Canary originally referred to the Spanish island of

Gran Canaria Gran Canaria (, ; ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, a Spain, Spanish archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa. the island had a population of that constitut ...

in the North Atlantic Ocean and the surrounding

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Community of Spain. They are located in the northwest of Africa, with the closest point to the cont ...

. 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 West Asia, 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 n ...

'' and ''

Crithagra ''Crithagra'' is a genus of small passerine birds in the finch family (Fringillidae). They live in Africa and Arabia. The species in this genus were formerly assigned to the genus '' Serinus'', but phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nucl ...

'' 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 true finch family, Fringillid ...

(''Serinus canaria''), a small wild bird ***

Domestic canary The domestic canary (''Serinus canaria'' forma ''domestica''), often simply known as the canary, is a domesticated form of the wild canary, a small songbird in the finch family originating in the Macaronesian Islands. Over the past 500 years ...

, ''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 true 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 islan ...

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

Fish

Canary damsel The Canary damsel (''Similiparma lurida''), or Cape Verde gregory (which is also a common name of '' Stegastes imbricatus'') is a species of marine fish of the family Pomacentridae. It lives primary in shallow, subtropical waters of the eastern ...

(''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

* Canary Burton (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 Richard Douglas Canary (born in 1962) is an American mathematician working mainly on low-dimensional topology. He is a professor at the University of Michigan. Canary obtained his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1989 under the supervision of ...

(born in 1962), American mathematician at the University of Michigan *

David Canary David Hoyt Canary (August25, 1938November16, 2015) was an American actor. Canary is best known for his roles as ranch foreman Candy Canaday in the NBC Western drama ''Bonanza'', and as Adam Chandler in the television soap opera ''All My Child ...

(1938–2015), American actor

Places

Canary District The Canary District is a planned neighbourhood in Toronto's West Don Lands mixed-use development. The area was formerly industrial land, cut off from the city by an elevated roadway and two rail corridors, sitting in a floodplain. Six initial b ...

, a housing development in Toronto, Canada *

, Spain *

Canary Wharf Canary Wharf is a financial area of London, England, located in the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The Greater London Authority defines it as part of London's central business district, alongside Central London. Alongside ...

, Isle of Dogs, London, United Kingdom

Arts and entertainment

Black Canary Black Canary is the name of two superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. As one of the earliest female superheroes in the DC Comics universe, the character has made numerous appearances in prominent team-up titles, ...

, 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 ...

/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 ''Hunter × Hunter'' (pronounced "hunter hunter") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. It has been serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since March 1998, although the man ...

'' *

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, Spain (probably the one known as Tajaraste) that became popular all over Europe ...

, 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 feature toggle in software development provides an alternative to maintaining multiple feature branches in source code. A condition within the code enables or disables a feature during runtime. In agile settings the toggle is used in product ...

, a deployment cycle used by software developers to gradually roll out new features to a limited number of users **

Google Chrome Canary Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google. It was first released in 2008 for Microsoft Windows, built with free software components from Apple WebKit and Mozilla Firefox. Versions were later released for Linux, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, an ...

, 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 Windows Mobile is a discontinued mobile o ...

, the first smartphone to run Windows Mobile, released in November 2002 *

Canary value Canary originally referred to the Spanish island of Gran Canaria in the North Atlantic Ocean and the surrounding Canary Islands. It may also refer to: Animals Birds * Canaries, birds in the genera ''Serinus'' and ''Crithagra'' including, among o ...

, a buffer overflow protection method in computer programming

Other uses

Canary, LLC Canary is an American oilfield services company with headquarters in Denver, Colorado. In 2013, the company became the sixth largest wellhead company in the United States when Frontier Energy Group, LLC acquired Canary Wellhead Equipment Inc.

, an oilfield services company * ''The Canary'' (website), a news media outlet created in 2015 *

Canary melon The Canary melon (''Cucumis melo'' (''Inodorus'' group)) or winter melon (not to be confused with the wax gourd, also called winter melon) is a large, bright-yellow elongated melon with a pale green to white inner flesh. This melon has a distinc ...

, a yellow fruit *

Canary Current The Canary Current is a wind-driven surface current that is part of the North Atlantic Gyre. This eastern boundary current branches south from the North Atlantic Current and flows southwest about as far as Senegal where it turns west and later jo ...

, 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 is a professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk, England. The club competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was founded in 1902. Since 1935, Norwich have played their h ...

* Canary sack, white fortified wine (

sack A sack usually refers to a rectangular-shaped bag. Sack may also refer to: Bags * Flour sack * Gunny sack * Hacky sack, sport * Money sack * Paper sack * Sleeping bag * Stuff sack * Knapsack Other uses * Bed, a slang term * Sack (band), ...

) 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''; ''Persea ...

, 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. ''M ...

, a shade of yellow *

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

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