Birds in Legends, Mythology, and Religion
Birds in Literature
- The albatross in Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- Archimedes (an owl) and various hawks, falcons, and white-fronted geese in The Once and Future King by T. H. White
- Billina (a chicken) in numerous Land of Oz books by L. Frank Baum
- numerous bond-birds in the Velgarth books by Mercedes Lackey, mostly raptors, usually selectively-bred for size and intelligence
- The black hen in the "Hickety, pickety" nursery rhyme
- Mr. Brown, the owl in Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
- Chanticleer (a rooster) and Pertelote (his favorite hen) in "The Nun's Priest's Tale" by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Chil the Kite in The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
- Johnny Crow, the crow star of a series of children's books illustrated by L. Leslie Brookes
- The Crow and the Oriole, one of James Thurber's fables; also, The Owl Who was God, and The Shrike and the Chipmunks
- A dove carrying a sprig flies to Noah, indicating the end of the Flood in Book of Genesis
- The E-Telekeli (a humanoid eagle) leader of the Underpeople in the works of Cordwainer Smith
- Fawkes (a phoenix) in the Harry Potter novels by J. K. Rowling
- Captain Flint (a parrot) in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie in the nursery rhyme
- Miss Goldfinch the elder and Miss Clara Goldfinch, who have a tea and coffee tavern in Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
- Gwaihir and Landroval (eagles) in The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Hedwig (a Snowy Owl) in the Harry Potter novels by J. K. Rowling; also many other owls, used to carry messages
- Jack and Jill, the blackbirds on a hill told to fly away in the nursery rhyme
- Sally Henny-penny, the chicken who re-opens the shop in Beatrix Potter's Ginger and Pickles
- Oreb (a "night chough", a fictitious crow-like species) in The Book of the Long Sun and The Book of the Short Sun by Gene Wolfe; also various hawks and "the white-headed one", some kind of vulture
- Owl (an owl) in the Winnie the Pooh books by A. A. Milne
- A sarcastic parrot belonging to the title character in Terry Pratchett's
Faust Eric
- The phoenix, in E. Nesbit's The Phoenix and the Carpet
- Pickwick, a dodo from the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde
- "Pigeons on the grass, alas," from a poem by Gertrude Stein
- Pigeons, owls, hens, and an eagle in James Thurber's taking issue with Stein's pigeon passage – the story There's an Owl in My Room
- Pip, Beth March's unfortunate canary in Louisa May Alcott's Little Woman
- Quoth (a raven) in the works of Terry Pratchett (a pun on The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe)
- The raven in Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven
- The robin of the "Little Robin Redbreast" nursery rhyme
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull (a gull), eponymous character in a short story by Richard Bach. The story has other gull characters as well.
- A stork (presumably a white stork) and a kingfisher (presumably a belted kingfisher) in Little, Big by John Crowley
- Thorondor (an eagle), king of the eagles in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien
- The Ugly Duckling (actually a cygnet) in the story of that name by Hans Christian Andersen
- Yittleby and Yattleby (alien flightless birds called krylobos) in Wizard's Eleven and the Jinian books by Sheri S. Tepper.
- Many species in Aesop's Fables
- Many species in La Fontaine's fables.
- Many species in Thornton Burgess's children's stories.
Birds in Heraldry
Birds in Television
- Carly, the Cardinal spokes/songbird for National Arbor Day in the U.S.
- Dahl (parrot), household pet of the Kennedy family in the Australian soap-opera Neighbours
- Rosita, Dolores and Marguerita, parrots who advertise Tropicana brand orange juice on UK television
- Tony Soprano's swimming pool ducks in The Sopranos
Birds in Animation, Comics, Puppetry
- Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Lugia and Ho-oh from Pokémon
- Beaky Buzzard, a buzzard in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons
- Big Bird, a very big canary and Little Bird on Sesame Street
- Buzby, yellow bird of unspecified species in advertisements for British Telecom in the late 1970s/early 1980s
- Cathryn Aura of Kevin and Kell
- Charlie the Owl in the New Zoo Revue
- Chilly Willy, a penguin in the Walter Lantz cartoons
- Daffy Duck, a duck in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons
- The last of the Dodos in Looney Tunes
- Donald Duck in the Walt Disney cartoons
- Duckman, a duck in the cartoon of the same name
- Foghorn Leghorn, a rooster in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons
- Gogo Dodo in Tiny Toon Adventures
- The Goodfeathers (pigeons) in Animaniacs
- Graculus in Noggin the Nog
- Giant hawks flown by the Glider Elves in Elfquest comics
- H. Ross Parrot on Sesame Street
- Henery Hawk, a chickenhawk in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons
- Howard the Duck in the comic book of the same name
- Howland Owl, and Sarcophagus MacAbre, a vulture in Walt Kelly's Pogo
- Nigel Aura in Kevin and Kell
- Opus, a penguin in Berkeley Breathed's Bloom County
- Owls in Futurama, considered vermin in the 31st Century
- The pigeons from Pigeon Street.
- Pingu, a penguin in the animated children's series of the same name (Swiss)
- Plucky Duck in Tiny Toon Adventures
- Pokey the Penguin, a penguin living in the Arctic Circle, in the webcomic of the same name
- Professor Yaffle, a Green Woodpecker in Bagpuss (UK)
- The purple falcon sidekick of Birdman
- The Road Runner (a roadrunner) in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons
- Shoe, a grumpy, cigar-smoking newspaper publisher in his own comic strip
- Shirley McLoon in Tiny Toon Adventures
- Sonny (a cuckoo), a cartoon spokesbird for Cocoa Puffs cereal (USA)
- Toucan Sam, a toucan, the cartoon spokesbird for Froot Loops cereal (USA)
- Tweety, a canary in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons
- Woodstock in the Charles Schultz's Peanuts comic strip
- Woody Woodpecker, a woodpecker in the Walter Lantz cartoons
- Yankee Doodle Pigeon in Hanna-Barbera's Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines
- Yoyo, an owl in The Books of Magic comic book by Neil Gaiman and others
Birds in Film
Birds in Music
Birds in Sports
Birds in Video Games
Birds in Disney cartoons, comics, and films
- Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey and Louie, and assorted friends, enemies, and relatives (see also the Clan McDuck, Scrooge McDuck universe, DuckTales, etc.)
- Darkwing Duck
- Iago (a parrot) in Aladdin
- Owl (an owl) in A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh stories
- Scuttle (a seagull) in The Little Mermaid
- Waddlesworth (a parrot) in 102 Dalmatians
- Zazu (a hornbill) in The Lion King
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