Firebird

Firebird and fire bird may refer to:

Automobiles

• Pontiac Firebird, American pony car
• General Motors Firebird, series of concept cars

Birds

• Baltimore oriole
• Scarlet tanager
• Sharp-tailed grouse
• Vermilion flycatcher

In print

• Firebird (Lackey novel), a 1996 novel retelling the Russian folk tale, by Mercedes Lackey
• Firebird (Tyers novel), a 1986 science fiction novel by Kathy Tyers
• Firebird, a 2011 science fiction novel by Jack McDevitt
• Firebirds (anthology), a 2003 collection of short stories for young adults by Firebird Books
• Firebird (Amalgam Comics), an amalgamated character appearing in the Amalgam comic books jointly published by DC Comics and Marvel Comics
• Firebird (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Firebird Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., launched January 2002
• Firebird (Pirotta picture book), an award-winning picture book by Saviour Pirotta and Catherine Hyde, published by Templar and Candlewick 2010/2014

Film and television

• The Firebird (1934 film), a murder mystery directed by William Dieterle
• The Firebird (1952 film), a musical drama film directed by Hasse Ekman
• Fire Birds, a 1990 action film directed by David Green
• "Firebird" (Once Upon a Time), an episode of the fifth season of Once Upon a Time

Folklore

• Phoenix (mythology), sacred firebird found in the mythologies of many cultures
• Bennu, Egyptian firebird
• Huma (mythology), Persian firebird
• Firebird (Slavic folklore) (Жар-Птица)

Music

• The Firebird, ballet for which Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) composed the music
• Firebird (band), late 1990s/2000s/2010s blues-based power trio
• The Firebirds, a rock and roll band from Bristol, England
• The Firebird Band, an indie rock band hailing from Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
• Firebirds (album), a 1968 jazz album by Prince Lasha and Sonny Simmons
• "The Firebird", a song by Priestess from the album Prior to the Fire
• "Firebird", a song by Galantis from the album Pharmacy
• Fire Bird (Miyavi album), album by Miyavi
• "Firebird", a song by Owl City from the album Cinematic
• "Firebirds", a song by Clutch from the album Psychic Warfare

Instrument

• Firebird (trumpet), trumpet with valves and slide invented by Maynard Ferguson
• Gibson Firebird, solid-body electric guitar from the early 1960s

Software

• Firebird (database server), an open-source SQL relational database management system
• Firebird Software, a defunct games software label owned by Telecomsoft
• Hi no Tori, known as Firebird in Europe, a computer game developed by Konami Japan in 1987
• Mozilla Firebird, former name of the Mozilla Firefox browser
• Firebird BBS, one of two main telnet-based systems developed in Taiwan
• Space Firebird, a 1980 arcade game developed by Nintendo R&D1
• Firebirds (video game), computer game for the ZX Spectrum released in 1983
• Firebird (emulator), open source emulator for the TI-Nspire series calculator

Sport

• Albany Firebirds, an American Arena Football team
• Firebird International Raceway, a dragstrip and motorsports park in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
• Firebird Skydiving GmbH, a German manufacturer of skydiving equipment
• Flint Firebirds, a team in the Ontario Hockey League, Canada
• Indiana Firebirds, a former Arena Football team, Indiana, U.S.
• Phoenix Firebirds, a former Minor League Baseball team, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
• Queensland Firebirds, an Australian netball team based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• UDC Firebirds, University of the District of Columbia Athletics program, U.S.
• Wellington Firebirds, a cricket team based in Wellington, New Zealand
• Lancaster Firebirds youth hockey program in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Other uses

• AAM-A-1 Firebird, an American air-to-air missile of the 1940s
• Chengdu J-10, NATO reporting name
• Northrop Grumman Firebird, a reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft developed by Northrop Grumman
• FIREBIRD is the callsign for CargoLogicAir
• Firebird (roller coaster), a B&M Floorless Coaster at Six Flags America in Maryland.

See also

• Phoenix (disambiguation)