A bird is a feathered, winged, bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying, vertebrate.

Bird, BIRD, or the bird may also refer to:

Armed forces

  • The Bird, mascot of the U.S. Air Force Falcons

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

  • Tracy "Bird" Van Adams, in the Soul Food film and TV series
  • Bird, of the Barksdale Organization in TV series The Wire
  • Bird, in the TV series WordWorld
  • Bird (The Dumping Ground character)
  • Bird, in the TV series Bob the Builder

Film and television episodes

  • Bird (1988 film), a film about Charlie "Bird" Parker
  • Bird (2017 film), a Russian comedy-drama film
  • Bird (2024 film), a drama film directed by Andrea Arnold
  • The Birds (film), a 1963 horror-thriller film by Alfred Hitchcock
  • "The Bird" (Steptoe and Son), a 1962 television episode

Music

Artists

  • Charlie “Bird” Parker (1920–1955), a jazz saxophonist
  • Bird (band)
  • Bird (singer) (Yuki Kitayama, born 1975), a Japanese singer
  • Bird Thongchai McIntyre (born 1958), Thai singer
  • Yuan Zhang (born 1985), or Bird, of Top Combine

Albums

  • Bird (B.A.L.L. album), 1988
  • Bird (Lisbeth Scott album), 2015
  • Bird (single album), by Namjoo, 2020
  • Bird, an album by Gary Jules
  • Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve, a 1990 box set by Charlie Parker

Songs

  • "Bird", a song by Exo, 2019
  • ”Bird”, a song by Bazzi from the 2022 album Infinite Dream
  • "Bird", a song by Ha Sung-woon from the 2019 EP My Moment
  • "Bird", a 2007 song by Mikuni Shimokawa
  • "Bird", a song by Tristania from the 2005 album Ashes
  • "The Bird", a composition by Charlie Parker, 1947
  • "The Bird" (Jerry Reed song), 1982
  • "The Bird" (The Time song), 1984
  • "The Bird", a song by George Jones from the 1987 album Too Wild Too Long

Other arts and entertainment

  • The Bird: The Life and Legacy of Mark Fidrych, a 2013 book by Doug Wilson
  • Bird Opening, a chess opening
  • Bird (mathematical artwork), bird-like mathematical artworks that are introduced by mathematical equations

Businesses and organisations

  • Bird Global, an American scooter share company
  • Bird College, a performing arts college in London, England
  • BIRD Foundation, an Israel–U.S. R&D organisation
  • Bird Machine Company, an American company from the 1900s
  • Bangalore Initiative for Religious Dialogue, an Indian interfaith organization
  • Ningbo Bird, a Chinese manufacturer of mobile phones
  • Bird Technologies, an electronic manufacturing company for radio frequency communication
  • Bird's, a brand name owned by Premier Foods

Media

  • News Bird, the former name of Japanese television news channel TBS News (channel)

People

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  • Bird (surname)
  • Bird (given name)
  • Bird (nickname)
  • Bird baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

Places

  • Cape Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica
  • Mount Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica, a volcano
  • Bird, Manitoba, Fox Lake Cree Nation's primary reserve, Canada
  • Bird railway station
  • Bird, a neighborhood of Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.
  • Bird Key, an island (key) in Sarasota Bay, Florida, U.S.
  • Bird Key (Miami), Florida, U.S.
  • Bird Road, State Road 976 in Florida, U.S.

Science and technology

  • BIRD (satellite), an Indian Earth observation satellite
  • Bird (technology), an interactive input device
  • Bird Internet routing daemon
  • ESO 593-8, a group of interacting galaxies also known as "The Bird"

Transportation and ships

  • Bird-class minesweeper, of the Royal New Zealand Navy
  • Lapwing-class minesweeper, often called the Bird class, of the U.S. Navy
  • Bird-class patrol vessel, of the Royal Navy
  • Bird class, GWR 3300 Class steam locomotives
  • Robertson B1-RD, an ultralight aircraft

Other uses

  • the bird, an obscene hand gesture

See also

  • Big Bird (disambiguation)
  • Birdo, a character in Nintendo's Mario franchise
  • Birds (disambiguation), including Bird's
  • Birdy (disambiguation)
  • Byrd (disambiguation)
  • Birdsong (disambiguation)
  • Birt (disambiguation)
  • Bert (disambiguation)