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Blackbird, blackbirds or black bird may refer to:

Contents 1 Birds 2 Arts 2.1 Fiction 2.2 Film 2.3 Literature 2.4 Music 2.5 Theatre 3 Computers 4 People 5 Transport 6 See also

[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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