Wild Canary

Life span of Wild Canary Bird

The average life span of female canary is five to six years. The average lifespan of a male is about ten years. Some canaries also live up to twenty years.

General Information about Canary Bird

The wild canary species is known as canary, island canary, Tame canary, and Atlantic canary. The domestic canary has been breed in the captive environment, since the 1600s. Wild canaries are divided into three main groups color bred canaries (breed for mutations), Type canaries (breed for their shape) and Song canaries (bred for unique song patterns). The word “canary is derived from the Latin canaria, “of the dogs,” referred to the numerous wild dogs which are inhabited the islands.

Physical Description of Wild Canary Bird

The average length of the wild canary is 12.5 cm. it has a wingspan of 20 to 23 cm and a weight of 15 to 20 gm. Wild canary are yellow green, with a brownish streaking on their back and wings. They have a gray and brown color in their plumage. There beak and feet are pale in color. Female canaries are dull in color. In the cage of the domesticate canaries, there are more than hundred of mutation that will have numerous variation in the color.

Diet of Wild Canary Bird

The diet of the wild canary consists of fruits, nuts, and seeds. They have grove on the inner beak, which helps them to break open nuts.

Habitat of Wild Canary Bird

The native of wild canary is to the Azores, the Canary Islands, and Maderia. They also inhabits in semi-open areas such as orchards where it nest in trees and shrubs. They reside in elevation from sea level to 1700m. A number of escaped wild canary populations occur on Bermuda, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.

Reproduction of Wild Canary Bird

Generally, the wild canary breeding take place between January and July. Females build the nests in small tress or bushes. Incubation takes about 14 days and the chicks fledge out after two weeks of incubation.

Health Problems and Signs of Wild Canary bird

Canaries are very hardy and seldom fall ill, if they are kept in proper suitable environment and proper diet. Visible signs of a poor unhealthy canary bird are.

1. Loss of appetite
2. Weight loss
3. Changes faces
4. The male canary stops singing
5. Normally, bird sleeps more
6. Sneezing
7. Wheezing
8. Lusterless plumage
9. Ruffled plumage
10. Moulting in an odd season
11. Mites
12. Feather plucking
13. Bare spot begin to appear in the plumage

Tips to Care for Wild Canary bird as a Pet

1. Wild canaries should not be kept in small cages, since it is very difficult for a bird to get enough exercise and stimulation in a small cage; especially if the bird is not let out of a cage daily. A canary who is allowed out from the cage to roam around freely for few hours per day, usually tolerate a somewhat small cage.
2. Canaries are very sensitive to drafts, so the placing of the cage is very important.
3. You should provide your canary with suitable perches if kept in a cage. Perches should allow bird to wear down it claws and do not the clip the claws.
4. Canaries like to take a bath, so they should be provided with a “bath tub.” During mounting and breeding, the canary should ideally have an access to bath every day. The wild canaries in their natural vegetation can be seen rolling around in the dampened grass, and hence the pet canaries too like to do.
5. Generally, canaries are very peaceful creatures and rarely show aggression. Since they are so timorous, they should not be housed with bossy birds such as lovebirds or parakeets. Keeping more than one male canary bird in a small cage can also result in fights.
6. Often, males are ready to breed before the female. The male can harass the unwilling female, if they are kept in the same cage. To avoid such stress to female canary bird, separate the pair until the female has finished building her nest.
7. Male wild canaries are known for their beautiful songs. Canary birds can also learn to mimic sounds such as telephone signals, alarm clocks, if they are exposed to it at an early age.

Hope that the above information would have cleared your doubts about the wild canaries. Wild canaries make a great pet.

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