Canary originally referred to the island of Gran Canaria on the west coast of Africa, and the group of surrounding islands (the

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...

). It may also refer to:

Animals

Birds

* Canaries, birds in the genera ''

Serinus ''Serinus'' is a genus of small birds in the finch family Fringillidae found in Europe and Africa. The birds usually have some yellow in their plumage. The genus was introduced in 1816 by the German naturalist Carl Ludwig Koch. Its name is New L ...

'' and '' Crithagra'' including, among others: **

Atlantic canary The Atlantic canary (''Serinus canaria''), known worldwide simply as the wild canary and also called the island canary, common canary, or canary, is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus ''Serinus'' in the finch family, Fringillidae. It ...

(''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 The yellow canary (''Crithagra flaviventris'') is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is a resident breeder in much of the western and central regions of southern Africa and has been introduced to Ascension and St Helena islands. T ...

(''Serinus flaviventris''), a small bird

Fish

Canary damsel The Canary damsel (''Similiparma lurida'') is a species of marine fish of the family Pomacentridae. It lives primary in shallow, subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean, and is sometimes also known as the Cape Verde gregory, which is also a co ...

(''Similiparma lurida''), fish of the family Pomacentridae, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean *

Canary moray The Canary moray (''Gymnothorax bacalladoi'') is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found only around the Canary Islands in the eastern central Atlantic, at depths between 17 and 605 m. Its length is up to 35 cm. References * Canar ...

(''Gymnothorax bacalladoi''), an eel of the family Muraenidae *

Canary rockfish The canary rockfish (''Sebastes pinniger''), also known as the orange rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is native to the waters of the Pacif ...

(''Sebastes pinniger''), of the family Sebastidae, found in the northeast Pacific Ocean

People

Canary Burton Canary Lee Burton, is an American keyboardist, composer and writer. Biography Burton was born on September 16, 1942, in Richmond, California. In 1972 she moved to Moscow, Idaho, to attend the University of Idaho where she was one of th ...

(born 1942), American keyboardist, composer and writer *

Canary Conn Canary Conn (born 1949) is an American entertainer and author. Her memoir, ''Canary: The Story of a Transsexual'', was one of the early notable memoirs of a self-described Transsexual,Hausman, Bernice L. (1995). ''Changing Sex: Transsexualism, T ...

(born 1949), American entertainer and author * 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

Places

Canary District The Canary District is a housing development in Toronto's West Don Lands mixed-use development. Six initial buildings initially served as the 2015 Pan American Games Athletes' Village for the 2015 Pan American Games. Those buildings were then fin ...

, a housing development in Toronto, Canada *

, Spain *

Canary Wharf Canary Wharf is an area of London, England, located near the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Canary Wharf is defined by the Greater London Authority as being part of London's central business district, alongside Central Lo ...

, Isle of Dogs, London, United Kingdom

Arts and entertainment

Black Canary The Black Canary is the name of two superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics: Dinah Drake and her daughter Dinah Laurel Lance. The original version was created by the writer-artist team of Robert Kanigher and ...

, a DC Comics superhero, first appeared in 1947 **

Sara Lance Sara Lance, also known by her alter-ego White Canary, is a fictional character in The CW's Arrowverse franchise, first introduced in the 2012 pilot episode of the television series ''Arrow'', and later starring in ''Legends of Tomorrow''. The c ...

/The Canary, a character on the television series ''Arrow'', based on the DC Comics character * Canary, a character in the manga and anime series '' Hunter × Hunter'' *

Canary dance The Canary dance (known as Canario in Italian sources, Canarie in French ones) was a Renaissance dance inspired in an indigenous dance and song of the Canary Islands (probably the one known as Tajaraste) that became popular all over Europe in the ...

, a Renaissance dance popular in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries * "Canary" (''NCIS''), a 2013 episode of the American television series ''NCIS'' * "The Canary" (short story), 1923 short story by Katherine Mansfield * ''Canary'' (visual novel), released in 2000

Technology

* Canary release, a deployment cycle used by software developers to gradually roll out new features to a limited number of users ** Google Chrome Canary, pre-release version of the Chrome browser *

HTC Canary HTC Canary is a smartphone released in November 2002 in Europe and China by the providers Orange and China Mobile, respectively. It was notable for being the first smartphone to run Windows Mobile. Specifications Manufacturer: HTC Distributor: Or ...

, the first smartphone to run Windows Mobile, released in November 2002 * Canary value, buffer overflow protection method in computer programming

Other uses

* Canary, LLC, an oilfield services company * ''The Canary'' (website), a news media outlet created in 2015 * Canary melon, a yellow fruit * Canary Current, a wind-driven surface current that is part of the North Atlantic Gyre * Canaries, players for or supporters of

Norwich City F.C. Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or The Yellows) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. The club competes in the EFL Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the ...

* Canary sack, white fortified wine ( sack) imported from the Canary Islands *

Canary wood (disambiguation) Canary wood or canary whitewood is a name used to a number of species: * From ''Liriodendron'' commonly known as tulip trees * Indian mulberry ''Morinda citrifolia'' * Wood from the genus '' Centrolobium'' * Wood from the genus '' Persea''; ''Perse ...

, a name used to describe wood from a number of tree species *

Canary yellow Auramine O is a diarylmethane dye used as a fluorescent stain. In its pure form, Auramine O appears as yellow needle crystals. It is insoluble in water and soluble in ethanol and DMSO. Auramine O can be used to stain acid-fast bacteria (e.g. '' ...

, a shade of yellow *

Warrant canary A warrant canary is a method by which a communications service provider aims to inform its users that the provider has been served with a government subpoena despite legal prohibitions on revealing the existence of the subpoena. The warrant canar ...

, a published statement, the removal of which indicates the publisher received a National Security Letter