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Recommended Ring Sizes


 

Size A - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT  (2.2mm), Plastic SPLIT Size XF
Small Waxbills and Bicheno (Owl Finches) Finches

 

Size B - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (2.4mm), Plastic SPLIT Size XF
Cordon Bleu, Fire Finch, Lavender Finch

 

Size C - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT  (2.5mm), Plastic SPLIT Size XF
Silverbills, Star Finch, Heck’s Grassfinch, Pictorella, Cherry Finch,

Painted Finch, Chestnut Breasted Finch, Red Siskin

 

Size D - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (2.7mm), Plastic SPLIT Size XF
Green Singing Finch, Cut-Throat Finch, Parrot Finch, Violet Eared Waxbill,

Other Australian Finches, Bengalese Finch

 

Size E - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (2.9mm), Plastic SPLIT Size XCS
Gloster, Fife, Japanese Hoso, Raza, Irish, Blackcap, Greenfinch, Nightingale,

Yellow Hammer, Chaffinch, Bramble Finch, Diamond Sparrow, Gouldian Finch

Yellow Siskin, all Nuns, Zebra Finch, European Goldfinch, European Bullfinch

 

Size G - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (3.2mm), Plastic SPLIT Size XCL
Border, Roller, Scotch Fancy, Waterslager, American Singer, Lizard Canaries,

Timbrado, Goboso, Colourbred Canaries, Snow Bunting, Siberian Goldfinches,

 

 Size J - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT(3.5mm), Plastic SPLIT Size XCL
Yorkshire, Norwich, Lancaster, Crested and Frill Canaries, Siberian Bullfinches

 

Size K - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT  (4.0mm), Plastic SPLIT Size XB
Java Sparrow, Hawfinch, Shama, Mesia, Pekin Robin, Saffron Finch

 

Size L - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (4.2mm), Plastic SPLIT Size XB
Budgerigar(Pet), Grass Parakeets including Bourkes, Turquoisines, Splendids,

Elegants and Bluewings, Diamond Dove, Chinese Painted Quail, Button Quail, Bulbuls, Parrotlets

 

Size M - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (4.5mm), Plastic SPLIT Size X3
Exhibition Budgerigars, Redrumps, Manycolours, Lovebirds, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird,

Shrike, Glossy Starlings, Kakarikis, Lineolated Parakeets, Stanley Rosella, Swift Parrots

 

Size N - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (5.5mm), Plastic (Spiral) Size 1FB
Cockatiels, Mealie & Golden Mantled Rosellas, Pileated Parrot, Plumheaded

Parakeet, Goldie Lorikeet, Lutino & Pied Kakarikis

 

Size P - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT  (6.0mm), Plastic (Spiral) Size 1FB
Cloncurry, Pennant, small Quakers, large Quail, Dusky, Peach Fronted,

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

 Tippler/Tumbler Pigeons & Doves (including Ring Neck)

 

Size R - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (7.0mm), Plastic (Spiral) Size 1FB
Port Lincoln, Twenty-Eight, Blue Headed Pionus, Larger Rosellas, Crimson, Jenday, &

 Blue-Winged Conures, larger Quakers (over 100 grams esp. Myiopsitta monachus monachus), Princess of Wales, Lesser Hill Mynah, Rainbow, Dusky, Blue-Streaked & Violet Necked Lory, Rock Pebbler, Barrabands, Grey Cheeked Parakeet

 

Size S - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (8.0mm), Plastic (Spiral) 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 , Senegals, Caiques

 

Size T - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (9.0mm),
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, Hawk Headed Parrots

 

Size U - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (10.0mm),
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),
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 (13.0mm),
Triton, Moluccan and Umbrella Cockatoos, Scarlet Macaw, Greater Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, Blue & Gold Macaw, Military Macaw*, Umbrella Cockatoo

 

Size X - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (15.0mm),
Green Winged and other large Macaws, Leadbeater's, Palm and Sulphur Crested Cockatoos

 

 Size Y - Aluminum CLOSED & SPLIT (16.0mm),
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. Split plastics sizes 3FB and larger must be special ordered and cannot be numbered or coded. If you have any information regarding ring sizes that differs from the above, please contact the AACC Ring Registrar, 16 Fulwell Crescent, Toronto, Ontario, M3J1Y3 or E-mail the ring registrar Gary D'Ornellas at bandsaacc@gmail.com. Size lists for birds of prey, geese, waterfowl and poultry, and doves & pigeons available upon request.

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