Birds in Legends and Mythology
Birds in Literature
- Captain Flint, a pirate's parrot, in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Hedwig (a Snowy Owl) in Harry Potter
- Quoth (a raven) in the Raven works by Terry Pratchett
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull (a seagull), eponymous character in short story
Birds in Television
- Big Bird (a canary), in Sesame Street
- Sonny (a cuckoo), a cartoon spokesbird for Cocoa Puffs cereal
- Toucan Sam (a toucan), a cartoon spokesbird for Froot Loops cereal
Birds in Animation, Comics, Puppetry
- Tweety (a canary), in the Looney Tunes cartoons
- Daffy Duck (a duck) in the Looney Tunes cartoons
- Donald Duck (a duck) in numerous Disney cartoons
- Roadrunner (a fictional species of bird)
- Woodstock, in the Peanuts comic strip
- Woody Woodpecker (a woodpecker)
Birds in Film
- Falcon (a falcon) and Margalo (a canary) in Stuart Little 2
- Iago (a parrot) in Aladdin
- Waddlesworth (a parrot) in 102 Dalmatians
- Zazu (a hornbill) in The Lion King