Characters: Birds mentioned

The specific breeds of bird that are mentioned in the text are as follows: 

Peacock

Owl

Flamingo

Woodpecker

Hawke

Gerfalcon

Blue jay

Halcyon

Duck

Partridge

Taking inspiration from the initial breeds of birds could give me a much more original set of ideas, rather than looking at other similar character designs already created by artists. Already there's such a huge range of shapes, colours, sizes that I could use to experiment with in my process of character designing. Overall, the concepts I've had all come back to the base theme of character design and creation, e.g. character masks, animation puppets, or even the creation of the world that the characters reside in.