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:
- 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
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