# Blackbird

Blackbird, blackbirds, black bird or black birds may refer to:

## Birds

Two groups of birds in the parvorder Passerida:
* New World blackbirds, family Icteridae
* Old World blackbirds, any of several species belonging to the genus Turdus in the family Turdidae
** Chinese blackbird
** Common blackbird
** Grey-winged blackbird
** Indian blackbird
** Somali thrush or Somali blackbird
** Tibetan blackbird
** White-collared blackbird

## Arts, entertainment, and media
### Books

* Black Bird (Basilières novel), 2003, by Michel Basilières
* Blackbird (Dibia novel), 2011
* Blackbirds (Wendig novel), 2012, by Chuck Wendig
* Blackbird (memoir), 2000, by Jennifer Lauck
* Blackbird, a 1986 novel by Larry Duplechan
* Blackbird (journal), an online journal of literature and the arts
* Black Bird (manga), 2007, by Kanoko Sakurakoji
* "Blackbird", a short story in Fragments of Horror
* Blackbird (comics), an aircraft in the X-Men comics
* Blackbird (Femizon), a villain in the Marvel Comics universe
* Blackbird, a comic by Sam Humphries
* Fazbear Frights #6: Blackbird, 2020, by Scott Cawthon

### Film, theatre and TV
#### Film and television

* Black Bird, a 1973 South Korean film featuring Namkoong Won
* Black Birds (film), a 1967 Yugoslav film
* Blackbird (2007 film), directed by Adam Rapp
* Blackbird (2012 film), directed by Jason Buxton
* Blackbird (2013 film), a 2013 drama film
* Blackbird (2014 film), directed by Patrik-Ian Polk
* Blackbird (2018 film), a spy film directed by, written by and starring Michael Flatley
* Blackbird (2019 film), a drama film directed by Roger Michell
* Blackbirds (1915 film), a silent film starring Laura Hope Crews
* Blackbirds (1920 film), a lost silent film starring Justine Johnstone
* The Black Bird, a 1975 film starring George Segal
* The Blackbird, a 1926 film directed by Tod Browning
* Deadfall (2012 film), directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, which had the working title Blackbird
* Beyond the Lights, a 2014 film directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood originally titled Blackbird
* Black Bird (miniseries), a 2022 Apple TV+ miniseries

#### Theatre

* Blackbird (play), 2005, by David Harrower
* Blackbird, a play by Adam Rapp
* Blackbirds of 1928, a Broadway revue, based on the 1926 London revue Blackbirds
* Blackbirds of 1933, a follow-up to Blackbirds of 1928

### Music
#### Instruments

* Blackbird (violin), a playable full size violin made of igneous rock
* Epiphone Blackbird, an electric bass guitar

#### Groups

* Blackbird (band), an American post-punk band
* The Blackbirds (German band), 1960s
* The Blackbirds (South African band)
* The Blackbyrds, an American rhythm and blues and jazz-funk fusion group

#### Albums

* Black Byrd, a 1973 album by Donald Byrd
* Blackbird (Alter Bridge album), 2007
* Blackbird (Fat Freddy's Drop album), 2013, or the title song
* Blackbird (Dan Sultan album), 2014
* Musta Lindu, re-released as Black Bird, by Värttinä

#### Songs and compositions

* "Blackbird" (Beatles song), 1968
* "Blackbird" (Alter Bridge song), 2007
* Le Merle noir ("The Blackbird"), a chamber work by Olivier Messiaen
* "Bye Bye Blackbird", a 1926 jazz standard by Ray Henderson and Mort Dixon often known simply as "Blackbird"
* "Blackbird", a song by Alkaline Trio from Is This Thing Cursed?
* "Black Bird", a song by the Beautiful Girls
* "Blackbird", a song by Benny Benassi from ...Phobia
* "Blackbird", a song by Black Veil Brides from The Phantom Tomorrow
* "Blackbird", a song by Dido from Girl Who Got Away
* "Blackbirds", a song by Erin McKeown from Distillation
* "Blackbird", a song by Graves
* "Blackbird", a song by Madness from Can't Touch Us Now
* "Blackbird", a song by Marcy Playground from Leaving Wonderland...in a fit of rage
* "Blackbird", an instrumental by Mike Oldfield from Light + Shade
* "Blackbird", a 2017 song by Norma John; Finland's entry in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest
* "Blackbird", a song by Silly Wizard from Live Wizardry
* "Blackbird", a song by Nina Simone from Nina Simone with Strings
* "Blackbird", a song by Tash Sultana from Flow State
* "Blackbird", a song by Third Day from Third Day
* "Blackbirds", a song by Linkin Park from the video game 8-Bit Rebellion!
* "The Blackbird", a song by The Wurzels

#### Other

* Blackbird, a car in the anime Wangan Midnight and the video game, Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune
* Task Force Blackbird, a CIA organization in the video game Medal of Honor: Warfighter

## People

* Blackbird (Omaha leader) (c. 1750–1800)
* Andrew Blackbird (c. 1815–1908), Odawa leader and historian
* Lewis Blackbird (born 1987), British motorcycle speedway rider
* King Parsons (born 1949), American wrestler who used the ring name "The Blackbird"
* Ziryab (789–857), Kurdish musician and performer, whose name means "blackbird" or "nightingale"

## Places

* Blackbird, Delaware
* Blackbird Hundred, an unincorporated subdivision of New Castle County, Delaware, U.S.
* Blackbird Leys, a civil parish in Oxford, England
* Blackbird mine, a defunct cobalt mine in Lemhi County, Idaho, U.S.
* Blackbird Township, Thurston County, Nebraska
* Blackbird Vineyards, a California winery

## Science and technology
### Computing

* Blackbird (online platform), a cancelled Microsoft MSN development platform
* Blackbird (software), video software.
* Blackbird, an internal codename for Apple Computer's Macintosh IIfx desktop computer
* Blackbird, the internal codename for Apple Computer's PowerBook 500 series of laptops
* HP Blackbird 002, a personal computer

### Vehicles
#### Air

* Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, a United States Air Force supersonic reconnaissance aircraft
* A-12 Blackbird, the unofficial nickname for the forerunner to the SR-71 Blackbird, codenamed A-12 OXCART
* Aero A.34 Kos (English: Blackbird), a 1930s Czechoslovakian biplane
* Mutual Blackbird, a late 1920s biplane

#### Land and rail

* Blackbird (wind-powered vehicle), a wheeled vehicle that demonstrated its ability to go downwind faster than the wind
* Blackbird, a GWR 3300 Class steam locomotive on the Great Western Railway in England
* Super Blackbird, a model name given to the Honda CBR1100XX sport-touring motorcycle
* "The Blackbird", a dragster driven by professional racer Jack Beckman

## Sport

* Baltimore Blackbirds, a defunct indoor American football team
* FC Jyväskylä Blackbird, a Finnish football club
* LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds, sports teams of Long Island University's Brooklyn campus