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 computer-animated film
• Birds of Paradise (upcoming 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