Hist. Part III

NOTE: The above data has been gathered from many sources and it is only as accurate as the many and patchy sources, the dates are in some cases approximates and intended as reasonably correct chronology , we must keep in mind that most of the information about the development and history of canary breeding is fragmented and many times passed down by word of mouth. Please e-mail me if you have verifiable corrections to provide. Thank you, ammed

Spanish breeders were the first to hybridize canaries with the Red Siskin (carduelis cucullata).

· 1915-German breeders Balser from Fulda and Dams from Konigsburg found out that from crossing Siskin X Canary, some fertile subjects could be obtained. Bruno Martern from Prussia produced the first canaries with red factor in 1925.

· 1921- it was Hans Duncker (1881-1961) school teacher and part-time genetist with the aide of breeder Karl Reicht who undertake the task of producing a red canary. Their iniciative, which took up most of Duncker’s life would be achived to a great degree but not completely.

· 1930– from what Duncker and Reicht produced, Anthony K. Gill and Charles Bennett retake the mission . Bennett discovers the missing link, supplying carotenes. Julius Henninger also breeds birds that are able to genetically derive color from color feeding, his book Farben Kanarien, Maximillian, 1962 was the first practical guide for color breeding.

· 1934-the first Bronze canaries are bred from the cross of melanin canary X Siskin.

· 1944-52-Gustave Smet and Marcel Ciouta standout as skilled color breeders , but the desired intensity in red color had yet to be met. In the 60^s Hoffman La Roche creates a product to intensify the color of egg yolks for the poultry industry (Roxanthin Red-10). This product would be used in 1964 by canary breeders to obtain the desired pigmentation in red canaries.

· 1949-the Opal mutation is obtained from a pair of green Rollers in the aviary of Mr. Rosner from Furth, Germany.

· 1950-from the breeding stock of P. J. Helder in Holland appears the Rose mutation from a pair of red canaries. In the 60s the Ivory is obtained from the breeding stock of Willi Robner in Germany.

· 1959-the first Melanin Pastels appear from a pair of Red Isabels owned by Mr. Brockmayer from the Netherlands. .

· 1960-the New Dimorphics appear in Italy, crated from the cross of red canaries and Glosters.

· 1965-the Phaeo mutation appears from the breeding stock of Mr. Kuppens in Brussels, Belgium.

· 1966-the Grey-wing mutation appears in Italy.

· 1967-the Satinette mutation appears in Argentina from the breeding stock of Mr. Primitivo Calderón and two years later it appears in France (?).

· 1981-the Eumo mutation appears in the aviary of Mr. Van Haaf in Holland.

· 1985-the Topaz mutation which had been acquired from a breeder and perfected by Mario Ascheri, in 1993 it is finally recognized by the C.O.M.

· 1986-the Onyx mutation appears in Valencia Spain from the breeding stock of the Bellver brothers.

· 1994-The Cobalt mutation appears in the aviary of Mr. Karl Werner in Germany.

Adalberto Medina

· 1908-the first Recessive Whites appear in Mrs. Lee’s aviary in Martinborough, New Zealand. This mutation is later reproduced in Engalnd and established by 1912.

G.T. Dodwell

The first genetic creation accomplished by man, the Red Canary