Blackbird

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

• "Blackbird" (Beatles song), 1968
• "Blackbird" (Alter Bridge song), 2007
• Le Merle noir ("The Blackbird"), a chamber work by Olivier Messiaen
• "Bye Bye Blackbird", a 1926 jazz standard by Ray Henderson and Mort Dixon often known simply as "Blackbird"
• "Blackbird", a song by Alkaline Trio from Is This Thing Cursed?
• "Black Bird", a song by the Beautiful Girls
• "Blackbird", a song by Benny Benassi from ...Phobia
• "Blackbird", a song by Black Veil Brides from The Phantom Tomorrow
• "Blackbird", a song by Dido from Girl Who Got Away
• "Blackbirds", a song by Erin McKeown from Distillation
• "Blackbird", a song by Graves
• "Blackbird", a song by Madness from Can't Touch Us Now
• "Blackbird", a song by Marcy Playground from Leaving Wonderland...in a fit of rage
• "Blackbird", an instrumental by Mike Oldfield from Light + Shade
• "Blackbird", a 2017 song by Norma John; Finland's entry in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest
• "Blackbird", a song by Silly Wizard from Live Wizardry
• "Blackbird", a song by Nina Simone from Nina Simone with Strings
• "Blackbird", a song by Tash Sultana from Flow State
• "Blackbird", a song by Third Day from Third Day
• "Blackbirds", a song by Linkin Park from the video game 8-Bit Rebellion!
• "The Blackbird", a song by The Wurzels

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

• Blackbird, Delaware
• Blackbird Hundred, an unincorporated subdivision of New Castle County, Delaware, U.S.
• Blackbird Leys, a civil parish in Oxford, England
• Blackbird mine, a defunct cobalt mine in Lemhi County, Idaho, U.S.
• Blackbird Township, Thurston County, Nebraska
• Blackbird Vineyards, a California winery

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

• Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, a United States Air Force supersonic reconnaissance aircraft
• A-12 Blackbird, the unofficial nickname for the forerunner to the SR-71 Blackbird, codenamed A-12 OXCART
• Aero A.34 Kos (English: Blackbird), a 1930s Czechoslovakian biplane
• Mutual Blackbird, a late 1920s biplane

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

• Baltimore Blackbirds, a defunct indoor American football team
• FC Jyväskylä Blackbird, a Finnish football club
• LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds, sports teams of Long Island University's Brooklyn campus

See also

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