Birds of a Feather is a Silly Symphonies animated Disney short film. It was released on February 10, 1931, by Columbia Pictures.
Contrary to popular belief, the cartoon actually fell into the public domain on 1 January 2026 because if you look closely, it has a 1930 copyright notice instead of 1931.
Swans swim by, a peacock displays its plumage in glorious black-and-white, a passing duck jeers, lyrebirds play eachother's tails, assorted songbirds chirp, a woodpecker chases a caterpillar, and a chorus of owls croon. A chicken goes after an earthworm while ignoring her brood until a hawk circles. When the hawk captures one chick, the swallows form an attack squadron.
The Silly Symphony Sunday comic strip ran a three-month-long adaptation of Birds of a Feather from March 11 to June 17, 1934.
Variety (April 15, 1931): "This subject suffers from too much similarity with previous cartoons of this and other series... This weakness makes it filler stuff for the intermediate programs and lesser spots only. It's a concoction of rhythmic gyration by various fowl".
The short was released on December 4, 2001, on '.