Bird Movies

Composed of serious and funny musical scenes, an exploration of the virtues of translation and desire for communication between humans and birds....

A lone tui bird must find her lost voice to speak up against her adoptive magpie family before they start a war.

They hammer, drum and construct – meet the master builders and percussionists of the bird world – and their tenants, like tits, pigeons...

An excellent display of how humans can rehabilitate and restore an area where a heavy industry polluted the water so severely that it was unsuitable...

Quaint observation of the birds around Lake Eola in downtown Orlando, Florida.

Documentary about kookaburras

Arne Sucksdorff’s short documentary observes gulls raiding nests and stealing eggs with ruthless persistence. Though presented as pure nature...

Whoever came up with the term 'bird brain' never met these feathered thinkers, who use their claws and beaks to solve puzzles, make tools and more.

Stunning stories from the unusual life of the Ural owl, a mysterious nocturnal predator that can fearlessly attack even humans. Set over a period of...

The long running, often bitter scientific debate over the origin of birds and the evolution of flight.

David Attenborough has a passion for birds' eggs. These remarkable structures nurture new life, protecting it from the outside world at the same time...

With their charismatic faces and extraordinary head-turning ability, owls are one of our best-loved birds. And yet it's rare to catch more than a...

Among the species illustrated are Fulmar, Gannet, Cormorant, Shag, Kittiwake, Common Guillemot (or Murre), Brunnich's Guillemot, Razorbill and...

A 1934 GB production that was picked up in 1937 by Educational for 20th Century Fox distribution about the gannet, a beautiful white and exceedingly...

From the North Pole to remote islands, birds can live almost anywhere. How do these resilient animals thrive in such different environments? They...

An encounter at Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa shot in 16mm by JMG+PP.

This film tells the story of David Rothenberg’s efforts to gather together an international band of musicians to cross the species line and...

Summertime. In a camping, three little girls listen to an old mysterious story about a missing kid. They start to investigate.