Bird (A Bug's Life)

The bird is a female finch and predator that appears in A Bug's Life as a minor antagonist.

In the film, when Flik tries to stop the circus bugs from leaving, he sees one of her feathers, her nest, and three eggs nearby and flees. The bird appears and chases after the bugs for food. Meanwhile, Dot watches on a dandelion seed that breaks off, leaving her in the air as the bird suddenly flies up after her. Francis catches her and they hide in the cracked riverbed, but he is knocked out by a falling rock. Flik convinces the circus bugs to rescue them, while Heimlich and Slim distracted the bird. After saving Dot, they fly into the trees with Dim where the bird is unable to get to them.

The encounter with the bird inspires Flik to put together a plan of constructing a model bird to scare the grasshoppers away when they return to Ant Island. However, when their bird is finally used, P.T. Flea sets it on fire with his Flaming Death act, thereby exposing it to Hopper as a fake. After being rescued by Princess Atta when Hopper tries to fly away with him, Flik lures Hopper back to the nest, where the mother bird picks up Hopper and feeds him to her new chicks.

Trivia

 * In one blooper from the movie, just before the bird can Heimlich, it stops and is revealed to be a giant robot.