Bird of paradise

Bird of paradise or bird-of-paradise may refer to:

Birds

• Bird-of-paradise, the family of birds, Paradisaeidae of the order Passeriformes
  • The genera of this family that have "Bird-of-paradise" in the common name:

• Pteridophora
• Lophorina
• Cicinnurus
• Seleucidis
• Paradisaea

• Macgregor's giant honeyeater, a black crow-like bird also known as Macgregor's bird of paradise
• Satinbirds, a family of passerines originally thought to be part of the Paradisaeidae family
• Melampitta, an enigmatic genus of birds placed by some authors in Paradisaeidae
• Huma bird, a mythological creature commonly depicted in Persian, Ottoman Turkish, and Urdu poetry

Plants

• Strelitzia, a genus of 5 species of perennials
• Heliconia, a genus of about 100–200 species of flowering plants, commonly called lobster-claws, wild plantains or false bird-of-paradise
• Caesalpinia gilliesii, a shrub in the legume family
• Caesalpinia pulcherrima, a shrub in the legume family, commonly called Red Bird of Paradise or Mexican Bird of Paradise

Film and television

• Bird of Paradise (1932 film), directed by King Vidor
• Bird of Paradise (1951 film), directed by Delmer Daves
• Birds of Paradise (2008 film), a 2008 Ukrainian film
• "Bird of Paradise", an episode of the TV series Xiaolin Showdown
• "Bird of Paradise", an episode of the TV series Godzilla
• "Birds of Paradise", a first season episode of the TV series Twice in a Lifetime

Music

• "Bird of Paradise" (Snowy White song)
• "Bird of Paradise", a song by The Appleseed Cast on the album Low Level Owl, Vol. 1
• "Bird of Paradise", a song by Charlie Parker
• "Birds of Paradise", a song by Peter, Sue and Marc
• Birds of Paradise (musical), a 1987 off-broadway musical with music by David Evans, lyrics by Winnie Holzman, and a book by both

Other

• Bird of Paradise (aircraft)
• The Bird of Paradise (1912 play), written by Richard Walton Tully
• Bird of Paradise Island, an island near Tobago
• Apus, a faint constellation in the southern sky representing a bird of paradise

See also

• Paradise Bird, an album by Amii Stewart
• The Byrds of Paradise, a television series