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Finches, goldfinches and canaries are small birds with a cone-shaped bill suited to seeds. Many have a rich song and bright colours. The male is often more colourful than the female. The family is found almost everywhere except Australia and Antarctica. Many gather in flocks outside the breeding season.
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Fringillidae
Serinus canaria · Least concern
Every pet canary descends from this dull yellow-green finch of the Canary, Azores and Madeira islands. The colour 'canary yellow' comes from a domestic mutation that erased its darker pigments. The bird took its name from the islands, which a legend says were named after a fierce tribe.
Photo: Juan Emilio (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Fringillidae
Fringilla montifringilla · Least concern
The brambling is often seen in very large flocks; its world population is about 100 to 200 million. Once called the cock o' the north, it was recorded as "bramlyng" by William Turner in 1544. The female alone builds the nest, sometimes with lichen, heather and birch bark.
Photo: mmlolek (CC BY 2.0)
Fringillidae
Linaria cannabina · Least concern
The linnet owes its name to its fondness for flax seeds, the plant that gives linen. A popular cage bird in Victorian times, it appears in Tennyson's 1849 poem In Memoriam and in the music-hall song 'Don't Dilly Dally on the Way'. Europe's population fell by 62% from 1980 to 2009.
Photo: Joe Pell (CC BY 2.0)
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