Bird of paradise

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Bird of paradise and Bird of Paradise may refer to:

Birds

• Birds of Paradise, the family Paradisaeidae
• Satinbirds, the family Cnemophilidae, formerly in Paradisaeidae
• Macgregor's Giant Honeyeater, Macgregoria pulchra, formerly known as Macgregor's Bird of Paradise

Plants

• Caesalpinia
  • Caesalpinia gilliesii (Bird of paradise bush)
  • Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Mexican Bird of Paradise)
• Heliconia
• Strelitzia
  • Strelitzia reginae
  • Strelitzia nicolai (White Bird of Paradise)

Film and television

• Bird of Paradise (1932 film), directed by King Vidor
• Bird of Paradise (1951 film), directed by Delmer Daves starring Debra Paget and Louis Jourdan
• "Bird of Paradise" (Godzilla), an episode of Godzilla: The Series
• Birds of Paradise Hotel, a hotel on Lilo & Stitch: The Series
• "Bird of Paradise", an episode in Season 3 of the animated television series Xiaolin Showdown

Music

• "Bird of Paradise" (Snowy White song), by guitarist Snowy White and the title of a 2003 compilation album
• "Bird of paradise", a song by saxophonist Charlie Parker, based on the chord changes of jazz standard All the Things You Are
• "Bird of paradise", a song by The Appleseed Cast on their album Low Level Owl, Vol. 1'
• "Birds of Paradise", a song by Peter, Sue and Marc

Other

• Bird of Paradise Island, another name for Little Tobago in Trinidad and Tobago
• Huma bird, a phoenix-like mythological bird in Sufi legends and a common motif in Persian, Ottoman Turkish, and Urdu poetry

[edit] See also

• Paradise Bird, a studio album by Amii Stewart released in September 1979
• The Byrds of Paradise, a 1993-94 American television series

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