The Spanish Timbrado was developed in Spain in the late 1940s by breeding the wild canary of the Canary Islands with the song bird of Spain. The result is a canary with a very distinct song that is similar to the sounds made by Spanish castanets. These canaries are bred for their song and are considered to be the loudest of all canary songs, as well as bright, cheery and pleasing to listen to. The Spanish Timbrado Canary comes in a wide range of colors, including blue, green, yellow, white, cinnamon and variegated. Both the male and female sing, but the male is more likely to produce a full long song.Their average size is just over 5 inches long.
The Spanish Giboso Canary was developed in 1984. This breed is very similar to the Italian Gibber Canary. However, the Giboso is slightly bigger and longer and it has an even more exaggerated posture than the Gibber. The Giboso has the posture of an extreme hunchback with its head bent down below a horizontal line, very similar to the old-time Belgian Fancy Canary. The Giboso's extra reach and long neck was the result of a mutation that gives these canaries an extra cervical vertebra.
Due to the rarity of the Spanish Raza Canary, not much is know about this bird other than it was developed in 1931 in Spain. The Raza Canary is bred for its song, and the male has a life span of 10 or more years, while the females live between five and six years on average.
