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