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


Fish

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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 (''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

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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

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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 *
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 ...
, Spain * Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs, London, United Kingdom


Arts and entertainment

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


See also

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Canaries (disambiguation) Canaries may refer to: * Canary Islands, an archipelago in the Atlantic belonging to Spain * Canaries, Saint Lucia, a village on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia * Canary bird, Canaries, birds in the genera ''Serinus'' and ''Crithagra'' * Canary ...
* Canary trap, a method for exposing an information leak * Calamity Jane Cannary (1852–1903), American frontierswoman *
Canarinho The Brazil national football team ( pt, Seleção Brasileira de Futebol), nicknamed ''Seleção Canarinho'' (‘Canary Squad’, after their bright yellow jersey), represents Brazil in men's international football and is administered by the B ...
("Little canary"), Brazilian football association team's nickname *
José Alberto "El Canario" José Alberto Justiniano (born December 22, 1959, in Villa Consuelo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic), better known by his stage name José Alberto "El Canario", is a salsa singer from the Dominican Republic. José Alberto moved to Puerto Ri ...
(born 1958), Dominican salsa singer *
Conary (disambiguation) Conary may refer to: * Conary (package manager), a package management system created by rPath * Conaire or Conary, an Irish name See also * Canary (disambiguation) *Connery Connery (anglicization of the Gaelic ''Ó Conaire'') is a surname and may ...
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