150+ Best Famous Bird Names Inspired From Books, Films, And More

Do you have a bird?

Have you ever wondered how your pet got its name? 

Bird names are always a topic of interest, but what about the most famous birds? With this in mind, we’ve compiled a list of some of the most well-known feathered friends to give you an idea.

Famous Bird Names Inspired From Books

Name	Origin
Landroval	The Lord of the Rings
Archimedes	The Once and Future King
Vlad Vladikoff	Horton Hears a Who!
Gwaihir	The Lord of the Rings
Pigwidgeon	Harry Potter
Digger	Guardians of Ga’Hoole
Master	The Silver Chair
The divine condor	The Return of the Condor Heroes
Frightful	My Side of the Mountain
Gylfie	Guardians of Ga’Hoole
Wise	Little Grey Rabbit
Farsight	The Last Battle
Glimfeather	The Silver Chair
Gylfie	Guardians of Ga’Hoole
Zan	Guardians of Ga’Hoole
Stryk	Redkite Mattimeo
Tim Condor the Condor	Wild Beasties’ of Outback New Zealand
Twilight	Guardians of Ga’Hoole
Barn	The Animals of Farthing Wood
Bess	Guardians of Ga’Hoole
Owl	Winnie the Pooh
Victor Von Vulture	Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot vs. the Voodoo Vultures from Venus
Errol	Harry Potter
Kestrel	The Animals of Farthing Wood
Holly	The Animals of Farthing Wood
Streak	Guardians of Ga’hoole
Chil	The Jungle Book, The Second Jungle Book
Morbin Blackhawk	The Green Ember (series)
Gylfie	Guardians of Ga’Hoole
Soren	Guardians of Ga’Hoole
Tawny	The Animals of Farthing Wood
Tobias	Animorphs
Hedwig	Harry Potter
Thorondor	The Lord of the Rings

Famous Bird Names Inspired From Comics

Name	Origin
Woodstock	A yellow canary in the Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip
Big Eggo	An ostrich in The Beano, created by Reg Carter. [1]
Shoe	A grumpy, cigar-smoking purple martin from Shoe.
Matthew	Dream’s raven in the DC Comics Sandman series
Roy	A rooster in U.S. Acres
Wammes Waggel	A silly goose in Marten Toonder’s Tom Poes
Flip	The pet parrot of Jommeke in Jef Nys’ Jommeke
Sheldon	An unhatched chick egg, in Jim Davis’ Garfield and Friends and U.S. Acres comic strips
Marquis de Canteclaer	A vain rooster in Tom Poes
Kljunko	A bird character created by Ante Zaninovic
Booker	A yellow chicken in U.S. Acres
Gobbler	A turkey who is Beryl the Peril’s pet
Beo	The mynah bird of Meneer Pheip in The Adventures of Nero by Marc Sleen.

Famous Bird Names Inspired From Animations

Name	Origin
Olivia	Journey Through the Jungle of Words
Tweety	A canary in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons
Goodnight	Character of Goodnight Kiwi
Harvey	From the show of the same name.
Dab	Ice Age
Walt	The Loud family’s pet canary from The Loud House
Goodfeathers	A trio of pigeons in Animaniacs
Leafie	The titular character in Leafie, A Hen into the Wild
Isabel	CBeebies show 64 Zoo Lane
Mithu	Meena’s pet rose-ringed parakeet in Meena
Alcor	Professor Ursula’s pet crow familiar in the anime series Little Witch Academia
Aracuan	Bird, a pink guinea fowl in various Walt Disney cartoons
Homer	Pigeon in Walter Lantz
Roya	Nick Jr. animated CGI series Shimmer and Shine.
Road Runner	The Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons
Little Beeper	Road Runner’s student in Tiny Toon Adventures
Gus	Disney’s Donald Duck cartoons
Polly	A female blue parakeet and coprotagonist in Powerbirds
Foghorn Leghorn	Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons
Crazylegs	Crane
Iago	A parrot in the animated Disney film Aladdin
Sergio	The Casagrande family’s pet parrot from The Loud House and its spin-off series, The Casagrandes
Diablo	Maleficent’s raven, in Disney’s animated version of Sleeping Beauty
Heckle and Jeckle	Are magpies that appear in Terrytoons cartoons
Willy	A sparrow and main character in Willy the Sparrow
Scuttle	A seagull in Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Pingu	A penguin who appears in Pingu
Lord Shen	Main antagonist in Kung Fu Panda 2
Edie Von Keet	A female parakeet and one of the main characters in Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own
Mr Ping	A Chinese goose in DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda
Master Crane	A black-necked crane in Kung Fu Panda
Buzby	A yellow bird of unspecified species in advertisements for British Telecom in the late 1970s/early 1980s
Chicken Boo	A six-foot-tall chicken in Animaniacs
Coco	A bird-airplane-plant thing that looks like a flamingo on Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends
Gandy Goose	A goose in Terrytoons
Chanticleer	A rooster from Rock-a-Doodle
Panchito Pistoles	A Mexican rooster in The Three Caballeros
Gogo Dodo	Tiny Toon Adventures
Wattoo Wattoo	An oval-shaped black and white bird in Wattoo Wattoo Super Bird
Zazu	A hornbill from The Lion King
Clara Cluck	A female dancing hen in various Disney cartoons
Madame Upanova	Dance of the Hours segment of Fantasia
Canary	Growing small and large in Tex Avery cartoon King-Size Canary
Princess Odette	A human with a curse that turns her into a swan during the day in The Swan Princess
Shirley McLoon	A female loon in Tiny Toon Adventures
Phobos and Deimos	Rei Hino’s pet crows that live at the shrine with her
Raven	Familiar to Grimhilde the evil queen/old witch in Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, was later used for the inspiration for Diablo Maleficent’s pet raven familiar in the 1959 Disney Animated film Sleeping Beauty
Daffy Duck	In the animated short film comedy series Looney Tunes
José Carioca	A parrot in The Three Caballeros
Superchicken	A heroic chicken in Jay Ward
Peep	A chick who is curious in Peep and the Big Wide World
Flit	A hummingbird in Disney’s Pocahontas and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
Mordecai	A blue jay in Regular Show
Ace	A male yellow parakeet and coprotagonist in Powerbirds
Woody Woodpecker	In the Walter Lantz cartoons
Yankee Doodle	Pigeon in Hanna-Barbera’s Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines

Famous Bird Names Inspired From Mascots

Name	Origin
Eyeglasses	Mascots for the Kansas Jayhawks.
Slapshot	Mascot for the Washington Capitals.
Screech	Mascot for the Washington Nationals.
Bald Eagle	Standing on the Chyron Mountains in Republic Pictures
Freddie	Mascot of the Atlanta Falcons.
Big Jay and Baby Jay	Mascots for the Kansas Jayhawks.
Chaddy	Official mascot of Oldham Athletic.
Skyhawk	One of the mascots for the Atlanta Hawks.
Sammy	The mascot for Conference USA’s Rice University Owls from Houston, Texas.
Ozzie	The matchday mascot of Sheffield Wednesday F.C
Swoop	Mascots for the Philadelphia Eagles, Eastern Michigan University, Eastern Washington University, Miami University, and University of Utah
Sam	The Olympic Eagle The mascot for 1984 Summer Olympics.
Eddie	Represents an eponymous gun safety program for the National Rifle Association.
Woodsy	An icon for the United States Forest Service.
Hudson	Knights Mascot of the Hawthorn Hawks.
Freddie and Frieda	The mascots of Bowling Green State University.
Baldwin	Mascot of the Boston College Eagles.
Blitz	One of the mascots for the Seattle Seahawks.
Herky	Mascot of the Iowa Hawkeyes

Famous Bird Names Inspired From Films And Televisions

Name	Origin
Hoots the Owl	Sesame Street
Orson	H.R. Pufnstuf
Wiser	Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return
Charlie	New Zoo Revue
X	Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
Ollie Beak	Tuesday Rendezvous
Freedom	G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
Buck	Oscar’s Oasis
Falcon	Stuart Little 2
Dr. Blinky	H.R. Pufnstuf
Kes	Kes
Falcon	Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu
Sam	The Muppet Show
Otis	Jim Henson’s Pajanimals

Famous Bird Names Inspired From Video Games

Name	Origin
Falco	Lombardi Star Fox series
Kuro	Ori and the Blind Forest
Bloodwing	Borderlands
Crimson	Loftwing The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Otus	Owlboy
Dyna	Blade Kirby series
Ikaros	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey & origins
Quintole	Force Astro Boy: Omega Factor
Silver	Angry Birds 2
Valor	League of Legends
Jet the Hawk	Sonic Riders, Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, Sonic Free Riders
Kaepora	Gaebora The Legend of Zelda series
Coo	Kirby series
Eagle	The Seven Adventures of Sindbad
Dahila	Angry Birds Stella
Stormbird	Horizon Zero Dawn
Skowl	The Startling Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze
Mighty	Eagle Angry Birds
Condor	Ice Climber
Clockwerk	Sly Cooper
Blathers	Animal Crossing
Celeste	Animal Crossing

With so many bird names out there, it can be hard to know which ones are the best. We’ve compiled a complete list of pet bird names for your consideration.