Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Atlantic Canary
Serinus canaria
- langka
- 42 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Every cage canary descends from this bird.
- Populasi
- Roughly 80,000–90,000 pairs in the Canary Islands, 30,000–60,000 pairs in the Azores, and 4,000–5,000 pairs on Madeira (~114,000–155,000 pairs total in native range)
- Habitat
- Wide variety of semi-open habitats including pine and laurel forests, sand dunes, orchards, copses, parks, and gardens, from sea level to over 1,500 m elevation
- Fakta menarik
- Every domestic canary breed alive today — from the plain "wild-type" green canary to fancy song and color varieties — descends from the Atlantic Canary, first brought to Europe by Spanish/Portuguese sailors in the late 14th/15th century and domesticated soon after.
- Sebaran
- Endemic to the Macaronesian islands of the eastern Atlantic: the Canary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira; introduced populations exist elsewhere (e.g. Bermuda, Midway Atoll, Ascension Island)
- Makanan
- Mainly seeds of weeds, grasses, and figs, plus other plant material and occasional small insects
- Ukuran
- 0,11 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,22 m
- Masa hidup
- 3 tahun
