Stats

Lifespan: 10-15 yrs
Size: Small
Diet: Herbivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Temperate woodland
Range: Macaronesia
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Speed
Status: Uncommon

About

The canary is a small finch domesticated from the wild Island Canary of the Canary Islands, prized for centuries as a cage bird for its melodious song. Males are the primary singers, capable of producing complex, continuous trills that they use to attract mates and defend territory.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2.
hatchling
A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Serinus
Species: Serinus canaria