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Birds in Legends, Mythology, and Religion
- Ba in Egyptian mythology
- Bagucks in Chippewa mythology
- Bar Juchne in Talmud
- Camulatz in Maya mythology
- Chamrosh in Persian mythology
- Feng-huang (Chinese Phoenix) in Chinese mythology
- Firebird in Native American mythologies
- Garuda in Buddhism and Hinduism
- Gryphon in European mythology
- Harpies in Greek mythology
- Ho-o in Japanese, imported from Chinese; Fenghuang
- Huginn and Muninn (Thought and Memory), Odin's two companion birds in Norse mythology
- Kin-u in Japanese, imported from Chinese
- Phoenix in Egyptian mythology
- Pisia in Native American mythology
- Quetzalcoatl in Aztec mythology
- Raven in Native American religions
- Roc in Persian mythology
- Shang-Yang (a rainbird) in Chinese mythology
- Simurgh in Persian mythology
- Suzaku or Shu-jaku in Japanese, imported from Chinese
- Tecumbalam in Maya mythology
- Thunderbird in Native American religions
- Xecotcovach in Maya mythology
- Yatagarasu in Japanese mythology
- Ziz in Talmud
Birds in Literature
- The albatross in Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- Billina (a chicken) in numerous Oz books by L. Frank Baum.
- numerous bond-birds in the Velgarth books by Mercedes Lackey, mostly raptors, usually selectively-bred for size and intelligence
- Captain Flint (a parrot) in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Chil the Kite in The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
- The E-Telekeli (a humanoid eagle) leader of the Underpeople in the works of Cordwainer Smith
- Gwaihir (an eagle) in The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Hedwig (a Snowy Owl) in the Harry Potter novels by J. K. Rowling; also many other owls, used to carry messages
- Quoth (a raven) in the works of Terry Pratchett (a pun on The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe)
- The raven in Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull (a seagull), eponymous character in short story
- Thorondor (an eagle), king of the eagles in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien
- The Ugly Duckling (actually a cygnet) in the story of that name by Hans Christian Anderson
- Owl (an owl) in the Winnie the Pooh books by A. A. Milne
Birds in Heraldry
Birds in Television
Birds in Animation, Comics, Puppetry
Birds in Film
Birds in Disney cartoons, comics, and films
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