Welcome to Exotic Birds – a Minecraft mod that adds some amazing exotic birds to your world! If you’d love to see birds such as peacocks, parrots and hummingbirds, don’t hesitate to click the download button below!
[1.8.9] Exotic Birds 1.0.3A (Dropbox via AdFly)
[1.7.10] Exotic Birds 1.0.3B (Dropbox via AdFly)
[1.8] Exotic Birds 1.0.0 (Dropbox via AdFly)
[1.8] Exotic Birds 1.0.1 (Dropbox via AdFly)
[1.8] Exotic Birds 1.0.2c (Dropbox via AdFly)
[1.7.10] Exotic Birds 1.0.0a (Dropbox via AdFly)
[1.7.10] Exotic Birds 1.0.1b (Dropbox via AdFly)
[1.7.10] Exotic Birds 1.0.2c (Dropbox via AdFly)
*Take note: This mod is not compatible with the very old versions of this mod (2+ years)*
Cassowary
Hearts: 
x 10
Habitat: Forest, Birch Forest, Taiga, Savannah
Tempted by: Apples.
Can be bred? Yes.
Information: A very large, protective mob. It is passive, but when attacked will become hostile. The babies look different to the parents.
Duck
Hearts: x 3
Habitat: Rivers, Beaches
Tempted by: Bread.
Can be bred? Yes.
Varieties: 2
Information: A small bird found by rivers and beaches. It makes the well known 'quack'. The baby ducklings are yellow so you don't know if it's a duck or a drake until it grows up.
Flamingo
Hearts: x 6
Habitat: ?
Tempted by: Wheat seeds.
Can be bred? Yes.
Information: A fairly large pink bird. Can be found where there is water. They will stand on one leg to conserve body heat.
Gouldian Finch
Hearts: x 3
Habitat: Jungles
Tempted by: Wheat seeds.
Varieties: 6
Can be bred? Yes.
Information: These small, colourful birds are found in jungles. They make quiet chirping sounds and prefer leaving on their own in the wild.
Hummingbird
Hearts: x 1
Habitat: Plains, Forest, Birch Forest, Roofed Forest
Tempted by: Sugar.
Varieties: 5
Can be bred? No.
Information: These are very small, colourful birds that make a lot of noise. They hover around and flap their wings really fast. They can be attracted by holding sugar.
Extra: Summon the different types by doing /summon exoticbirds.EB_Hummingbird ~ ~ ~ {Type:0-4}
Kingfisher
Hearts: x 3
Can be bred? No.
Habitat: Beach, River, Swampland
Information: These are small, quiet birds that live around water. Occasionally they will swoop in, retrieve a fish and fly around with it in their mouth.
Kiwi
Hearts: x 2
Habitat: Jungles, Forests
Tempted by: Wheat seeds.
Can be bred? Yes.
Information: A very small bird. It lays the largest egg in relation to body size of any bird.
Lyrebird
Hearts: x 4
Habitat: ?
Tempted by: Wheat seeds.
Varieties: 2
Can be bred? Yes.
Information: Very clever birds capable of mimicking animals. During the day they will copy sheep/cow/pig noises and at night they will start replicating zombie/skeleton/creeper noises. The males have orange tail feathers, whereas the females do not.
Magpie
Hearts: x 6
Habitat: Forest, Birch Forest, Roofed Forest, Taiga
Tempted by: Wheat seeds.
Can be bred? Yes.
Information: These are medium sized walking birds. Occasionally they will 'scavenge' and hold something in their mouth. You can retrieve this item by hitting them, but it will take a while for them to scavenge again, or be more kind and 'swap' the item using wheat seeds. You can hear them via the chatter they make.
Extra: Summon a magpie holding something with /summon exoticbirds.EB_Magpie ~ ~ ~ {Equipment:[{id:clock}]}. This was coded to support ingots and compasses, so some items such as swords render incorrectly.
Ostrich
Hearts: x 11
Habitat: Desert
Tempted by: Apples.
Can be bred? Yes.
Information: These are enormous birds that can be found in dry biomes. They lay the largest egg of any other bird.
Owl
Hearts: x 6
Habitat: Forests, Swamp
Tempted by: Rotten Flesh.
Varieties: 3
Can be bred? Yes.
Information: Owls are medium sized birds that will spawn in forests. They will normally only appear as individuals. They will fly away if attacked. Their eyes glow in the dark.
Parrot
Hearts: x 4 (untamed) or x 10 (tamed)
Habitat: Jungle, Forest, Birch Forest
Tempted by: Wheat seeds.
Varieties: 4
Can be bred? Yes.
Information: These colourful birds can be found in jungles. They can be tamed using wheat seeds and will follow you like wolves. You can also make them sit, walk or fly by right clicking them.
Extra: Summon a tamed parrot using /summon exoticbirds.EB_Parrot ~ ~ ~ {Owner:Username}
Peafowl
Hearts: x 6
Habitat: Plains, Jungle, Forest, Birch Forest, Roofed Forest
Tempted by: Wheat seeds.
Varieties: 3
Can be bred? Yes.
Information: These birds were the first bird to be added to the mod. They can be found wandering around the world. The peacocks can be told apart from the peahens by the colourful plumage. Right clicking a peacock will change whether its train (tail feathers) are open or closed. You can also mate two peafowl using wheat seeds! There is also an elusive Albino Peafowl. Rumours say it lays golden eggs.
psssst... /summon exoticbirds.EB_Peafowl ~ ~ ~ {Type:2}
Pelican
Hearts: x 6
Habitat: Beach, River
Tempted by: Fish.
Can be bred? Yes.
Information: Pelicans are fairly large birds that live by bodies of water.
Penguin
Hearts: x 2 (Should be 5, but I messed up. Will be fixed next update)
Habitat: Cold Taiga
Tempted by: Fish.
Can be bred? Yes.
Information: Penguins are medium sized birds that live in cold biomes. They move pretty slowly, which is known as a waddle.
Phoenix
Hearts: x 100
Habitat: Does not spawn.
Can be bred? No.
Information: Phoenixes are large mythical creatures made out of fire. They can only be hatched out of Phoenix eggs with a light level of 9/10/11. Adult phoenixes can be saddled and flown. To fly up, look up. To fly down, look down. Upon death they drop a phoenix egg, so you will be able to rebirth your phoenix.
Pigeon
Hearts: x 4
Habitat: Forests, Plains
Tempted by: Wheat seeds.
Varieties: 2
Can be bred? Yes.
Information: Pigeons tend to be classed as vermin is certain areas of the world. In this mod there are two variants, the wood pigeon and the rock dove. They make a coo-ing noise so will be quite easy to find!
Roadrunner
Hearts: x 6
Habitat: Desert, Mesa, Savannah
Tempted by: Wheat seeds.
Can be bred? Yes.
Information: A very very fast desert bird. It doesn't make much noise, but you won't be able to miss it! To get close, you need to be holding wheat seeds.
Seagull
Hearts: x 4
Habitat: Beach, River, Ocean
Can be bred? No.
Information: Seagulls will be found in near any biome with water. They will swoop round in circles and won't stop!
Swan
Hearts: x 6
Habitat: Beach, River, Ocean
Tempted by: Wheat seeds.
Varieties: 4
Can be bred? Yes.
Information: These birds can be found in any biome by water. As this is their natural habitat, you will often find them swimming in rivers. You can hear them by the harsh honking sounds they make.Toucan
Hearts: x 4
Habitat: Jungle, Savannah
Tempted by: Wheat seeds.
Varieties: 3
Can be bred? Yes.
Information: These birds can be found in tropical biomes. They have large colourful beaks and make a distinctive call.
Vulture
Hearts: x 7
Habitat: Desert, Mesa
Tempted by: Meat.
Can be bred? Yes.
Information: A very large bird that can be found in deserts. They will fly into the sky and circle whilst looking for prey.
Woodpecker
Hearts: x 4
Habitat: Forest, Birch Forest, Roofed Forest
Varieties: 3
Can be bred? No.
Information: You can find these birds high up in trees merrily pecking away holes. They will make a sound when doing so, meaning you will know when one is nearby. When disturbed they will fly to find another tree.
Blocks, Items and Crafting Recipes
Bird Meat
Bird Meat is dropped by all of the birds. Just place the raw meat in a furnace to cook yourself some tasty grub!
Book of Birds
This book tells you about all of the birds in game. It includes their picture, the scientific name and a little caption about them. It can be crafted using a normal book and a peacock feather, like so:
Eggs
Eggs can be found in two ways: collected from nests, or laid by birds. All eggs have a 10% chance of spawning a chick when thrown. This can be increased up to 50% by crafting the eggs with blaze powder, adding 20% each time. Any attempt to increase after 50% will consume the powder, but not increase the chance.
There are also unidentifed eggs. These are black with a question mark on them. To indentify these, you must use the egg sorter. See below.
Eggshell
This item will occasionally drop from nests, and also when you throw any of the bird eggs. It can be used like bonemeal to speed up the growth of plants and to grow flowers.
Egg Identifier:
It can be crafted using the following recipe:
Placing unidentified eggs in the top slot and redstone dust in the bottom will result in the eggs being identified. This is not always successful and may produce eggshells.
Incubator:
The incubator can be crafted using the following recipe:
Placing eggs in the top slots and blaze powder in the bottom will level up the eggs. This machine allows the spawn rate to go all the way to 100%! It works on multiple eggs too!
Nests:
Probably the most important part of the mod. You will find these nests sitting atop leaves in your world. Breaking them will drop 0-3 different bird eggs and some sticks. Empty nests can be crafted using the following recipe.
You may right click on the nests to open the GUI.
Peacock Feather:
Dropped by peacocks, these feathers can be used to craft the Book of Birds.
Phoenix Dust:
This dust is used to create a phoenix egg. It can be found as a rare item in abandoned mineshaft chests. One is dropped by a phoenix upon death.
Phoenix Egg:
Phoenix eggs are used to hatch the mythical phoenix. They require a light level of 9 or above to hatch (a flame particle effect will appear when the light level is suitable). These can be found as a rare item in a monster dungeon, extremely rarely found in nests, or crafted by surrounding a chicken egg in phoenix dust.
Phoenix Feather:
Dropped by a phoenix upon death. This feather does not yet do anything.
This mod requires the latest version of Minecraft Forge which can be found here: Forge Download. You then drag the .jar file into your mods folder, just like you would with any other mod.
Finally: The Exotic Birds mod is made by me (Pavocado/Pavo_Reality). If you would like to use this mod in a mod compilation, feel free! Just make sure you give appropriate credit and link back to this page. Apart from that, please do not redistribute any part of this mod. You are welcome to share a link to this forum page though!
For more updates on this mod, please follow me on twitter @Pavo_Reality or join the Exotic Birds Discord
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Way more epic than epic
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Forgot to mention that this is Paper Mario.
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