Rainbird

• Rainbird, colloquial name given to various birds thought to sing or come before rain, including the European green woodpecker, Jamaican lizard cuckoo, Jacobin 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 • Rain Bird (legend), a Native American legendary animal • Shangyang (rainbird), in Chinese mythology == People ==

• Bill Rainbird (1916–1997), New Zealand cricketer • George Rainbird (1905-1986), British publisher • Sam Rainbird (born 1992), Australian cricketer • 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 • " Rainbird ", song by Code Kunst, featuring Colde and Tablo == Other ==

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