Canary Varieties

History of the different varieties of canary
The canary is a man made bird that have been developed from over 500 years of selective breeding. The original bird was a Canary Island finch that had a beautiful song. It was the singing ability of the cock birds that first attracted people to this bird. Since then it has become the most popular bird behind only the budgerigar to be kept as a pet. The cock bird sings at its best in the spring time when it is trying to attract a suitable mate. It continuees to sing throughout the year except during its summer moult.

The canaries featured on this page are in breeding condition, but out of show condition. We will update this page with show condition canaries when the season arrives! Thank you to Mr Maurice Hunt and Mr Malcolm Coulston for allowing me to photograph these birds. I'm looking for the very best quality show canaries for my upcoming book. If you can help, please contact me.

Canary Varieties

Aust Plainhead	Border Fancy1	Border Fancy2	Crested Norwich
Fife	Gloster Corona	Norwich Plainhead	Red Factor Lipochrome
Parisene Frill	Red Factor Apricot Cock	Red Factor Copper Cock	Red Factor Mosaic Cock
Red Factor Mosaic Hen	Yorkshire1	Yorkshire2

Canary Aviaries

Incubating Hen

Breeding Room

Breeder Holes

Flight

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