Harz Roller

"The Hartz Canary-Bird (or German Whistler)", from "Canary birds – how to breed for profit or pleasure" (1880)
Domestic canary (Serinus canaria forma domestica)
Transport birdcage for canaries as used for the Harzer Roller canary breed in the 18th and 19th century

Harz Roller (German: Harzer Roller [ˈhaʁtsɐ ˈʁɔlɐ] ⓘ) is the name of a breed of domestic canary bred in the Upper Harz mountains of Germany. The birds were bred in the Upper Harz between Lautenthal and Sankt Andreasberg in the middle of the 19th century and achieved European-wide fame. Since 2001 there has been a Harz Roller Museum in Sankt Andreasberg.[1]

By patient breeding, a breed of canary was able to be produced that had a pleasant, melodious song, full of variety and delivered with an apparently closed beak. Different types of canaries can breed with each other, especially including the Harz Roller and the Spanish Timbrado.

  1. ^ "Harzer Roller-Kabarien-Museum". Harzer Roller-Kabarien-Museum. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.