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Meet the Birbz: Tiny Round Birds With Very Few Thoughts
Some animals are majestic. Birds can be majestic. But round little birds - the ones that are mostly sphere, with a beak attached and no visible plan - are something better. They are Birbz.
Our Birbz collection has grown into a proper little flock this year: six characters, each one a small round bird with an enormous amount of personality and, in most cases, very little going on upstairs. Every Birb comes on its own or with its own tiny home - a pond, a bath, a stump, a log, a brick nest, a birdbath - so you can choose between a simple desk companion and a complete tiny scene.
Here is the whole flock.
Quacky Jack
The pond gentleman. Quacky Jack is a chunky little mallard with a green head, a neat white collar, and the cheerful confidence of a duck who is absolutely gliding through life - even when he has just bumped into the reeds.
Choose him solo for a tiny desk perch, or with his pond for the full floaty scene.
Rubba Dukky
One setting: cheerful. Rubba Dukky is a bright yellow Birb with pure bath-time energy and zero worries anywhere in his round little body. He is the instant smile-maker of the flock.
His optional accessory is, naturally, a tiny bath tub - complete with blue water for maximum soak.
Cokatu
The fancy one. Cokatu is a tiny cockatoo with a bold yellow crest and the calm, superior stare of a bird who is quietly judging your life choices. Very cockatoo behaviour, honestly - anyone with a backyard in Australia knows the look.
Give him the stump version and his quiet judgement gets an official perch.
Cardinelly
Very red. Very confident. Not a single thought detected. Cardinelly wears a black mask that suggests mystery where there is none, and permanently looks like he is about to announce something important - then forgets what it was.
The sideways log perch gives his silence a stage.
Pijin and Duv
The city birds. Pijin is the pigeon - a cheerful little loiterer who looks like he has been hanging around a snack. Duv is his dove counterpart: softer, sweeter, and somehow even more vacant. Two birds, zero useful thoughts between them.
Pick your favourite, or give either one the tiny brick nest for the full city-bird setup.
Krow
Every flock needs a critic. Krow is a small black crow with angry little eyes and the strong sense that he is judging you personally. Is he angry? Suspicious? Just being a crow? Yes.
His birdbath perch is the most dignified complaint podium we make. He is also right at home in a spooky display when the season calls.
Collect the flock
Every Birb starts with a licensed design from an independent 3D artist, then is printed and finished in our Melbourne workshop, and they are shamelessly better in groups - a shelf with three Birbz on it stops being clutter and starts being a habitat. Browse the whole flock in the Birbz collection.
Want the full field report? Visit Meet the Birbz for the Birbwatcher's log, judgement meter and Choose Your Birb guide.
And if you want to know how a Birb actually gets made, we wrote about the whole journey in From Printer to Your Desk.