Serinus Canarius Domesticus

Water is the most important thing for your Canary. Make sure that there is fresh clean water available for your Canary at all times. They can die without water for less than 24 hours. They are also very active and need to have plenty of food. Canaries only eat the top layer off of their food dish, so if feeding seeds, be sure to clean out empty hulls. They like to fly so select them a home that is longer than it is tall. The bigger the cage the more your pet will like it. Place perches at different heights. They don’t need much interaction and would rather not be held.

Size: 3 to 8 inches (10 TO 20 cm) depending on the breed.

Canary Lifespan: 10+ years

Origin: They were named after the Canary Islands.

Taeniopygia guttata castanotis or Poephila guttata

The normal coloring of Zebra Finches makes it easy to tell the males from the females. Males have a number of distinguishing features including: orange cheek patches, stripes on the throat, black bar on the breast and a chestnut colored flank with white spots. Females do not have the orange on the cheeks, their other colorings are less dominant than the males. The beak color on both males and females is orange/red and usually brighter in males than females. They like to bathe several times a day and will usually take full advantage of their water dish for this purpose.

Size: 4 inches (10cm)

Zebra Finch Lifespan: 5+ years