Birdy or Birdie may refer to:

Places in the United States

Birdie, Georgia Birdie is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in Spalding County, Georgia, Spalding County, in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. History A post office called Birdie was established in 1894, and remained ...

, an unincorporated community * Birdie, Mississippi, an unincorporated community

People with the name

* Birdie (given name) *

Birdy (singer) Jasmine Lucilla Elizabeth Jennifer van den BogaerdeDebrett's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, Kelly's Directories, 2000 pg. 1629 (born 15 May 1996), known professionally as Birdy ( ), is a British singer. She won the music competition Open M ...

(born 1996), the stage name of English singer-songwriter Jasmine van den Bogaerde *

Henry Robertson Bowers Henry Robertson Bowers (29 July 1883 – ) was one of Robert Falcon Scott's polar party on the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition of 1910–1913, all of whom died during their return from the South Pole. Early life Bowers was born on 29 July 1 ...

(1883–1912), nicknamed "Birdie", participant in Robert Falcon Scott's doomed race to the South Pole *

Byrd Spilman Dewey Byrd "Birdie" Spilman Dewey (née Julia Bird Spilman; February 16, 1856 – April 1, 1942) was an American author, land investor, and co-developer of the Town of Boynton. She lived in Florida from 1881 until her death in 1942. Her best known w ...

(1856–1942), nicknamed "Birdie", American author and land investor * Birdy Sweeney (1931–1999), Irish actor and comedian *

Jack Ward John Ward or Jack Ward ( 1553 – 1622), also known as Birdy, Sparrow or later as Yusuf Reis, was an English people, English pirate who later became a Barbary pirates, Corsair for the Ottoman Empire operating out of Ottoman Tunisia, Tunis ...

( 1553–1622), nicknamed "Birdy", notorious English pirate and Barbary Corsair * Birdy, pseudonym of a former guitarist of the glam punk band Trashcan Darlings

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

Birdie (Street Fighter) is a character in the ''Street Fighter'' series. He first appeared in the original ''Street Fighter'' game in 1987 as a non-playable opponent before becoming playable in ''Street Fighter Alpha'' and the subsequent ''Alpha'' games. He was origina ...

, in Capcom's video games *

Betty Draper Elizabeth "Betty" Draper Francis (formerly Draper, née Hofstadt) is a fictional character played by January Jones on AMC's television series ''Mad Men''. She begins the show married to protagonist Don Draper (Jon Hamm); following a separation ...

, on ''Mad Men'', whom Don Draper affectionately refers to as "Birdie" * Birdie the Early Bird, the first identifiably female McDonaldland character *

Birdy (character) Birdy is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She was created by Jim Lee and Scott Lobdell and made her first appearance in ''X-Men vol. 2 #6''. Fictional character biography Birdy became t ...

, a Marvel Comics villain * Birdy, in the Conker platform video game series * Birdy, also known as Torii, a robotic pet in ''

Gundam SEED is an anime series developed by Sunrise and directed by Mitsuo Fukuda. The ninth installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise, ''Gundam SEED'' takes place in a future calendar era, in this case the Cosmic Era. In this era, mankind has devel ...

'' and ''

Gundam SEED Destiny is an anime television series, a direct sequel to ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' by Sunrise and the overall tenth installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise. It retains most of the staff from ''Gundam SEED'', including Director Mitsuo Fukuda. S ...

'' * Birdy, the title character of ''

Birdy the Mighty is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Yuki. His initial attempt with the story ran in Shogakukan's ''Shōnen Sunday Zōkan'' from 1985 to 1988, but it was eventually abandoned. Over a decade later, Yuki began a re ...

'', a Japanese manga series * Wang Po-Te in ''

Your Name Engraved Herein ''Your Name Engraved Herein'' () is a 2020 Taiwanese romantic drama film directed by Patrick Kuang-Hui Liu and starring Edward Chen, Jing-Hua Tseng, and Leon Dai. The film premiered in Taiwan on September 30, followed by a global release on ...

'' goes by the name Birdy, named after the character in the movie of the same name * Birdie Anders, the younger sister of the Anders family in the Six Minutes podcast

Music

* ''Birdy'' (Birdy album) (2011) * ''Birdy'' (Peter Gabriel album), 1985 soundtrack of the film ''Birdy'' * ''Birdy'', an album by

Bloodthirsty Butchers Bloodthirsty Butchers was a long-running indie rock and punk rock band from Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Although little-known in the West, they have contributed to two compilations on the Olympia, Washington based Yoyo Records, Yoyo label. The ban ...

* "Birdie", a song by Avril Lavigne from the album '' Head Above Water'' * "Birdy", a song by British Sea Power from the single " Remember Me"

Other

* ''Birdie'' (novel), by Tracey Lindberg * ''Birdy'' (novel), by William Wharton * ''Birdie'' (film), starring Maeve Dermody and Sam Parsonson, and directed by Shelly Lauman * ''Birdy'' (film), starring Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage, and directed by Alan Parker, based on Wharton's novel

Brands and enterprises

Birdy (bicycle) The Birdy is a folding bicycle designed by Riese und Müller in Germany and produced by Pacific Cycles in Taiwan. As of 2010 over 100,000 had been sold. Three distinct models have been marketed, in addition to some specialist variations, with the ...

, a folding bicycle *

Birdy Airlines Birdy Airlines was an airline based in Belgium that offered long-haul flights from Brussels to Africa on behalf of SN Brussels Airlines using a fleet of three Airbus A330-300 The Airbus A330 is a wide-body airliner developed and produced ...

(2002–2004), a defunct airline based in Belgium

Sports

Birdie (golf) In golf, par is the predetermined number of strokes that a proficient (scratch, or zero handicap) golfer should require to complete a hole, a round (the sum of the pars of the played holes), or a tournament (the sum of the pars of each round). ...

, a score of one under par on a hole in golf * A

gun dog Gun dogs (gundogs) or bird dogs are types of hunting dogs developed to assist hunters in finding and retrieving game, typically various fowls that are shot down on the wing (in flight). The term hunting dog is broad and includes all breeds and s ...

that gets excited by birds *

Shuttlecock A shuttlecock (also called a birdie or shuttle, or ball) is a high-drag projectile used in the sport of badminton. It has an open conical shape formed by feathers or plastic (or a synthetic alternative) embedded into a rounded cork (or ru ...

, in badminton

Other uses

* Birdie, the common nickname for a small

parabolic aluminized reflector light A parabolic aluminized reflector lamp (PAR lamp or simply PAR) is a type of electric lamp that is widely used in commercial, residential, and transportation illumination. It produces a highly directional beam. Usage includes theatrical lighti ...

* Birdy, unwanted artifacts that occur in

noise reduction Noise reduction is the process of removing noise from a signal. Noise reduction techniques exist for audio and images. Noise reduction algorithms may distort the signal to some degree. Noise rejection is the ability of a circuit to isolate an u ...

or in "frequency mixing". * BIRDIE, Martin AN/GSG-5 Battery Integration and Radar Display Equipment