Blackbird (disambiguation)
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Blackbird can refer to:
Birds
- Blackbird (Turdus merula), a species of bird of the thrush family indigenous to Europe and Asia
- New World blackbirds, about 20 species of icterid birds that resemble the Blackbird including:
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Red-breasted Blackbird (Sturnella militaris)
- Yellow-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius xanthomus)
In the Arts
- "Blackbird" (song), a song by the Beatles that includes the sounds of a Blackbird singing
- Blackbird (online journal), an online journal of literature and the arts
- Blackbird, a play by David Harrower, which played at the Edinburgh Festival in 2005 and London's West End in 2006
- Blackbird, a play by Adam Rapp, which premiered in London in 2001
In fiction
- Blackbird (comics), aircraft piloted by the X-Men, a fictional superhero team from comics, films and TV
- Colonial Blackbird, a stealth fighter created by Chief Tyrol in the 2004 Battlestar Galactica science fiction series
- Blackbird (Femizon), also known as Jackdaw, a Hulk villainess of Marvel Comics who could fly, a member of Superia's Femizons.
Other
- SR-71 Blackbird, a supersonic reconnaissance aircraft built by Lockheed-Martin
- Chief Blackbird (d.1800), chief of the Omaha
- Super Blackbird, a nickname for the Honda CBR1100XX sport-touring motorcycle
[edit] See also
- Musta Lindu, the second album by Värttinä re-released as Black Bird in 1998
- Blackbirding, a recruitment practice utilizing trickery or kidnapping