Part I: From the Atlantic to peoples' homes 1. Macaronesian birds and the natural environment of the canary 2. The wild canary - ecology and behavior in the Atlantic 3. Canary domestication and cultural significance
Part II: The canary and its relatives 4. The family tree and biogeographic history of canary relatives 5. Ecology and conservation of the world's canaries 6. Lessons from the ecology and evolution of crossbills 7. Evolution of song and coloration across canary relatives
Part III: A model for science 8. What the canary can tell us about singing and the brain 9. Eggs, hormones, and breeding 10. Canary domestication as a model for genomics research
