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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 * ''Bird'' (2024 film), a drama film directed by Andrea Arnold * ''The Birds'' (film), a 1963 horror-thriller film by Alfred Hitchcock

Music

Artists

* Charlie “Bird” Parker (1920–1955), a jazz saxophonist * Bird (band) * Bird (singer) (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 Bazzi from the 2022 album Infinite Dream *"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'' *"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''

Books

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

Games

* Bird Opening, a chess opening

Businesses and organisations

* Bird Global, 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, an American company from the 1900s * Bangalore Initiative for Religious Dialogue, an Indian interfaith organization * Ningbo Bird, a Chinese manufacturer of mobile phones * Bird Technologies, an electronic manufacturing company for radio frequency communication *Bird's, a brand name owned by Premier Foods

People

* Bird (surname) * Bird (given name) * Bird (nickname) * Bird baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

Places

* Cape Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica * Mount Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica, a volcano * Bird, Manitoba, Fox Lake Cree Nation'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 Road, State Road 976 in Florida, U.S.

Science and technology

* BIRD (satellite), an Indian Earth observation satellite * Bird (technology), an interactive input device * Bird Internet routing daemon * ESO 593-8, a group of interacting galaxies also known as "The Bird"

Transportation and ships

* Bird-class minesweeper, 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 steam locomotives * Robertson B1-RD, an ultralight aircraft

Other uses

* Bird (gesture), an obscene hand gesture * The Bird (mascot), of the U.S. Air Force Falcons