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4 unusual facts about Atlantic Canary


Alexander Viveros

Viveros met different fates with his next two teams, starting with FC Nantes in France – albeit only in his first year in Ligue 1, with the Canaries finishing in 17th, the first position above the relegation zone – but being a reserve with Swiss Super League side Grasshopper-Club Zürich, for which he signed in January 2006.

Alphonse D'Arco

On Amuso's instructions, the hitmen placed a dead canary, the sign of an informant, in Facciola's mouth after they killed him.

Santos Iriarte

Victoriano Santos Iriarte (November 2, 1902 — 10 November 1968), nicknamed "El Canario" (The Canary), was an Uruguayan football forward, member of the Uruguay national team that won the first ever World Cup in 1930, and of Racing Club de Montevideo at the club level.

Wild Canary

The Atlantic Canary (Serinus canaria), from which Domestic Canaries are descended


Cinnamon budgerigar mutation

Cinnamon-like mutations are known in many other bird species, including the Canary, Greenfinch, Peach-faced Lovebird and Cockatiel.

Golden-winged grosbeak

Altogether, Rhynchostruthus seems to belong to a group of Carduelinae which includes such birds as Carduelis, the Oriole Finch (Linurgus olivaceus), and the canaries, many of which have large amounts of brilliant yellow plumage.


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