Canary

Canary originally referred to the island of Gran Canaria on the west coast of Africa, and the group of surrounding islands (the Canary Islands). It may also refer to:

Animals

Birds

Canaries, birds in the genera Serinus and Crithagra including, among others:
- Atlantic canary (Serinus canaria), a small wild bird
  - Domestic canary, Serinus canaria domestica, a small pet or aviary bird, also responsible for the "canary yellow" color term
- Yellow canary (Serinus flaviventris), a small bird

Fish

Canary damsel (Similiparma lurida), fish of the family Pomacentridae, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean
Canary moray (Gymnothorax bacalladoi), an eel of the family Muraenidae
Canary rockfish (Sebastes pinniger), of the family Sebastidae, found in the northeast Pacific Ocean

People

Given name

Canary Burton (born 1942), American keyboardist, composer and writer
Canary Conn (born 1949), American entertainer and author

Surname

Bill Canary (fl. 1994), Republican campaign consultant in Alabama, Georgia, U.S.
Richard Canary (born in 1962), American mathematician at the University of Michigan
David Canary (1938–2015), American actor

Nickname

José Alberto "El Canario" (born 1958), Dominican salsa singer

Places

Canary District, a housing development in Toronto, Canada
Canary Islands, Spain
Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs, London, United Kingdom

In arts, entertainment, media and politics

Black Canary, DC Comics superhero, first appeared in 1947
- Sara Lance/The Canary, character on the television series Arrow, based on the DC Comics character
Canary (dance), Renaissance dance popular in Europe, 16th–17th century
Canary Mission, American website documenting individuals espousing anti-semitic or anti-zionist attitudes
Canary (NCIS), 2013 episode of the American police procedural drama NCIS
The Canary (website), news media outlet created in 2015
"The Canary" (short story), 1923 short story by Katherine Mansfield
Canary (visual novel), released in 2000
Canary Club, Japanese female idol group, founded in 2007
Canary Season, 1993 Bulgarian drama film directed by Evgeni Mihailov

In sport

Canarinho, Brazilian football association team's nickname
Canaries, players for or supporters of Norwich City F.C.

In technology

Canary, early test version of software, alluding to a canary in a coal mine
Canary value, buffer overflow protection method in computer programming
Google Chrome Canary, pre-release version of the Chrome browser
HTC Canary, the first smartphone to run Windows Mobile, released in November 2002
Canary trap, a method for exposing a sensitive information leak

Other uses

Canary, LLC, an oilfield services company
Canary melon, a yellow fruit
Canary Current, a wind-driven surface current that is part of the North Atlantic Gyre
Canary sack, white fortified wine (sack) imported from the Canary Islands
Canary wood (disambiguation), a name used to describe wood from a number of tree species
Canary yellow, a shade of yellow
Warrant canary, a published statement, the removal of which indicates the publisher received a National Security Letter

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