List of fictional birds

This list of fictional birds is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals. Ducks, penguins and birds of prey are not included here, and are listed separately at List of fictional ducks, List of fictional penguins, and List of fictional birds of prey. For non-fictional birds see List of individual birds.

Struthioniformes (ostriches)

Casuariformes (cassowaries and emu)

Apterygiformes (kiwis)

Anseriformes (waterfowl)

See also List of fictional ducks and List of fictional ducks in animation

Galliformes (landfowl)

Phoenicopteriformes (flamingos)

Columbiformes (pigeons and doves)

Cuculiformes (cuckoos and roadrunners)

Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, hummingbirds, and swifts)

Nyctibiidae (potoos)

Gruiformes (cranes, rails, and allies)

Charadriiformes (gulls, terns, auks, and waders)

Gaviiformes (loons)

Sphenisciformes (penguins)

See List of fictional penguins

Procellariiformes (albatrosses, shearwaters, petrels, and storm-petrels)

Ciconiiformes (storks)

Pelecaniformes (pelicans, herons, ibises, and allies)

Cathartiformes (New World vultures)

See List of fictional birds of prey

Accipitriformes (hawks, eagles, and Old World vultures)

See List of fictional birds of prey

Strigiformes (owls)

See List of fictional birds of prey

Trogoniformes (trogons)

Bucerotiformes (hornbills and hoopoes)

Coraciiformes (kingfishers, rollers, and bee-eaters)

Piciformes (woodpeckers and toucans)

Falconiformes (falcons and caracaras)

See List of fictional birds of prey

Suliformes/Phalacrocoraciformes (frigatebirds, cormorants, darters)

Psittaciformes (parrots)

Passeriformes (perching birds)

Mythical bird characters

Unspecified birds

• The eponymous protagonists from Angry Birds
• Birdie the Early Bird from the McDonald's commercials
• Buzby, a yellow bird of unspecified species in advertisements for British Telecom in the late 1970s/early 1980s
• Harvey Beaks from the show of the same name.
• Patana Tufillo from 31 Minutos
• The Phillie Phanatic, the mascot of the Philadelphia Phillies
• Pino, the Dutch counterpart of Big Bird in Sesamstraat
• Wattoo Wattoo, an oval-shaped black and white bird in Wattoo Wattoo Super Bird
• Woodstock, a bird of unknown species in the Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts comic strip.
• Multiple characters from Night in the Woods, such as Jeremy "Germ Warfare" Warton or Pastor Kate Young

Fictional bird species

• Chocobo, a bird in the Final Fantasy series
• Jayhawk, part "jay" and part "hawk" this bird is the mascot of the Kansas Jayhawks sports teams and has roots in Kansas lore
• The Jubjub Bird from Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky"
• Breegulls, of which Kazooie is one, from the Banjo-Kazooie series
• Loftwings, flying mountable birds based on shoebills featured in '
• Mockingjay, central bird that is part of the Hunger Games trilogy
• Olverung, in The Olverung by Stephen Woodworth, published in Realms of Fantasy (December 2008)
• Porgs, a species of penguin or puffin-like birds that live on Ach-To in '
• The Roly-Poly Bird from Roald Dahl's children books The Enormous Crocodile and The Twits
• The Snip Snip Bird in 64 Zoo Lane
• Tinga Tinga Birds from Tinga Tinga Tales
• Twitter Bird, the mascot of Twitter
• Weatherbird, the mascot of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch; identified as a dicky-bird, a generic term for a small bird.

Humans transformed into birds

• The six brothers turned into birds in German fairytale The Six Swans
• The eleven siblings cursed by their queenly stepmother in The Wild Swans
• Princess Odette, a human with a curse that turns her into a swan during the day in The Swan Princess
• The Swan Maiden, a magical bird who turns into a beautiful woman in several folktales
• Willy, a boy-turned-sparrow and main character in Willy the Sparrow

See also

• List of avian humanoids
• List of fictional birds of prey
• List of fictional dinosaurs
• List of fictional ducks
• List of fictional penguins

References