Ustad Mansur was a painter under the reign of Indian emperor Jahangir, early 17th century.Mansur was often called to paint foreign birds, such as the first turkey to enter the empire, and animals brought as presents to the emperor.

Probably of greatest value is Mansur's painting of a dodo. It is the only accurate depiction of the bird drawn from a living specimen. It was rediscovered in the collection of the Institute of Oriental studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and created a sensation at the International Ornithological Congress at Helsinki in 1958.