This list of fictional birds is subsidiary to the

list of fictional animals This is a list of lists of notable fictional animals. Lists by biological category *Lists of fictional invertebrates :*List of fictional arthropods (insects, arachnids and crustaceans) :*List of fictional parasites :*List of fictional worms *L ...

. Ducks, penguins and birds of prey are not included here, and are listed separately at

List of fictional ducks This list of fictional ducks is subsidiary to the list of fictional birds. It is restricted to notable duck characters from the world of fiction. Ducks in animation Disney cartoon ducks Disney animators have created an entire universe of ducks, ...

List of fictional penguins This list of fictional penguins is subsidiary to the list of fictional birds and is a collection of various notable penguin characters that appear in various works of fiction. It is limited to well-referenced examples of penguins in literature, fi ...

, and

List of fictional birds of prey A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...

. For non-fictional birds see

List of individual birds This is a list of well-known real birds. For famous fictional birds, see list of fictional birds. * Águia Vitória, a bald eagle who serves as the mascot for Portuguese football club S.L. Benfica * Alex (parrot), Alex, a grey parrot wh ...

Struthioniformes Struthioniformes is an order of birds with only a single extant family, Struthionidae, containing the ostriches. Several other extinct families are known, spanning across the Northern Hemisphere, from the Early Eocene to the early Pliocene, incl ...
(ostriches)

Casuariformes (cassowaries and emu)

Apterygiformes Kiwi are flightless birds endemic to New Zealand of the order Apterygiformes. The five extant species fall into the family Apterygidae and genus ''Apteryx''. Approximately the size of a domestic chicken, kiwi are the smallest ratites (which a ...
(kiwis)

Anseriformes Anseriformes is an order (biology), order of birds also known as waterfowl that comprises about 180 living species of birds in three families: Anhimidae (three species of screamers), Anseranatidae (the magpie goose), and Anatidae, the largest f ...
(waterfowl)

Galliformes Galliformes is an order (biology), order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkey (bird), turkeys, chickens, Old World quail, quail, and other landfowl. Gallinaceous birds, as they are called, are important in their ecosystems ...
(landfowl)

Phoenicopteriformes Phoenicopteriformes is a group of water birds which comprises flamingos and their extinct relatives. Flamingos (Phoenicopteriformes) and the closely related grebes ( Podicipedidae) are contained in the parent clade Mirandornithes. Fossil ...
(flamingos)

Columbiformes (pigeons and doves)

Cuculiformes (cuckoos and roadrunners)

Caprimulgiformes Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds in the family Caprimulgidae and order Caprimulgiformes, characterised by long wings, short legs, and very short bills. They are sometimes called bugeaters, their primary source of food ...
(nightjars, hummingbirds, and swifts)

Nyctibiidae (potoos)

Gruiformes The Gruiformes ( ) are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like". Traditionally, a number of wading and terrestrial bird families that ...
(cranes, rails, and allies)

Charadriiformes Charadriiformes (, from '' Charadrius'', the type genus of family Charadriidae) is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 390 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most charadriiform birds live near water ...
(gulls, terns, auks, and waders)

Gaviiformes (loons)

Sphenisciformes Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds from the family Spheniscidae () of the order Sphenisciformes (). They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. Only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is equatorial, with a sm ...
(penguins)

See ''

Procellariiformes Procellariiformes is an order (biology), order of seabirds that comprises four family (biology), families: the albatrosses, the Procellariidae, petrels and shearwaters, and two families of storm petrels. Formerly called Tubinares and still call ...
(albatrosses, shearwaters, petrels, and storm-petrels)

Ciconiiformes Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. They belong to the family Ciconiidae, and make up the order Ciconiiformes . Ciconiiformes previously included a number of other families, such as herons and ibise ...
(storks)

Pelecaniformes The Pelecaniformes are an order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally (but erroneously) defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such ...
(pelicans, herons, ibises, and allies)

Cathartiformes (New World vultures)

See ''

Accipitriformes The Accipitriformes (; ) are an order of birds that includes most of the diurnal birds of prey, including hawks, eagles, vultures, and kites, but not falcons. For a long time, the majority view was to include them with the falcons in the Falc ...
(hawks, eagles, and Old World vultures)

See ''

Strigiformes (owls)

See ''

Trogoniformes (trogons)

Bucerotiformes (hornbills and hoopoes)

Coraciiformes (kingfishers, rollers, and bee-eaters)

Piciformes (woodpeckers and toucans)

Falconiformes (falcons and caracaras)

See ''

Suliformes/Phalacrocoraciformes (frigatebirds, cormorants, darters)

Psittaciformes (parrots)

Passeriformes (perching birds)

Mythical bird characters

Unspecified birds

*The eponymous protagonists from ''

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'' * Birdie the Early Bird from the

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commercials * Buzby, a yellow bird of unspecified species in advertisements for

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in the late 1970s/early 1980s *Harvey Beaks from the show of the same name. *Patana Tufillo from ''

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'' *The

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, the mascot of the

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Pino Pino or Piño may refer to: People Surname * Danny Pino (born 1974), American actor * Domenico Pino (1760–1826), Italian general of the Napoleonic Wars * Fernando Solanas (1936–2020), aka "Pino" Solanas, Argentine filmmaker * Frank J. Pi ...

, the Dutch counterpart of Big Bird in ''

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'' *Wattoo Wattoo, an oval-shaped black and white bird in '' Wattoo Wattoo Super Bird'' *

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, a bird of unknown species in the Charles M. Schulz's ''

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. * Multiple characters from '' Night in the Woods'', such as Jeremy "Germ Warfare" Warton or Pastor Kate Young

Fictional bird species

Chocobo The is a fictional species created for the ''Final Fantasy'' franchise by Square Enix (originally Square). A galliform bird commonly having yellow feathers, they were first introduced in '' Final Fantasy II'' (1988), and have since featured in ...

, a bird in the ''

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'' series * Jayhawk, part "jay" and part "hawk" this bird is the mascot of the

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sports teams and has roots in Kansas lore * The

Jubjub Bird The Jubjub bird is a dangerous creature mentioned in Lewis Carroll's nonsense poems "Jabberwocky" (1871) and "The Hunting of the Snark" (1876). In "Jabberwocky," the only detail given about the bird is that the protagonist should "beware" i ...

from

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's poem "

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" * Breegulls, of which Kazooie is one, from the ''

Banjo-Kazooie ''Banjo-Kazooie'' is a platform game series developed by Rare, a British company. The games feature a male bear named Banjo and his friend, a large female red bird named Kazooie, both of whom are controlled by the player. Banjo originally mad ...

'' series * Loftwings, flying mountable birds based on

shoebill The shoebill (''Balaeniceps rex''), also known as the whale-headed stork, and shoe-billed stork, is a large long-legged wading bird. It derives its name from its enormous shoe-shaped bill. It has a somewhat stork-like overall form and has pre ...

s featured in '' The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword'' *

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, central bird that is part of the '' Hunger Games'' trilogy * Olverung, in ''The Olverung'' by Stephen Woodworth, published in ''

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'' (December 2008) * Porgs, a species of penguin or puffin-like birds that live on Ach-To in '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' * The Roly-Poly Bird from

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's children books '' The Enormous Crocodile'' and '' The Twits'' * The Snip Snip Bird in ''

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'' * Tinga Tinga Birds from

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* Twitter Bird, the mascot of

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Weatherbird The Weatherbird is a cartoon character and a single-panel comic. It is printed on the front of the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' and has been in the paper continuously since 1901, making it the longest-running American newspaper cartoon and a mascot ...

, the mascot of the ''

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''; 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 ''

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'' *The eleven siblings cursed by their queenly stepmother in ''

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'' *Princess Odette, a human with a curse that turns her into a swan during the day in '' The Swan Princess'' *The

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, a magical bird who turns into a beautiful woman in several folktales *Willy, a boy-turned-sparrow and main character in ''

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References

{{Fictional biology *

Fictional Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying character (arts), individuals, events, or setting (narrative), places that are imagination, imaginary or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent ...

Struthioniformes Struthioniformes is an order of birds with only a single extant family, Struthionidae, containing the ostriches. Several other extinct families are known, spanning across the Northern Hemisphere, from the Early Eocene to the early Pliocene, incl ... (ostriches)

Casuariformes (cassowaries and emu)

Apterygiformes Kiwi are flightless birds endemic to New Zealand of the order Apterygiformes. The five extant species fall into the family Apterygidae and genus ''Apteryx''. Approximately the size of a domestic chicken, kiwi are the smallest ratites (which a ... (kiwis)

Anseriformes Anseriformes is an order (biology), order of birds also known as waterfowl that comprises about 180 living species of birds in three families: Anhimidae (three species of screamers), Anseranatidae (the magpie goose), and Anatidae, the largest f ... (waterfowl)

Galliformes Galliformes is an order (biology), order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkey (bird), turkeys, chickens, Old World quail, quail, and other landfowl. Gallinaceous birds, as they are called, are important in their ecosystems ... (landfowl)

Phoenicopteriformes Phoenicopteriformes is a group of water birds which comprises flamingos and their extinct relatives. Flamingos (Phoenicopteriformes) and the closely related grebes ( Podicipedidae) are contained in the parent clade Mirandornithes. Fossil ... (flamingos)

Columbiformes (pigeons and doves)

Cuculiformes (cuckoos and roadrunners)

Nyctibiidae (potoos)

Gruiformes The Gruiformes ( ) are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like". Traditionally, a number of wading and terrestrial bird families that ... (cranes, rails, and allies)

Charadriiformes Charadriiformes (, from '' Charadrius'', the type genus of family Charadriidae) is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 390 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most charadriiform birds live near water ... (gulls, terns, auks, and waders)

Gaviiformes (loons)

Sphenisciformes Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds from the family Spheniscidae () of the order Sphenisciformes (). They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. Only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is equatorial, with a sm ... (penguins)

Ciconiiformes Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. They belong to the family Ciconiidae, and make up the order Ciconiiformes . Ciconiiformes previously included a number of other families, such as herons and ibise ... (storks)

Pelecaniformes The Pelecaniformes are an order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally (but erroneously) defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such ... (pelicans, herons, ibises, and allies)

Cathartiformes (New World vultures)

Strigiformes (owls)

Trogoniformes (trogons)

Bucerotiformes (hornbills and hoopoes)

Coraciiformes (kingfishers, rollers, and bee-eaters)

Piciformes (woodpeckers and toucans)

Falconiformes (falcons and caracaras)

Suliformes/Phalacrocoraciformes (frigatebirds, cormorants, darters)

Psittaciformes (parrots)

Passeriformes (perching birds)

Mythical bird characters

Unspecified birds

Fictional bird species

Humans transformed into birds

See also

References

Struthioniformes Struthioniformes is an order of birds with only a single extant family, Struthionidae, containing the ostriches. Several other extinct families are known, spanning across the Northern Hemisphere, from the Early Eocene to the early Pliocene, incl ...
(ostriches)

Apterygiformes Kiwi are flightless birds endemic to New Zealand of the order Apterygiformes. The five extant species fall into the family Apterygidae and genus ''Apteryx''. Approximately the size of a domestic chicken, kiwi are the smallest ratites (which a ...
(kiwis)

Anseriformes Anseriformes is an order (biology), order of birds also known as waterfowl that comprises about 180 living species of birds in three families: Anhimidae (three species of screamers), Anseranatidae (the magpie goose), and Anatidae, the largest f ...
(waterfowl)

Galliformes Galliformes is an order (biology), order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkey (bird), turkeys, chickens, Old World quail, quail, and other landfowl. Gallinaceous birds, as they are called, are important in their ecosystems ...
(landfowl)

Phoenicopteriformes Phoenicopteriformes is a group of water birds which comprises flamingos and their extinct relatives. Flamingos (Phoenicopteriformes) and the closely related grebes ( Podicipedidae) are contained in the parent clade Mirandornithes. Fossil ...
(flamingos)

Gruiformes The Gruiformes ( ) are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like". Traditionally, a number of wading and terrestrial bird families that ...
(cranes, rails, and allies)

Charadriiformes Charadriiformes (, from '' Charadrius'', the type genus of family Charadriidae) is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 390 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most charadriiform birds live near water ...
(gulls, terns, auks, and waders)

Sphenisciformes Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds from the family Spheniscidae () of the order Sphenisciformes (). They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. Only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is equatorial, with a sm ...
(penguins)

Ciconiiformes Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. They belong to the family Ciconiidae, and make up the order Ciconiiformes . Ciconiiformes previously included a number of other families, such as herons and ibise ...
(storks)

Pelecaniformes The Pelecaniformes are an order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally (but erroneously) defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such ...
(pelicans, herons, ibises, and allies)