The creature from Greek myth with a woman’s face and a bird’s body is the harpy.
In Greek and Roman mythology, harpies are hybrid beings combining human and bird features. They were commonly depicted as birds with the heads or faces of women, although their appearance changed across different periods and authors. Early literary descriptions could present them as winged maidens, while later art often emphasized their claws, ugliness, and predatory nature.
Harpies were originally associated with storm winds. Their name is connected with the idea of snatching or carrying away, and myths describe them stealing food or abducting wrongdoers. They appear in several ancient stories, including the adventures of the seer Phineus, whose meals they repeatedly fouled or carried off until the Argonauts drove them away.
The main common mix-up is the siren. In early Greek art, sirens also had bird bodies and female heads, but they are best known for their enchanting songs and the danger they posed to sailors. Furies are vengeance deities, Valkyries belong to Norse tradition, and the harpy is specifically the storm-linked Greek bird-woman.