Canary Bird Facts
- These birds belong to the finch family.
- Canary birds are named after the islands from which they originate: the Canary Islands.
- Canary birds were brought to the rest of the world through Spanish sailors in the 1600s.
- When you buy a canary for sale, expect it to live between 5 and 9 years.
- Canaries are also known as Serinus canaria, Island Canaries or Common Canaries.
- The canary has an average wingspan of 20-23cm.
- Canary birds usually weigh between 15g and 20g.
- The canary’s song is one of the most famous bird songs.
- Canary birds prefer to eat seeds, berries and small insects.
2011, IMG_1046, Photograph, Flicker, accessed 18 June 2014, <https://www.flickr.com/photos/squiddles/5355802796/in/gallery-120865971@N02-72157644594931117/>, Creative Commons license: <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/>.
Types of Colour
First, there are the three main breeds: color canaries, type canaries and song canaries. Then,there are the numerous varieties in each breed and there are many mixed breeds of canaries to choose from.
songs canaries
types canaries
colour canaries
mutations
black variety
brown variety
agate variety
isabel variety
yellow variety
red variety
white variety
reacessive white variety
All of these varieties evolved from a single ancestor, the wild canary (Serinus serinus) of the Canary Islands.
- All canaries sing, Male canaries are the better singers (always trying to impress the female canaries),
offspring finch with canary
In the case of the canary, the mule
is a result of a female canary bred with a male finch, with the
resulting offspring usually being sterile. Some examples of mules are goldfinch mule, the
siskin mule and the greenfinch mule. Then there is the bull .as in
male bullfinch. The male bullfinch is the opposite of the mule. it is
the mating of a female bullfinch to a male canary.here are some good links that tell will expent more about the varieties in the breeds.
links
Canary Types..., 2010 CanaryAdvisor.com's, accessed 5 June 2014, <http://www.canaryadvisor.com/canary-types.html>.
This site are of low to medium authority, this sites are good for a older person who is looking for information feeding your canary.
Laminated Bird Posters, 2012 Ladygouldian.com, accessed 5 June 2014, <https://ladygouldian.com/content/option-contains-3-canary-posters-so-american-finches-poster-and-2-african-finches-posters-al>.
This site are of low to medium authority, this sites are good for a older person who is looking for information feeding your canary.
book
2006, Cannary ownwer's guide a guide to selection, houseing, care, nutrion,health,breebing and colour, 3 edn, About pets australian editon landmark press, Drouin, victoria.
this book is mediun to hight atherd as it was made for the cannary lovey and can be used buy any teen to old ages.
most of the links were back up with this book or other sites.
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