Yardbird

Yardbird or Yardbirds may refer to:

People

 * A slang term for a basic trainee in the armed forces
 * A slang term for a prisoner or convict
 * Charlie Parker, American saxophonist
 * George Yardley, American basketball player

Animals

 * A colloquialism for the domestic chicken in the American Deep South

Science and industry

 * Railyard, sections of parallel train tracks, where many rail cars are
 * Yardbird Southern Table & Bar, a chain of restaurants serving food from the Southern United States

Music and literature

 * Yardbird Reader, journal edited by Ishmael Reed from 1972 to 1976
 * The Yardbirds, a British psychedelic band
 * Roger the Engineer, album originally self-titled as Yardbirds