List of fictional birds

Contents

1 Birds in Legends, Mythology, and Religion 2 Birds in Literature 3 Birds in Heraldry 4 Birds in Television 5 Birds in Animation, Comics, Puppetry 6 Birds in Film 7 Birds in Music 8 Birds in Sports 9 Birds in Video Games 10 Birds in Disney cartoons, comics, and films 11 Related topics

Birds in Legends, Mythology, and Religion

• Ba in Egyptian mythology
• Bagucks in Chippewa mythology
• Bar Juchne in Talmud
• Camulatz in Maya mythology
• Chamrosh in Persian mythology
• The Cu Bird (el Pájaro Cu) in Mexican folklore
• Noah's Dove in Christian religion
• Feng-huang (Chinese Phoenix) in Chinese mythology
• Firebird in Native American mythologies
• Garuda in Buddhism and Hinduism
• Gryphon in European mythology
• Harpies in Greek mythology
• Hokhokw in Kwakiutl mythology
• Ho-o in Japanese, imported from Chinese; Fenghuang
• Huginn and Muninn (Thought and Memory), Odin's two companion birds in Norse mythology
• Jatayu in Hindu mythology
• Kin-u in Japanese, imported from Chinese
• Kwakwakalanooksiwae in Kwakiutl mythology
• Phoenix in Egyptian mythology
• Pisia in Native American mythology
• Quetzalcoatl in Aztec mythology
• Raven in Native American religions
• Noah's Raven in the Bible
• Roc in Persian mythology
• Shang-Yang (a rainbird) in Chinese mythology
• Simurgh in Persian mythology
• Suzaku or Shu-jaku in Japanese, imported from Chinese
• Tecumbalam in Maya mythology
• Thunderbird in Native American religions
• Xecotcovach in Maya mythology
• Yatagarasu in Japanese mythology
• Ziz in Talmud

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

• Babs and Ginger (hens) and Fowler and Rocky (roosters) in Chicken Run
• The Crow (also made into a television series) is about a superhero named The Crow, but he associated with an actual crow
• Falcon (a falcon) and Margalo (a canary) in Stuart Little 2
• Paulie (a parrot) in the film of the same name
• The killer birds in the Hitchcock film The Birds (and the Daphne Du Maurier story on which the film is based)

Birds in Music

• Blackbird in the Beatles' Blackbird
• The Birds – British band
• The Byrds – American band
• The doves in Prince's When Doves Cry
• Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
• The old grey goose who drowned in the millpond in Go Tell Aunt Rhody
• The Kookaburra of the Australian song of the same name
• Mockingbird by Carly Simon and James Taylor
• The Mutton Birds – band
• The Mynah Birds – band
• The turkey in Turkey in the Straw
• And Your Bird Can Sing by The Beatles

Birds in Sports

• The Anaheim Mighty Ducks
• The Arizona Cardinals
• The Atlanta Hawks
• The Baltimore Orioles (extinct)
• The Baltimore Ravens
• The BellevueBlackhawks
• The Boston Doves (extinct)
• The Chicago Owls (extinct)
• The Oklahoma Thunderbirds
• The Pittsburgh Condors (extinct)
• The Pittsburgh Penguins (extinct)
• The St Louis Eagles
• The Seattle Seahawks
• The Toronto Blue Jays

Birds in Video Games

• The Chozo in the Metroid series
• Beat the Bird in Megaman
• Storm Eagle in Megaman X
• Storm Owl in Megaman X4
• Falco Lombardi in the StarFox series
• Sgt. James Byrd in the Spyro the Dragon series, beginning with Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon

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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