Blackbird
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Blackbird, blackbirds or black bird may refer to:
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[edit] Birds
- Old World Blackbirds, 5 species belonging to the genus Turdus:
- White-collared Blackbird (Turdus albocinctus)
- Grey-winged Blackbird (Turdus boulboul)
- Common Blackbird or Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- Tibetan Blackbird (Turdus maximus)
- Indian Blackbird (Turdus simillimus)
- New World blackbirds, 26 species of icterid birds:
- Jamaican Blackbird (Nesopsar nigerrimus)
- Oriole Blackbird (Gymnomystax mexicanus)
- Chopi Blackbird (Gnorimopsar chopi)
- Austral Blackbird (Curaeus curaeus)
- Forbes's Blackbird (Curaeus forbesi)
- Scarlet-headed Blackbird (Amblyramphus holosericeus)
- Pale-eyed Blackbird (Agelasticus xanthophthalmus)
- Unicolored Blackbird (Agelasticus cyanopus)
- Yellow-winged Blackbird (Agelasticus thilius)
- Chestnut-capped Blackbird (Chrysomus ruficapillus)
- Yellow-hooded Blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus)
- Saffron-cowled Blackbird (Xanthopsar flavus)
- Bolivian Blackbird (Agelaioides oreopsar)
- Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus)
- Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
- Scrub Blackbird (Dives warszewiczi)
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Red-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius assimilis)
- Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor)
- Tawny-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius humeralis)
- Yellow-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius xanthomus)
- Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
- Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
- Red-breasted Blackbird (Sturnella militaris)
- White-browed Blackbird (Sturnella superciliaris)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
[edit] Arts
[edit] Fiction
- Blackbird (comics), an aircraft in the X-Men comics
- Blackbird (Femizon), a villain in the Marvel Comics universe
- Colonial Blackbird, a stealth fighter in the reimagined version of the TV series Battlestar Galactica
- Blackbird, an airship in the video game Chrono Trigger
- Blackbird, a car (an 911 3.6 Turbo) in the anime Wangan Midnight and its video game adaptation, Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune
[edit] Film
- The Blackbird, a 1926 film directed by Tod Browning
- The Black Bird, a 1975 film starring George Segal
- Blackbird (film), a 2007 film featuring Gillian Jacobs
- Blackbirds (film), a 1920 film starring Justine Johnstone
[edit] Literature
- Black Bird (manga), a manga by Kanoko Sakurakoji
- Blackbird (online journal), covering literature and the arts
[edit] Music
- Blackbird (band), an American post-punk band
- The Blackbirds, a Norwegian rock band
- Blackbird (album), an album by Alter Bridge, or the title song
- "Blackbird" (song), a song by The Beatles
- "Black Bird" (song), a song by The Beautiful Girls
- Le merle noir (The blackbird), a chamber work by Olivier Messiaen
- Black Bird, the 1998 re-release of Värttinä's album Musta Lindu
- "Blackbird", a song by Benny Benassi from ...Phobia
- "Blackbird", an instrumental by Mike Oldfield from Light & Shade
[edit] Theatre
- Blackbird (play), a play by David Harrower
- Blackbirds of 1928, a Broadway revue, based on the 1926 London revue Blackbirds
- Blackbird, a play by Adam Rapp
[edit] Computers
- HP Blackbird 002, a personal computer
- Blackbird, the internal codename for Apple Computer's PowerBook 500 series of laptops
- Blackbird, a cancelled Microsoft MSN development platform
[edit] People
- Chief Blackbird (d.1800), chief of the Omaha
- Andrew Blackbird (ca. 1815-1908), Odawa leader and historian
- King Parsons (born 1949), American professional wrestler who used the ring name "The Blackbird"; also, "The Blackbirds", a 1980s wrestling stable of which he was a member
[edit] Transport
- SR-71 Blackbird, a supersonic reconnaissance aircraft built by Lockheed-Martin
- 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
- Super Blackbird, a nickname for the Honda CBR1100XX sport-touring motorcycle
- Blackbird, a GWR 3300 Class steam locomotive on the Great Western Railway in England
- "The Blackbird", a dragster driven by professional racer Jack Beckman
[edit] See also
- Blackbird Hundred, an unincorporated subdivision of New Castle County, Delaware, U.S.
- Blackbirding, a recruitment practice utilizing trickery or kidnapping
- The Blackbirder, a novel by Dorothy B. Hughes
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