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Hi,
I recently bought canaries from a hobby breeder who told me that the canaries are (1) female red factor; (2) female white; and (3) male green, maybe spanish timbrado.

I've had these canaries for a week and have heard the green sing beautifully, so he's definitely a male. The other 2 haven't sang yet so their gender is still uncertain.

Could anyone tell what type of canary these 3 are?

Many thanks.

I don't see any bands on the birds so I imagine they are just pet birds, sometimes called "kitchen canaries". They look healthy are they this year's birds? Their nails are kind of long...

I don't see any bands on the birds so I imagine they are just pet birds, sometimes called "kitchen canaries". They look healthy are they this year's birds? Their nails are kind of long...

jonvill, I was told they hatched earlier this spring. They have been healthy so far. Knock on wood!

vienneparis
When you asked to identify them, do you mean type, gender? or what exactly?
As the pictures go, you have Red Factor, Red Factor, Green, mixed white and yellow, and white...(?) Cannot tell male or female from pictures of course. They are very pretty pet canaries.
A word of caution. If you have more than one male, they will fight, especially during breeding season, and can seriously damage each other.

And yes, as mentioned above, their nails are very long for this years' babies. You should cut their nails. It's not that difficult. You just grab them (gently of course) and use small nail clippers and snip, snip, snip, done.

they are indeed a red factor, green and white ....though the gender cannot be recognized by these photos. you have to look for aggressive behavior should you get 2 males in the same cage (especially your cage seems to be little bit small.
Re. the nails i agree with all the comments above they are long and needs to be cut, otherwise they might cause your birds problems.

If you want to figure out the gender of the canaries you will need to divide them or separate them from the others but they should be still able to hear each other. When they sing, you know for certain they are cocks.

Agreed that you need to separate them to figure out gender. Males will sing and females will chirp.

Thanks all for the comments. I've trimmed the nails on my canaries, and confirmed that the green canary is a male. I haven't heard any singing from the other 2 so the jury is still out on them.

From the look of the green one, would you say he's a spanish timbrado?

It's hard to say just by looking at the color. Spanish timbrado usually look like your bird, but there are also lots of other colors as well. Other breeds of canary also have the same color as common Spanish timbrado, so identifying by color is difficult. You best chance is listen to his song, I think. The song is distinctive and is the reason why they are called Spanish timbrado.