Post by Nessa Pheles on Mar 31, 2022 3:42:13 GMT
Singular: Birbozard
Plural: Birbozards
Group: A Cacophony of Birbozards
Communication - Similar noises to a Parrot type avian with occasional random words mixed in that they pick up from humanoids around them
Size Ranges – Ranks dictate Size
Colorations – Colors are fairly varied with no real rhyme or reason
Naming Convention -- Owner of the critter chooses, they don’t mind what they get called, be ready to hear it yelled across your home though
General Information
Proof positive one should be careful when they think too loudly and the IF is bored, these entities are a strange mishmash of avian and reptile. Their feathered portion doesn’t have as stark a line as some see in things like Gryphons, often shown by a frill of feathers following their spine till the tail tip is capped with the tailfeathers seen on normal parrots. Unlike their fully avian counterparts these Birbozards have teeth behind the keratinous edge of their beaks. In headshape it appears to be somewhat long, akin to a varanid lizard. Right along with the flexible neck and torso. Their feet however are zygodactyl in the front and reptilian in the hind.
Despite the size range from small dog to something less than a hand length the creatures all have the ability to wall cling like a gecko. Their wings, unlike the birds their front halves mimic, may be larger than average to account for the denser reptilian half of the creatures dragging in flight. The various ranks can interbreed without much trouble, though it’s usually smaller breeds of male that somehow attract a larger female.
Mating Information
Males get rather hormonal in the Spring and will swing between yelling for any nearby female’s attention and oddly focused attempts to turn anything remotely den-like into a nest. Be it a basket with your yarn or a hole in a tree, even a ledge on the wall if there’s one big enough to weave sticks into a nest in the area. If another male is in the area they won’t necessarily get violent but they will try to outdo each other. Both in terms of volume and how creative their nest hole gets.
Females on the other hand get broody at the extreme end or very mother hen-like over their person. Hormones aside, the breeding process is pretty straightforward and eggs are created after about the same gestation time as a Firelizard.
Bonding Information
Being a curious species they may find a bond because of something as simple as ‘they have a shiny thing on them’ so something like firelizards in that regard, with less emphasis on ‘whatever has food’.
Ranks
Macaw Rank
5*
Macaw class Birbozards are the largest at around 3 feet long from end of beak to the end of their long tail. They can be quite playful but also need alot of distraction from potentially dismantling your home area. As far as colors go their patterns tend toward swatches of color ranging from a bright primary to cooler splashes of color on the wings and tail. Females of this class consistently lay up to 4 eggs a breeding season.
Cockatoo Rank
4*
They are around 2 and a half feet long and seem plain colored most of the time compared to the others. But they make up for it in volume. Even if their front half is primarily white their scaled half can be quite vibrantly patterned, much like a Terran Iguana crossed with a gecko. While 4 eggs is not unheard of, usually 3 is more often seen with the females of this rank. Like the Macaw rank they need stimulation and distraction from things that are not meant as toys or a person will find their things disassembled. Can be very chatty even if all they are doing is babbling noises at you or another creature.
Tiel Rank
3*
The second most plain colored Birbozard rank, usually being white, gray/white or yellow on the front half. Length is pretty consistent at 1 and a half feet long, not accounting for the tiny ‘frill’ of a crest they can almost point forward over their beak. Males and Females of this rank like to show off by mimicking how someone whistles more than words. Will occasionally show a level of intelligence by repeating something to make their person laugh if they are upset. Females ordinarily lay between 2 and 3 eggs a season.
Keet Rank
2*
These little imitators more often imitate noises than words and are around 1 foot long with feathers in a riot of colors between green yellow blue and white unless interbred with a Macaw variant. Due to their size 2 eggs are common but three is rare for Females.
Parrotlet Rank
1*
At half a foot in length these are the smallest Birbozard but they can have a personality as big as a Macaw, bravely approaching even dragons making chattery noises or repeating half heard words they caught from humans. Their colors are most often solid leaning toward blue or green as a primary coloration. Females are pretty consistent at one egg with a rare instance of two in a season.
Plural: Birbozards
Group: A Cacophony of Birbozards
Communication - Similar noises to a Parrot type avian with occasional random words mixed in that they pick up from humanoids around them
Size Ranges – Ranks dictate Size
Colorations – Colors are fairly varied with no real rhyme or reason
Naming Convention -- Owner of the critter chooses, they don’t mind what they get called, be ready to hear it yelled across your home though
General Information
Proof positive one should be careful when they think too loudly and the IF is bored, these entities are a strange mishmash of avian and reptile. Their feathered portion doesn’t have as stark a line as some see in things like Gryphons, often shown by a frill of feathers following their spine till the tail tip is capped with the tailfeathers seen on normal parrots. Unlike their fully avian counterparts these Birbozards have teeth behind the keratinous edge of their beaks. In headshape it appears to be somewhat long, akin to a varanid lizard. Right along with the flexible neck and torso. Their feet however are zygodactyl in the front and reptilian in the hind.
Despite the size range from small dog to something less than a hand length the creatures all have the ability to wall cling like a gecko. Their wings, unlike the birds their front halves mimic, may be larger than average to account for the denser reptilian half of the creatures dragging in flight. The various ranks can interbreed without much trouble, though it’s usually smaller breeds of male that somehow attract a larger female.
Mating Information
Males get rather hormonal in the Spring and will swing between yelling for any nearby female’s attention and oddly focused attempts to turn anything remotely den-like into a nest. Be it a basket with your yarn or a hole in a tree, even a ledge on the wall if there’s one big enough to weave sticks into a nest in the area. If another male is in the area they won’t necessarily get violent but they will try to outdo each other. Both in terms of volume and how creative their nest hole gets.
Females on the other hand get broody at the extreme end or very mother hen-like over their person. Hormones aside, the breeding process is pretty straightforward and eggs are created after about the same gestation time as a Firelizard.
Bonding Information
Being a curious species they may find a bond because of something as simple as ‘they have a shiny thing on them’ so something like firelizards in that regard, with less emphasis on ‘whatever has food’.
Ranks
Macaw Rank
5*
Macaw class Birbozards are the largest at around 3 feet long from end of beak to the end of their long tail. They can be quite playful but also need alot of distraction from potentially dismantling your home area. As far as colors go their patterns tend toward swatches of color ranging from a bright primary to cooler splashes of color on the wings and tail. Females of this class consistently lay up to 4 eggs a breeding season.
Cockatoo Rank
4*
They are around 2 and a half feet long and seem plain colored most of the time compared to the others. But they make up for it in volume. Even if their front half is primarily white their scaled half can be quite vibrantly patterned, much like a Terran Iguana crossed with a gecko. While 4 eggs is not unheard of, usually 3 is more often seen with the females of this rank. Like the Macaw rank they need stimulation and distraction from things that are not meant as toys or a person will find their things disassembled. Can be very chatty even if all they are doing is babbling noises at you or another creature.
Tiel Rank
3*
The second most plain colored Birbozard rank, usually being white, gray/white or yellow on the front half. Length is pretty consistent at 1 and a half feet long, not accounting for the tiny ‘frill’ of a crest they can almost point forward over their beak. Males and Females of this rank like to show off by mimicking how someone whistles more than words. Will occasionally show a level of intelligence by repeating something to make their person laugh if they are upset. Females ordinarily lay between 2 and 3 eggs a season.
Keet Rank
2*
These little imitators more often imitate noises than words and are around 1 foot long with feathers in a riot of colors between green yellow blue and white unless interbred with a Macaw variant. Due to their size 2 eggs are common but three is rare for Females.
Parrotlet Rank
1*
At half a foot in length these are the smallest Birbozard but they can have a personality as big as a Macaw, bravely approaching even dragons making chattery noises or repeating half heard words they caught from humans. Their colors are most often solid leaning toward blue or green as a primary coloration. Females are pretty consistent at one egg with a rare instance of two in a season.