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Canary & finch aviary in Victoria, BC

Small birds. Big show. Genetics, mutation and colour.

Prize-winning colour canaries and Gouldian finches, bred in Victoria and shown around BC.

CanariesBy colour or type

Explore canaries

By colour

By type

All canaries

FinchesPhotos, colours, care

Explore finches

On the page

All finches

Canaries and finches, nothing else.

The aviary keeps to two families: colour-bred canaries for the show bench, and Gouldian finches in red, black and orange-headed lines.

A red canary in the nest box with its chick

Canaries

Colour-bred reds, yellows, whites and mosaics, plus Glosters.

Explore canaries

A Gouldian finch up close: red face, black mask, purple breast, yellow belly and green back

Finches

Gouldian finches in a range of head, breast and back colours.

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Best Canary in Show.

Still in the novice classes, the aviary’s birds took the top canary award at the Vancouver Island Cage Bird Society show in 2024, and kept winning.

Best Canary in ShowVICBS 2024
Best Novice in ShowVICBS 2024
Best Novice Colourbred CanaryGVCFC 2025
Best Colour Canary in Show

See the full show record

Iosvani in the garden with his trophies and show rosettes, a white canary in its show cage on the table

Canaries by colour

Six canary colours, illustrated, from deep red to snow white.

Yellow intensive

Recessive white

Bronze (black-red)

Journal

Guides on colour, care and showing.

A red canary on a weathered branch

Canaries

Colour canaries, explained

Lipochrome, melanin, intensive, mosaic: the four words that sort every colour canary on the show bench.

Illustration: egg food, sprouted seed, carrot and red pepper

Care

Why red canaries need colour feeding

Four Gouldian finches on a branch perch: red, orange and cream heads, green and blue backs

Finches

Reading a Gouldian finch: head, breast and back

At a show: two show cages on the table with trophies and Best rosettes

Bred at home, judged on the bench.

Every bird here is bred and raised at home in Victoria. Questions about the birds, the colours or showing are always welcome.

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