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Animals Sergeant MajorSerotine

Serin
European Serin
Male
Small, bright yellow finch with darker streaked upperparts.

 


S. serinus
Binomial name
Serinus serinus
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Range: orange, summer; green, all year; blue, winter ...

Serinus canaria
Song Canaries
American Singer CanaryRoller Canary
Serinus canaria ...

Fire-fronted Serin - Serinus pusillus - Fringillidae - Birds of India - Birding in India
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Serin
Serins are small finches with short stubby bills and forked tails. Both sexes have streaky yellow brown upper parts, paler streaked under parts and lemon yellow rumps. Males have bright yellow heads... More...
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Passerin nonpareil, Bruant nonpareil (French)
Colorín sietecolores, Gorrión cabeziazul (Spanish)
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Genus Serinus Closely related to genus Carduelis
Canary, Brimstone Serinus sulphuratus Found: Southern Africa
Photographed by: Dick Daniels on the road from Swellendam To De Hoop, South Africa ...

CANARY (Serinus canarius), a well-known species of passerine bird, belonging to the family Fringillidae or finches (see FINCH).

The Canary (Serinus canaria) sometimes called the Island Canary, Wild Canary or Atlantic Canary is a small songbird which is a member of the finch family. This bird is native to Madeira and the Canary Islands.

Island Canary Serinus canaria
Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Common Canary, Canary
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...

The Canary (Serinus canaria) is a small bird in the finch family. This bird is native to the Azores, the Canary Islands, and Madeira.

(knâr´), common name for a familiar cage bird of the family Ploceidae (Old World finch family), descended from either the wild serin finch or from the very similar wild canary, Serinus canarius, of the Canary Islands, Madeira, ...

Some can detect the L-serine (a chemical found in the skin of mammals) diluted to 1 part per billion.
Have a "lateral line" system consisting of sense organs ("neuromasts") in canals along the head and trunk.

Ankober serin (Serinus ankoberensis)
Scaly breck lichen (Squamarina lentigera)
Terrathelphusa (Terrathelphusa kuchingensis)
Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha)
Beaked beardless moss (Weissia rostellata)
Ground pine (Ajuga chamaepitys) ...

Long a popular cage bird, the domestic canary was developed from a wild ancestor, Serinus canaria, of the Canary Islands, Madeira, and the Azores. It belongs to the family Fringillidae, order Passeriformes, suborder Passeres.

No species of this group ranges far into Africa (where they are replaced by the related genus Serinus), and the centers of evolution were probably Eurasia and North America, with a secondary radiation in the Neotropics.

See also: Finch, Canary, Parrot, Perch, Coral

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