# Bird
Bird refers to the grouping of body parts for the forms of avian life. It affects the messages referring to the appropriate body parts as follows[1]:

Bodypart[2]
Description

Arm
Wing

Eye
Eye

Face
Face

Finger
Wing

Fingertip
Wing tip

Foot
Foot

Hand
Wing

Handed
Winged

Head
Head

Leg
Leg

Light Headed
Light Headed

Neck
Neck

Spine
Spine

Toe
Toe

Hair
Feathers

Blood
Blood

Lung
Lung

Nose
Bill

Stomach
Stomach

The only birds currently present in the game are ravens[3]. Even SLASH'EM, which features parrots, cockatoos, and chickens, only gives this body part grouping to ravens. [4]

References

↑ polyself.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 1177

↑ hack.h in NetHack 3.4.3, line 226

↑ polyself.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 1215

↑ SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/polyself.c, line 1487

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