Editing Atlantic canary (section)

== Description ==
The Atlantic canary can range from {{convert|10|to|12|cm|in|abbr=on}} in length, with a wingspan of {{convert|21|to|23.7|cm|in|abbr=on}} and a weight of {{convert|8.4|to|24.3|g|oz|abbr=on}}, with an average of around {{convert|15|g|oz|abbr=on}}.<ref name=bwpc>Snow, D. W. & Perrins, C. M. (1998). ''The Birds of the Western Palearctic'' concise ed. Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-854099-X}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://genomics.senescence.info/species/entry.php|title=Tubeworm (Lamellibrachia) longevity, ageing, and life history|website=genomics.senescence.info}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thesprucepets.com/pet-canaries-1236727|title=A Canary Is an Ideal Pet Bird for Beginners|website=The Spruce Pets}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/16/1/2.full.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718190213/http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/16/1/2.full.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-07-18 |title=Rapid Radiation of Canaries |website=mbe.oxfordjournals.org }}</ref><ref name = "CRC">''CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses'' by John B. Dunning Jr. (Editor). CRC Press (1992), {{ISBN|978-0-8493-4258-5}}.</ref><ref name="Clement">''Finches and Sparrows'' by Peter Clement. Princeton University Press (1999). {{ISBN|978-0691048789}}.</ref> The male has a largely yellow-green head and underparts with a yellower forehead, face and [[supercilium]].<ref name=finches>Clement, P., Harris, A., & and Davis, J. (1993). ''Finches and Sparrows''. Helm {{ISBN|0-7136-8017-2}}.</ref> The lower belly and undertail-coverts are whitish and there are some dark streaks on the sides. The upperparts are grey-green with dark streaks and the rump is dull yellow.<ref name=Atlantic>Tony Clarke, Chris Orgill & Tony Dudley (2006) ''Field Guide to the Birds of the Atlantic Islands'', Christopher Helm, London.</ref> The female is similar to the male but duller with a greyer head and breast and less yellow underparts. [[Juvenile (organism)|Juvenile]] birds are largely brown with dark streaks.

It is about 10% larger, longer and less contrasted than its relative the [[European serin]], and has more grey and brown in its [[plumage]] and relatively shorter wings.<ref name=bwpc/>

The [[Bird vocalization|song]] is a silvery twittering similar to the songs of the European serin and [[citril finch]].<ref name=bwpc/><ref name=finches/>