![]() Mom will then immediately lead them out of the nest to hunt for worms, of course. They lay loads and loads of oval, white eggs, and these contain babies who will emerge fluffy, yellow, adorable, and constantly chirping to their mom. They spend most of the day there and all of their time sleeping there. Even today, when your average person is unlikely to see live chickens on a regular basis, all birds seem to act like domestic fowl. While this is the case for some passerines (like the yellow warbler or the indigo bunting), for others it's not the case.Ī major subtrope is the idea that all birds are chickens. And they will appear as a Palette Swapped sparrow, often bright yellow or blue, with a yellow beak and legs. And there's this one especially overused cliche where virtually every bird of prey, like eagles, falcons, vultures or even owls will be portrayed with the distinctive screech of the red-tailed hawk: most infamously the bald eagle, whose real cries are far less fearsome-sounding.Īlmost all generic small cartoon birds will behave like robins, hopping around on the lawn and eating worms. Diurnal raptors (falconiforms) tend to look like an odd combination of any carnivorous bird in particular cartoonists seem to get hawks and vultures confused with each other (and sometimes corvids, which are passeriforms, are tossed into the mix too). Parrots (psittaciforms) are also popular and they'll sport generic chicken-like bird feet and will either be pure green with huge yellow beaks, or have cockatoo crests and a bizarre mix of rainbow colors. ![]() In some cases, you will have to take the writer's word for it what species they are meant to be. Rowling being refreshingly honestĬartoon birds in starring roles tend to be the more recognizable species anseriforms (ducks), galliforms (chickens and turkeys), strigiforms (owls), and sphenisciforms (penguins) are particularly popular and will all look pretty generic.
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