List of fictional birds (original) (raw)
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
- 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
- Ho-o in Japanese mythology
- Phoenix in Egyptian mythology
- Pisia in Native American mythology
- Quetzalcoatl in Aztec mythology
- Raven in Native American religions
- Roc in Persian mythology
- Shang-Yang (a rainbird) in Chinese mythology
- Simurgh in Persian mythology
- Tecumbalam in Maya mythology
- Huginn and Muninn (Thought and Memory), Odin's two companion birds in Norse mythology
- Thunderbird in Native American religions
- Xecotcovach in Maya mythology
- Ziz in Talmud
Birds in Literature
- The albatross in Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- Billina (a chicken) in numerous 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
- Captain Flint (a parrot) in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Chil the Kite in The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
- The E-Telekeli (a humanoid eagle) leader of the Underpeople in the works of Cordwainer Smith
- Gwaihir (an eagle) 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
- 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
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull (a seagull), eponymous character in short story
- 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 Anderson
- Owl (an owl) in the Winnie the Pooh books by A. A. Milne
Birds in Television
- Professor Yaffle (a Green Woodpecker), in Bagpuss (UK)
- Sonny (a cuckoo), a cartoon spokesbird for Cocoa Puffs cereal (USA)
- Toucan Sam (a toucan), a cartoon spokesbird for Froot Loops cereal (USA)
Birds in Animation, Comics, Puppetry
- Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Lugia and Ho-oh from Pok�mon
- Beaky Buzzard, a buzzard in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons
- Big Bird (a very big canary) and Little Bird on Sesame Street
- Daffy Duck, a duck in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons
- The last of the Dodoes in Looney Tunes
- Foghorn Leghorn, a rooster in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons
- Gogo Dodo in Tiny Toon Adventures
- The Goodfeathers in Animaniacs
- Giant hawks flown by the Glider Elves in Elfquest comics
- H. Ross Parrot on Sesame Street
- Henery Hawk, a chicken hawk in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons
- Owls in Futurama, considered vermin in the 31st Century
- Plucky Duck in Tiny Toon Adventures
- Birdman's purple falcoln sidekick.
- The Road Runner (a roadrunner) in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons
- Shirley McLoon in Tiny Toon Adventures
- Tweety, (a canary) in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons
- Woodstock in the 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
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
- The killer birds in the Hitchcock film The Birds (and the Daphne Du Maurier story on which the film is based)
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, etc.)
- 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