Other Birds#

One family of Wild Animals: 39 animals, levels 1 to 11. Reading the tables says what each column means.

Songbirds, parrots, pigeons and the big walking birds.

Animal	Level	Health	AC	Bite	Group	Tame	Worth	Lives in
Long-Tailed Sylphtiny · weakA hummingbird with a blue-green tail twice the length of its body that hovers at flowers in the forests and meadows of Crecia and Tharsis. Despite the name it has nothing to do with any sprite.	1	5	3	1d4	1	DC 6	30
Mockingbirdtiny · weakA gray bird with white wing patches that copies every sound it hears: other birds, a squeaky gate, a drawn bowstring. It lives in the scrub and grassland of Crecia and Amari. Scouts hate them, since one can copy a whistle signal well enough to send a whole party the wrong way.	1	5	4	1d2	1	DC 4	25
Ruby-Crowned Kinglettiny · weakA tiny olive bird with a red crest it raises only when angry, which is often. It flits through the pines of Tharsis and New Saellem all winter.	1	5	4	1d4	1	DC 3	10
Amari Lovebirdtiny · weakA small green parrot with a salmon-pink face, always in pairs and always pressed together on the same branch. Amari lovebirds live in the hills and scrub of Amari and Crecia. They sell as a pair or not at all; split them up and the one you kept stops eating.	2	6	5	1d4	1-2	DC 7	15
Sunbirdtiny · weakMetallic green and purple, this tiny nectar-feeder hangs upside down from flowers to drink. It is common in the gardens and scrub of Crecia and Amari.	2	6	4	1d2	1	DC 8	25
Paradise Tanagertiny · weakA small songbird colored like a painter’s tray, with a green head and a red rump. It travels in mixed flocks through the forests and scrub of Crecia and Tharsis. Collectors buy them for cages.	2	7	4	1d4	1	DC 5	15
Hummingbirdtiny · weakA bird no bigger than a thumb that hangs in the air in front of a flower and is gone when you blink. Hummingbirds feed in the woods of Tharsis, Esthar and New Saellem and around the warm springs, and will chase off a bee twice their weight. Nobody hunts them; there wouldn’t be anything left.	2	8	4	1d4	1	DC 5	15
Purple Martintiny · weakA glossy blue-black swallow that hunts insects on the wing over fields and water all across Sedia. Farmers hang hollow gourds for it to nest in, since a colony keeps the flies down.	2	8	4	1d4	1	DC 5	20
White-Winged Dovetiny · weakWhite-winged doves flock on the high tundra and dry scrub of Jewall and New Saellem, calling a soft ‘who cooks for you’ at dawn. They’re good eating and easy to snare. Plenty of Jewall households keep a few in a coop.	2	8	3	1d4	1	DC 5	10
Woodpeckertiny · weakYou hear it long before you see it: a hard knock on bark, over and over, high up the trunk. Woodpeckers work the forests of Tharsis, Esthar and New Saellem and bother nobody but the trees. Tamed, it keeps knocking, so it’s no pet for a quiet house.	2	8	2	1d4	1	DC 5	5
Dhjarian Bulbulsmall · weakA brown songbird with a yellow patch under the tail, the dhjarian bulbul sings from the Dhjarian Pines and the other forests of Esthar and Tharsis. It eats berries and is a common cage bird in the Inner City. Easy to tame, hard to shut up.	2	11	5	1d4	1	DC 5	10
Fan-Tailed Ravensmall · weakA black raven with a short tail that spreads like a fan in flight. Fan-tailed ravens nest in graveyards and cemeteries all over Sedia and are clever enough to open a latched lid. Tamed, they bring you shiny things, some of which belonged to the dead.	2	11	4	1d4	1-2	DC 3	35	·
Orange Winged Parrotsmall · weakA green parrot that only shows its orange when it flies. Pairs of them screech through woods and scrub across most of Sedia and can strip a fruit tree in an afternoon. It’s cheap to buy and easy to tame, so plenty of farmhouses keep one by the door as a noisy watchman.	2	11	4	1d4	1	DC 4	30
Darkwood Bulbultiny · regularA small olive bulbul with a scruffy crest that sings in the undergrowth of Darkwood and the other forests of Tharsis, Esthar and New Saellem. Darkwood bulbuls travel in noisy pairs. A handful of berries is all it takes to catch one.	3	9	6	1d4	1	DC 5	10
Menusian Bird-Of-Paradisetiny · regularA tiny bird in scarlet and yellow with a bald blue crown and two tail wires that curl like a mustache. The males clear a patch of ground in the coastal scrub of Menusia and Amari and dance on it for anyone who’ll watch. Collectors pay well for a live one.	3	9	6	1d4	1	DC 5	40
Mountain Bluebirdtiny · weakA small sky-blue bird of open high country that hovers over the grass before dropping on insects. Shepherds in Jewall and Crecia call it good luck.	3	9	6	1d4	1	DC 5	10
White-Winged Collared Dovetiny · weakA pale dove with a black half-collar that flashes white in the wings when it flies. It coos the same soft three notes from the scrub of Crecia and Amari all day long. Tamed doves are cheap and always come home, so couriers on the Crecian roads keep them.	3	9	6	1d4	1	DC 5	10
Black-Backed Grosbeaktiny · weakA thick-billed finch, black above and orange below, that cracks seeds no other bird can open. It feeds along the forest edges and scrub of Crecia, Tharsis and Esthar and sings well enough to sell to a songbird dealer.	3	10	5	1d4	1-2	DC 5	10
Yellow-Throated Hanging-Parrottiny · weakA tiny green parrot that sleeps hanging upside down like a bat. Hanging-parrots live in the cliff scrub of Jewall and New Saellem and come down to the valley orchards when the fruit is ripe. Kept in a cage, it hangs from the top bar and stares at you.	3	11	4	1d4	1	DC 6	20
Yellow-Crested Cockatoosmall · weakA white cockatoo with a yellow crest that it raises when it’s annoyed, which is often. It screams its way through the forests of Menusia and Amari. Reach for one carelessly and it’ll take the end of your finger.	3	12	3	1d4	1	DC 4	15
Hoopoesmall · weakA cinnamon bird with a black and white barred crest that it fans like a hand of cards. It probes the ground for grubs in the grasslands and woods of Crecia and Amari. Its nest smells terrible, on purpose.	3	13	6	1d4	1	DC 5	50
Sandgrousesmall · weakA pigeon-shaped desert bird, sand-colored and hard to see, that lives in the deserts of Dumasque and Moria. The males soak their belly feathers at water holes and carry the water back to their chicks. Follow a flock flying out at dawn and you’ll find something to drink.	3	13	4	1d4	1	DC 5	5
Western Meadowlarksmall · weakA plump songbird with a yellow breast and a black bib, singing from a reed tip in the fens of Tharsis and the swamps of Menusia. Its song carries a long way over open marsh. A meadowlark that stops singing has seen something you haven’t.	3	13	4	1d4	1	DC 8	20
Yellow-Crowned Parakeetsmall · weakA small green parakeet with a yellow forehead that chatters in flocks through the forests of Menusia and Amari. It’s easy to tame and stays tame. Sailors out of Amari keep them aboard for luck.	3	13	4	1d4	1	DC 5	20
Kakaposmall · weakA fat, flightless green parrot that walks everywhere and smells faintly of honey. Kakapos live on the forest floor of Menusia and Amari and freeze when threatened, which works on hawks and not on anyone carrying a sack. Gentle, slow and almost impossible to anger.	3	14	4	1d4	1	DC 6	10
Roadrunnersmall · regularA long-legged ground bird with a ragged crest that would rather run than fly, and runs faster than a man. It hunts lizards and snakes across the dry scrub and badlands of Crecia, Amari and Moria and beats them to death on rocks. It doesn’t back down from a rattlesnake and won’t back down from you.	3	14	6	1d4	1	DC 5	40
White-Throated Swiftsmall · weakWhite-throated swifts dart over the warm coastal forests and grasslands in screaming flocks, catching insects on the wing. They almost never land and nest in cliff cracks no one can reach. Catching one takes luck and a fine net.	3	14	4	1d4	1	DC 5	15
Wrinkled Hornbillsmall · weakA big black hornbill with a red casque that looks folded like old leather. It hops through the scrub of Crecia and Amari eating fruit and lizards, and its wingbeats sound like someone shaking out a wet sheet. Carvers buy the casque.	3	14	4	1d4	1	DC 4	5
Hooded Oriolesmall · regularBright yellow-orange with a black throat, the hooded oriole weaves a hanging nest in the coastal palms of Menusia, Amari and the Morian shore. It’s skittish and fast. A tamed one sings well enough to sell.	4	15	4	1d4	1	DC 8	35
Yellow-Eyed Starlingsmall · weakA glossy dark starling with staring yellow eyes that nests in noisy colonies in the forests of Menusia and Amari. A colony sounds like an argument, and the ground under the tree is white. It’s worth little, though one taught to whistle fetches a few vern.	4	15	4	1d4	1	DC 5	15
Yellow-Shouldered Blackbirdsmall · regularA glossy black bird with a yellow patch on each shoulder. It nests in the forests of Tharsis, Esthar and New Saellem and gets bold around camps, pulling food out of open packs. It bites harder than a bird that size has any right to.	4	15	4	1d6	1	DC 6	10
Yellow Billed Cuckoosmall · weakA slim brown bird with a curved yellow bill that hides in the leaves and calls before rain. Woodsmen in Tharsis use it as a weather sign, and it’s right more often than they are. Harmless and hard to spot.	5	16	5	1d4	1	DC 4	10
Yellow-Legged Pigeonsmall · weakA gray pigeon with bright yellow legs that feeds on seed across the grassland and scrub of Crecia, Amari and Tharsis. It’s dull, common and edible, and often the first thing a new hunter brings home.	5	16	5	1d4	1	DC 4	15
Yellowish Imperial Pigeonsmall · regularA large pale pigeon, cream going to yellow, that roosts on cliff ledges in the mountains of Jewall and New Saellem. Flocks wheel down the valleys at dusk to feed. They’re slow to spook and good eating, so dwarven hunters take them with slings.	5	16	5	1d4	1	DC 4	15
Prairie Chickensmall · weakA barred brown grouse of the open prairie in Crecia, Tharsis and Esthar. In spring the males puff up orange sacs on their necks and boom at each other at dawn, loud enough to wake a camp. They tame easily and lay well, so plenty of Crecian farms keep a few.	5	17	4	1d4	2-4	DC 5	70
Crecian Thrushsmall · weakA plain gray-brown thrush that sings from fence posts and thorn bushes across the Crecian prairie and the Amari hills. Farmers like it because it eats the grubs that eat their crops. Easy to tame and easy to lose: it goes back to its post at the first chance.	6	18	4	1d4	1	DC 5	5
Scarlet Macawsmall · weakA red parrot with blue and yellow wings and a voice that carries a mile. Scarlet macaws turn up nearly anywhere on Sedia, from the Crecian prairie to the Morian badlands. Tamed, one learns a few words, and it always learns the wrong ones first.	6	18	5	1d4	1	DC 5	20
Great Bustardmedium · weakA heavy gray-brown bird with a white belly and whiskers of feather at its chin, one of the heaviest birds on Sedia that can still fly. Oddly, it struts among the headstones of graveyards and cemeteries, picking at the grass and beetles. Groundskeepers leave it alone because it keeps both down.	6	22	4	1d4	1-3	DC 6	40
Ostrichlarge · weakA flightless bird taller than a man that runs the grasslands of Crecia, Amari and Moria. It can outrun a horse over short ground, and its kick can kill a wolf. One egg feeds a family, and the plumes sell in every Crecian market.	11	30	5	1d8	1	DC 7	40