Screech (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)

Screech is a parrot enemy who appears in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Land 2. In both games, Screech appears in his titular level, Screech's Sprint.

Screech is a dark brown parrot with red tail feathers and a white beak and talons. He is slightly larger than Squawks. Screech has big yellow eyes with two small pupils, and has three claws on each talon. Screech's wings are red at the tip.

History
Screech has an identical role in both Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Land 2. In both games, during the second half of Screech's Sprint, the Kongs must enter an Animal Barrel to transform into Squawks, who must race against Screech. Like traditional races, Squawks's objective is to get in first place. He must fly between brambles and dodge Zingers as he makes his way to the finish line. The race ends when either Screech or Squawks crosses the line first. If Squawks loses to Screech, the Kongs lose a life and must restart the race.

In the ending's Cast of Characters, Screech is categorized under Lazy Landlubbers.

In the Game Boy Advance version, there is a running timer at the bottom-left of the screen to keep track of the race duration.

Trivia

 * Screech has his own theme music which plays when he is being raced. In the Game Boy Advance remake of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Screech's theme music plays while Diddy and Dixie (transformed into Rambi the Rhino) are being chased through the last stretch of the level "Rambi Rumble" by King Zing.
 * Screech appears in the background of the Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest box art, where he whacks Squawks with a baseball bat. Screech also appears in group artwork where Diddy and Dixie move through a bramble area despite them never directly encountering Screech themselves.