Editing Bird (Donkey Kong series)

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|image=[[File:Kuro.png|160px]]<br>Artwork of a Bird from ''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''

'''Birds'''<ref name=Atari8>Instruction manual for Atari 8-bit port{{page needed}}</ref> are flying corvid [[Nitpicker]]s that make their debut in the ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' arcade game. In most versions, they sport thick beaks and flap their wings in a brisk pace while flying.

'''Birds''',<ref name=Atari8/> also referred to as '''Nitpickers''',<ref>Instruction manuals for Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Intellivision, and Coleco Adam ports{{page needed}}</ref><ref>Instruction manual for Atari 7800 port{{page needed}}</ref> make their first appearance in the [[Chain Scene]] of ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' Like the Nitpickers in the [[Jump Board Scene]], these Birds similarly fly horizontally across the screen, descending progressively as they meet its margins. They flee off-screen after performing four such flights. Unlike those Nitpickers, they do not bombard [[Donkey Kong Jr.]] with [[egg]]s, and are designed to look more like ravens in most versions, given their dark coloration and chubby structure. They can be defeated the same way nonetheless, as falling [[fruit]] can put an end to them.

A lone Bird (known as a "nitpicker")<ref>{{cite|date=1985|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|title=''Donkey Kong Jr. Math'' instruction booklet|page=9-10}}</ref> appears in the +-×÷ Exercise mode of ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. Math]]''. It hovers over the chains, showing which position Donkey Kong Jr. should fill. It will also show where Donkey Kong Jr. made his mistakes.

A [[Bird Nest]] can be seen in the [[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Game Boy version]] of ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'', in [[Stage 9-4]] of the [[Tower (world)|Tower]], a boss stage that resembles the Chain Scene from ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' It spawns two Birds on-screen at a time. After rising slowly from their nest, Birds fly horizontally across the room, moving down a short distance and turning back upon meeting the room's limits. They perform three complete flights, and flee outside the map of the stage afterwards. Birds can not be practically defeated, as the stage they appear in presents no means of combat against them. They now attempt to drop eggs on [[Mario]] if they fly above him. Unless they are avoided, or deflected with a [[handstand]], these eggs can plummet down on the character and cause him to lose a life.

===''WarioWare Gold''===

 

===Other appearances===

===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===

|artwork=[[File:Kuro.png|150px]]

|desc='''<big>いじわるカラスだ！{{ruby|逃|に}}げろ</big></b><br>

{{ruby|一定|いってい}}の{{ruby|間隔|かんかく}}でタマゴを{{ruby|落|お}}つことしてくる、とても{{ruby|迷惑|めいわく}}なカラスのモンスター。{{ruby|上|うえ}}も{{ruby|横|よこ}}もさわれないし、ぶつけるものち{{ruby|何|なに}}ちないので、ひたすら{{ruby|逃|に}}げ{{ruby|回|まわ}}ろう。<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|language=ja|date=1994|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/Jr5Go9J.jpeg 75]}}</ref>

''A very annoying crow monster that drops its eggs at regular intervals. You can't touch it from above or to the side, and you can't hit it with anything, so just run away from it.''

Kuro KC.png|A Bird, as illustrated in volume 30 of the [[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|Kodansha manga]]

|Jap=ニットピッカー<ref name=BASIC>Family BASIC handbook.</ref>

|JapR=Nittopikkā

|Jap2=トリさん<ref name=BASIC/>

|Jap2R=Tori-san

|Jap3=クロ<ref name=Daijiten/><ref>{{cite|author=Kazuki, Motoyama|title=Volume 30 of the [[KC Deluxe]] manga|page={{file link|Donkey Kong GB characters KC.jpg|51}}}}</ref>

|Jap3R=Kuro

|JapM=Nitpicker

|Jap2M=Bird{{wp|Japanese honorifics#San|-san}}

|Jap3M=From「黒」(''kuro'', black), after their Game Boy coloration; also a play on the English word "crow"

|ItaM=Bad bird; shared with [[Big Bird]]

|Ita2M=Bird

[[Category:Donkey Kong Jr. enemies]]