Rainbird

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 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

People

• Victor Noble Rainbird (1887–1936), British painter, stained glass artist and illustrator

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

Other

• Rainbird (software company), software label owned by Telecomsoft and Microprose
• Rain Bird, irrigation supplies manufacturer