List of fictional birds
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This list of fictional birds is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals. It is restricted to notable bird characters from the world of fiction.
[edit] Anseriformes (ducks, swans, geese, etc.)
Main article: List of fictional ducks
- Mother Goose, a goose in the Mother Goose and Grimm
- Mr Ping, a Chinese Goose in DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda
- Syd 'Swannie' Skilton, swan mascot of the Sydney Swans
[edit] Charadriiformes (seagulls, puffins, etc.)
- Hans the puffin,[verification needed] a villain in The Penguins of Madagascar
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull[1] from the novella Jonathan Livingston Seagull
- Kazooie, the sidekick in the Banjo-Kazooie series
- Kehaar the seagull in Watership Down
- Kevin, a large flightless bird identified as a Snipe in Disney-Pixar's Up
- Lt. Puffin (a puffin) The Swan Princess
- Scuttle, a seagull in Disney's The Little Mermaid
- The Mighty Sven (a puffin) from Happy Feet Two
[edit] Ciconiiformes (storks, ibises, etc.)
- Larrison, in Camp Lazlo
- Mac Duff, Downy Hill, and Buggy, storks in Ox Tales
- Komantare a Japanese Crested Ibis in Time Bokan 2000: Kaitou Kiramekiman
[edit] Columbiformes (pigeons, dodos, doves, etc.)
[edit] Pigeons and doves
- The Goodfeathers (pigeons) in Animaniacs
- Yankee Doodle Pigeon in Hanna-Barbera's Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines
[edit] Dodos
- Dab in Ice Age
- Dodo in Alice in Wonderland, fantasy novel by Lewis Carroll.
- Dodo from Animal Crackers
- Gogo Dodo in Tiny Toon Adventures
[edit] Coraciiformes (kingfishers, hornbills, etc.)
- Benny and Spud kookaburras from Beyond the Black Stump
- Zazu, a hornbill from The Lion King
[edit] Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.)
- The Road Runner (a roadrunner) in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons
- Sonny the Cuckoo Bird, mascot for Cocoa Puffs
[edit] Falconiformes (hawks, eagles, vultures, etc.)
Main article: List of fictional birds of prey
[edit] Galliformes (chickens, peacocks, turkeys, etc.)
[edit] Chickens
- Robby, Hanna, a chickens in Ox Tales
- Booker, a baby chick in U.S. Acres
- Camilla, a chicken and Gonzo's romantic interest on The Muppet Show
- Billina, in numerous Land of Oz books by L. Frank Baum
- Chicken from Cow and Chicken
- Foghorn Leghorn, a rooster in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons
- General Tsao, a rooster in the Sly Cooper trilogy
- Lester, a rooster in Big Barn Farm
- Lorelei, chicken character performed by Jim Boyd, from the early seasons of The Electric Company
- Mrs. Chicken, a hen in Big Barn Farm
- Roy, a rooster in U.S. Acres
- Panchito Pistoles, a rooster in The Three Caballeros
- Sheldon, an unhatched chick egg, in Jim Davis Garfield and Friends and U.S. Acres comic strips
- Stew, Chick, a chicken twin from Crash Bandicoot series
- Chicken Little[2]
[edit] Others
- The Aracuan Bird, in various Walt Disney cartoons
- Lord Shen, an albino peacock in Kung Fu Panda 2
- Mr. Pheasant and several others in The Animals of Farthing Wood
- Tom, a turkey in Ox Tales
[edit] Gaviiformes (loons, etc.)
- Loon, pink birdlike creatures British children television in Humf
- Miss Loon a loon in My Gym Partner's a Monkey
- Shirley McLoon in Tiny Toon Adventures
- Dave and Ping Pong, a loon in Camp Lazlo
[edit] Passeriformes (crows, finches, sparrows, etc.)
[edit] Crows, ravens, jays, rooks and magpies
- Poe, mascot for the Baltimore Ravens
- BJ Birdie and Ace, mascots for the Toronto Blue Jays
- Burra, a crow in Ox Tales
- Diablo, Maleficent's raven, in Disney's animated version of Sleeping Beauty
- Crow in The Longest Journey
- Graculus in Noggin the Nog
- Heckle and Jeckle are magpies that appear in Terrytoons cartoons.
- J, a Blue Jay from Alphablocks.
- Kakarasu, a crow in Holly the Ghost
- Mordecai, a blue jay in Regular Show
- Matthew, Dream's raven in the DC Comics Sandman series
- Quoth (a raven) in the works of Terry Pratchett (a pun on "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe)
- Roäc and Cärc, two ravens from The Hobbit, also by Tolkien
- Watchman, a rook, from The Kine Saga
[edit] Finches and canaries
- Nico a canary from Rio
- Birdie the Early Bird from the McDonald's commercials
- Big Bird, a very big canary, and Little Bird on Sesame Street
- Pino, the blue nephew of Big Bird, appears in Sesamstraat, the Dutch spin-off of Sesame Street
- Tweety, a canary in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons
- Woodstock in the Charles Schulz's Peanuts comic strip
[edit] Sparrows
- Flit-Cat, Peck, and Farthingfeather, a trio of House Sparrows from The Kine Saga
- Oliver & Olivia (and friends), two sparrows featured in War of the Birds; a 1991 Danish movie.
[edit] Others
- Big Red, mascot for the Arizona Cardinals
- Shoe, a grumpy, cigar-smoking purple martin from Shoe
- Thrasher, mascot of the Atlanta Thrashers
- Wave the Swallow, a Babylon Rogue of Sonic Riders
[edit] Pelecaniformes (pelicans, boobies, cormorants, etc.)
- Mort the pelican in Camp Lazlo
- Nigel,[3][4] a Brown Pelican played by Geoffrey Rush in the animated film Finding Nemo
- Sinker a pelican from Beyond the Black Stump
[edit] Piciformes (toucans, woodpeckers, etc.)
[edit] Woodpeckers
- Willy, and Walter, a woodpeckers in Ox Tales
- Woody Woodpecker, a woodpecker in the Walter Lantz cartoons
[edit] Toucans
- Eva and Rafael, a toucan Rio
- Lupe Toucan, a toucan in My Gym Partner's a Monkey
- Toucan Sam, a toucan, the cartoon spokesbird for Froot Loops cereal (USA)
- Towilla, a toucans in Ox Tales
[edit] Psittaciformes (parrots, macaws, etc.)
- Blu, Jewel a Spix's Macaw Nigel a cockatoo
- Abelardo Montoya, a very big parrot, Big Bird's Mexican counterpart on Plaza Sesamo
- Arpeggio, a parrot in the Sly Cooper trilogy
- Boss a galah from Beyond the Black Stump
- Captain LeFwee, a Scarlet Macaw in the Sly Cooper trilogy
- Iago, a parrot in Disney's animated version of Aladdin
- Jose Carioca, a parrot in various Walt Disney cartoons
- Lory, in Alice in Wonderland, fantasy novel by Lewis Carroll.
- Parrot Polynesia, in Dr. Dolittle stories by Hugh Lofting.
- Rin, a parakeet in the Sanrio Jewelpet series
- Salty Mike a parrot in Squirrel Boy
- Ying Ying, Hannibal Roy Bean's henchbird in Xiaolin Showdown
[edit] Sphenisciformes (penguins, etc.)
Main article: List of fictional penguins
[edit] Strigiformes (owls, etc.)
Main article: List of fictional birds of prey
[edit] Struthioniformes (ratites, etc.)
- Audrey, an ostrich in Ox Tales
- Frank an emu from Beyond the Black Stump
- Mlle. Upanova the Ostrich from the "Dance of the Hours" segment of Fantasia
- Ogden, an ostrich in Channel Umptee-3
[edit] Others
- Flit, a hummingbird in Disney's Pocahontas and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
- Lola Carioca, a Mexican whip-poor-will in CatDog
- Master Crane, a red-crowned crane in Kung Fu Panda
- Storm the Albatross, a Babylon Rogue of Sonic Riders
[edit] Birds of unknown species
- Buzby, yellow bird of unspecified species in advertisements for British Telecom in the late 1970s/early 1980s
- Dookie Bird, in B.C.
- Googles, a bird from Webkinz
- Kazemaru in Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden
- Pitch, and from the Kirby series
- The Roly-Poly Bird from several of Roald Dahl's books for children.
- Sukh-Shari, a bird pair from Thakurmar Jhuli that also appears commonly in Rupkatha's Bangla fairy tales.
[edit] References
- ^ http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19731108/REVIEWS/311080301/1023
- ^ Chicken Little: the inside story : a Jungian romance Daryl Sharp
- ^ Finding Nemo, 2004 DVD, commentary
- ^ http://www.the-leaping-lamp.com/finding-nemo-characters-minor.html
