Animals from Greek mythology

Birds
- Acanthis (Carduelis)
- Alectryon (Rooster). Alectryon was a youth, charged by Ares to stand guard outside his door while the god indulged in illicit love with Aphrodite. He fell asleep, and Helios, the sun god, walked in on the couple. Ares turned Alectryon into a rooster, which never forgets to announce the arrival of the sun in the morning.
- Autonous (Stone-curlew)
- Birds of Ares or Ornithes Areioi, were a flock of birds that guarded the Amazons' shrine of the god on a coastal island in the Black Sea. The Argonauts encountered them in their quest for the Golden Fleece.
- Cranes
  - Gerana, a queen of the Pygmy who was transformed by the goddess Hera into a crane.
  - Oenoe.
- Eagles
  - Aethon or Caucasian Eagle, a giant eagle, offspring of Typhon and Echidna. Zeus condemned Prometheus to having his liver eaten by the Caucasian Eagle for giving the Flames of Olympus to the mortals.
  - Aetos Dios, giant golden eagle of Zeus.
- Hippodamia (Lark)
- Kingfisher
  - Alcyone transformed by gods into halcyon birds, the Halcyon genus and Halcyonidae birds took the name from Alcyone.
  - Alkyonides, the seven daughters of Alcyoneus. When their father was slain by Heracles, they threw themselves into the sea, and were transformed into halcyons by Amphitrite.
  - Ceyx transformed by gods into halcyon birds, the Ceyx birds took their name from Ceyx.
- Nightingale
  - Aëdon
  - Procne
- Owls
  - Little Owl, bird of goddess Athena.
  - Nyctimene
  - Screech Owl (Ascalaphus), bird of god Hades.
- Philomela (Swallow)
- Ravens/Crows
  - Cornix
  - Coronis
  - Corvus, a crow or raven which served Apollo. Apollo was about to make a sacrifice on the altar and he needs some water to perform the ritual. The god sends the raven to fetch some water in his cup, but the bird gets distracted by a fig tree and spends a few days lazily resting and waiting for the figs to ripen. After feasting on the figs, the raven finally brings Apollo the cup filled with water and he also brings a water snake (Hydra) as an excuse for being so late. Apollo sees through the raven's lies and angrily casts all three – the cup (Crater, Crater (constellation)), the water snake (Hydra, Hydra (constellation)) and the raven (Corvus, Corvus (constellation)) into the sky. Apollo also casts a curse on the raven, scorching its feathers and making the bird eternally thirsty and unable to do anything about it. This, according to the myth, is how crows and ravens came to have black feathers and why they have such raspy voices.
- Swans
  - Cycnus (Swan), Cycnus, was a good friend of Phaethon, when Phaethon died, he sat by the river Eridanos mourning his death. The gods turned him into a swan to relieve him of his pity.
  - Swans of Apollo, the swans drawing the chariot of Apollo.
- Strix, birds of ill omen, product of metamorphosis, that fed on human flesh and blood.
- Tereus (Hoopoe)
Boars
- Calydonian Boar, a gigantic boar sent by Artemis to ravage Calydon. Was slain in the Calydonian Boar Hunt.
- Clazomenae Boar, gigantic winged sow which terrorized the Greek town of Klazomenai in Ionia, Asia Minor.
- Crommyonian Sow, the Crommyonian Sow was a wild pig that ravaged the region around the village of Crommyon between Megara and Corinth, and was eventually slain by Theseus in his early adventures.
- Erymanthian Boar, a gigantic boar which Heracles was sent to retrieve as one of his labors.
Bugs
- - Gadflies, mythical insects sent by the gods to sting wicked mortals for their cruel acts.
  - Myrmekes, large ants that can range in size from small dogs to giant bears which guarded a hill that had rich deposits of gold.
  - Myrmidons, ants which transformed into humans.

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