How to breed parrots in minecraft

How to Breed Parrots in Minecraft?

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You cannot breed Parrots in the Vanilla version of Minecraft. You can only tame them by using seeds. There is a way to breed Parrots, but it requires an add-on to be installed to your game.

This Baby Parrots add-on allows you to breed the Parrots. In vanilla Minecraft, you only feed and tame two parrots by using some of the following seeds:

Two parrots can make a cute little baby parrot. The color of the baby is always random, no matter the color of the parents.

How to tame a Parrot in Minecraft?

All you need to do is find a parrot and then feed it some seeds. Grey, smoky particles will appear around the parrot, and when it likes you, they will change into red hearts. There is a 33.3% chance of taming a Parrot when you feed it. Once you tame a Parrot, you can interact with it and pick it up on your shoulder.

Seeds can also be used to replenish the parrot’s health when it is damaged. Parrots can only be fed seeds; they will not eat anything else.

For more guides, news, and articles on Minecraft, make sure to check out Minecraft Woodland Mansion Seeds 1.16/1.17/1.18 (November 2021) and How to create a Minecraft PE Server on Pro Game Guides.

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Minecraft Parrots: How To Tame, Breed, Get On & Off Shoulder

Learn how to breed Parrots in Minecraft and also how to Tame them as well.

Minecraft has a lot of Mobs. Some are Hostile, while some are Neutral, and then there are the Peaceful Mobs. Among those Mobs, there are a few that can be tamed and by the player. Once tamed they become the players’ pet and never leave their side unless they have been made to sit. One such Pet is the Parrots. These cute and colorful birds are a must-have pet in Minecraft. If you already have them then here is how to breed and tame Parrot in Minecraft.

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How to Breed Parrots in Minecraft

Pets like Wolfs, Ocelots, and the like are breedable and will spawn their baby versions. But in the case of the Parrot, this is false. You cannot Breed two Parrots to get a baby Parrot in Minecraft. The breeding process is not possible even if you get two of the same Parrots. The only thing you can do to Parrots is tame them from the wild in Minecraft. The only way to get more of them is to find them and tame them.

How to Get Parrot On & Off your Shoulder in Minecraft

If you have a tamed Parrot, you will have the ability to let your Parrot perch onto your shoulder. This can happen in two ways. The first one is by walking into your Parrot and the second one is the Parrot, on its own, will fly to the player on perch on his/ her shoulder. Also the second will not happen if the Parrot is sitting down. Parrots prefer to sit on the left shoulder of the player if it is not occupied. If it is then it will sit on the right shoulder. And yes you can have two Parrots on your character, one on each shoulder.

To dismount the Parrot, you can do several things like:

How to Tame a Parrot in Minecraft?

To Tame a Parrot, you will need to first find a Jungle Biome in your Minecraft World. Parrots are a passive Mob that has a 20% chance of spawning. They also spawn in groups o 1 to 2 at Y-Level 70 or higher in Minecraft. Once you find a Parrot, you need to get Seeds. Seeds of any kind will do. Now go up to the Parrot and Feed it by Right-Clicking on to it. Keep feeding the Parrot till hearts appear on top of them. Once you tame the Parrot, it will follow you around until you make it to sit. You cannot Breed Parrots in Minecraft. If you have tamed two Parrots of the same color, you still won’t be able to Breed them. Tamed Parrots will also dance if there is a Jukebox in a 3 block radius playing any kind of music. Parrots also mimic the sounds of other Mobs if they are close enough. This is a good way to know if there is a Hostile Mob behind you or not.

What do Parrots eat in Minecraft?

There are a few Food Items that you can use to Tame the Parrots in Minecraft. Them being Wheat Seeds, Beetroot Seeds, Melon Seeds, and Pumpkin Seeds. You can use any of them to tame a Parrot. But you cannot feed these Seeds to Breed the Parrots in Minecraft. There is another Food Item you can feed to a Parrot in Minecraft, that being the Cookie. What happens when you feed a parrot a cookie in Minecraft? Well, it dies. Yes, a cookie is poisonous to a Parrot and then it will instantly die. This is a mechanic as Chocolate is toxic for Parrots IRL so do not feed them any kind of chocolate. Just feed them Seeds and give your Love, that’s all.

What are the Rarest Parrots?

There are 5 variants of the Parrot Mob in Minecraft. Them being:

Each of these Parrots is just color variants of the same Mob and has the same chance of spawning which is 0.2 in the Jungle Biomes of Minecraft.

This was all about Breeding, Taming, and Feeding Parrots in Minecraft. Hopefully, this guide has helped you. You can also check our guides on Pillager Raids and Best Skins in Minecraft.

Minecraft Parrots

Parrots are among the rarest mobs in Minecraft, spawning only inside jungle biomes. They are harmless, passive mobs that fly around for a short while if attacked. They in Minecraft can be found in either cyan, green, blue, red, or gray color. Parrots can be tamed by feeding them either beetroot, pumpkin, wheat, or melon seeds; upon being tamed they will ride on the players’ shoulders mimicking the noise of mobs found close to the player.

Parrots were added in Minecraft Bedrock version 1.2 and Minecraft Java Edition version 1.12. Parrots are among some of the rarer mobs in the game and only spawn inside jungle biomes, in a somewhat similar fashion to Ocelots. They are harmless, passive mobs and will fly around for a short while if attacked. They are also known to be drawn into being around other mobs (including even aggressive mobs). There are five unique parrot colors currently in Minecraft (cyan, green, blue, red & gray).

Minecraft Parrots (Image via 3D Warehouse)

Behavior, Drops, and Uses

In Minecraft, Parrots currently don’t have too much practical usage outside of being a friendly companion of sorts to the player. After being tamed, the parrot can ride on the players’ shoulders and will also mimic the noise of mobs found close by to the player. For example, if a nearby creeper lets off a hiss, the parrot will remember this sound and echo it in its own unique parrot voice; although this has no real practical usage. Parrots will dance if they are somewhat close to a jukebox playing music and if killed a parrot will always drop 1 or 2 feathers and 1-3 EXP orbs.

Red Minecraft parrot (Image via Pinterest)

Parrot spawn in Minecraft

Parrots are a rare mob in the game, with a 0.2 chance of spawning inside any jungle biome within the game. They can also, however, be spawned in creative mode using parrot spawn eggs.

How to Tame a Parrot in Minecraft?

Players can tame parrots in Minecraft by feeding them beetroot seeds, pumpkin seeds, wheat seeds or melon seeds. Each time one of these seeds is fed to the parrot, there is a 33% chance the parrot will be tamed.

After being tamed, the parrot will follow the player in a similar fashion to a wolf/ocelot until told to stay in place.

Minecraft Parrot Breeding

In Minecraft currently, parrots do not have a baby form hence cannot be bred. The only way to find a parrot in the game at the moment is to either spawn it in (with creative mode) or to go looking for one in a jungle biome.

What do parrots eat in Minecraft?

Parrots in their current state in Minecraft, cannot really be fed once tamed. The only thing they can technically eat is cookies. However, upon feeding a parrot a cookie, it will instantly die.

This was implemented to reflect the real-life fact of parrots being unsuited to ingredients in cookies. The decision was made by Mojang to implement the feature in order to teach young players the dangers of feeding potentially lethal things to these fragile birds.

Parrots sitting on the shoulder of a player (Image via Gaming On Linux)

How to Breed & Tame Parrots in Minecraft?

The parrot is a rare mob in Minecraft. It can mimic sounds made by nearby hostile mobs and perch on the player’s shoulders. But like every other animal parrot has a lifetime and they die after some time. And the only way to keep parrots with you is to tame and breed them. But there is no breeding method for parrots in the game. So, how do you tame and breed parrots in Minecraft?

Breeding of the parrot can be done through the spawn egg that is available in Creative mode. In Survival mode, breeding can be done through add-ons available on the Internet. Before breeding the parrot, you need to tame them. These lovely birds can be tamed by feeding them seeds.

Crowds of parrots settle around nearby mobs, both friendly and aggressive alike. Parrots swim by flapping their wings when they are in the water. The parrots in the game are joyous companions that keep you amused all the way. They can imitate other mobs within a radius of 20 blocks. It can alert you of any dangerous mob nearby. Sadly, they die with age. If you want to keep them as a pet, you’ll need to learn how to breed them.

How To Breed Parrots In Minecraft?

A parrot has no breeding steps since they have no way to produce babies, but if you wish to breed them, then you will need to tame them first. When you tame a parrot, you need to become friends with them so they will trust you and listen to you.

It is possible to spawn a baby parrot from an egg produced by two parrots. However, this is only possible in Minecraft’s creative mode. It is impossible to get an egg by mating in survival mode.

There are red marks on the parrots’ eggs. Most of the time, this egg will yield a parrot with the same characteristics as two-parent parrots.

How To Get A Spawn Egg To Breed Parrot In Minecraft?

There is a spawn egg in Minecraft called Parrot Spawn Egg which is green with red spots. Unlike other items in the game, this spawn egg cannot be crafted. The Creative Inventory menu is only available in Creative mode (not Survival mode). A parrot will be instantly spawned when you use this spawn egg.

· In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.16.5, and 1.17, the /give command for Parrot Spawn Egg is:

“/give @p parrot_spawn_egg 1”

· In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.12, the /give command for Parrot Spawn Egg is:

This way you can easily spawn a parrot through this egg. This is a great way to get a Parrot in creative mode as parrot breeding is still not possible in the game.

Unfortunately, for creative mode, there is no way to get this spawn egg. Spawn egg is only available in creative. It can be generated by typing the command given above.

Also, spawn eggs can be produced with the help of two parrots going in love mode. But for that, you need to learn to tame the successfully.

How To Tame A Parrot In Minecraft?

The best way to tame a parrot is to feed it with seeds.

The parrot will follow their owners around once they are tamed. When a player walks into a tamed parrot, it will ride on his shoulders. Make sure you don’t feed parrots cookies, since they will die if you do.

The first step to taming a parrot is finding its color in the jungle biomes. Once a possible new friend is found, the parrot will have to be fed. Parrot love seeds of all varieties; players can use melon seeds, wheat seeds, pumpkin seeds, or beetroot seeds.

Players have a 33.33% chance of taming a parrot every time they feed it some seeds.

The players can either have their bird buddies sit or wear them on their shoulders. Parrots can be placed on either shoulder, beginning always with the left shoulder. A parrot on a shoulder appears in inventory slots.

To tame a parrot in Minecraft, follow these steps

1. Search for a parrot

Once you’ve acquired all the materials, you can begin to look for a parrot to tame.

2. Use the Seeds

Parrots can be tamed by giving them seeds such as melon seeds, pumpkin seeds, or beetroot seeds. The purpose of this tutorial is to teach you how to tame parrots with melon seeds. You will need to select the melon seed in your hotbar and place it in the hotbar.

Grey smoke will likely appear above the parrot once you feed the seeds to it.

He is still untamed. As the parrot eats more seeds, you will see a pattern of red hearts appearing around the bird. As a result, the parrot has been tamed.

When the taming process is complete, the hearts will disappear, and the parrot will be tame and want to sit on your shoulder.

After being tamed, the parrot can ride on the player’s shoulders and mimic the sounds of nearby mobs.

The parrots will mimic the sounds of nearby creepers, for instance, if a creeper lets out a hiss. However, this is mostly for show and has no practical application.

If a parrot is near a jukebox playing music, it will dance. If a parrot is killed, it will drop at least one feather and one to three EXP orbs.

What Food Do Parrots Are Fed To Breed Them?

Here is a list of the different seeds that Parrots eat in Minecraft:

In the game, seeds are the only food a Parrot can consume. There are a plethora of different seeds but parrots can only do the above-mentioned.

Seeds not only sate their hunger but also helps to heal them. If you throw seeds towards a parrot that life has reduced, it will start healing automatically.

Food is the best resource to gain the trust of any animal in Minecraft. Once you feed them enough, it makes them your trustful companion. Feed them a good amount to domesticate these little birds.

Feed them with your hand. Once they eat with your hands, and when you have fed enough a heart will show up on them. That means they are ready to follow you.

What Do You Use To Breed Parrots In Minecraft?

The addon linked below gets rid of this problem by making tamed parrots breedable and it even adds cute little baby parrots. Minecraft unfortunately, hasn’t added the feature of making parrots breedable in the normal game. This is one of the things that developers can look into.

However, you do not need to worry about any of that right now because I’ve got you a great add-on that lets you make parrot breed as well produce a small baby parrot.

How Does Add-On Work?

Tame and then feed two parrots some seeds to have them breed. The result is an adorable baby parrot. This is the only way to find and obtain a baby parrot. There is nothing you can do to influence the color of a baby parrot.

You can download the link for the add-on here.

How Do You Make A Baby Parrot In Minecraft?

The baby parrot can be made with the help of a spawning egg or an external add-on available on the Internet. Though the feature of spawn egg is only available for Minecraft creative mode. So, if you want to get a parrot in the game without spending time searching for it in the biomes then you should play in creative mode.

Taming these beautiful birds is the only way to get them in the game. It is possible to tame them by feeding them wheat seeds, melon seeds, pumpkin seeds, or beetroot seeds, with a 1⁄3 chance of success.

As soon as a parrot is tamed, it will sit and stand when interacting with you.

You can count on them to behave politely and to make your adventure fun.

Birds are attracted to the sound of music discs in a jukebox. Some parrots can even dance while perched on the shoulders of their owners. The game doesn’t appear to have any way of determining when the music stops, since the parrot will continue to dance even if the disc remains in the jukebox after it stops playing.

The dancing radius is three blocks from the jukebox. They stop dancing if they fly beyond this radius.

How to actually breed Parrots in Minecraft

I wasn’t sure about writing this article. I don’t like to write when there is not much to say, but this particular topic is different.
If I search “how to breed parrots in minecraft” on Google, the first page of search results will be flooded with false information. So let me clarify:
in vanilla Minecraft (i.e. without plugins or addons installed) you cannot breed Parrots and there is nothing like baby Parrots.

So let’s see what you can actually do if you really want to have more Parrots.

Parrot Spawn Eggs

The first way to have more Parrots requires you to play in Creative mode. You can’t find Parrot Eggs in any other gamemode. If you are playing in Survival or Hadcore mode and the Cheats are allowed, you can type in the commands:

/gamemode creative

to switch to Creative. Now all you need to do is to open your inventory and type “Parrot” to find the Parrot Spawn Egg.

Just place it on the ground and a Parrot will appear where you clicked.

Commands

For using this method you will need to have the Cheats allowed as well. If you do, just type in the commands:

/summon parrot

and a Parrot will immediately appear in front of you.

Addons

This may be what you are looking for. By installing this simple addon there will finally be baby Parrots in your Minecraft game. The addon is available here

Once you have it installed, you will be able to breed Parrots just by feeding 2 of them that are close to each other and that are already tamed.

Once fed, red hearts particles will appear around the two Parrots and a baby Parrot will be born!

How to tame a Parrot

To tame a Parrot you need to feed it with one of the following seeds:

Every time that you feed them one of these seeds, you will have a 1/3 chance of taming them. When this happens, red hearts particle will appear around them.