Birds are featured in many popular proverbs and sayings such as “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush” (a direct translation of the Slovene proverb would be “Better a sparrow in the hand than a pigeon on the roof”).
Ptice nastopajo v številnih ljudskih pregovorih in rekih, npr.: Bolje vrabec v roki kot golob na strehi. Ali pa: Če golobica s kraguljem ljubezen sklepa, je slepa.