Blackbird, blackbirds, black bird or black birds may refer to:
Birds
Two groups of birds in the parvorder Passerida:
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New World blackbirds, family Icteridae
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Old World blackbirds, any of several species belonging to the genus Turdus in the family Turdidae
Arts, entertainment, and media
Books
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Black Bird (Basilières novel), 2003, by Michel Basilières
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Blackbird (Dibia novel), 2011
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Blackbirds (Wendig novel), 2012, by Chuck Wendig
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Blackbird (memoir), 2000, by Jennifer Lauck
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Blackbird, a 1986 novel by Larry Duplechan
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Blackbird (journal), an online journal of literature and the arts
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Black Bird (manga), 2007, by Kanoko Sakurakoji
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"Blackbird", a short story in Fragments of Horror
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Blackbird (comics), an aircraft in the X-Men comics
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Blackbird (Femizon), a villain in the Marvel Comics universe
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Blackbird, a comic by Sam Humphries
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Fazbear Frights #6: Blackbird, 2020, by Scott Cawthon
Film, theatre and TV
Film and television
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Black Bird, a 1973 South Korean film featuring Namkoong Won
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Black Birds (film), a 1967 Yugoslav film
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Blackbird (2007 film), directed by Adam Rapp
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Blackbird (2012 film), directed by Jason Buxton
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Blackbird (2013 film), a 2013 drama film
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Blackbird (2014 film), directed by Patrik-Ian Polk
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Blackbird (2018 film), a spy film directed by, written by and starring Michael Flatley
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Blackbird (2019 film), a drama film directed by Roger Michell
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Blackbirds (1915 film), a silent film starring Laura Hope Crews
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Blackbirds (1920 film), a lost silent film starring Justine Johnstone
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The Black Bird, a 1975 film starring George Segal
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The Blackbird, a 1926 film directed by Tod Browning
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Deadfall (2012 film), directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, which had the working title Blackbird
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Beyond the Lights, a 2014 film directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood originally titled Blackbird
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Black Bird (miniseries), a 2022 Apple TV+ miniseries
Theatre
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Blackbird (play), 2005, by David Harrower
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Blackbird, a play by Adam Rapp
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Blackbirds of 1928, a Broadway revue, based on the 1926 London revue Blackbirds
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Blackbirds of 1933, a follow-up to Blackbirds of 1928
Music
Instruments
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Blackbird (violin), a playable full size violin made of igneous rock
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Epiphone Blackbird, an electric bass guitar
Groups
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Blackbird (band), an American post-punk band
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The Blackbirds (German band), 1960s
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The Blackbirds (South African band)
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The Blackbyrds, an American rhythm and blues and jazz-funk fusion group
Albums
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Black Byrd, a 1973 album by Donald Byrd
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Blackbird (Alter Bridge album), 2007
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Blackbird (Fat Freddy's Drop album), 2013, or the title song
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Blackbird (Dan Sultan album), 2014
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Musta Lindu, re-released as Black Bird, by Värttinä
Songs and compositions
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"Blackbird" (Beatles song), 1968
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"Blackbird" (Alter Bridge song), 2007
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Le Merle noir ("The Blackbird"), a chamber work by Olivier Messiaen
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"Bye Bye Blackbird", a 1926 jazz standard by Ray Henderson and Mort Dixon often known simply as "Blackbird"
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"Blackbird", a song by Alkaline Trio from Is This Thing Cursed?
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"Black Bird", a song by the Beautiful Girls
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"Blackbird", a song by Benny Benassi from ...Phobia
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"Blackbird", a song by Black Veil Brides from The Phantom Tomorrow
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"Blackbird", a song by Dido from Girl Who Got Away
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"Blackbirds", a song by Erin McKeown from Distillation
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"Blackbird", a song by Graves
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"Blackbird", a song by Madness from Can't Touch Us Now
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"Blackbird", a song by Marcy Playground from Leaving Wonderland...in a fit of rage
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"Blackbird", an instrumental by Mike Oldfield from Light + Shade
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"Blackbird", a 2017 song by Norma John; Finland's entry in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest
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"Blackbird", a song by Silly Wizard from Live Wizardry
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"Blackbird", a song by Nina Simone from Nina Simone with Strings
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"Blackbird", a song by Tash Sultana from Flow State
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"Blackbird", a song by Third Day from Third Day
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"Blackbirds", a song by Linkin Park from the video game 8-Bit Rebellion!
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"The Blackbird", a song by The Wurzels
Other
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Blackbird, a car in the anime Wangan Midnight and the video game, Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune
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Task Force Blackbird, a CIA organization in the video game
People
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Blackbird (Omaha leader) (c. 1750–1800)
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Andrew Blackbird (c. 1815–1908), Odawa leader and historian
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Lewis Blackbird (born 1987), British motorcycle speedway rider
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King Parsons (born 1949), American wrestler who used the ring name "The Blackbird"
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Ziryab (789–857), Kurdish musician and performer, whose name means "blackbird" or "nightingale"
Places
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Blackbird, Delaware
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Blackbird Hundred, an unincorporated subdivision of New Castle County, Delaware, U.S.
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Blackbird Leys, a civil parish in Oxford, England
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Blackbird mine, a defunct cobalt mine in Lemhi County, Idaho, U.S.
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Blackbird Township, Thurston County, Nebraska
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Blackbird Vineyards, a California winery
Science and technology
Computing
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Blackbird (online platform), a cancelled Microsoft MSN development platform
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Blackbird (software), video software.
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Blackbird, an internal codename for Apple Computer's Macintosh IIfx desktop computer
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Blackbird, the internal codename for Apple Computer's PowerBook 500 series of laptops
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HP Blackbird 002, a personal computer
Vehicles
Air
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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, a United States Air Force supersonic reconnaissance aircraft
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A-12 Blackbird, the unofficial nickname for the forerunner to the SR-71 Blackbird, codenamed A-12 OXCART
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Aero A.34 Kos (English: Blackbird), a 1930s Czechoslovak biplane
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Mutual Blackbird, a late 1920s biplane
Land and rail
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Blackbird (wind-powered vehicle), a wheeled vehicle that demonstrated its ability to go downwind faster than the wind
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Blackbird, a GWR 3300 Class steam locomotive on the Great Western Railway in England
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Super Blackbird, a model name given to the Honda CBR1100XX sport-touring motorcycle
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"The Blackbird", a dragster driven by professional racer Jack Beckman
Sport
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Baltimore Blackbirds, a defunct indoor American football team
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FC Jyväskylä Blackbird, a Finnish football club
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LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds, sports teams of Long Island University's Brooklyn campus
See also
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Blackbeard (c. 1680–1718), English pirate
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Blackbirding, a recruitment practice utilizing trickery or kidnapping
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Bluebird (disambiguation)
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Redbird (disambiguation)