Atlantic Canary - Taxonomy

Taxonomy

The Atlantic Canary was classified by Linnaeus in 1758 in his Systema Naturae. Linnaeus originally classified the Atlantic Canary as a subspecies of the European Serin and assigned them to the genus 'Fringilla'. Decades later, Cuvier reclassified them into the genus Serinus and there they have remained. The Atlantic Canary's closest relative is the European Serin, and the two can produce on average 25% fertile hybrids if crossed.

The phylogeny has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al.