Firebird and fire bird may refer to:

Mythical birds

Phoenix (mythology) The phoenix is an immortal bird associated with Greek mythology (with analogs in many cultures) that cyclically regenerates or is otherwise born again. Associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by rising from the ashes of its predeces ...

, sacred firebird found in the mythologies of many cultures * Bennu, Egyptian firebird * Huma bird, Persian firebird * Firebird (Slavic folklore)

Bird species

''Various species with bright red or orange plumage:'' *

Baltimore oriole The Baltimore oriole (''Icterus galbula'') is a small icterid blackbird common in eastern North America as a migratory breeding bird. It received its name from the resemblance of the male's colors to those on the coat-of-arms of 17th century L ...

* Scarlet tanager * Sharp-tailed grouse * Vermilion flycatcher

Automobiles

* Pontiac Firebird, American pony car *

General Motors Firebird The General Motors Firebird comprises a quartet of prototype cars that General Motors (GM) engineered for the 1953, 1956, and 1959 Motorama auto shows. The cars' designers, headed by Harley Earl, took Earl's inspiration from the innovations in f ...

, series of concept cars

Film and television

* ''The Firebird'' (1934 film), a murder mystery directed by William Dieterle * ''The Firebird'' (1952 film), a musical drama film directed by Hasse Ekman * ''

Fire Birds ''Fire Birds'' (released under the alternative title ''Wings of the Apache'') is a 1990 American military action film directed by David Green and produced by William Badalato, Keith Barish and Arnold Kopelson. The storyline was conceived by retir ...

'', a 1990 action film directed by David Green * "Firebird" ''(Once Upon a Time)'', an episode of the fifth season of ''Once Upon a Time'' * ''Firebird'' (2021 film), a love story directed by Peeter Rebane

In print

* '' The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa'', a Russian fairy tale by Alexander Afanasyev * ''Firebird'' (Lackey novel), a 1996 novel retelling the Russian folk tale, by Mercedes Lackey * ''Firebird'' (Tyers novel), a 1986 science fiction novel by Kathy Tyers * ''Firebird'', a 2011 science fiction novel by Jack McDevitt * ''Firebirds'' (anthology), a 2003 collection of short stories for young adults by Firebird Books *

Firebird (Amalgam Comics) The following is a list of fictional characters that appear or are only mentioned in the comic books of Amalgam Comics. They are listed by comic book and a team section is also provided. The amalgamations of characters or the Amalgam versions of o ...

, a character in the Amalgam comic books published by DC and Marvel *

Firebird (Marvel Comics) Firebird (Bonita Juarez) is a Fictional character, fictional superhero character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. A former member of the Avengers (comics), Avengers and a member of the Rangers (comics), Rangers, she ex ...

, a Marvel Comics character * Firebird Books, an imprint of Penguin launched in 2002 * ''Firebird'' (Pirotta picture book), an 2010/2014 picture book by Saviour Pirotta and Catherine Hyde

Music

* '' The Firebird'', ballet for which Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) composed the music *

Firebird (band) Firebird were a British blues-rock power trio founded by Bill Steer in 1999. The music style, reminiscent of 1960s rock bands such as Cream, is a radical departure from Steer's previous work with grindcore pioneers Napalm Death and Carcass. ...

, late 1990s/2000s/2010s blues-based power trio *

The Firebirds The Firebirds are a British band, founded in 1981 by their former frontman John Plummer. The band now consists of four musicians; Jim Plummer, Dan Plummer, Richie Lorriman and Paul Willmott. The band has backed artists such as Jerry Lee Lewis ...

, a rock and roll band from Bristol, England *

The Firebird Band Christopher Robert Broach (born September 5, 1976 in Madison, Wisconsin) is one of the guitarists/vocalists in the 1990s emo band Braid. Broach joined Braid in 1994, recording his guitar parts on the band's first 7-inch release a week later. ...

, an indie rock band hailing from Chicago, Illinois, U.S. * ''Firebirds'' (album), a 1968 jazz album by Prince Lasha and Sonny Simmons * ''Firebird'' (album), a 2021 album by Natalie Imbruglia * "The Firebird", a song by Priestess from the album '' Prior to the Fire'' * "Firebird", a song by Galantis from the album ''

Pharmacy Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it links heal ...

'' * ''Fire Bird'' (Miyavi album), album by Miyavi * "Firebird", a song by Owl City from the album ''

Cinematic Cinematic describes anything related to ''cinema''. It may refer to: any movie updates, cinema nights, cinematic review Film-related * Cinematic cutscene, a sequence in a video game that is not interactive * Cinematic music, original music writte ...

'' * "Firebirds", a song by Clutch from the album '' Psychic Warfare ''

Instrument

Firebird (trumpet) The Firebird is a type of trumpet with the standard three valves and the addition of a trombone-style slide. It was invented by Maynard Ferguson and Larry Ramirez and remains an exceptionally rare, specialist instrument. They were occasionally ...

, a trumpet with valves and slide * Gibson Firebird, an electric guitar from the 1960s

Software

Firebird (database server) Firebird is an open-source SQL relational database management system that supports Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS and other Unix platforms. The database forked from Borland's open source edition of InterBase in 2000 but the code has been lar ...

, a relational database management system * Firebird, a video game label formerly owned by Telecomsoft * ''

Hi no Tori is an unfinished manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka considered ''Phoenix'' his "life's work"; it consists of 12 books, each of which tells a separate, self-contained story and takes place in a different era. ...

'', known as ''Firebird'' in Europe, a computer game developed by Konami Japan in 1987 * ''Mozilla Firebird'', former name of the

Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox, or simply Firefox, is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. It uses the Gecko rendering engine to display web pages, which implements current and a ...

browser *

Firebird BBS Formosa BBS (or NSYSU Formosa BBS) was one of the earliest, if not the first, telnet-based Bulletin board systems (BBS) to have Chinese language capability. Work used from creating Formosa was combined with the open source Pirate BBS to create ...

, one of two main telnet-based systems developed in Taiwan * ''

Space Firebird is a 1980 arcade video game developed by Nintendo R&D1 and released by Nintendo in Japan and Europe. In America, the game was distributed by Far East Video. Sega-Gremlin A gremlin is a mischievous folkloric creature invented at the begin ...

'', a 1980 arcade game developed by Nintendo R&D1 * ''Firebirds'' (video game), computer game for the ZX Spectrum released in 1983 *

Firebird (emulator) Firebird and fire bird may refer to: Mythical birds * Phoenix (mythology), sacred firebird found in the mythologies of many cultures * Bennu, Egyptian firebird * Huma bird, Persian firebird * Firebird (Slavic folklore) Bird species ''Various spe ...

, open source emulator for the

TI-Nspire series The TI-Nspire is a graphing calculator made by Texas Instruments, which was released in July 2007, notable for featuring a non-QWERTY keyboard and a different key-by-key layout than its predecessors. Development The original TI-Nspire ...

calculator

Sport

Albany Firebirds The Indiana Firebirds were a team in the Arena Football League. The team was based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Home games were played at the Conseco Fieldhouse, also the home of the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association and Indiana ...

, an American Arena Football team * Coachella Valley Firebirds, a team in the American Hockey league. *

Firebird International Raceway Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park is a 450-acre (180 ha) motorsport racing complex, located in Chandler, Arizona, United States, about southeast of downtown Phoenix. History The facility opened as Firebird International Raceway in 1983. In 1 ...

, a dragstrip and motorsports park in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. *

Firebird Skydiving Firebird USA LLC (formerly Firebird Skydiving GmbH and Firebird Sky Sports AG) is an American parachute manufacturer based in Eloy, Arizona. The company also has locations in Germany, Sri Lanka, and the Czech Republic, and was formerly based in ...

, an American manufacturer of skydiving equipment * Flint Firebirds, a team in the Ontario Hockey League, Canada * Indiana Firebirds, a former Arena Football team, Indiana, U.S. * Phoenix Firebirds, a former Minor League Baseball team, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. * Queensland Firebirds, an Australian netball team based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia * UDC Firebirds, University of the District of Columbia Athletics program, U.S. *

Wellington Firebirds The Wellington Firebirds are one of six New Zealand men's first-class cricket teams that make up New Zealand Cricket. It is based in Wellington. It competes in the Plunket Shield first class (4-day) competition, The Ford Trophy domestic one da ...

, a cricket team based in Wellington, New Zealand * Lancaster Firebirds youth hockey program in

Lancaster, Pennsylvania Lancaster, ( ; pdc, Lengeschder) is a city in and the county seat of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is one of the oldest inland cities in the United States. With a population at the 2020 census of 58,039, it ranks 11th in population amon ...

, U.S.

Other uses

* AAM-A-1 Firebird, an American air-to-air missile of the 1940s * Chengdu J-10, NATO reporting name: FIrebird, a combat aircraft * Northrop Grumman Firebird, a reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft developed by Northrop Grumman * FIREBIRD is the callsign for

CargoLogicAir CargoLogicAir, Ltd. (CLA) was a British cargo airline with its headquarters at London Heathrow Airport. The airline's fleet of Boeing 747 freight aircraft operated scheduled and chartered freight services on routes between the UK, Asia, Africa ...

Firebird (roller coaster) Firebird is a floorless roller coaster located at Six Flags America in Prince George's County, Maryland. The roller coaster had originally debuted in 1990 as a stand-up roller coaster named Iron Wolf at Six Flags Great America. It was later re ...

, a B&M Floorless Coaster at ''Six Flags America'' in Maryland.