List of fictional birds
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
- Captain Flint (a parrot) in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Pickwick, a dodo from the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde
- 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 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
- 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.
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 Review
- 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
- Graculus in Noggin the Nog
- Howland Owl and Sarcophagus MacAbre (a vulture) in Pogo
- H. Ross Parrot on Sesame Street
- Henery Hawk (a chicken hawk) in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons
- Nigel Aura in Kevin and Kell
- Opus (a penguin) in Bloom County
- Owls in Futurama, considered vermin in the 31st Century
- Pingu (a penguin) in the animated children's series of the same name (Swiss).
- Professor Yaffle (a Green Woodpecker), in Bagpuss (UK)
- Plucky Duck in Tiny Toon Adventures
- Birdman's purple falcon sidekick.
- 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), a cartoon spokesbird for Froot Loops cereal (USA)
- 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
- Yoyo (an owl) in The Books of Magic comic book by Neil Gaiman and others
Birds in Film
Birds in Disney cartoons, comics, and films
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