| Diamond Chicken | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| General information | |||
| Universe | Minecraft | ||
| Classification | Gallus adamantem | ||
| Species type | Junglefowl | ||
| Homeworld | Overworld | ||
| Intelligence | Non-sapient | ||
| Biochemistry | Carbon-based lifeform | ||
| Biological information | |||
| Reproduction | Sexual; lays eggs | ||
| Locomotion | Bipedal | ||
| Feeding behavior | Granivorous | ||
| Prey | Wheat seeds | ||
| Distinctive features | Sometimes lay diamonds or lapis lazuli instead of eggs | ||
| Eye color | Black | ||
| Feather color | Slate gray | ||
| Lineage information | |||
| Cultural information | |||
| Alignment | True Neutral | ||
| Sociocultral characteristics | |||
| Scientific taxonomy | |||
| Planet | Overworld | ||
| Domain | Eukaryota | ||
| Kingdom | Animalia | ||
| Subkingdom | Eumetazoa | ||
| Infrakingdom | Bilateria | ||
| Superphylum | Deuterostomia | ||
| Phylum | Chordata | ||
| Subphylum | Vertebrata | ||
| Infraphylum | Gnathostomata | ||
| Superclass | Tetrapoda | ||
| Class | Aves (Birds) | ||
| Infraclass | Neognathae | ||
| Superorder | Galloanserae (Fowl) | ||
| Order | Galliformes (Gamefowl) | ||
| Superfamily | Phasianoidea (Guineafowl, New World Quails, & Pheasants) | ||
| Family | Phasianidae (Pheasants) | ||
| Subfamily | Phasianinae | ||
| Genus | Gallus (Junglefowl) | ||
| Subgenus | Lapidegallus | ||
| Species | G. adamantem (Somarinoa, 2019) | ||
| Other information | |||
| Status | Critically endangered, possibly extinct | ||
| Last sighting | 2013 | ||
| Possible population | Unknown, estimated to be around 10 if extant | ||
Diamond Chickens (Gallus adamantem) is a species of junglefowl indigenous to the Minecraft Overworld, now believed to be critically endangered or extinct. They are closely related to chickens.
Like Golden Geese, Diamond Chickens are known to lay items valuable to mankind. In the case of this species, they are known to lay both diamonds and lapis lazuli in inclusion to their typical eggs. It is not known how they produce these items, though they may also just eat them and be unable to digest them, thus eventually excreting them instead. If this is the case, Diamond Chickens must spend a good deal of time in deep caverns to locate these minerals in the first place. Those who domesticated Diamond Chickens for diamond and lapis lazuli production reported that they produced these minerals at a much slower rate than Chickens and Golden Geese produce their eggs.
For unknown reasons, aggravated Diamond Chickens explode.
Appearances[]
- Minecraft 2.0 (2013 April Fools' version of Minecraft)
(First appearance)