Songbird

Songbirds were a type of bird that could be found in many parts of the Realms.

Sub-Species

 * Sorcery crow: A species of songbird that had scarlet plumage and resembled a crow. They possessed the unique ability to see into the Weave.

Habitats
In Faerûn, this species of bird was known to inhabit the Yuirwood, the Forest of Mir, the Farsea Marshes, and the Tun Marshes. The latter in particular was home to songbirds with brightly colored plumage, who preferred the mild climate and weather of the Tun Marshes.

Beyond Faerûn, songbirds of a wide variety of plumage could be found in the jungles and shores of Zakhara. On that peninsula, there was a particularly large population of them in the city of Huzuz. And the Palace of the Enlightened Throne also had many songbirds in it.

Beyond the Prime Material plane, songbirds could be found in the forests of Barovia.

Relationships
Songbirds were a favored animal of the deities Mielikki, Milil, and Finder Wyvernspur.

Usage

 * Tengu, of both the crow and humanoid variety, often kept songbirds as pets. They typically lived in cages hung from trees near a tengu's lair.
 * Many Zakharans considered songbird to be a valued addition to urban gardens. And they were particularly prized as pets in Huzuz. In the bazaars of that land a songbird could fetch prices of around seven silver pieces to two gold pieces, trained one could fetch prices of seven to twenty gold pieces. Minak al-Zafyi was one such merchant that sold these creatures.

Notable Songbirds

 * In Amphail, the store Maerlbar Eggs & Fresh Fowl had a golden-hued songbird on display in a bamboo cage. And its owner claimed that this was a Red Wizardess of Thay that had been trapped in that form by spells.
 * The wight Gorra kept a caged, skeletal songbird in their office.