ARTICLE BY: DAVID ALLEN


INTRODUCTION TO THE BLUE LIZARD


Everything apart from the ground colour is the same as the Gold & Silver Lizard. The Blue Lizard has been around for a number of years both in the UK and in Europe the first birds were seen in Europe as far back as the 1950’s.


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In recent years there has been an increase in their popularity in the UK with a good number of them being shown in the AOV classes at large shows. In January 2011 a meeting was held at the All variety canary show and a new club was formed the Blue Lizard


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he Blue Lizard is a Lizard canary but in the White ground form.


Canary Club of Great Britain. The club agreed the standard for the Blue Lizard to be the same as for the Gold & Silver Lizard, the only change being the ground colour which is White. So at the 2011 National at Stafford for the first time ever a section was put on for Blue Lizards by the newly formed club. The support by the members was amazing with 26 Blue Lizards benched. The club was really pleased with the amount of interest shown in them by visitors at the show. The appeal to some people is the fact that they do not need to be colour fed. This is correct but to breed Blue


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