Parrot

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Parrot
	25
	Seeds Meat (Only on Cage)
	Can be Trapped (Only Bird Trap)
	2 Days
Drops	50%, 50%
Special Ability	Drops and eats
	Does not stack
	"parrot"

Parrot
	25
	Seeds Meat (Only on Cage)
	Can be Trapped (Only Bird Trap)
	2 Days
Drops	50%, 50%
Special Ability	Drops and eats
	Does not stack
	"parrot_blue"

“I find myself fresh out of crackers.”

–Wilson

“What a fiery color of red you are.”

–Willow

“Chatty bird!”

–Wolfgang

“Is it my ears, or does the creature chatter a lonesome monologue?”

–Wendy

“THIS BIRD WISHES TO CONVERSATE”

–WX-78

“It is a colorful tropical bird.”

–Wickerbottom

“Shoo, filthy featherbag.”

–Woodie

“Hm. Colorful.”

–Maxwell

“A brightly colored bird, native to this region.”

–Wagstaff

“Höld yöur töngue, bird!”

–Wigfrid

“Aren't you a chatty fellow.”

–Webber

“Will you ever stop squawking?”

–Walani

“I can't recall any parrot recipes...”

–Warly

“Ye's a smart pretty bird.”

–Woodlegs

“HARK! HARK!”

–Wilba

“Pretty Tweeter!”

–Wormwood

“Could you get some of your friends together to fly me away from here?”

–Wheeler

“An azure bird.”

–Wilson

“Never seen a bird like that.”

–Willow

“Is blue bird.”

–Wolfgang

“A parrot as blue as me.”

–Wendy

“BEAUTIFUL PLUMAGE DOES NOT COMPUTE”

–WX-78

“Psittaciformes Norwegianae, perhaps?”

–Wickerbottom

“Beautiful plummage.”

–Woodie

“Remarkable bird.”

–Maxwell

“Remarkable! Truly beautiful plumage!”

–Wagstaff

“A Nörwegian bird öf blue.”

–Wigfrid

“Remarkable bird!”

–Webber

“Beautiful plumage, parrot-dude!”

–Walani

“Hello Polly!”

–Warly

“Blue as th'sea.”

–Woodlegs

“'ELLO POLLY!”

–Wilba

“Blue Tweeter”

–Wormwood

“Beautiful wings. Can I use 'em?”

–Wheeler

In the Shipwrecked DLC, Parrots replace Redbirds, in that they will drop the same type of feather. Parrots will only spawn and land on Jungle Turf.

In the Hamlet DLC, there is also a blue variety of the Parrot, which drops Azure Feather and land on all kinds of Rainforest.

They fly down from off-screen and peck the ground for a few moments, then fly away. When they take flight, there is a chance that Seeds are left behind, unless it's interiors . Birds will also be attracted to Seeds left on the ground. If the player or most other mobs get too close, birds will be frightened away. Birds won't land on Sticky Webbing and will swiftly fly away if they already lands.

When killed, birds drop a Morsel or a Feather, and all other birds nearby will fly away. They are considered innocent creatures and killing them directly adds points to the player's naughtiness level, which causes Krampus to appear. Killing a Crow adds 1 point to the player's naughtiness level while killing a Redbird or Snowbird adds 2 points to the player's naughtiness level.

In the Shipwrecked and Hamlet DLCs, Birds take 100 poison damge per interval instead of normal 2. Birds won't land on flooding tiles, and will swiftly fly away if they already lands and the flooding spreads.

Hunting

Parrots can be caught using a Bird Trap. Placing the trap on the ground will eventually catch a bird even without bait. Adding bait such as Seeds or Berries will greatly decrease the time it takes to catch one. They can be Murdered by right-clicking them in inventory to produce a Feather or Morsel, or be cooked on a fire for a Cooked Morsel. Birds in the player's inventory can be dropped on the ground and will flop on the ground belly-up for a short while before flying off. They can also be imprisoned in Bird Cages.

Hunting Birds requires a ranged weapon such as a Boomerang. Birds will not land within melee range (even if bait is placed on the ground) and will fly away when the player approaches. However, if they are put to sleep when using characters with a normal damage modifier, they can be killed in 1 hit with a sufficient melee weapon.

If a bird is in flight while in range of a sleeping item's effect, it will plummet to the ground and can be picked up as an item.

Wearing a Feather Hat will increase the number of Birds spawning as well as decreasing the time between spawns. Using Birds of the World (while playing as Wickerbottom) will also cause a large number of them to land.

One can send a Smallbird to attack a Bird. This can be done without the bird getting frightened and without raising naughtiness.

They take one blast from the Ice Staff to be frozen and one Sleep Dart to be put to sleep.

Usage

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Tips

• When bait-trapping Birds for their Feathers, players should make sure to do so on Turf in which specific Birds will spawn, so that they get specific Feathers. Redbirds and Snowbirds spawn most commonly on Grass Turf, while Crows spawn on Rocky Turf and all player-made turfs.
• If the player doesn't want any Feathers from the Birds, cooking them alive provides a guaranteed Cooked Morsel. Note that this means sacrificing the option of turning the Bird into Small Jerky, since cooked meat cannot be hung on a Drying Rack.
• If the player character has a damage modifier < 1, Boomerangs will not kill birds with one hit, allowing them to flee. Alternatively, the player can use an Ice Staff to freeze the bird then use melee to kill them.
• If placed in a Hamlet interior, birds will flop around on the floor, upside down. They will not fly away and can be picked up again.

Trivia

• Meat such as Morsels previously attracted Crows. However, Morsels can no longer be used as a bait in traps and will not attract Crows to their location.
• The red parrot appears to be based on the green-winged macaw.
• Woodie strongly dislikes birds. He says they are evil and should be punished.
• Wickerbottom refers to several of the birds by their scientific names. The blue Parrot from Hamlet: "Psittaciformes Norwegianae". Psittaciformes is the real-world order containing all parrots. "Norwegianae" is likely a reference to the fictional Norwegian Blue parrot from Monty Python's famous comedy sketch.
• Parrot Pirates, upon being caught, will have a name and will occasionally speak from the inventory as red text appearing above the player's head.
• A red version of the Blue Parrot is seen in the animated short Lunar Roots, however they cannot be found in game.

Gallery

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  Parrot and Toucan on the official Shipwrecked promo art.

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  Wormwood trying to fit in with Parrots in his animated short Lunar Roots.