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title: "Island Canary"
description: "Serinus canaria — Uccelli. The Atlantic canary (Serinus canaria), known worldwide simply as the wild canary and also called the island canary, common canary, or canary, is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Serinus in the true finch family, Fringillidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/island-canary
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Island Canary

> Serinus canaria — Uccelli. The Atlantic canary (Serinus canaria), known worldwide simply as the wild canary and also called the island canary, common canary, or canary, is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Serinus in the true finch family, Fringillidae.

- Scientific name: *Serinus canaria*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `zoo` (Zoo e animali domestici)
- iNaturalist observations: 6095
- Wikidata: [Q192524](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192524)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9246](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9246)

## Names

- en: Island Canary
- de: Kanarengirlitz
- es: Canario
- fr: Serin des Canaries
- nl: Kanarie
- pt: Canário
- pl: Kanarek

## Countries with the most observations

ES (2274), PT (1354), DE (63), US (61), NZ (40), UM (40), GB (30), FR (28), DK (24), AU (16), IT (16), GR (13)

## Summary

The Atlantic canary (Serinus canaria), known worldwide simply as the wild canary and also called the island canary, common canary, or canary, is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Serinus in the true 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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_canary

## Photo

![Island Canary](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/island-canary/medium.jpg)

Photo: Barbara Terhal · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/250135174

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/island-canary?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).