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I'm thinking of buying a canary, because I've sold most of my finches and now have a cage left over. d:

So, I'm looking for a smaller sized canary, like a finch sized one. That's brownish yellow (olive?) in colour, (I'm not too fond of the bright yellow/red ones for some reason). The song doesn't matter much to me, I just want one for company. So, what's the best type/breed I could get? (Please include pictures, I'm not too familiar with the types.) And how much do they usually cost. This will be my first canary..

Thanks!

i dont know if this will help but this website shows u some of the different types of canaries http://www.naturepicturesource.com/gall ... aries.html

Sounds to me like you're looking for a Fife... they are smaller border canaries and not bright -- I mean they are not brightly colored!

I would go for either a scotch fancie or Irish canary,if you can get them over there
This is a scotch fancie that I had


here are some Irish canaries

http://irishfancycanaries.webs.com/apps ... =132627695
(link from irish canary site)

Off course you can get the colour you want,but gives you a rough idea of size/shape

Very pretty colour, but wow, she looks big, especially with such a long tail like that. Any smaller breeds, maybe?

Also, what price are they usually?

I dont think they that big,woukd say around tge size of a java sparrow.
As for price i have no idea how much they are over the pond

They around average 6inch in size(google)
Also i remebered talking about them on the forum a while back here is the thread
http://www.finchforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=14447
dont know how close you are in location but maybe bigbear could advise on price, they are my fav type of canary

The smallest canaries out there are Fifes-- I know because I looked into it myself -- I wanted some that wouldn't be so much larger than my finches.

Look into the Fife if you want small.

I'm looking for a 4-5 inch size canary. Are fifes around that size?

Yup. I believe so although I haven't looked recently -- Singing Wings carries them and I've seen them in some online classifieds....

Yes fife are around 5inch in size

The SW site states: Selectively bred miniature border canaries no more than 4.5"

I really like these, what would the colour be called?

Toby is the expert but I think they might be referred to as "green". I have a green American Singer and he is cute as a button. It's a very nice color with lots of interest in the feathers.

I would call it varigated
would not say am a expert though
here a link with info on the fife,
http://www.canaryadvisor.com/fife-canary.html

they do tend to be bred for show so they are more a canary to watch/look at than a song one,although they can sing nice