Canary 2 Serinus canaria

1. MORE WILD CANARIES

Wild male Canaries

Canaries enjoying a bath

Canary on the wing

Canary in Gabon Tulip Tree

Canaries in Gabon Tulip Tree

2. DOMESTIC CANARIES

The Domestic Canary has been bred with suppressed melanin to accentuate the yellow pigment - "canary yellow."

It has also been bred in other colours including white and red, and in unnatural elongated shapes. Above is a "frosted red factor" domestic Canary; others are bred in bright red.

Hybrid Canaries have also been bred with other species to produce "mules" (mostly infertile), the males of which retain the Canary's melodious singing voice. Above is a Domestic Canary/Greenfinch mule.

Superficially similar to the Greenfinch mule shown, the birds above and below are thought to be hybrids of domestic Canaries with wild Canaries.

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