Color canaries divided into two main groups
Colored canaries are classified into two main groups:

  1. Unpigmented canaries (fat color or lipochrome):
  2. The color is determined by the presence of lipochrome or fatty substance color.
  3. Colors in this group: white, yellow, red.
  4. White is considered the absence of fatty substance color in the feather.
  5. Pigmented canaries (melanin):
  6. These canaries have dark dyes in their feathering.
  7. Basic colours: black, brown, agate, isabel.
  8. These colors always occur in combination with a lipochrome color.

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