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:

    “No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women.... When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women.”
    —bell hooks (b. c. 1955)

    “Lord, I do fear
    Thou’st made the world too beautiful this year;
    My soul is all but out of me,—let fall
    No burning leaf; prithee, let no bird call.”
    —Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)