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Source: https://www.historyextra.com/period/first-world-war/the-shot-that-sparked-the-first-world-war/
If that isn't a tedious Bond connection....
The Ostrich (HMS) that served during the Great War:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ostrich_(1900)
And the US counterparts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ostrich
“My dear Colonel, I am afraid that you must regret the hour that you took in such a stormy petrel as I am.” (The Adventure of the Reigate Squires)
“You are the stormy petrel of crime, Watson.” (The Adventure of the Naval Treaty)
There has also been a research rocket with the name Petrel;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrel_(rocket)
Patrol Squadron 24
Russian animation took to that for inspiration. Tough, funny, dramatic.
1. a New World blackbird, males with a white or cream colored hood
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus): in English the name approximates the songbird's call as variations of Bob o' Lincoln, Bob Lincoln (18th Century). Known at times as reedbird or rice bird for its habitat and diet. A summertime fixture in North America, winters in South America. Migration route includes Jamaica where they are known as butter-birds, a past staple.
Obscure as you said, @Revelator, there are still some rare examples in Western Culture.
A favorite of Emily Dickinson. Mentioned by Poe, even. Fleming could have happened upon them on a migration stop in Jamaica. Or scouting his US writing locations in the Catskills and the Adirondacks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulton_&_Paul_Bobolink
Here's a more recent example.
source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bobolink_(AM-20)
She was followed up, in 1946, by another minesweeper, AMS-2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bobolink_(AMS-2)
USS Bobolink (AM-20), 1934.
USS Bobolink (AM-20), 1935.
USS Bobolink (AM-20), 1937.
Eastern bluebird (Canada to the Gulf, Arizona to Nicaragua)
Western bluebird (southwest United States to Mexico)
Mountain bluebird (western North America to Alaska)
Donald Malcolm Campbell, CBE, broke speed records on land and water during the 1950-60s--even in the same year, as in 1964. He followed in the footsteps of his father, Sir Malcolm Campbell, who set 13 world speed records in the 1920s and 30s. The signature cars and boats of the Campbells: the Bluebird.
Graves and Bond correctly recognize Donald Campbell's 1967 death on Coniston Water, Lake District, England, seeking to break the 300 mph mark. Initially successful toward the goal (at 297 mph), on his return run the craft went aloft, somersaulted and broke up on the lake surface. CBE is the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire recognition.
Donald Campbell - Speed King, BBC, 2017.
Across the Lake, BBC, 1988. Includes Anthony Hopkins as Campbell.
becoming the US Navy's first true fighter.
In England, Blackburn used the name for 4 generations of trainers/ light touring aircraft (first flight 1924)
Blackburn 1c Bluebird IV
And then there's the [url="https://www.mi6community.com/discussion/18550/its-grεεκ-to-me#latest"] Greek [/url] airline flying to Tel Aviv.
"The Bluebird of Happiness", Jan Peerce, 1945.
"The Bluebird of Happiness"
The Blue Bird, Walter Lang, 1940. Shirley Temple! (But it's an Indigo bunting, not a Bluebird.)
The Last Night of the Earth Poems, Charles Bukowski.
"Bluebird"
"Bluebird", Alexis Ffrench, 2017.