Bird of paradise
# Bird of paradise

Bird of paradise may refer to:

## 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 (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
