Chowchilla may refer to: Chowchilla, a bird (Orthonyx spaldingii) Chowchilla, California, a city in Madera County, California, USA Chowchilla Airport the 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping of a school bus driver and 26 children in Chowchilla, California Chowchilla River, a river in Central California and a minor tributary of the San Joaquin River