The Blue Bird - 1976 was released on:
USA: 5 April 1976
Iran: November 1976 (Tehran International Film festival of Films
for Children)
West Germany: 4 November 1976
Sweden: 22 October 1977
Portugal: 7 December 1977
East Germany: 9 December 1977
Finland: 9 December 1977
Hungary: 21 December 1978