Fowl Play Unofficial
Fowl Play Unofficial brings a set of new bird species into the Forge 1.20.1 world, with their own sounds and flight behavior.
What it does
Birds in the mod differ from the chickens and parrots of vanilla Minecraft in how they move: most glide through the air, while a few species cannot fly. Some birds exist mainly for atmosphere, and others carry traits that affect play. The mod can run without Sinytra. Environment is client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for Forge 1.20.1 only, and the mod is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Flying species
Most added birds soar across the sky with flight mechanics meant to look natural.
Flightless species
Some of the added birds stay on the ground, which distinguishes them from the flying ones.
Bird sounds and behavior
Each species has its own sounds and behavior patterns, including some that are more mischievous than useful.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Backyard Birds is another Forge 1.20.1 bird mod, under All rights reserved and not open source. UglyGlass and Roost Re-hatched also target Forge 1.20.1 with All rights reserved licenses and are not open source. Kiwi Boi is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, but it covers 1.19.2 – 1.20.2 rather than only 1.20.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fowl Play Unofficial | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-08-23 |
| Backyard Birds | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-25 |
| UglyGlass | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-06 |
| Roost Re-hatched | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-03-24 |
| Kiwi Boi | Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.2 | Client and server | 2024-11-10 |
Questions
Does Fowl Play Unofficial need Sinytra?
In the catalog
Fowl Play Unofficial is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Fowl Play introduces a variety of new birds to Minecraft, featuring realistic behavior, sounds, and flight mechanics. Unlike flapping chickens and parrots, these birds soar through the skies with grace (except for the flightless ones). Some add atmosphere, others have useful traits—and all of them do their best to…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fowl-play-unofficial
- Owner
- Lightfall Studios
- Published
- 2025-06-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-08-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15