Atmospheric Fauna
by NmS
With Atmospheric Fauna installed, birds fly around the world and react to the player and the surroundings, so the landscape feels less empty.
What it does
The mod adds birds and other fauna that populate the world, created to remove the lonely feeling that vanilla landscapes can have. Birds spawn with different behaviors depending on the biome they are in, and some keep to themselves while others gather in flocks. Some birds keep their distance from the player and others come closer to look.
Atmospheric Fauna is built on the particle-based approach of Cosy Critters & Creepy Crawlies, and it aims for a cozy, vanilla-like feel. Its settings can be changed through a config file, or through a menu when Mod Menu and Cloth Config API are installed. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. Fabric API is required, and the mod is published for Fabric only, with files for 1.21 – 26.2 under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, which makes it open source.
Key features
Birds in the world
Birds fly around the landscape and interact with blocks and entities nearby.
Biome-specific birds
Each biome brings its own kinds of birds, with behavior that differs from one biome to the next.
Solitary and flocking birds
Some birds move alone while others travel together in flocks.
Varied reactions to players
Some birds flee from the player while others approach out of curiosity.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Optional 2
Use cases
Adding life to survival worlds
Players who want quieter landscapes to feel inhabited can add birds to existing survival worlds without changing the terrain.
Multiplayer servers
Server owners can install the mod so all players see the same birds, since the server side handles the spawning.
Who it’s for: Players who want more ambient wildlife in their worlds, and server owners who run a cozy or exploration-focused server.
Questions
Does Atmospheric Fauna need Fabric API?
Do servers need to install Atmospheric Fauna?
Can the birds' settings be changed?
In the catalog
Atmospheric Fauna is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Minecraft mod that adds birds and other fauna making your world feel alive. Very customizable, cozy and focused on vanilla-like feeling. Atmospheric Fauna is a Fabric mod which I created just to fix the lonely atmosphere of Minecraft. I decided to add (hugely inspired by the amazing mod Cosy Critters & Creepy…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/atmospheric-fauna
- Owner
- NmS
- Published
- 2026-01-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-24
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15