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The Atlantic canary (''Serinus canaria'') is known worldwide simply as ''wild canary''. It is also called the island canary, canary or common canary, is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus ''Serinus'' in the finch family, Fringillidae. It is native to the Canary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira. Wild birds are mostly yellow-green, with brownish streaking on the back. The species is common in captivity and a number of colour varieties have been bred. This bird is the natural symbol of the Canary Islands, together with the Canary Island date palm.〔(Ley 7/1991, de 30 de abril, de símbolos de la naturaleza para las Islas Canarias - in spanish )〕 == Description == The wild Atlantic canary can range from in length, with a wingspan of and a weight of , with an average of around .〔Snow, D. W. & Perrins, C. M. (1998). ''The Birds of the Western Palearctic'' concise ed. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-854099-X.〕〔()〕〔()〕〔()〕〔''CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses'' by John B. Dunning Jr. (Editor). CRC Press (1992), ISBN 978-0-8493-4258-5.〕〔''Finches and Sparrows'' by Peter Clement. Princeton University Press (1999). ISBN 978-0691048789.〕 The male has a largely yellow-green head and underparts with a yellower forehead, face and supercilium.〔Clement, P., Harris, A., & and Davis, J. (1993). ''Finches and Sparrows''. Helm ISBN 0-7136-8017-2.〕 The lower belly and undertail-coverts are whitish and there are some dark streaks on the sides. The upperparts are grey-green with dark streaks and the rump is dull yellow.〔Tony Clarke, Chris Orgill & Tony Dudley (2006) ''Field Guide to the Birds of the Atlantic Islands'', Christopher Helm, London.〕 The female is similar to the male but duller with a greyer head and breast and less yellow underparts. Juvenile birds are largely brown with dark streaks. It is about 10% larger, longer and less contrasted than its relative the European serin, and has more grey and brown in its plumage and relatively shorter wings.〔 The song is a silvery twittering similar to the songs of the serin and citril finch.〔〔 Hybridization with white-rumped seedeater has been noted by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena ''et al''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Atlantic canary」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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