In real life, parrots are stunning and fascinating creatures, and they’re just as wonderful to own in Minecraft. You will learn more about these birds from our guide, including how to train them. The five different parrot colors in the game are red, blue, green, cyan, and gray; they are all based on real-life parrot breeds.
In Minecraft, parrots are particularly useful creatures. They behave exactly the same in the game as they do in the real world, where they are primarily known for mimicking sounds. They will mimic certain nearby mobs’ sounds and can hear mobs up to 20 blocks away, though occasionally they will act completely at random. Parrots can mimic ravagers, pillagers, drowned, zombies, spiders, phantoms, and creepers. If you’re too busy doing your chores to notice a monster that might be approaching, this serves as a great warning sign.
Perching on shoulders
Moving through a ground-based, tamed parrot will cause it to perch on the player’s shoulder. A trained parrot can also fly to and perch on a player’s shoulder on its own, unless instructed to sit. A player can have one parrot on each shoulder. When a player’s left shoulder is empty, parrots always prefer it first.
A parrot dismounts its player when the player:
- does not land on a high enough surface (at least half a block up)
- drops off a ledge that is more than 1/4 block high
- takes damage
- submerges the players feet into the water of any height
- starts drowning
- sleeps on a bed
- the parrot dismounts and burns the player, even if they have Fire Resistance, as it submerges the player’s head in lava.
The direction that the player’s head is facing is always shared by any parrots perched on the shoulder.
When a player is dismounting while submerged in lava, a parrot on the player’s shoulder cannot take any damage but may suffer damage as soon as the player dismounts.
The inventory interface shows a parrot perched on a shoulder.
A parrot perched on a shoulder in the Bedrock Edition of the game blocks the player from using a Nether portal. [3].
Imitating sounds
Parrots mimic the idle noises of nearby hostile and some neutral hordes, such as the hiss of creepers; their detection range is 20 cubic blocks. Simply put, the noise made by the parrots is the mob mimicking itself at a higher pitch. A parrot occasionally mimics the sounds of throngs that aren’t present. [4].
Dancing Dancing parrots
If a music disc is inside a jukebox, parrots will flock to it. Parrots can even dance while perched on a player’s shoulder. This alludes to the Party Parrot meme (BE only). [5] The game doesn’t appear to have a real way to determine when the music stops, though, as the parrot keeps dancing even after the music stops as long as the disc is still in the jukebox. [6].
The dancing radius is 3 blocks from the jukebox. They stop dancing if they fly past this radius while dancing. If the music disc was put in before a parrot spawned, dismounted, or was within three blocks of it, it wouldn’t dance. [7].
In the Java Edition, trying to feed a parrot a cookie causes it to die right away and release poisonous particles. In the Bedrock Edition, giving a parrot a cookie causes it to be poisoned and die. This is a reference to the poisonous nature of chocolate to parrots.
Java Edition: For entity-dependent sound events, parrots use the Friendly Creatures sound category.
- ↑ 0.72-1.08 for all sounds except
death4, which is 0.56-0.84 - ↑ 0.72-1.08 for all sounds except
hurt1, which is 0.64-0.96 - ↑ a b
Mob imitations
Keep in mind that these are the authentic mob sounds, not the distorted ones that parrots make in-game. When making their ambient sound, parrots have a 0. 1%[verify] chance to trigger a random sound from this list if the difficulty is not Peaceful
- Due to a misassigned sound event in the Bedrock Edition, this sound does not play.
- ↑ – Parrots cannot imitate guardians
- Due to the absence of nosebreath and pant sounds, this sound only occurs less frequently than it should.
- Aside from the second instance of idle5, which is one, 26 .
Data values
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parrot | parrot |
30 |
entity.parrot.name |
Entity data
Entity data associated with parrots contains a variety of properties.
- Entity information Additional fields for player-tamable mobs Tags common to all entities Tags common to all mobs Variant: Indicates the parrot’s color variant; the default value is 0.
Parrot VariantMain article:
A parrot that is perched on a player’s shoulder no longer qualifies as a separate entity, and the player’s ShoulderEntityLeft or ShoulderEntityRight NBT now contains its entity data. See also Player. dat format.
Issues relating to “Parrot” are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
- The first of parrots, tweeted by Maria Lemón.
- Take note of how the parrots form a close circle around the villager.
- Parrots also crowd around hostile mobs, such as creepers.
- Particles of poison that surface if the player feeds parrots cookies
- Maria Lemón tweeted a picture of Steve, “the parrot king,” with parrots perched on his shoulders.
In other media
| Parrots on other default skins |
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How to Tame a Parrot in Minecraft (All Versions)
FAQ
Can you feed a parrot a cookie Minecraft?
Due to chocolate’s toxicity to parrots, feeding a parrot a cookie instantly kills it and causes it to release poisonous particles as it expires. In the Bedrock Edition, giving a cookie to a parrot causes it to be poisoned for a thousand seconds.
How do you feed a parrot?
Offer fruits, seeds, and nuts only occasionally, and emphasize raw, unsalted nuts and fresh berries in particular. Avoid giving peanuts, as these can be dangerous. You can also use other nuts, like almonds, pecans, and walnuts. Before giving food to a parrot, always check it for mold or rot.
