Domestic Canary

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Born to sing. Canaries are famous for their beautiful songs, and some types have been specially bred just for their amazing singing voices.

Island origins. Wild canaries come from the Macaronesian Islands, like the Canary Islands, off the coast of Africa.

Tiny finch. The canary is a small member of the finch family, related to other little seed-eating songbirds.

Many colors. Through careful breeding over 500 years, people have created canaries in all sorts of colors and fancy decorative shapes.