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* In ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', Silica's familiar is a blue ShoulderSizedDragon named Pina, whose species is literally dubbed "Feathered Little Dragon" due to its wings possessing feathers.

* The ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series has the Holy Dragon as a recruitable monster in several of its games. They are furry, feather-winged dragons slightly reminiscent of Falkor the Luck Dragon of ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''. They are loyal, righteous and have a strong sense of justice, in sharp contrast to most demons. The games do not specify if they are demons who have adopted the ideals of Celestia or are dragons from Celestia.

** Tyrantrum has a mane of feathers around its neck. This is due to it being based on ''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex'', making it [[DinosaursAreDragons a dinosaur]], and many dinos being known to have had feathers.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonUranium'', a fan game, has the Chicoalt line, a group of Dragon/Grass (and later Dragon/Flying)-types that resemble draconic creatures with avian feathered and beaks. The final stage, Coatlith, becomes a full FeatheredSerpent. Likewise, Yatagayru is an Electric/Dragon-type Pokémon that fully resembles a serpentine, three-legged bird.

* While "real" dragons don't exist, several types of carnivorous dinosaurs (which are nature's closest match to dragons) are now thought to have feathers. Some even have "dragon" in their names, such as ''Dilong'' ("emperor dragon").
** Extra points go to ''Yi'' and ''Ambopteryx'', which have ''bat-like wings'' in addition to feathers.

** [[https://scryfall.com/card/frf/1/ugin-the-spirit-dragon Ugin]], a spirt dragon planeswalker, has feathered wings to reflect his ethereal, enlightened nature.

*** Dragons of the bloodline of [[https://scryfall.com/card/dtk/219/dragonlord-ojutai Ojutai]], which are spawned from magic storms in high, cold mountains and breathe [[AnIcePerson ice]], have great white-and-red birdlike wings, in addition to tufts of feathers on their legs. They're enlightened, monk-like and seemingly the most civilized of the dragons that rule Tarkir, but under the surface they're condescending, racist and arrogant, and just as tyrannical as the rest of Tarkir's draconic rulers.
*** Dragons of the brood of [[https://scryfall.com/card/dtk/218/dragonlord-kolaghan Kolaghan]], which are instead spawned on the windswept steppes and breathe [[ShockAndAwe lightning]], have two sets of narrow birdlike wings. They're masters of the skies, and the fastest and most skilled fliers among Tarkir's dragons.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'': Bird wyverns are a subtype of the widespread wyvern clade distinguished by their strong resemblance to birds and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromaeosauridae dromaeosaurs]]. Many are prominently feathered as a result, such as how [[https://monsterhunter.fandom.com/wiki/Maccao Maccao]] strongly resembles a real-life feathered dinosaur, and others -- such as the owl-like [[https://monsterhunter.fandom.com/wiki/Malfestio Malfestio]] and the flightless [[https://monsterhunter.fandom.com/wiki/Gargwa Gargwa]] -- are more like actual birds than anything else.

* In ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'', the now extinct [[BlowYouAway Wind]] [[ShockAndAwe Dragons]] had [[https://www.deviantart.com/raizy/art/Wind-Dragon-554678406 a mane of feathers down the back of their necks and four birdlike wings]]. Their smaller relatives, [[http://www.sdamned.com/comic/528 the Wyverns]], looked similar, minus the second set of wings and the legs (in some cases).

* ''VideoGame/ArkSurvivalEvolved'': Previous [=DLCs=] introduced [[OurDragonsAreDifferent wyverns]]. In the [[HollowWorld Aberration dlc]] there are no large flying creatures; however, there is a wyvern equivalent in the Rock Drake, a large reptile with plumage on its head, legs and tail that uses the feathers on its front legs and body to [[NotQuiteFlight glide]] across the caverns.

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* In "Literature/TheGoldenPot" by Creator/ETAHoffmann, it is mentioned that a lot of evil spirits (including the main antagonist) were born from the feathers of a dragon slain long before the events of the story.

* The ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series has the Holy Dragon as a recruitable monster in several in its games. They are furry, feather-winged dragons slightly reminiscent of Falkor the Luck Dragon of ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''. They are loyal, righteous and have a strong sense of justice, in sharp contrast to most demons. The games do not specify if they are demons who have adopted the ideals of Celestia or are dragons from Celestia.

* The ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series the Holy Dragon as a recruitable monster in several in its games. They are furry, feather-winged dragons slightly reminiscent of Falkor the Luck Dragon of ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''. They are loyal, righteous and have a strong sense of justice, in sharp contrast to most demons. The games do not specify if they are demons who have adopted the ideals of Celestia or are dragons from Celestia.

[[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragons]] have changed a lot over history. From their origins as the giant snakes and serpents that guarded treasures and sacred places in Myth/ClassicalMythology, they [[DragonsAreDemonic evolved]] into the monstrous {{Satanic Archetype}}s of Medieval myth, the fiery [[Creator/JRRTolkien Tolkienian]] engines of destruction and the awe-inspiring godlike beasts of modern fiction. In recent fantasy art and fiction, some dragons are undergoing a new evolution -- they're sprouting feathers.

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* When it was first discovered, the feathery dinosaur ''Archaeopteryx'' was referred to as a "little dragon".
* Another feathered dinosaur called ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_(dinosaur) Yi]]'' was discovered to have had wings like those of a bat or a flying squirrel which gave it the appearance of a tiny feathered wyvern.
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* Literature/OlogySeries: While most of the dragons in ''Dragonology'' are either wingless or have traditional membranous wings, the Indonesian subspecies of the eastern dragon are distinguished from the rest by the birdlike wings sprouting from their backs. The same could be said of the FeatheredSerpent-based Amphitheres.

* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' has in several of its games the Holy Dragon, furry, feather-winged dragons slightly reminiscent of Falkor the Luck Dragon of ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''. They are loyal, righteous and have a strong sense of justice, in sharp contrast to most demons. The games do not specify if they are demons who have adopted the ideals of Celestia or are dragons from Celestia.

* To signal that this is a more benevolent creature than most dragons. This is a direct application of GoodWingsEvilWings -- because people tend to like birds more than they like bats, swapping out a dragon's chiropteran membranes for avian pinions is a quick and convenient way of making it come across as more beautiful, benevolent and likeable to the audience. Even when these creatures are evil, they tend to be so in a LightIsNotGood sense rather than the monstrous evil of traditional dragons.

** Altaria, a Dragon-type Pokémon is a large blue bird, has lots of puffy cloud-like feathers. When it Mega Evolves into Mega Altaria its cloud feathers gain a kind of iridescence.

** Altaria, another Dragon-type Pokémon, has lots of puffy cloud-like feathers.
** Latios and Latias resemble dragons but Pokédex entries describe them as having feathers.

* ''VideoGame/FlightRising'': Two of the dragon breeds:

** Tyrantrum has a mane of feathers around its neck. Even better is the fact that it's based on ''TyrannosaurusRex'', making it [[DinosaursAreDragons a dinosaur]], and many dinos are known to have had feathers.

* ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'': The famous [[OneWingedAngel climactic dragon transformation]] of [[Disney/SleepingBeauty the original]] [[spoiler:is transplanted to Diaval the raven, who sports a few plumes of feathers as MorphicResonance no matter his form]]. ''[[Film/MaleficentMistressOfEvil Mistress of Evil]]'' sees a distinct but similar transformation [[spoiler:when Maleficent awakens as the Dark Fey's phoenix, which is a gigantic beast of similar size]].

** ''VideoGame/PokemonUranium'', a fan game, has the Chicoalt line, a group of Dragon/Grass (and later Dragon/Flying)-types that resemble draconic creatures with avian feathered and beaks. The final stage, Coatlith, becomes a full FeatheredSerpent. Likewise, Yatagayru is an Electric/Dragon-type Pokémon that fully resembles a serpentine, four-legged bird.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonUranium'', a fan game, has the Chicoalt line, a group of Dragon/Grass (and later Dragon/Flying)-types that resemble draconic creatures with avian feathered and beaks. The final stage, Coatlith, becomes a full FeatheredSerpent.