Atlantic canary serin, and the two can produce on average 25% fertile hybrids if crossed. The phylogeny has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al. The bird is named after the Canary Islands, not the other way around. The islands' name is derived from the Latin name "canariae insulae" ("islands of dogs") used by Arnobius, referring to the large dogs kept by the inhabitants of the islands. A legend of the islands, however, states that it was the conquistadors who named the islands after a fierce tribe inhabiting the largest island of the group, known as the 'Canarii'. The colour canary yellow
Canary Islands in summer one hour ahead of GMT). So Canarian time is one hour behind that of mainland Spain and the same as that of the UK, Ireland and Portugal all year round. In 2017, 15,976,000 tourists visited the Canary Islands. The statistics per destination island were: The Canary Islands have eight airports altogether, two of the main ports of Spain, and an extensive network of autopistas (highways) and other roads. For a road map see multimap. There are large ferry boats that link islands as well as fast ferries linking most of the islands. Both types can transport large numbers