A bird is a feathered, winged, bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying, vertebrate. Bird, BIRD, or the bird may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Tracy "Bird" Van Adams, in the ''Soul Food'' film and TV series *Bird, of the Barksdale Organization in TV series ''The Wire'' * Bird, in the TV series '' WordWorld'' * Bird (''The Dumping Ground'' character) * Bird, in the TV series '' Bob the Builder''

Film and television

* ''Bird'' (1988 film), a film about Charlie "Bird" Parker * ''Bird'' (2017 film), a Russian comedy-drama film

Music

Artists

* Charlie “Bird” Parker (1920–1955), a jazz saxophonist * Bird (band) *

Bird (singer) Bird, stylized as bird (born December 9, 1975 as Yuki Kitayama (北山有紀)), is a Japanese singer. History Kitayama graduated from the Notre Dame Academy, a girls-only high school in the Kansai region. She then attended Kansai University ...

(Yuki Kitayama, born 1975), a Japanese singer * Bird Thongchai McIntyre (born 1958), Thai singer *Yuan Zhang (born 1985), or Bird, of Top Combine

Albums

* ''Bird'' (B.A.L.L. album), 1988 * ''Bird'' (Lisbeth Scott album), 2015 * ''Bird'' (single album), by Namjoo, 2020 *''Bird'', an album by Gary Jules *'' Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve'', a 1990 box set by Charlie Parker

Songs

*"Bird", a song by Exo, 2019 *"Bird", a song by Ha Sung-woon from the 2019 EP '' My Moment'' *"Bird", a 2007 song by Mikuni Shimokawa *"Bird", a song by Tristania from the 2005 album ''

Ashes Ashes may refer to: *Ash, the solid remnants of fires. Media and entertainment Art * ''Ashes'' (Munch), an 1894 painting by Edvard Munch Film * ''The Ashes'' (film), a 1965 Polish film by director Andrzej Wajda * ''Ashes'' (1922 film), a ...

'' *"The Bird", a composition by Charlie Parker, 1947 * "The Bird" (Jerry Reed song), 1982 * "The Bird" (The Time song), 1984 *"The Bird", a song by George Jones from the 1987 album ''

Too Wild Too Long ''Too Wild Too Long'' is an album by American country music artist George Jones released in 1987 on the Epic Records label. Background By 1987, a new generation of country stars, such as Randy Travis, Ricky Van Shelton and Dwight Yoakam had emer ...

Books

*'' The Bird: The Life and Legacy of Mark Fidrych'', a 2013 book by Doug Wilson

Games

Bird Opening Bird's Opening (or the Dutch Attack) is a chess opening characterised by the move: :1. f4 Bird's is a standard flank opening. White's strategic ideas involve control of the e5-square, offering good attacking chances at the expense of slightly w ...

, a chess opening

Businesses and organisations

* Bird (company), an American scooter share company * Bird College, a performing arts college in London, England * BIRD Foundation, an Israel–U.S. R&D organisation *

Bird Machine Company Bird Machine Company was a company founded in the early 1900s making machines for paper making and then developing into other types of equipment. Bird Machine Company was acquired by Baker Hughes, Incorporated in 1989. Origin Bird Machine Company ...

, an American company from the 1900s * Bangalore Initiative for Religious Dialogue, an Indian interfaith organization *

Ningbo Bird Ningbo Bird or Bodao (宁波波导股份有限公司) is a Chinese manufacturer of mobile phones. Ningbo Bird was the largest vendor of mobile phones in China from 2003 to 2005. History The company was established in 1992 in Fenghua and, in 1997 ...

, a Chinese manufacturer of mobile phones

People

Bird (surname) Bird is an English surname, probably deriving from the vertebrates of the same name. Another common variant of this surname is "Byrd." A–I * Aaron Bird (born 1983), Australian cricketer * Alan Bird (1906–1962), Australian politician * Alan ...

* Bird (given name) * Bird (nickname) *

Bird baronets The Bird Baronetcy, of Solihull in the County of Warwick, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 27 January 1922 for the chemist and food manufacturer Sir Alfred Frederick Bird, the son of Alfred Bird, the inv ...

, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

Places

Cape Bird Cape Bird () is a cape which marks the north extremity of Ross Island in Antarctica. It was discovered in 1841 by a British expedition under James Clark Ross, and named by him after Lieutenant Edward J. Bird of the ship HMS ''Erebus''. Cape Bird ...

, Ross Island, Antarctica * Mount Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica, a volcano *

Bird, Manitoba Fox Lake Cree Nation ( cr, ᒪᐦᑫᓯᐤ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ, Makaso Sakahigan (mahkêsiw sâkahikan)) (formerly Gillam Band) is a First Nations band government whose reserve is located in Fox Lake, Bird, Manitoba, Canada. The Fox Lake Training ...

Fox Lake Cree Nation Fox Lake Cree Nation ( cr, ᒪᐦᑫᓯᐤ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ, Makaso Sakahigan (mahkêsiw sâkahikan)) (formerly Gillam Band) is a First Nations band government whose reserve is located in Fox Lake, Bird, Manitoba, Canada. The Fox Lake Training ...

's primary reserve, Canada ** Bird railway station *Bird, a neighborhood of Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. * Bird Key, an island (key) in Sarasota Bay, Florida, U.S. * Bird Key (Miami), Florida, U.S. *

Bird River The Bird River is a tidal river in eastern Baltimore County in the U.S. state of Maryland. The Bird River empties into the Gunpowder River. See also *List of Maryland rivers List of rivers of Maryland (U.S. state). The list is arranged by drain ...

, Maryland, U.S. * Bird Road, State Road 976 in Florida, U.S.

Science and technology

BIRD (satellite) BIRD (Bispectral and Infrared Remote Detection) is a satellite launched by ISRO in 2001 for DLR. This small (92 kg) boxlike system, with solar panel two collectors on stub wings, has remarkable fire-detection qualities. It hosts a two-chan ...

, an Indian Earth observation satellite * Bird (technology), an interactive input device *

Bird Internet routing daemon BIRD (recursive acronym for ''BIRD Internet Routing Daemon'') is an open-source implementation for routing Internet Protocol packets on Unix-like operating systems. It was developed as a school project at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, ...

ESO 593-8 ESO 593-8, which is known simply as 'The Bird' (also ESO 593-IG 008 or IRAS 19115–212) is group of interacting galaxies located in the constellation of Sagittarius, 650 million light-years away from Earth. It was created by a merger of two spi ...

, a group of interacting galaxies also known as "The Bird"

Transportation and ships

Bird-class minesweeper The Bird-class minesweeper was a class of naval trawlers built for the Royal New Zealand Navy and which served during the Second World War. A total of three vessels in the class were built: , and . All were named for New Zealand native birds an ...

, of the Royal New Zealand Navy * ''Lapwing''-class minesweeper, often called the Bird class, of the U.S. Navy * Bird-class patrol vessel, of the Royal Navy *Bird class,

GWR 3300 Class The Bulldog and Bird classes were double-framed inside cylinder 4-4-0 steam locomotives used for passenger services on the Great Western Railway. The Bird Class were a development of the Bulldogs with strengthened outside frames, of which a total ...

steam locomotives *

Robertson B1-RD The Robertson B1-RD is an American ultralight aircraft that was designed by Glen Bashforth and Bruce Bashforth and produced by the Robertson Aircraft Corporation. The aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction with production st ...

, an ultralight aircraft

Other uses

* Bird (gesture), an obscene hand gesture *

The Bird (mascot) The Air Force Falcons are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the United States Air Force Academy, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The athletics department has 17 men's and 10 women's NCAA-sanctioned teams. The current athle ...

, of the U.S. Air Force Falcons