White Bird

White Bird may refer to:

  • The White Bird, a French biplane which disappeared while attempting a transatlantic crossing in 1927
  • White Bird, Idaho, small city in the United States
  • White Bird (Native American leader) (d. 1892), Nez Perce leader
  • White Bird Hill Summit, a mountain grade and mountain pass on U.S. Highway 95 in North Central Idaho
  • Battle of White Bird Canyon, 1877 battle in Idaho
Music and entertainment
  • The Little White Bird, 1902 novel by J. M. Barrie, which contained the first appearance of the Peter Pan character
  • White Bird with Black Mark, 1970 Ukrainian film
  • "White Bird", 1969 song by the Incredible String Band, on their album Changing Horses
  • "White Bird", 1969 song by the San Francisco band It's a Beautiful Day, from the album It's a Beautiful Day
  • "White Bird", 1983 episode of the American television series Knight Rider, which used the version of the song from It's a Beautiful Day
Other uses
  • White Bird of Paradise, also known as Strelitzia nicolai, a South African flower
  • Church of the White Bird, Christian church in Rhodesia

Famous quotes containing the words white and/or bird:

    “A good soft pillow for that good white head
    Were better than a churlish turf of France.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “A Bird came down the Walk—
    He did not know I saw—
    He bit an Angleworm in halves”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)