The oozlum bird, also spelled ouzelum, is a legendary creature found in Australian and British folk tales and legends.
The Oozlum is a bird native to Australia, but also found in parts of South-America and the British isles that has evolved an interesting defense mechanism in relation to the Dreamtime.
ouzel, also spelled Ousel, also called Ring-ouzel, (species Turdus torquatus), a thrush of the family Turdidae (order Passeriformes), characterized by a white crescent on the breast. A blackish bird, 24 cm (9.5 inches) long, it breeds locally in uplands from Great Britain and Norway to the Middle East.
The Goofus bird is a mythical, backwards-flying bird, originating in lumberjack folklore in North America. It is also known variously as the Filla-ma-loo bird or the Flu-fly bird.
The alkonost, the sirin, the caladrius, the roc and the phoenix are all five mythical birds from legend and folklore. Each were attributed their own magical qualities and roles by various human societies in history and presented here is a brief description of these five fabled creatures.
The roc is an enormous legendary bird of prey in the popular mythology of the Middle East. The roc appears in Arab geographies and natural history, popularized in Arabian fairy tales and sailors' folklore. Ibn Battuta tells of a mountain hovering in the air over the China Seas, which was the roc.
Legendary birds (Japanese: 伝説の鳥ポケモン Legendary bird Pokémon) is a collective term used to refer to the trio of Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres. They are also known as the winged mirages (Japanese: 幻の翼 phantom wings).
The Aderyn y corph (a.k.a. Corpse bird) is a bird from Welsh folklore who portends death.
The strix (plural striges or strixes), in the mythology of classical antiquity was a bird of ill omen, the product of metamorphosis, that fed on human flesh and blood. It also referred to witches and related malevolent folkloric beings.
Strix are a malevolent creature found in mythology and folklore dating back to the Classical Era and surviving well into medieval times, always taking the rough form of a demonic owl that was believed to be the result of either supernatural monsters or shape-shifting witches : the Strix were also associated with ...
Kagu, or cagou, are about the size of a chicken and have brilliant red eyes, long orange legs and bill, bluish-grey feathers, and 'nasal corns'. These structures cover its nostrils and are not found in any other bird species.
Millie is an Angry Birds Evolution bird that can be obtained regularly in the Hatchery.
'Ninja' Bird Discovered With Nunchuck-Like Wings.
In eastern Australia, records of red goshawks have dropped off precipitously since the 1980s. The last records of goshawks in New South Wales were about a decade ago, and the team thinks that regional population is extinct. Just in the last decade, the birds have disappeared from about half of Queensland.
The bush stone-curlew is probably heard more than it is seen. Its call sounds like a wail or a scream in the night.
The loud, distinctive call of the laughing kookaburra is widely used as a stock sound effect in situations that involve an Australian bush setting or tropical jungle, especially in older movies. Cladogram based on the molecular analysis by Andersen and colleagues published in 2017.
Sirin is a mythological creature of Rus' legends, with the head of a beautiful woman and the body of a bird (usually an owl), borrowed from the siren of the Greek mythology. According to myth, the Sirin lived in Iriy or around the Euphrates River.
The Haiku bird is a mythical four-legged bird known to be immortal and described to have bluish-white color and majestic wings used for flying. It is a banana-eating herbivore that resembles a mammal and has a size and shape of a goat.
Garuda is mentioned in several other texts such as the Puranas and the Vedas. Garuda is described as the king of the birds and a kite-like figure. He is shown either in a zoomorphic form (a giant bird with partially open wings) or an anthropomorphic form (a man with wings and some ornithic features).
The raven is an omen of lost souls depicted in the Bible as a living symbol of Satan and death. The black color is assigned to grief, sorrow, and a funeral color, so it's easy to understand how any kind of black bird might be seen as a bad omen associated with death.
Doves. In Greek mythology, the dove is associated with Aphrodite/Venus. She is always depicted with doves in paintings and scripture, cementing that association with love and monogamy. Male doves help mother doves care for their young, and people are inspired by that devotion and act of love.
#1 - Zapdos
Zapdos is hands down the best out of the three Legendary Bird Pokemon of Kanto. In terms of stats, it is the fastest and ties Moltres with the best special attack.
The Basan (波山), alternatively referred to as Basabasa (婆娑婆娑) or Inuhōō (犬鳳凰), is a fowl-like bird with origins stemming from Japanese mythology and folklore and illustrated in Takehara Shunsen's Ehon Hyaku Monogatari and the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō.
Introduction. Uno, dos, tres, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres—they're the Kanto birds, also known as the Winged Mirages; they were the first ever legendary trio with their origins being traceable to the original games of Red and Blue.