Bewilder Bird
| Bewilder Bird | |
|---|---|
 Screenshot of a juvenile (left) and an adult (right) Bewilder Bird | |
| Appears in | Yoshi and the Mysterious Book (2026) |
Bewilder Birds are feathered dinosaur-like birds in Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. They share several design characteristics with Yoshis, including large snouts and oval eyes, and are predominantly red and turquoise-colored. Bewilder Birds appear in two forms: a juvenile form slightly smaller than Yoshi and a large adult form. Juvenile Bewilder Birds are shown to have the ability to transform into other creatures indexed by Mr. E.
History[edit]
Bewilder Birds were recorded in Mr. E prior to the events of the game; after Bowser Jr. comes across the information, he travels to Yoshi's Island in search of one. He continues this pursuit with Kamek throughout the game's first six chapters; in Bewilder Bird Habitat, he discards a Crazee Dayzee, which is revealed to be a disguised juvenile Bewilder Bird. This Bewilder Bird allies himself with Yoshi through the rest of the level and reunites with an adult Bewilder Bird upon the defeat of Bowser Jr. and Kamek.
A juvenile Bewilder Bird is also seen in the Moon habitat, where it can be seen initially disguised as Blorp before being dropped off by Bowser Jr. and Kamek. Likewise, after clearing the final boss fight against the Moon's core, an adult Bewilder Bird reunites with the juvenile and flies away from the boss arena as Yoshi, Bowser Jr. and Kamek escape Mr. E's pages before the Moon explodes.
Overview[edit]
The allied juvenile Bewilder Birds follow Yoshi around by flying or riding on his back. To transform into another creature, the player may navigate to the creature index by pressing 
while the game is paused, then select the desired creature to transform into by pressing 
. Bewilder Bird will transform into the selected creature, which will act similarly to its original counterpart. By pressing 
, Yoshi can whistle to call Bewilder Bird onto his back if it's too far away from him, or command to transform into the last-transformed creature.
If a transformed Bewilder Bird is defeated or otherwise cannot exist in a particular location, it reverts back to its regular form. When Yoshi eats a juvenile Bewilder Bird, it turns into a rainbow-colored egg with turquoise spots, which can be thrown like a regular egg and hatch into the Bewilder Bird upon colliding with a surface or creature. Attempting to transform into any magnified creature encountered in Chapter 9: Miniworld will cause the creatures in question to appear at their original size, with Scatterpuff, Floofly and Lunge Fish spawning their original counterparts.
Some creatures exhibit unique behavior when transformed into via Bewilder Bird:
- Floofly - Unlike other Flooflys, it will always fly straight upward when transformed into.
- Bugya - Starts out passive and acts as if it took over a heart turnip.
- Behedger - If it attacks Yoshi, it does not defeat him instantly, which would normally cause the level to restart.
- Upshoot - Immediately hides in a rainbow-colored rock mound and does not show back up.
- Blorp - Always transforms into its variation with all unique traits: flaps, beak, and puffy head. Unlike in its habitats on the Moon, Blorp's flaps cannot help Yoshi ascend upward in Bewilder Bird Habitat due to its normal gravity.
- Crazee Dayzee (moon) - The unshielded version of the moon's core appears and tries to flee from Yoshi by bouncing away. It does not try to attack Yoshi in any way possible unlike in its boss fight. If attacked, it will explode and revert back to Bewilder Bird.
List of discoveries[edit]
Note that the "???" part of various discoveries listed here are usually overwritten with the name of the transformed creature used to obtain said discovery, so the discovery name may vary across different save files.
- Initial description: "Could this truly be the fabled Bewildered Bird?"
- Final description: "A mythical bird that keeps hidden by shape-shifting."
| Discovery | Rank | Commentary (Mr. E) | Condition(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Savory, juicy and packed with flavor." | ★ | "You swallowed it?! I didn't expect it to become an egg... Perhaps you should try tossing it?" | Yoshi must simply eat the Bewilder Bird. |
| "Transforms as if on instinct!" | ★ | "Just as I suspected! It transformed!" | The player must have Bewilder Bird transform into any of the creatures indexed up to this point, which can be done by pressing to open the Index and selecting any creature.
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| "Can grow to incredible size!" | ★ | "Incredible! It somehow changed into a creature that is larger than itself!" | Bewilder Bird must transform into any large creature indexed within Mr. E's pages. Up to Bewilder Bird Habitat, the following creatures are valid: Thudd, Nep-Enut, Hauger, Behedger, and Lunge Fish. Other creatures beyond this habitat that are classified as "large" include Billeau, Crudwurm, and Gobbobble. |
| "Up the waterfall as ???!" | ★ | "Good show, Yoshi! With the Bewilder Bird's ability to transform, you bypassed that waterfall with ease!" | Yoshi must climb the first waterfall in the beginning area of the Bewilder Bird Habitat using a creature that is capable of giving Yoshi any lift upward. The "???" part of this discovery is overwritten with the name of the creature that was used to climb the waterfall. Up to this point, the creatures that can be used to gain this discovery include:
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| "Scattered leaves as ???." | ★ | "Hoho! Scattering leaves is always a good bit of fun, I say!" | Atop the waterfall is a lake with a big tree above it, containing leafy platforms with three leaf piles. Bewilder Bird must transform into a creature that can scatter the leaves; examples include Detonut and Jetty Jelly's water blasts. |
| "Watery Smiley Flower as ???." | ★ | "Well done! The underwater Smiley Flower is yours thanks to that clever transformation!" | By swimming down the lake at the top of the waterfall, Yoshi will find himself in an underwater cave with a stone statue at the bottom right. Yoshi must have Bewilder Bird transform into Lunge Fish, make it swallow Yoshi, then spit him out at the statue to destroy it and get a Smiley Flower. |
| "Cracked nut as ???!" | ★ | "It can even take the forms of the most powerful creatures and make use of their abilities!" | Bewilder Bird must transform into a creature that can crack any of the nuts located on the tree by the lake. For example, Lunge Fish can destroy the nuts by launching Yoshi into one, a Detonut explosion can destroy the nut, or Scatterpuffs can crack the nut open. |
| "Airborne Smiley Flower as ???." | ★ | "Good show! Expert use of that transformation earned you the airborne Smiley Flower!" | The third Smiley Flower is located in the air, just way above the lake past the waterfall. It is surrounded by various butterflies. Bewilder Bird must transform into a creature capable of reaching this Smiley Flower. Examples include Goonie, Jetty Jelly, Wooshwing, or Floofly. If a Wooshwing is used, a nearby gust of upwards wind can be used to lift the Wooshwing to gain height and reach the Smiley Flower this way. |
| "Swatted golden bug as ???!" | ★ | "It's no slower than the creature whose form it takes—that much seems certain!" | Yoshi must find the golden bug located in the trees and try to defeat it with a transformed Bewilder Bird. An example would be catching it using Mawstalk. |
| "Sandy Smiley Flower as ???." | ★ | "Excellent! Skillful transformation got you the underground Smiley Flower!" | Yoshi must dig through the large patch of sand past the lake using Hauger, to reach an underground area filled with boulders. Yoshi must clear away the boulders first to explore the area. The last Smiley Flower is found in the bottom-right corner, tucked away in a inaccessible small tunnel. To obtain the Smiley Flower, Bewilder Bird must transform into Little Mouser, then must be tossed into the tunnel so that it can retrieve the Smiley Flower for Yoshi to collect. |
| "Can shrink down small!" | ★ | "I-it's so tiny!" | Bewilder Bird must transform into a creature that is very tiny-sized. Valid creatures to attain the discovery include Bunchabee, Springhopper, Upshoot and Hufungous. If Bewilder Bird transforms into Scatterpuff, Mr. E will remark "That does not qualify as mini!" instead. |
| "Can transform into any creature." | ★★ | "Astounding! It really can transform into any creature, it would seem..." | Obtained after making Bewilder Bird transform into several unique creatures in a single session. |
| "Bewildered Bowser Jr. and Kamek!" | ★★★ | "Hoho! That's it! You got them!" | Yoshi must defeat Bowser Jr. in his dedicated boss battle, using the help of creatures that Bewilder Bird can transform into. |
Notes[edit]
- Depending on the creature that Bewilder Bird transforms into, the main habitat music in Bewilder Bird Habitat and Moon may dynamically change instrumentation. For example, Hauger will change the song to a rock-styled arrangement, and Plumebrella will change the song to use a bossa nova-styled arrangement.
Gallery[edit]
A juvenile Bewilder Bird riding Yoshi
A juvenile Bewilder Bird flying
A Bewilder Bird egg
An adult Bewilder Bird nuzzling Yoshi in Bewilder Bird Habitat
An adult Bewilder Bird reuniting with its juvenile in Moon
Naming[edit]
Throughout the game, the creature is always named Bewilder Bird. However, like any other creature, it can be renamed by the player after completion of its associated habitat. If the player does decide to change the name later on with a suggestion from Mr. E, he says the following:
- “Hmm... This wondrous creature of myth and mystery is quite bewildering...so how about Bewilder Bird?”
- —Mr. E
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ゴクラクチョウ Gokurakuchō |
Bird-of-paradise; alternative to「極楽鳥」, i.e.「極楽」(gokuraku, "paradise") and「鳥」(chō, "bird") | [1] | |
| Dutch | Fabelvogel | From fabel ("fable") or fabeldier ("mythical creature") and vogel ("bird") | [2] | |
| French (Canada) | Morphénix | From either Morphée ("Morpheus") or métamorphe ("shapeshifter"), and phénix ("phoenix") | [3] | |
| French (Europe) | Morphénix | From either Morphée ("Morpheus") or métamorphe ("shapeshifter"), and phénix ("phoenix") | [4] | |
| German | Wundervogel | Wonder Bird | [5] | |
| Italian | Paradiseo | From "Paradisaeidae", a family of passerine birds that includes all species commonly known as birds-of-paradise | [6] | |
| Korean | 극락조 Geukrakjo |
Bird-of-paradise | [7] | |
| Portuguese | Enigmave | From "enigma" and ave ("bird") | [8] | |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Guacamorfo | From guacamayo ("macaw") and morfo ("morph") | [9] | |
| Spanish (Europe) | Guacamorfo | From guacamayo ("macaw") and morfo ("morph") | [10] |
References[edit]
- ^ ロジー&マリオファンの集い (May 20, 2026). 【Switch2】マリオオタクのヨッシーとフカシギの図鑑 完全初見放送 W１～W3. YouTube. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
- ^ "Dit mysterieuze, mythische beestje lijkt zo uit een sprookje te zijn gekomen... dus zou ik dit de Fabelvogel noemen!" – Mr. E (21 May 2026). Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. Good-Feel (Dutch).
- ^ « Serait-ce le fabuleux Morphénix? » – Mr. E (21 May 2026). Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. Good-Feel (Canadian French).
- ^ « Serait-ce le fabuleux Morphénix ? » – Mr. E (21 May 2026). Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. Good-Feel (Canadian French).
- ^ "Ist das etwa der sagenumwobene Wundervogel?" – Mr. E (21 May 2026). Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. Good-Feel (German).
- ^ «Il fantomatico... Paradiseo?» – Mr. E (21 May 2026). Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. Good-Feel (Italian).
- ^ "이게 그 말로만 듣던 극락조인가?" – Mr. E (21 May 2026). Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. Good-Feel (Korean).
- ^ "É a lendária Enigmave? Que habilidades maravilhosas estarão escondidas debaixo dessas penas tão coloridas?!" – Mr. E (21 May 2026). Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. Good-Feel (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ "¿Es el legendario Guacamorfo?" – Mr. E (21 May 2026). Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. Good-Feel (Latin American Spanish).
- ^ «¿Es el legendario Guacamorfo?» – Mr. E (21 May 2026). Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. Good-Feel (European Spanish).
