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 LC    Island Canary* Id (Atlas):
    Serinus canaria

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Island Canary, Atlantic Canary, Common Canary

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
12.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Temperate forest, shrubland, rural gardens, pastureland, arable land.

Range (Guide)
Portugal (B) (NB), Spain (B) (NB).

Introduced to Bermuda (B) (NB).

Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.Introduced in Bermuda, Puerto Rico and Hawaii.
 
Population
Estimated population is 60,000 - 300,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (159)...)

 
Atlantic Canary (Serinus canaria) [XC709603]
     by Steffen Hartmann from CAM Areeiro atr\u00e1s Aripan (near Funchal), Madeira, Portugal (song)

 
Atlantic Canary (Serinus canaria) [XC842442]
     by Guido O. Keijl from S\u00e3o Roque do Pico, S\u00e3o Roque do Pico, Azores, Portugal (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Has sometimes been thought to form a superspecies with European Serin (Serinus serinus), Syrian Serin (Serinus syriacus) and Cape Canary (Serinus canicollis).


References
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Files:
JPG files for Island Canary (Serinus canaria) - 10 files


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