Shot With A Crossbow

[Candyian]

Answer is a bird

[fiction-factory]

These would be better in Quizzes and Puzzles section. You can combine several clues in one post as long as you number them

[elliemay1]

(cock)robin

[gness]

Albatross?

[mallyh]

thought he was killed with a bow and arrow ?

[JJ109]

I said the sparrow with my bow and arrow

[elliemay1]

It's wrong, I know!

[mallyh]

i mean ^^^^cock robin

[gness]

From The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

[elliemay1]

Agree with gness:
//In the poem, an albatross starts to follow a ship — being followed by an albatross was generally considered a sign of good luck. However, the titular mariner shoots the albatross with a crossbow, which is regarded as an act that will curse the ship (which indeed suffers terrible mishaps).//