Bird of paradise

Bird of paradise may refer to:

  • Bird-of-paradise, a family of birds of the family Paradisaeidae

Plants

  • Strelitzia, bird of paradise flower or plant, a genus of perennial plants
  • Erythrostemon gilliesii, or bird of paradise, a shrub
  • Caesalpinia pulcherrima, or Mexican bird of paradise, a shrub

Arts and entertainment

Literature

  • The Bird of Paradise (play), a 1912 play by Richard Walton Tully
  • The Birds of Paradise, a 1962 novel by Paul Scott

Film and television

  • Bird of Paradise (1932 film), based on Tully's play
  • Bird of Paradise (1951 film), a colour film, based on Tully's play
  • Birds of Paradise (2008 film), a Ukrainian film
  • Birds of Paradise (2010 film), an Argentine-American animated film
  • Birds of Paradise (2021 film), an American film
  • "Bird of Paradise", an episode of Godzilla, 1998
  • "Birds of Paradise", an episode of Natural World, 2010
  • "Birds of Paradise", an episode of Twice in a Lifetime, 2000
  • "Bird of Paradise", an episode of Xiaolin Showdown, 2005

Music

  • Birds of Paradise (musical), a 1987 Off-Broadway musical
  • "Bird of Paradise" (Snowy White song), 1983
  • "Bird of Paradise", a song by the Appleseed Cast from the 2001 album Low Level Owl, Vol. 1
  • "Bird of Paradise", a song by Charlie Parker
  • "Birds of Paradise", a song by Peter, Sue and Marc

Other uses

  • Bird of Paradise (aircraft), a 1927 American military airplane
  • Bird of Paradise Island, or Little Tobago, part of Trinidad and Tobago, named for the imported Paradisaea apoda

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Bird of paradise
  • Apus, a small constellation in the southern sky representing a bird of paradise
  • The Byrds of Paradise, a television series
  • Heliconia, or false bird-of-paradise, a genus of flowering plants
  • Huma bird, a mythological creature commonly depicted in Persian, Ottoman Turkish, and Urdu poetry
  • "May the Bird of Paradise Fly up Your Nose", a 1965 song by Jimmy Dickens
  • Paradise Bird, a 1979 album by Amii Stewart
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