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 (Crithagra 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
Canary Burton (born 1942), American keyboardist, composer and writer
Canary Conn (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, a housing development in Toronto, Canada
Canary Islands, Spain
Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs, London, United Kingdom
Arts and entertainment
Black Canary, a DC Comics superhero, first appeared in 1947
Sara Lance/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, 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), 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
See also
Canaries (disambiguation) Canary trap, a method for exposing an information leak Calamity Jane Cannary (1852–1903), American frontierswoman Canarinho ("Little canary"), Brazilian football association team's nickname José Alberto "El Canario" (born 1958), Dominican salsa singer Conary (disambiguation)