Rainbird
Encyclopedia
Rainbird, Rain Bird or Rainbirds may refer to:
Birds
- Rainbird, colloquial name given to various birds thought to sing before rain, including the European Green Woodpecker, Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo, Pacific KoelPacific KoelThe Pacific Koel , also known as the Eastern Koel, is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It has often been considered conspecific with the Asian and Black-billed Koels, but they are increasingly treated as a separate species...
, Channel-billed CuckooChannel-billed CuckooThe Channel-billed Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Scythrops. The species is the largest brood parasite in the world, and the largest cuckoo....
, Burchell's Coucal and Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikeBlack-faced Cuckoo-shrikeThe Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike is a common omnivorous passerine bird native to Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. It has a protected status in Australia, under the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974....
, as well as certain swifts whose movements are thought to signal the coming of rain
People
- Victor Noble RainbirdVictor Noble RainbirdVictor Noble Rainbird was a painter, stained glass artist and illustrator.Victor Noble Rainbird was born on 12th December 1887 in North Shields United Kingdom, son of James William Rainbird and Rosabella Foubister...
(1887–1936), British painter, stained glass artist and illustrator
Media
- RainbirdsRainbirdsThe Rainbirds were a German Pop rock band established in 1986 around the singer Katharina Franck. Their greatest hit was "Blueprint".-History:...
, 1980s German band centred on singer Katharina Franck - Rainbirds, instrumental closing song from Tom Waits' 1983 album SwordfishtrombonesSwordfishtrombonesSwordfishtrombones is an album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in September 1983. It was the first album that Waits produced himself....
- The Rainbird PatternThe Rainbird PatternThe Rainbird Pattern is a 1972 novel by Victor Canning.It was adapted for the screen by Ernest Lehman in 1976 and was directed by Alfred Hitchcock under the title Family Plot....
, 1972 novel by Victor Canning
- Rain BirdRain BirdRain Bird Corporation is a large privately held manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services, based in Azusa, California.-History:...
, 1980s song by Love and Rockets - The Rainbirds, 1968 novel by Janet FrameJanet FrameJanet Paterson Frame, ONZ, CBE was a New Zealand author. She wrote eleven novels, four collections of short stories, a book of poetry, an edition of juvenile fiction, and three volumes of autobiography during her lifetime. Since her death, a twelfth novel, a second volume of poetry, and a handful...
Other
- Rainbird (software company), software label owned by Telecomsoft and Microprose
- Rain BirdRain BirdRain Bird Corporation is a large privately held manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services, based in Azusa, California.-History:...
, irrigation supplies manufacturer