Birdbrain or bird brain may refer to:
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Bird brain, the brain of a bird, including the
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Avian pallium
In the neuroanatomy of animals, an avian pallium is the dorsal telencephalon of a bird's brain. The subpallium is the ventral telencephalon.
The pallium of avian species tends to be relatively large, comprising ~75% of the telencephalic volume. ...
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Bird intelligence
The difficulty of defining or measuring intelligence in non-human animals makes the subject difficult to study scientifically in birds. In general, birds have relatively large brains compared to their head size. Furthermore, bird brains have two ...
, intelligence and its measurement as it applies to birds
Metaphorically
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Stupid person, a person lacking intelligence, understanding, reason, wit, or sense
** A
nickname
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for
Nikki Haley
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, used by
Donald Trump
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.
As a proper name
Music
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''Birdbrain'' (album), a 1999 album by Buffalo Tom
* ''
Bird-Brains
''Bird-Brains'' (stylized as ''BiRd-BrAiNs'') is the debut album by American lo-fi musician Merrill Garbus' project Tune-Yards. It was originally released as a Compact Cassette on Marriage Records on June 9, 2009, and was re-released on August 1 ...
'', a 2009 album by Tune-Yards
* ''Bird Brain'', a 2009 album by Detroit techno artist
Claude VonStroke
Barclay Macbride Crenshaw (born July 7, 1971), who is known by the stage name Claude VonStroke, is an American house producer based in Los Angeles. He owned Dirtybird Records based in San Francisco. In July 2006 he released his debut album, ''Be ...
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Birdbrain (band)
Birdbrain was an American post-grunge band, formed in Boston, Massachusetts, by neighborhood friends in 1992 and dissolved in 1997. They had some success with their song "Youth of America", which appeared in the 1996 film '' Scream'', as well a ...
, a Boston grunge band
* "Bird Brain", a song and a member of the Orange County comedy punk band
The Radioactive Chicken Heads
The Radioactive Chicken Heads are an American virtual band formed in Orange, California in 1993.
Operating anonymously under the guise of mutant chickens and vegetables, the Chicken Heads' music is primarily a mix of punk rock, heavy metal and ...
Fiction
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Bird-Brain (Marvel Comics), a fictional character in Marvel Comics
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''Birdbrain'' (novel), an English translation of ''Linnunaivot'' by
Johanna Sinisalo
Other uses
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