Hawk

are commonly used for communication between villages. Takamaru and Tobimaru both belong to Sunagakure, with the former being the village's fastest messenger hawk. Sasuke Uchiha is also able to summon hawks, which he can use for flight. Sasuke used his hawk to deflect Danzō's wind technique. It is unknown when Sasuke acquired the contract to summon Hawks.

In "Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire", San had a hawk-like creature at his disposal, that appears to have been mutated through the Chimera Technique.