serinus

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A genus of birds of the family Frinigillidæ; the serins, serin-finches, or canaries. The common serin is S. hortulanus; the canary is S. canarius of Madeira and the Canary Islands and Azores—in its wild state hardly more than a variety of the foregoing; a third species, S. aurifrons or canonicus, inhabits Palestine. There are more than a dozen other species.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. Old World finches; e.g. canaries and serins