Bird cherry is a common name for the Eurasian plant Prunus padus (also, "black dogwood", "hogberry").

Bird cherry may also refer to:

• Prunus subg. Padus, a group of species closely related to Prunus padus

• Prunus avium, (also, "wild cherry", "sweet cherry", "mazzard cherry", "gean"); the Latin epithet avium refers to its consumption by birds.

• Prunus pensylvanica, (also, "fire cherry", "pin cherry"), native to North America

• Prunus serotina var. salicifolia, sometimes called the Mexican bird cherry

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