Bird problems with humans

Chinese government policy encouraging hostility to perceived pests

collision between an airborne animal (usually a bird or bat) and a human-made vehicle (usually an aircraft)

thumb|A mosaic in the London Underground depicting a woman being attacked by birds, based on the 1963 horror movie The Birds Ornithophobia is the abnormal and irrational fear of birds, as well as a type of specific phobia. The term may also refer to strong dislike of birds. People with ornithophobia are often afraid of specific types of birds, for example chickens, ducks, and/or pest birds in grain-producing areas.

Coturnism is an illness featuring muscle tenderness and rhabdomyolysis (muscle cell breakdown) after consuming quail (usually common quail, Coturnix coturnix, from which the name derives) that have fed on poisonous plants.

extrinsic allergic alveolitis which is caused by inhalation of antigens from avian excreta, symptoms are abrupt onset of dyspnea, cough, malaise, and fever after exposure to antigen