Bird

Bird
Health points	8
Behavior	Passive
Spawn	Opaque blocks with at least one block space above them.
Sounds	Blue grosbeak Canary Cardinal Crow Mourning dove Parrot
Drops	Feather (0–2)
Experience	1–3
Internal ID	?
Namespaced ID	bird

“	That's really the whole point of the birds, atmosphere. I'm trying to put some color and life in the MC world. Although some peeps may start practicing with their bows...	„
	—DrZhark

Birds are flying tamable mobs.

Spawning

Natural generation

Birds spawn on grass blocks at light levels of 9 or more with at least 1 block space above. They often spawn in groups of 2–4 during world generation.

Appearance

Birds come in six different colors: blue, green, black, white, yellow, and red. Each type of bird comes with its own unique song.

Drops

Birds drop 0-2 feathers when killed. This can be increased with the Looting enchantment. They drop 1-3 experience when killed by a player or tamed wolf.

Behavior

A player with a tamed cardinal on their head.

Birds are passive mobs, and tend to hop on the ground instead of walking. They wander and fly arond aimlessly, singing or chirping occasionally. They usually stay out of water, but if in water, they will try to stay afloat by flapping their wings. Birds are attracted to wheat seeds, and will eat any within a few blocks. If the player is harvesting wheat, any birds nearby will fly over to come and eat the seeds. There is a risk to an early harvest if the birds happen to trample on the crops . This can be prevented by having a tamed wolf, cat or other pet sit near the crops to scare the birds off, or building a roof over farms.

Trees

Birds are attracted to and fly around trees; they will search for any nearby leaves and once they find leaves, they will search for any nearby logs. Once logs have been found they will fly towards the top of the tree/structure. Birds will sometimes get stuck under a tree if they are trying to fly on top of it.

Taming

To tame a bird, drop seeds on the ground by using Q and then on the bird after they have eaten the seeds, which will show the naming screen. Taming birds can be difficult to achieve, as it requires patience, and you will need to keep your distance so the bird can eat the seeds.

Picking up

A tamed bird will go on the player's head when the player right-clicks on it. When on the player's head, the player can perform long-distance horizontal jumps (as if they had the Slow Falling effect) and also become immune to fall damage. If the player is riding a horse, wyvern or other mountable mob with a bird on their head, it will gain a massive speed boost and become very difficult to control.

Tamed birds can be healed with seeds, either by dropping seeds at the bird or right-clicking it.

History

Version	Additions and Changes
v2.1	Added birds.
v2.1.1	Changed the bird's wings. Artificially increased spawn rate of birds. Made birds tamable.
v2.3	Once tamed, birds won't eat seeds (they still will be attracted to seeds). Some performance tweaking on the birds (decreases CPU load). Other minor tweaks to the birds' AI.
v2.5.1	Fixed wing flipping bug in birds.
v2.5.3	Tamed birds will eat seeds again.
v2.8.1	Fixed bird spawning.
v2.9.4	You can pick up tamed birds that can help you glide.
v2.10	Fixed wrong sound when lifting a tamed bird.
v2.11	Fixed bug with birds not riding minecarts.
v3.5.0	Fixed bird feet thanks to Xotano.
v3.6.0	Increased bird's health.
v4.2.0	Fixed pet mounting (birds).
v4.3.1	You can now name your tamed birds by using an amulet or book.
v4.4.0	Birds can be healed with seeds. Rope can be used on tamed birds.
v4.5.0	Tamed birds won't be named every time they eat seeds.
v5.2.4	Fixed possible NPE with birds.
v6.0.0 DEV	Fixed birds not being afraid of the player.

Trivia

• Unlike the vast majority of other mobs, birds don't have hurt or death sounds, though this could be a bug.
• The six types of birds are modeled after the blue grosbeak, parrot, crow, mourning dove, canary, and cardinal.
• Birds can be used to glide safely from heights without the risk of falling to your own death.

Gallery

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  A crow and a dove.

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  A group of birds going for some seeds.

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  Several birds flying around near a tree.

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  Birds in an enclosure.

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  A bird in mid-flight.