Size S - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (7.57mm), Plastic SPLIT Size 2FB
Derbyan,  & Patagonian Conure, Homing Pigeon, Australian King Parrot, Moustache Parakeets, Red Lory, Meyer’s Parrot, Hahn’s Macaw, Blue Crowned Pionus, Indian Ringneck Caiques, Senegals*

 

Size T - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (8.69mm), Plastic SPLIT Size 3FB
Alexandrine Parakeet, Mitred, White Eyed, Red Fronted, White Crowned & Scaly Headed Pionus, White Fronted, Yellow Billed and Tucuman Amazons, Dwarf Macaws, Red Bellied Parrots, Large Lories, Chattering Lories, Cherry Headed Conure, Jardine Parrot, Stella's Lory

 

Size U - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (9.45mm), Plastic SPLIT Size 4PB
Goffin, Citron Crested, Lesser Sulphur Crested and Rose Breasted Cockatoos, Timneh African Greys, Severe Macaw, White Crowned Turaco

 

Size V - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (11.00mm),  Plastic SPLIT Size 5PB
Congo African Grey, Medium Sulphur Crested Cockatoos, Mexican Red Headed, Yellow Crowned & Red Lored Amazons, and other large Amazons, All Eclectus

 

Size W - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (12.70mm), Plastic SPLIT Size 6PB
Triton, Moluccan and Umbrella Cockatoos, Scarlet Macaw, Greater Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, Blue & Gold Macaw, Military Macaw*, Umbrella Cockatoo

 

Size X - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (14.29mm), Plastic SPLIT Size 7PB
Green Winged and other large Macaws, Leadbeater's, Palm and Sulphur Crested Cockatoos

 

 Size Y - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (15.98mm), Plastic SPLIT Size 8PB
Hyacinth Macaw


Individual breeders may find it convenient to use sizes one larger or smaller than the ones we have recommended, especially those marked with a *. Sizes K to Y available in stainless steel (closed, year dated) in addition to closed aluminum. If you have any information regarding ring sizes that differs from the above, please contact the Ring Registrar: Mark S. Curtis, P.O. Box 123, Chemainus, BC, V0R 1K0, Fax (250) 246-4912, E-mail rings@aacc.ca. Size lists for birds of prey, geese, waterfowl and poultry, and doves & pigeons available upon request.


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