* 1927 – The Bird of Paradise, a U. S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.

In 1869 British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, co-creator of modern Evolutionary theory published his account of Malaysia's wildlife: " The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise ".

The northern arch of islets is formed by Strawn Island, Cooper Island, Aviation Island, Quail Island, Whippoorwill Island, followed in the east by Eastern Island, Papala Island, and Pelican Island, and in the south by Bird Island, Holei Island, Engineer Island, Tanager Island, Marine Island, Kaula Island, Paradise Island, and Home Island ( clockwise ).

* Papua New Guinea – Raggiana Bird of Paradise

* Bird of Paradise Nature Reserve

* Wilson's Bird of Paradise

Greater Bird of Paradise | Paradisaea apoda, literally " the Bird of Paradise Without Feet ", so named by early European naturalist s because the first specimens to reach Europe were prepared as skins without the feet.

The park is part of the 366 km < sup > 2 </ sup > Gibraltar Range Important Bird Area ( IBA ), identified as such by BirdLife International because it is a block of highland forest that supports one of only five remaining populations of the vulnerable Rufous Scrub-bird, as well as significant populations of Green Catbirds, Australian Logrunners, Paradise Riflebirds and Pale-yellow Robins.

The park has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area ( IBA ) because it supports one of five remaining populations of Rufous Scrub-birds, as well as of Flame and Pale-yellow Robins, Paradise Riflebirds, Green Catbirds, Regent Bowerbirds and Australian Logrunners.

* Bird of Paradise ( 1932 )

In 1912 Stone found great success in the popular play Bird of Paradise which starred Laurette Taylor.

* " My Bird Of Paradise " Irving Berlin

White went on to achieve top ten chart success in the UK with his single " Bird of Paradise " in 1983.

* James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Lily Powell, The Bird of Paradise

All of those stars without exception, including Judy Geeson, Simon Williams and Sylvia Sims, took a liking to her ; by this time she was known in the theatre clique as the " Bird of Paradise ".

* Macgregor's Giant Honeyeater, a black crow-like bird also known as Macgregor's Bird of Paradise

* Caesalpinia pulcherrima, a shrub in the legume family, commonly called Red Bird of Paradise or Mexican Bird of Paradise

* Bird of Paradise ( 1932 film ), directed by King Vidor

* Bird of Paradise ( 1951 film ), directed by Delmer Daves

* 1912 – Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States ( d. 2007 )

Claudia Alta " Lady Bird " Taylor Johnson ( December 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007 ) was First Lady of the United States ( 1963 – 69 ) during the presidency of her husband Lyndon B. Johnson.

* Lady Bird Johnson ( Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson, 1912 – 2007 ), First Lady of the United States during the presidency of her husband Lyndon B. Johnson

A Broadway show called Bird of Paradise introduced Hawaiian music to many Americans in 1912 and the Panama Pacific Exhibition in San Francisco followed in 1915 ; one year later, Hawaiian music sold more recordings than any other style in the country.

The species was first described in 1913 by Frederick W. True from an adult female that had stranded on the outer bank of Bird Island Shoal, Beaufort Harbor, North Carolina, in July 1912.

Oppenheim's published works include Monday Morning and Other Poems ( 1909 ); Pay Envelopes ( 1911 ); The Nine-Tenths ( 1911 ); The Olympian ( 1912 ); Idle Wives ( 1914 ); Songs For The New Age ( 1914 ); The Beloved ( 1915 ); War and Laughter ( 1916 ); The Book Of Self ( 1917 ); The Solitary ( 1919 ); The Mystic Warrior ( 1921 ); Golden Bird ( 1923 ); The Sea ( collected poetry-1924 ); Behind Your Front ( 1926 ); and American Types: A Preface To Analytic Psychology ( 1931 ).

* Studies in Bird Migration ( 1912 ).

Taylor began attracting critical acclaim virtually from her first known performance on Broadway in The Great John Ganton in 1908 and building her reputation in such stage productions as The Ringmaster, Alias Jimmy Valentine, Seven Sisters, Lola Lola, The Bird of Paradise, and Peg o ' My Heart, which ran on Broadway from December 20, 1912 to May 1914 ( a total of 603 performances ) cemented her fame and reputation with audiences as a skilled actress.

A widely related story, attributed to Richard ( Prophet ) Jennings was that Davis, while in Detroit playing at the Blue Bird club as a guest soloist in Billy Mitchell's house band along with Tommy Flanagan, Elvin Jones, Betty Carter, Yusef Lateef, Barry Harris, Thad Jones, Curtis Fuller and Donald Byrd stumbled into Baker's Keyboard Lounge out of the rain, soaking wet and carrying his trumpet in a paper bag under his coat, walked to the bandstand and interrupted Max Roach and Clifford Brown in the midst of performing Sweet Georgia Brown by beginning to play My Funny Valentine, and then, after finishing the song, stumbled back into the rainy night.

* The Blue Bird ( play ), by Maurice Maeterlinck

** The Blue Bird ( film ), multiple adaptations of this play

As Muppeteer Caroll Spinney has aged, the show has gradually started to train new performers to play Big Bird.

The play debuted at Dublin's Olympia Theatre in 1965, with Ray McAnally as " The Bull " and Eamon Keane as " The Bird " O ' Donnell.

He christened his car Blue Bird, painting it blue, after seeing the play The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck at the Haymarket Theatre.

Although Bird was a practicing accountant, not a professional chess player, it has been said that he " lived for chess, and would play anybody anywhere, any time, under any conditions.

Sweet Bird of Youth is a 1959 play by Tennessee Williams which tells the story of a gigolo and drifter, Chance Wayne, who returns to his home town as the accompaniment of a faded movie star, Princess Kosmonopolis ( also known as Alexandra Del Lago ), whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies.

Maurice Maeterlinck's 1908 play The Blue Bird ( L ' Oiseau Bleu ) has been adapted numerous times for film and television:

In match play, he defeated Joseph Blackburne and Henry Bird in 1886.

Terry Riley originally employed the technique of tape looping in the 1950s ; later producing such pieces as " Music For the Gift " ( 1963 ) and " Bird of Paradise " ( 1964 ) and culminating in his use of two tape recorders ( collectively described by Riley as the " Time Lag Accumulator ") in live solo performances to create long delays, during which he would play both saxophone and organ, as heard on the album Reed Streams ( 1966 ) and the piece " Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band " ( on the 1969 album A Rainbow in Curved Air ).

Lane will return to her theater roots in September 2012, headlining a production of Sweet Bird of Youth, the Tennessee Williams play at the Goodman Theatre.

On 22 November 1602, the Diary of Philip Henslowe recorded a £ 4 payment to Samuel Rowley and William Bird for additions to the play, which suggests a revival soon after that date.

did the " Bird Dance " frequently during the 2004 season after a big play or TD.

His early popularity was marked by the release of a loose adaptation of Pablo Neruda's Twenty Love Poems, later released as an extended play recording, Red Bird: Jazz and Poetry, backed by a jazz group led by the drummer Tony Kinsey.

Big Bird even tries to experiment by having Mr. Snuffleupagus play Santa Claus entering a pretend chimney, but still does not find the answer.

Torn then headed to New York where he studied at the Actors Studio under Lee Strasberg, becoming a prolific stage actor, appearing in the original cast of Tennessee Williams ' play Sweet Bird of Youth, and reprising the role in the film and television adaptations.

The author of the classic Pelléas et Mélisande ( 1892 ) wrote the perennial classic L ' Oiseau Bleu Blue Bird ( 1908 ), an allegorical fantasy conceived as a play for children.

Having taken over the graveyard slot from October 1993 onwards, Radcliffe and Riley hosted a show of unprecedented variety incorporating poetry readings from regular guest Ian McMillan, off the wall, irreverent comedy, bizarre quizzes ' Fish or Fowl ', ' Bird or Bloke ', ' Bard or Blake ' ( amongst others ), and a play list that rivalled John Peel in terms of eclecticism.

Percy MacKaye as Alwyn the poet in MacKaye's play Sanctuary: A Bird Masque.

The Blue Bird () is a 1908 play by Belgian author Maurice Maeterlinck.

; Ballet Shoes: In the novel Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild and the television adaptations of it, Pauline and Petrova Fossil play Tyltyl and Mytyl in their ballet academy's production of " The Blue Bird ".