Sentence examples for king of birds from inspiring English sources

The mighty ostrich is truly the king of birds.

Late last month, the writer G. Willow Wilson was at home, in Seattle, on a self-imposed Twitter break; she was one chapter away from finishing her second novel, a historical fantasy about a young girl on a quest to find a mythical king of birds in Andalusia.

It's about more.' " Late last month, the writer G. Willow Wilson was at home, in Seattle, on a self-imposed Twitter break; she was one chapter away from finishing her second novel, a historical fantasy about a young girl on a quest to find a mythical king of birds in Andalusia.

Tomorrow night at 9 30, with the Prosaics and King of Birds opening; admission is $8 (Pareles).

King of Birds, my ass, she thought.

In Buddhism, the osprey is sometimes represented as the "King of Birds", especially in the 'The Jātaka: Or, Stories of the Buddha's Former Births', no.486.

In Aesop's Fables, the jackdaw embodies vanity in "The Bird in Borrowed Feathers" (also known as "The Vain Jackdaw"), in which it sought to become king of the birds adorned with feathers of other birds, but was shamed when they fell off.

Davis makes a great deal of play, and derives her title, from a tale in the Africa manuscript about an amphibious bird that, to avoid new taxes imposed by the king of the birds, went to live among the fish, until they too were asked for taxes, when he rejoined the birds.

In the end, they manage to find the king of the birds, who turns out to be God.

It is possible that this species was the original "king of the birds" in European folklore.

Following from this legend, in much European folklore the wren has been described as the "king of the birds" or as a flame bearer.