Bird flu may refer to:
- Biology and disease
- Avian influenza, influenza endemic to birds and pigeons.
- Influenzavirus A, the causative agent for bird flu; the genus of the Orthomyxoviridae family. of viruses to which all viruses responsible for avian influenza belongs to, but also includes viruses that are endemic to humans and other animals.
- H5N1, a subtype of influenza A virus endemic to birds, currently perceived as a significant emerging pandemic threat.
- Music
- Bird Flu (song), by musician M.I.A.
Famous quotes containing the word bird:
“his head
May not lie on the breast nor his lips on the hair
Of the woman that he loves, until he dies.
O beast of the wilderness, bird of the air,
Must I endure your amorous cries?”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)