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Firebird and fire bird may refer to:
Automobiles
- Pontiac Firebird, American muscle car
- General Motors Firebird, series of concept cars
Birds
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 both DC and Marvel Comics
- Firebird (Marvel Comics), a character in Marvel Comics publications
- 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
- The Firebird Band, an indie rock band hailing from Chicago, Illinois
- 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
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), database management system forked from the open sources of InterBase from Borland
- Firebird Software, defunct games software label owned by Telecomsoft
- Hino Tori, computer game known as Firebird in Europe, 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 (chess engine), open source software
Sport
- Albany Firebirds, American Arena Football team
- Firebird International Raceway, dragstrip and motorsports park in Phoenix, Arizona
- Firebird Skydiving GmbH, a German manufacturer of skydiving equipment
- Indiana Firebirds, former Arena Football team
- Phoenix Firebirds, former Minor League Baseball team
- Queensland Firebirds, Australian netball team based in Brisbane, Queensland
- UDC Firebirds, University of the District of Columbia Athletics program
- Wellington Firebirds, New Zealand First-Class cricket team based in Wellington
- Lancaster Firebirds youth hockey program in Lancaster, PA
Other uses
- AAM-A-1 Firebird, an American air-to-air missile of the 1940s
- Northrop Grumman Firebird, a reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft developed by Northrop Grumman
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