Finches form a large family belonging to the perching order of birds. They include common British birds E.g. sparrows, yellow-hammers and sonnets, most of which are poor songsters, but also canaries.

Canaries are now bred and raised in many parts of the world, but their original natural home was the Canary Islands, the Madeiras and the Azores. in the wild state, canaries, which are finches, are about 14 centimeters long and are olive-green in color, streaked with brown above, and greenish-yellow beneath.