# 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)

| Name | Work | Notes |
| Big Eggo | Big Eggo | |
| Madame Upanova | The "Dance of the Hours" segment of Fantasia | |
| Hennie | Hey Duggee | |
| Lola | Téléchat | |
| Ossie | The Tarax Show and Hey Hey It's Saturday | |
| Priscilla | The Casagrandes | Sergio's crush. |

## Casuariformes (cassowaries and emu)

| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
| Emu | Emu | Emu | |

## Apterygiformes (kiwis)

| Name | Work | Notes |
| Goodnight Kiwi | Goodnight Kiwi | |
| Ivy | Ivy the Kiwi? | |

## Anseriformes (waterfowl)

See also List of fictional ducks and List of fictional ducks in animation
| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
| N/A | Goose | The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs | |
| Akka of Kebnekaise | Greylag goose | The Wonderful Adventures of Nils | The strict but kind-hearted matriarch of the wild geese flock. |
| Alice and Chloe | Canada geese | Rio | |
| Choose Goose | Goose | Adventure Time | |
| Gandy Goose | Goose | Donald Duck cartoons | |
| Gladstone Gander | Goose | Donald Duck cartoons | |
| Gus Goose | Goose | Donald Duck cartoons | |
| Louis | Trumpeter swan | The Trumpet of the Swan and the 2001 film of the same name | |
| Martin (Morten) | Domestic goose | The Wonderful Adventures of Nils | A goose originally belonging to Nils's family which flies away with a flock of wild geese and later befriends Nils. |
| Mother Goose | Goose | Mother Goose and Grimm | |
| Mr. Ping | Goose | Kung Fu Panda | |
| Syd 'Swannie' Skilton | Mute swan | Mascot of the Sydney Swans | |
| Wammes Waggel | Goose | Tom Poes | |

## Galliformes (landfowl)

| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
| Aracuan Bird | East Brazilian chachalaca | Walt Disney cartoons | |
| Billina | Chicken | Multiple Land of Oz books | |
| Booker | Chicken | U.S. Acres | |
| Chanticleer | Chicken | Rock-a-Doodle | |
| Chica the Chicken | Animatronic Chicken | Five Nights at Freddy's | A yellow colored animatronic chicken, in which you must fend off in order to survive the night shift at the fictional family restaurant known as Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. |
| Chicken | Chicken | Cow and Chicken | |
| Chicken Boo | Chicken | Animaniacs | A six-foot-tall chicken. |
| Clara Cluck | Chicken | Walt Disney cartoons | |
| Cornelius "Corny" Rooster | Chicken | Mascot of Kellogg's Corn Flakes | |
| Foghorn Leghorn | Chicken | Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies | |
| General Tsao | Chicken | Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves | A Chinese general who forced the Panda King's daughter to marry him. |
| Gobbler | Turkey | Beryl the Peril | The pet of Beryl. |
| Goldie | Golden pheasant | Rock-a-Doodle | |
| Gyro Gearloose | Chicken | Donald Duck cartoons | |
| Henny Penny | Chicken | Henny Penny | More commonly known in the United States as Chicken Little. |
| KickinChicken | Chicken | Poppy Playtime | A member of the Smiling Critters. His pendant is a red Star. |
| Leafie | Chicken | Leafie, A Hen into the Wild |
| Lord Shen | Indian peafowl | Kung Fu Panda 2 | A leucistic peacock. |
| Marquis de Canteclaer | Chicken | Tom Poes | |
| Matilda | Chicken | Angry Birds | |
| Nugget | Chicken | Ace Combat | Project ACES' mascot |
| Panchito Pistoles | Chicken | The Three Caballeros | |
| Pavolia Reine | Peafowl | Hololive Production's Virtual Youtuber | A peafowl princess who got lost in the human world and became a Virtual YouTuber for hololive Indonesia. |
| Peep | Chicken | Peep and the Big Wide World | |
| Pickles | Chicken | Bionic Max | |
| Roy | Chicken | U.S. Acres | |
| Roya | Indian peafowl | Shimmer and Shine | The pet of Princess Samira. |
| Roz Specklehen | Faverolles | Shoe (comic strip) | A waitress at Roz's Roost; serves breakfast to other birds around. |
| Sheldon | Chicken | U.S. Acres | An unhatched chicken egg. |
| Super Chicken | Chicken | The Super Chicken segment of George of the Jungle | |

## Phoenicopteriformes (flamingos)

| Name | Work |
| Freddy | T.O.T.S. |
| Isabel, Annabelle, and Maribelle the Flamingos | 64 Zoo Lane |
| Pinkster | Wild Kratts |

## Columbiformes (pigeons and doves)

| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
| Archimedes | White dove | Team Fortress 2 | |
| Bernice | Pigeon | Sesame Street | Bert’s pet pigeon who does not know how to coo and do things that he and Ernie do |
| Dab | Dodo | Ice Age | |
| Dodo | Dodo | Alice in Wonderland and the 1951 film by the same name | |
| Gogo Dodo | Dodo | Tiny Toon Adventures | |
| Gladys | Pigeon | Muppets from Space | The Birdman’s pet pigeon and sweetheart |
| The Goodfeathers (Squit, Bobby, and Pesto) | Pigeons | Animaniacs | |
| Homer Pigeon | Pigeon | Walter Lantz cartoons | |
| Lovey-Dove | Pigeon | Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective | A blue pigeon who likes to sit on Pigeon Man's head |
| Sancho | Pigeon | The Casagrandes | A deformed pigeon who is Sergio's best friend. He has only one foot. |
| Speckled Jim | Pigeon | Blackadder Goes Forth | A carrier pigeon shot by Edmund Blackadder, leading to Blackadder's court-martial for the offence. |
| Willow | Western crowned pigeon | Angry Birds Stella | |
| Yankee Doodle Pigeon | Pigeon | Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines | |

## Cuculiformes (cuckoos and roadrunners)

| Name | Species | Work |
| Little Beeper | Roadrunner | Tiny Toon Adventures |
| Road Runner | Roadrunner | Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies |
| Rowdy | Roadrunner | Mascot of the University of Texas at San Antonio Roadrunners |
| Sonny the Cuckoo Bird | Cuckoo | Mascot of Cocoa Puffs |
| Speed Limit | Greater roadrunner | Wild Kratts |

## Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, hummingbirds, and swifts)

| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
| Flit | Ruby-throated hummingbird | Pocahontas and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World | |
| Violet Sabrewing | Violet sabrewing | DuckTales (2017) | |

## Nyctibiidae (potoos)

| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
| Melody | Common potoo | Angry Birds 2 | Introduced in 2022 |

## Gruiformes (cranes, rails, and allies)

| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
| Captain and Connie Crane | Cranes | PB&J Otter | Two cranes, each of either sex, who watch over Peanut, Baby Butter and Jelly Otter in most episodes of the series. |
| Cassandra the Crane | Red-crowned crane | 64 Zoo Lane | |
| Crazylegs Crane | Crane | The All New Pink Panther Show | |
| Master Crane | Black-necked crane | Kung Fu Panda | |

## Charadriiformes (gulls, terns, auks, and waders)

| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
| N/A | Gull | Gaston Lagaffe | The aggressive seagull owned by Gaston Lagaffe. |
| Garvey Gull | Gull | Donald Duck cartoons | |
| Gunnar the Seagull | Black-headed gull | 64 Zoo Lane | |
| Irving "Irv" Seagull | Kelp Gull | Shoe | A local repairman at Irving Oil Corporation. |
| Jonathan Livingston Seagull | Lesser-black backed gull | Jonathan Livingston Seagull and the 1973 film of the same name | |
| Numenia | Whimbrel | Numenia and the Hurricane | |
| Puffo, Mama Puffin, Puff, Finnster | Atlantic puffins | Wild Kratts | |
| Scuttle | Gull | The Little Mermaid | |
| Thomas, Sharon, Lewis and Jamie the Puffins | Atlantic puffins | 64 Zoo Lane | |
| Kehaar | Black-headed gull | Watership Down | |

## Gaviiformes (loons)

| Name | Work | Notes |
| Becky | Finding Dory | |
| Bomb | Angry Birds | |
| Dave and Ping Pong | Camp Lazlo | |
| Loon | Shoe (comic strip) | A newspaper/mail carrier and country guitar player. |
| Shirley McLoon | Tiny Toon Adventures | |

## Sphenisciformes (penguins)

See List of fictional penguins

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

| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
| Orville | Albatross | The Rescuers | |
| Wilbur | Albatross | The Rescuers Down Under | |

## Ciconiiformes (storks)

| Name | Species | Work |
| Ava | White stork | T.O.T.S. |
| Bodhi | White stork | T.O.T.S. |
| J.P. | White stork | T.O.T.S. |
| Larrison | White stork | Camp Lazlo |
| Mr. Stork | White stork | Dumbo and Lambert the Sheepish Lion |
| Ollie | White stork | Alfred J. Kwak |
| Seamus the Stork | White stork | 64 Zoo Lane |

## Pelecaniformes (pelicans, herons, ibises, and allies)

| Name | Species | Work |
| Anabella | Heron | Doki |
| Black Heron | Black heron | DuckTales (2017) |
| Blue Beaky | Great blue heron | Wild Kratts |
| Captain Candace Beakman | American white pelican | T.O.T.S. |
| Gular | Brown pelican | Wild Kratts |
| Kulinda and Ona | Hamerkops | The Lion Guard |
| Iraktaan | Heron | Redwall |
| Mort | Great white pelican | Camp Lazlo |
| Nigel | Brown pelican | Finding Nemo |
| Ono | Cattle egret | The Lion Guard |
| Pauline the Pelican | Great white pelican | 64 Zoo Lane |
| Sebastian the Ibis | White ibis | Mascot of the Miami Hurricanes |
| Seymore D. Fair | American white pelican | Mascot of the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition |
| Warden of Marshwood Hill | Heron | Redwall |

## 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)

| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
| Burdette | Resplendent quetzal | It's a Big Big World | |

## Bucerotiformes (hornbills and hoopoes)

| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
| Zazu | Southern red-billed hornbill | The Lion King | |

## Coraciiformes (kingfishers, rollers, and bee-eaters)

| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
| Kiki | Malachite kingfisher | Robinson Crusoe |
| Olly | Laughing kookaburra | One of the mascots of the 2000 Summer Olympics |

## Piciformes (woodpeckers and toucans)

| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
| Eva | Keel-billed toucan | Rio | |
| Hal | Emerald toucanet | Angry Birds | |
| Headbanger | Pileated woodpecker | Wild Kratts | |
| Rafael | Toco toucan | Rio | |
| Tallulah the Toucan and Taco the Toucan | Toco toucans | 64 Zoo Lane | |
| Toucan Dan | Toco toucan | Timon & Pumbaa | |
| Toucan Sam | Toucan | Mascot of Froot Loops | |
| Mr. Woodbird | Red-headed woodpecker | T.O.T.S. | |
| Woody Woodpecker | Woodpecker | Walter Lantz cartoons | The character resembles a pileated woodpecker, despite being inspired by an encounter with an acorn woodpecker. |
| Bean the Dynamite | Woodpecker | Sonic the Fighters | In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series by Archie, Bean is a duck. |

## Falconiformes (falcons and caracaras)

See List of fictional birds of prey

## Suliformes/Phalacrocoraciformes (frigatebirds, cormorants, darters)

| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
| Bird Brain | Blue-footed booby | T.U.F.F. Puppy | One of the main villains of the show. He is a genius, but he can't fly. |

## Psittaciformes (parrots)

| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
| Abelardo Montoya | Parrot | Sésamo | The Mexican counterpart of Big Bird. |
| Ace | Parakeet | Powerbirds | |
| Andrea | Parrot | Kaj & Andrea | A puppet from the Danish series Kaj & Andrea |
| Arpeggio | Yellow-faced parrot | Sly 2: Band of Thieves | The leader of the Klaww Gang who sought immortality and hoped to gain it by merging himself with the Clockwerk frame. |
| Bia, Carla, and Tiago | Spix's macaws | Rio 2 | |
| Black Spot Pete | Eclectus parrot | Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves | A pirate who stole Reme Lousteau's scuba diving gear. He later lost it to Captain LeFwee. |
| Blu | Spix's macaw | Rio | Full name Tyler Blu Gunderson. |
| Captain Flint | Festive amazon | Treasure Island | The pet of Long John Silver. Named after Captain Flint. |
| Captain LeFwee | Eclectus parrot | Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves | Despite being identified as a male, his coloration coincides more with the female of the species; a pirate known by many as the "smartest man on the seven seas". |
| Carrie the Cockatoo | Sulphur-crested cockatoo | 64 Zoo Lane | |
| Eduardo | Spix's macaw | Rio 2 | |
| Felipe | Scarlet macaw | Rio 2 | |
| Iago | Scarlet macaw | Aladdin | The pet of Jafar. |
| Jewel | Spix's macaw | Rio | |
| José Carioca | Parrot | The Three Caballeros | |
| Lory | Lory | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | |
| Mak | Scarlet macaw | Robinson Crusoe | |
| Mark Beaks | Gray parrot | DuckTales (2017) | |
| Mimi | Spix's macaw | Rio 2 | |
| Mithu | Rose-ringed parakeet | Meena | The pet of Meena. |
| Nigel | Sulphur-crested cockatoo | Rio | |
| Pirate Parrot | Parrot | Mascot of the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
| Poco Loco | Scarlet macaw | Sesame Street | An anthropomorphic parrot who appeared on Sesame Street in 1974 to 1980; appears with Big Bird in some sketches |
| Polly | Cockatoo | Ace Attorney | Yanni Yogi's pet parrot and witness in a murder trial |
| Polly | Parakeet | Powerbirds | |
| Poppy | Lutino cockatiel | Angry Birds Stella | |
| Polynesia | Parrot | Dr. Dolittle | |
| Roberto | Spix's macaw | Rio 2 | |
| Rio | Scarlet macaw | One of the Rainforest Cafe mascots | |
| Sergio | Scarlet macaw | The Casagrandes | One of the pets of the Casagrande family. |
| Stella | Galah | Angry Birds | |
| Torippii Sorano | Parrot | Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirou | One of the four main characters. He is a cheerful and fashionable parrot who loves singing and planes. |

## Passeriformes (perching birds)

| Name | Species | Work | Notes |
| N/A | Canary | King-Size Canary | A canary that grows to an enormous size after a cat pours growth formula on him. |
| Alcor | Raven | Little Witch Academia | The pet of Professor Ursula. |
| Big Bird | Canary | Sesame Street | DISPUTED: Big Bird's own Wikipedia article cites conflicting statements made on episodes of Sesame Street. |
| Big Red | Northern cardinal | Mascot of the Arizona Cardinals | |
| BJ Birdie and Ace | Blue jay | Mascot of the Toronto Blue Jays | |
| Bubbles | Oriole | Angry Birds | |
| Chuck | Atlantic canary | Angry Birds | |
| Clockers | Crows | Kirby and the Forgotten Land | The crows who are the members of the Beast Pack. They are responsible for kidnapping Waddle Dees by caging them. |
| Diablo | Raven | Sleeping Beauty | |
| Dolf | Crow | Alfred J. Kwak | |
| Fredbird | Northern cardinal | Mascot of the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Gale | Violet-backed starling | Angry Birds Stella | |
| General Ironbeak | Raven | Mattimeo (Redwall) |
| Grip | Raven | Barnaby Rudge | Based on Grip, a raven kept as a pet by Charles Dickens. The inspiration for Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven". |
| Heckle and Jeckle | Yellow-billed magpies | Terrytoons cartoons | |
| Henry | Barn swallow | Henry the Barn Swallow | |
| Hans Huckebein | Raven | Hans Huckebein | An unlucky raven in a 1867-1868 picture story by Wilhelm Busch. |
| Hugin and Munin | Ravens | Norse mythology and fictional works based thereon, such as American Gods and Valhalla | The two ravens of Odin. |
| Jim, Jake, and Jay | Eastern bluebirds | Angry Birds | Collectively known as The Blues. |
| Kessie | Bluebird | The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | |
| Korvus Skurr | Raven | Doomwyte (Redwall) | Leader of the Doomwytes |
| Krakulat | Crow | Outcast of Redwall |
| Luca | California scrub jay | Angry Birds Stella | |
| Mangiz | Crow | Mattimeo (Redwall) | Consultant of General Ironbeak |
| Margalo | Canary | Stuart Little | |
| Martin Jr. | Purple martin | Wild Kratts | |
| Matthew | Raven | Sandman | |
| Molly Mockingbird | Northern mockingbird | Texas State Bird Pageant | |
| Moo | Brown-headed cowbird | Wild Kratts | |
| Mordecai | Blue jay | Regular Show | |
| Moses the Raven | Raven | Animal Farm | |
| Nico | Canary | Rio | |
| Nyuni | Western yellow wagtail | The Lion Guard | |
| The Oriole Bird | Baltimore oriole | Mascot of the Baltimore Orioles | |
| Pedro | Red-crested cardinal | Rio | |
| Phobos and Deimos | Crows | Sailor Moon | The pet crows of Rei Hino. |
| Pikkie | Eurasian magpie | Alfred J. Kwak | |
| Poe | Raven | Mascot of the Baltimore Ravens | |
| Poe | Raven | Poppy Playtime | A violet-indigo raven who is one of the Nightmare Critters. Their pendant is a Thundercloud. |
| Quoth | Raven | Discworld | |
| Razar | Raven | Legends of Chima | The Prince of the Raven tribe. |
| Red | Northern cardinal | Angry Birds | |
| Shoe | Purple martin | Shoe | Full name P. Martin "Shoe" Shoemaker. |
| Sir Raven | Raven | The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy | |
| Skyler | Eurasian Skylark | Shoe | An overeducated but underachieving nephew Cosmo raises. |
| Snipes | Black-billed magpie | Rock-a-Doodle | |
| Spike, Mama Shrike, Thorn, Spear, and Spike Jr. | Loggerhead shrikes | Wild Kratts | |
| Sweet Tweet | Greater honeyguide | Wild Kratts | |
| Tamaa | Greater racket-tailed drongo | The Lion Guard | |
| Terence | Northern cardinal | Angry Birds | |
| Thrash | Brown thrasher | Mascot of the Atlanta Thrashers | |
| Tic Tic Bird | Red-billed oxpecker | 64 Zoo Lane | |
| Tweety | Canary | Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies | |
| Walt | Canary | The Loud House | One of the pets of the Loud family. |
| Queen Warbeak | Sparrow | Redwall |
| William the Weaver Bird | Southern masked weaver | 64 Zoo Lane | |

## Mythical bird characters

| Name | Type | Work | Notes |
| Aya Shameimaru | Crow tengu | Touhou Project | |
| Fawkes | Phoenix | Harry Potter | |
| Takanashi Kiara | Phoenix | Hololive Productions | A phoenix virtual YouTuber whose dream is to become the owner of a fast food chain, part of hololive English. |

## 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 The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
* Mockingjay, central bird that is part of the Hunger Games trilogy
* 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 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