Category
page 1Birds in religion

African Sacred Ibis
species of bird
Baptism of Jesus
event in the life of Jesus

auspice
thumb|180px|An augur with sacred chicken; he holds a lituus, the curved wand often used as a symbol of augury on Roman coins
Augury was the Roman religious practice of observing the behavior of birds to receive omens. When the individual, known as the augur, read these signs, it was referred to as "taking the auspices". "Auspices" () means "looking at birds". Auspex, another word for augur, can be translated to "one who looks at birds". Depending upon the birds, the auspices from the gods could be favorable or unfavorable (auspicious or inauspicious). Sometimes politically motivated augurs wou

Mahāmāyūrī
Mahamayuri ( ("great peacock"), Kǒngquè Míngwáng, , , Gongjak Myeongwang), or Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī is a bodhisattva and female Wisdom King in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism. In the latter tradition, Mahamayuri is a popular practice in both the Chinese and Japanese forms of Vajrayana. She is also the name of one of the five protective goddesses in Buddhism.

ornithomancy
thumb|Etruscan wall painting from Tomba degli Auguri (c. 530 BC) showing two augurs
eagle lectern
lectern in an eagle shape
doves as symbols
symbological concepts pertaining to doves since the Mezopotamian age, dove used as symbol of a god, love, peace or even war
Parrot astrology
divination by means of parrot picking cards
Peristerium
thumb|Limoges enamel dove, [[Walters Art Museum]]