Editing Atlantic canary (section)

== Behavior ==

=== Reproduction ===
[[File:Serinus canaria MHNT 223 Tenerife 2000m pin RdN.jpg|thumb|Eggs of ''Serinus canaria canaria'' [[Tenerife]] [[MHNT]]]]
It is a gregarious bird which often nests in groups with each pair defending a small territory. The cup-shaped [[bird nest|nest]] is built 1–6&nbsp;m above the ground in a tree or bush, most commonly at 3–4&nbsp;m.<ref name=Atlantic/> It is well-hidden amongst leaves, often at the end of a branch or in a fork. It is made of twigs, grass, moss and other plant material and lined with soft material including hair and feathers.<ref name=bwpc/>

The [[egg]]s are laid between January and July in the Canary Islands, from March to June with a peak of April and May in Madeira and from March to July with a peak of May and June in the Azores. They are pale blue or blue-green with violet or reddish markings concentrated at the broad end. A clutch contains 3 to 4 or occasionally 5 eggs and 2–3 broods are raised each year. The eggs are [[egg incubation|incubated]] for 13–14 days and the young birds leave the nest after 14–21 days, most commonly after 15–17 days.<ref name=bwpc/>

[[Inbreeding depression]] occurs in ''S. canaria'' and is more severe during early development under the stressful conditions associated with hatching asynchrony.<ref name="deBoer2015">{{Cite journal |last1=de Boer |first1=Raïssa A. |last2=Eens |first2=Marcel |last3=Fransen |first3=Erik |last4=Müller |first4=Wendt |date=2015 |title=Hatching asynchrony aggravates inbreeding depression in a songbird (Serinus canaria): an inbreeding-environment interaction |journal=Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution |volume=69 |issue=4 |pages=1063–1068 |doi=10.1111/evo.12625 |pmid=25689753|hdl=10067/1266040151162165141 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>  Hatching asynchrony leads to differences in age and thus in size, so that the environment of the first hatched is relatively benign, compared to that of the last hatched.<ref name = deBoer2015/>

=== Feeding ===
It typically feeds in flocks, foraging on the ground or amongst low vegetation. It mainly feeds on seeds such as those of weeds, grasses and [[ficus|fig]]s. It also feeds on other plant material and small [[insect]]s.<ref name=bwpc/>