Rainbird
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Rainbird, Rain Bird or Rainbirds may refer to:
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[edit] Birds
- Rainbird, colloquial name given to various birds thought to sing before rain, including the European Green Woodpecker, Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo, Pacific Koel, Channel-billed Cuckoo, Burchell's Coucal and Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, as well as certain swifts whose movements are thought to signal the coming of rain
[edit] People
- Victor Noble Rainbird (1887–1936), British painter, stained glass artist and illustrator
[edit] Media
- Rainbirds, 1980s German band centred on singer Katharina Franck
- Rainbirds, instrumental closing song from Tom Waits' 1983 album Swordfishtrombones
- The Rainbird Pattern, 1972 novel by Victor Canning
- Rain Bird, 1980s song by Love and Rockets
- The Rainbirds, 1968 novel by Janet Frame
[edit] Other
- Rainbird (software company), software label owned by Telecomsoft and Microprose
- Rain Bird, irrigation supplies manufacturer
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