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Meet Barry, A Gloster Canary That Has A Fabulous Bowl Cut Sweet

Gloster Canaries were bred to be small, short, and stubby — no longer than 4 3/4 inches, and come in many color variations including green, yellow, cinnamon. Like all canaries, the Gloster Canary is a singing bird, though it is louder and not as melodic as some canary aficionados may prefer.

Here’s a bird that constantly has a funny hairdo. Scroll down to see more! More info: Instagram

Meet Barry — an adorable Gloster Canary with a groovy head of hair that looks like a perfectly done bowl cut. “I’m the birb with the fringe!”

Barry says on his Instagram bio, where he has more than 2,000 followers now.These cute birds are not actually found in the wild.

If you go looking for them in the Canary Islands (the place they’re named after) you’ll be sorely disappointed. This variety has more English origins but their Beatles haircut isn’t from a barbers in Liverpool.

Gloster Canaries and their unique hairstyles are the result of selective breeding from a Mrs. Rogerson in Gloucestershire, England.



In 1925, she crossed two other exotic birds — a Crested Roller and a Border Canary — to make the stylish bird with hair you see today.