page_title: List of legendary creatures in Hindu mythology
section_title: Pakshin
hierarchical_section_title: List of legendary creatures in Hindu mythology / Animals, Creatures associated with / Pakshin
caption_attribution_description: Hanuman, Jambuvanta and Angada went southwards and reached the southern ocean in search of Sita. Sampati, brother of Jatayu lived there. He had spotted Rawana carrying Sita towards Lanka, and told the team of the possibility of Sita's imprisonment. The news was quite encouraging. All agreed unanimously that Hanuman alone was capable of crossing the ocean and bring back Sita.
context_page_description: This is a list of legendary creatures from Hindu and Greek folklore and fairy tales, sorted by their classification or affiliation.
context_section_description: Byangoma (feminine Byangomi)  are legendary birds of Bengali mythology, appearing most notably in the fairytales of Thakurmar Jhuli, where they are portrayed as wise, fortune-telling birds that help the deserving.
  Gandabherunda (also known as the Bherunda) is a two-headed mythological bird of Hindu mythology thought to possess magical strength.
  Homa Pakshi (a Vedic bird). It lays eggs while flying in the sky and then the egg will fall. As it is falling, a bird will hatch from the egg. The hatchling then learns how to fly without touching the earth.
  The Huma (Persian: هما, pronounced Homā, Avestan: Homāio), also Homa, is a mythical bird of Iranian legends and fables, and continuing as a common motif in Sufi and Diwan poetry. The kingship-bestowing function of the Huma bird reappear in Indian stories of the Mughal era.
  The Karura is a divine creature with human torso and birdlike head in Japanese Hindu-Buddhist mythology.
  Sirin is a mythological creature of Russian legends, with the head and chest of a beautiful woman and the body of a bird (usually an owl). According to myth, the Sirins lived "in Indian lands" near Eden or around the Euphrates River.
  Baka
  Bagala - A crane-headed god in Hindu legend, Bagala controls black magic, poisons and disguised forms of death.
  Krauncha - A crane mentioned in the Ramayana.
  Nadijangha -  The name of a crane, who was liked by Brahma very much. His story was told by Bhishma to Dharmaraja.
  Gṛdha
  Vultures who were the sons of Aruna, brother of Garuda.
  Sampati, the King of Vultures, was the oldest son of Aruṇa and a brother of Jatayu.
  Jatayu is the youngest son of Aruna, brother of Sampati.
  Haṁsa
  The hamsa (Sanskrit: हंस, haṃsa or hansa) is an aquatic bird of passage, such as a goose or a swan. Its icon is used in Indian and Southeast Asian culture as a spiritual symbol and a decorative element. Hamsa is a part of the mythical love story of Nala and Damayanti. The hamsa is the vahana of Brahma & Saraswathi.
  Arayanna, or heavenly hamsa (swans), are said to live in Manasasaras in the Himalayas.
  Kāka
  Chanda, a crow, is the father of Bhusunda and his twenty brothers (Bhusunda and his brothers were born from the union of Chanda and the seven swans of the Goddess Brahmi).
  Bhusunda is a very old sage, in the form of a crow. In the Story of Bhusunda, a chapter of the Yoga Vasistha, Bhusunda recalls a succession of epochs in the earth's history, as described in Hindu cosmology. He survived several destructions, living on a wish-fulfilling tree on Mount Meru.
  Kukkuṭaśāva
  Krichi is the rooster of Murugan, depicted on his war flag, the Seval Kodi.
  Mayura;
  Citramekhala is the mayura of Saraswathi, Goddess of learning and wisdom.
  Paravani is the mayura vahana of Murugan, the God of War.
  Sarngika
  Jarita was a certain female bird of the species called Sarngika. She was wife of saint Mandapala.
  Shuka
  Suka - The parrot vahana of Kamadeva
  Shuka - The parrot of Kalki
  Shyena
  Shyena (Sanskrit: श्येन ) is the divine hawk identified with Agni, who ascends to heaven for bringing soma (nectar) to earth with the intention of rejuvenating and revitalizing of all things that exist on earth.
  Suparna
  The Garuda is a large bird-like creature, or humanoid bird. Garuda is the mount (vahana) of the Lord Vishnu. According to the Mahabharata, Garuda had six sons from whom were descended the race of birds.
  Sumukha
  Suvarna
  Subala
  Sunaama
  Sunethra
  Suvarcha
  Tittiri
  Chakora, a kind of partridge, is a legendary bird described in Hindu mythology. It is believed to reside upon the beams of the moon, that is, the Chandra.
  Kapinjala, a partridge associated with Indra, or a form of Indra.
  Uluka
  Pravirakarna - Is a chiranjeevi owl who lives in the Himalayas.
  Uluka  - The owl of Lakshmi.
caption: Sampati's found by Vanaras
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