LIfespan

• Canaries live an average of 5 to 9 years.
  
  

Coloration

• Wild canaries are usually gray or green instead of the yellow color we know in domesticated birds.
  
  

Size

• They are small birds, averaging from 3 to 6 inches and weighing in at approximately 20 grams.
  
  

Reproduction

• Canaries lay a clutch of three to seven eggs that hatch in approximately two weeks.
  
  

Domestication

• Germany is considered the original area for training and breeding canaries.
  
  

Origination

• Canaries are named from the island in which they came, the Canary Islands.