Canary
Canaries can live up to 10 years.

Hill Mynah
The mynah is one of the 106 species of the starling family.

• The best talker among chatty birds is the mynah.
• It's in the spring when the male canaries start to sing. That's when their androgen levels are high.
• Birds may be the only vertebrates that continue to produce new brain cells after they are mature. Experts think that's why a canary has to learn a new mating song every year.
• In 1873 it turned suddenly very cold. Historical footnotes mention that the canaries that were supposed to sing at Ulysses S. Grant's inaugural ball froze to death.
• The male canary is the only bird sold with a guarantee to sing. (Female canaries don't sing.)
• The canary wasn't yellow until man started to manage its breeding process.
• Mynahs are part of the starling family. Starlings are among the fastest flying birds. After a few wing beats they do not close their wings, but keep them spread out so as to glide.
• In the wild the mynah's notes vary from low, hoarse chuckles to loud, ringing whistles that carry far. In captivity they often learn to mimic human speech and environmental sounds.
• In the wild, mynahs usually travel in pairs.