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

"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