Canary

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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). It may also refer to:

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

People

• El Canario or José Alberto, Dominican salsa singer
• David Canary, American actor

Places

• Canary, County Armagh, see List of townlands in County Armagh
• Canary Islands, Spain
• Canary Wharf, a place in London, United Kingdom

In arts, entertainment, and media

• The Canary (political blog)
• Canary (visual novel)
• Black Canary, a DC Comics superhero
  • Sara Lance/The Canary, character played by Caity Lotz on the television series Arrow, based on the DC Comics character
• The Canary (short story), a 1923 short story by Katherine Mansfield
• Canary, a game by Nitrome Limited

In sport

• The Brazilian football association team is nicknamed "Canarinho(Little Canary)"
• The Canaries, players for or supporters of Norwich City F.C.

In technology

• Canary, an early test version of software, alluding to a Canary in a coal mine
  • Google Chrome Canary, a pre-release version of the Chrome browser
• Canary value, a buffer overflow protection method in computer programming

Other uses

• Canary, LLC, an oilfield services company
• Canary melon, a yellow fruit
• Canary wood (disambiguation), a name used to describe wood from a number of tree species
• Warrant canary, a published statement, the removal of which indicates the publisher received a National Security Letter
• Canary sack, see Sack (wine)
• Canary yellow, a shade of yellow

See also

• The Canaries (disambiguation)