"The Rarest Birds" is a song by the British singer-songwriter Alison Moyet, released in 2017 as the second single from her ninth studio album Other.

The track debuted on Graham Norton's BBC Radio 2 show on 3 June 2017 and released the following day as a digital download.

[6] Speaking of the song, Moyet said it is a "paean to LGBTQ, to Brighton, to coming out after the darkest nights into the arms of those that delight in your flight".

"[7] In a review of Other, Maxie Molotov-Smith of Fortitude magazine described "The Rarest Birds" as the "torch song of Other" and "possibly her best ballad to date".

They added that the song was a "beaming ode to solidarity and identity, beginning with a smouldering glimmer before bursting into a beautiful aurora borealis in the chorus.