Society finch
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- Work cat.: Roberts, M.F. Society finches. 1979:p. 12 (known for perhaps 250 years in the British Isles as "Bengalese" finches are ... sold in the United States as "society finches")
- Alderton, D. A birdkeepers guide to finches:p. 96 (Lonchura domestica. It seems likely that Bengalese, or Society, Finches are a domesticated form of the white-backed Munia (L. striata) which originated in China several centuries ago. Bengalese are known as Society Finches in North America.)
The Society finch (Lonchura striata domestica), also known as the Bengali finch or Bengalese finch, is a domesticated subspecies of finch. It became a popular cage and trade bird after appearing in European zoos in the 1860s through being imported from Japan, though it was domesticated in China. Coloration and behavior were modified through centuries of selection in Asia, then later in Europe and North America. Another aspect of the Bengali finch that evolved throughout the centuries is song production. Extensive research has been done and continues to be done on the different ways Bengali finch songs are produced, how they are processed in the brain, what characteristics of the songs are preferred by females, and how their songs compare to the also commonly studied zebra finch.
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