Domestic Canary

Bird name: Domestic Canary
Latin: Serinus canaria domestica
Other: Serin des Canaries • Canari
Family: Fringillidae • Finches

Photo: monacoeye • Monaco • April 2009

This Domestic Canary was a surprise visitor to a friend’s terrace on Easter Monday ! He was very tame and even flew in and landed on the bookshelves at one point.

We offered him some food and water but he didn’t seem very interested - his beak was dirty - it looked like he had already been eating.

Releasing non-native breeds can prove problematic to the ecosystem, if they survive, but this little fellow was such a ray of sunshine on the terrace, we wished him the best of luck.