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Canary Serinus canaria   [Linnaeus, 1758]
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Order: Passeriformes Family: Carduelidae
BTO Codes: , EURING No: 16420
Number in Britain: Unavailable
Conservation Status:
UK: Unlisted
European: Not a species of concern
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (-)  Occassional Escape
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 13 cm Wingspan: 22 cm Weight: -    
Scientific name from: French: serin=a canary and after the Canary Islands
World Distribution: Canary Is, Madeira, Azores
Habitat: Open woodland, scrub
Diet: Seeds, occ. Small insects, mostly on ground
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Other Names
Island Canary
Gaelic: Welsh: Caneri
Danish: Kanariefugl Dutch: Kanarie
Finnish: Kanarialintu French: Serin des Canaries
German: Kanarengirlitz Hungarian: Kanári
Icelandic: Kanarífugl Irish:
Italian: Canarino Norwegian: Kanarifugl
Polish: Kanarek Portuguese: Canário
Spanish: Canario Swedish: Kanariefågel
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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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