Blackbird

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Blackbird, blackbirds, black bird or black birds may refer to:

Birds

Two groups of birds in the parvorder Passerida:

  • New World blackbirds, family Icteridae
  • Old World blackbirds, any of several species belonging to the genus Turdus in the family Turdidae
    • Chinese blackbird
    • Common blackbird
    • Grey-winged blackbird
    • Indian blackbird
    • Somali thrush or Somali blackbird
    • Tibetan blackbird
    • White-collared blackbird

Arts, entertainment, and media

Books

  • Black Bird (Basilières novel), 2003, by Michel Basilières
  • Blackbird (Dibia novel), 2011
  • Blackbirds (Wendig novel), 2012, by Chuck Wendig
  • Blackbird (memoir), 2000, by Jennifer Lauck
  • Blackbird, a 1986 novel by Larry Duplechan
  • Blackbird (journal), an online journal of literature and the arts
  • Black Bird (manga), 2007, by Kanoko Sakurakoji
  • "Blackbird", a short story in Fragments of Horror
  • Blackbird (comics), an aircraft in the X-Men comics
  • Blackbird (Femizon), a villain in the Marvel Comics universe
  • Blackbird, a comic by Sam Humphries
  • Fazbear Frights #6: Blackbird, 2020, by Scott Cawthon

Film, theatre and TV

Film and television

  • Black Bird, a 1973 South Korean film featuring Namkoong Won
  • Black Birds (film), a 1967 Yugoslav film
  • Blackbird (2007 film), directed by Adam Rapp
  • Blackbird (2012 film), directed by Jason Buxton
  • Blackbird (2013 film), a 2013 drama film
  • Blackbird (2014 film), directed by Patrik-Ian Polk
  • Blackbird (2018 film), a spy film directed by, written by and starring Michael Flatley
  • Blackbird (2019 film), a drama film directed by Roger Michell
  • Blackbirds (1915 film), a silent film starring Laura Hope Crews
  • Blackbirds (1920 film), a lost silent film starring Justine Johnstone
  • The Black Bird, a 1975 film starring George Segal
  • The Blackbird, a 1926 film directed by Tod Browning
  • Deadfall (2012 film), directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, which had the working title Blackbird
  • Beyond the Lights, a 2014 film directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood originally titled Blackbird
  • Black Bird (miniseries), a 2022 Apple TV+ miniseries

Theatre

  • Blackbird (play), 2005, by David Harrower
  • Blackbird, a play by Adam Rapp
  • Blackbirds of 1928, a Broadway revue, based on the 1926 London revue Blackbirds
  • Blackbirds of 1933, a follow-up to Blackbirds of 1928

Music

Instruments

  • Blackbird (violin), a playable full size violin made of igneous rock
  • Epiphone Blackbird, an electric bass guitar

Groups

  • Blackbird (band), an American post-punk band
  • The Blackbirds (German band), 1960s
  • The Blackbirds (South African band)
  • The Blackbyrds, an American rhythm and blues and jazz-funk fusion group

Albums

  • Black Byrd, a 1973 album by Donald Byrd
  • Blackbird (Alter Bridge album), 2007
  • Blackbird (Fat Freddy's Drop album), 2013, or the title song
  • Blackbird (Dan Sultan album), 2014
  • Musta Lindu, re-released as Black Bird, by Värttinä

Songs and compositions

Other

  • Blackbird, a car in the anime Wangan Midnight and the video game, Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune
  • Task Force Blackbird, a CIA organization in the video game Medal of Honor: Warfighter

People

  • Blackbird (Omaha leader) (c. 1750–1800)
  • Andrew Blackbird (c. 1815–1908), Odawa leader and historian
  • Lewis Blackbird (born 1987), British motorcycle speedway rider
  • King Parsons (born 1949), American wrestler who used the ring name "The Blackbird"
  • Ziryab (789–857), Kurdish musician and performer, whose name means "blackbird" or "nightingale"

Places

Science and technology

Computing

  • Blackbird (online platform), a cancelled Microsoft MSN development platform
  • Blackbird (software), video software.
  • Blackbird, an internal codename for Apple Computer's Macintosh IIfx desktop computer
  • Blackbird, the internal codename for Apple Computer's PowerBook 500 series of laptops
  • HP Blackbird 002, a personal computer

Vehicles

Air

Land and rail

  • Blackbird (wind-powered vehicle), a wheeled vehicle that demonstrated its ability to go downwind faster than the wind
  • Blackbird, a GWR 3300 Class steam locomotive on the Great Western Railway in England
  • Super Blackbird, a model name given to the Honda CBR1100XX sport-touring motorcycle
  • "The Blackbird", a dragster driven by professional racer Jack Beckman

Sport

See also

  • Blackbeard (c. 1680–1718), English pirate
  • Blackbirding, a recruitment practice utilizing trickery or kidnapping
  • Bluebird (disambiguation)
  • Redbird (disambiguation)
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