Atlantic canary: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Atlantic canary lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Serinus canaria
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Europe, Oceania
Mass	1.54 g (birth weight); 15.3 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Fringillidae

Where does the Atlantic canary live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Atlantic canary in 3 countries and territories across Europe and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an Atlantic canary?

Wikidata records the following for the Atlantic canary: mass 1.54 g (birth weight); 15.3 g (adult weight).

Is the Atlantic canary endangered?

The Atlantic canary’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Atlantic canary?

The Atlantic canary (Serinus canaria) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Fringillidae, genus Serinus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Atlantic canary

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 in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Atlantic canary (revision 1370334689), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q192524 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).