Avifauna Ibérica Aves de España
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Atlantic canary

Passeriformes · Fringillidae

Atlantic canary

Serinus canaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ancestor of the domestic canary, less yellow and more streaked, native to the Canaries, Madeira and the Azores.

Data

Length
12–14 cm
Wingspan
20–23 cm
Weight
12–16 g
Global IUCN
Least concern (LC)
Protection in Spain
Not listed

Approximate measurements.

Curiosity

The islands were not named after the bird: the bird was named after the islands.

Records by month

37,477 records in Spain

Where it has been recorded

Canary Islands Ceuta Melilla Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Islands Canary Islands Cantabria Castile and León Castilla-La Mancha Catalonia Valencian Community Extremadura Galicia Community of Madrid Region of Murcia Navarre Basque Country La Rioja Ceuta Melilla
© EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries · GISCO/Eurostat, simplified

Communities with enough GBIF records: these show observations, not breeding ranges.

Canary IslandsBasque Country

In the same family

Tenerife blue chaffinch

Sources

GBIF Wikidata BOE