I have a few Birds in my tree (sorry!) in Liverpool. I do not know of a Manx connection, but it may just help to look also under Byrd.
Mine start as Byrd but change spelling in the 19th century to Bird or Byrd and eventually mutate to Bird. There is always the filling in of census data by illiterate people to bear in mind.
Hope it helps a little
Paul
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