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Comment by Mzbehavin

havent been able to find this bird at all yet beginning to think with the clue it shows during summer/winter migration time

Comment by GeekTactics

One of the requirements for Broken Isles Safari and found on top of the Rhut'van Divide in Azsuna. The main trail to get up to the top starts at the Nor'Danil Wellspring (39.1 32.9).
Here are the spawn points I've found:

/way Azsuna 42.23 23.58
/way Azsuna 41.35 22.87
/way Azsuna 38.40 24.22
/way Azsuna 41.59 25.32
/way Azsuna 43.12 18.96
/way Azsuna 41.54 20.92
/way Azsuna 41.45 19.07

These points are shared with the much more common Fledgling Oliveback and Fledgling Oliveback (critter). You may spend some considerable time killing those to clear for a Kingfeather spawn.

Also note, from that last location I could not find an easy way back up to the top, so I jumped off the cliff and glided south using my Rocfeather Skyhorn Kite, but Goblin Glider Kit or DH Glide would work just as well. There is a backtrail to the top that starts from 48.9 18.0 in the Azurewing Whelplands.

Comment by Feliciamarie

Using brithawk's coordinates, I went around the entire mountain and killed any battle pet or npc critter that wasn't a Fledgling Kingfeather. Kill them so one can spawn in it's place. Took me about an hour but I had zero competition.

Comment by Treekachu

I believe these may have a timer for how long they are present. While trying to get to one (as some fly quite a distance overhead), it despawned and was replaced by an Oliveback without any interaction on my part.

Comment by ladynagini

I've been killing fledling olivebacks for about an hour now, and twice i moused over paws to have them come up 'fledgling kingfeather' only for it to change into an olive back when i moved over. Might be a bug

Comment by Aliandrin

For those without coordinates:

Start at Illadari stand and run Northwest along the road until you hit an area with banshees in it. To your right, you will see a path that heads up. Keep climbing and you will climb to the top of the tallest mountain in Azsuna. Along the way, you will find Grizzly Squirrels, Olivetail Hares, Fledgling Olivebacks, and if you're incredibly lucky, Fledgling Kingfeathers.

When you get to the top, there will be a chest and some elite demons. On the other side, there will be a single spawn point that can make either an Olivetail Hare or a Grizzly Squirrel. DO NOT JUMP DOWN TO GET IT. You will not be able to come back to the correct side of the mountain to obtain Fledglings.

Fledglings spawn only here and cannot be secondaries, despite the fact that crabs and snails can be secondaries and are thus appearing atop the highest mountain in Azsuna alongside Fledglings.

Make special note of the fact that each spawn point can be filled with a critter Fledgling, and prevent a catchable Fledgling from spawning there. You must kill the critter even if it's only a brown one. Normally I would tell you to let the Oliveback critters live because it discourages any pokemon that spawn from being Olivebacks (and would thus eventually force a Kingfeather) but there are so few of these spawns that you must simply free them up. Fledgling spawn points are out on the rocks that border the path around the mountain and you must check every rock to see if a critter fledgling is there, and if it is, slay it immediately.

Comment by wizardcho

Spam this macro and kill Fledgling Oliveback and Change Realm with Server Hop addon.
Macro:
/cleartarget
/tar Fledgling Kingfeather
/tar Fledgling Olive
/cleartarget
Addons: Server Hop
Youtube: Video

Comment by nomadicdruid

That moment when you see the white bird appear after hours of killing the brown birds... ahhh.

For the record, it took me about 6 hours of killing Fledgling Oliveback (though partially afk) before I got the Kingfeather to spawn.

I used a similar macro to others, but instead mine was:

/target fledgling olive
/cast moonfire

Adding the cleartarget portion would probably be a good addition.

Don't leave the area without grabbing the Glimmering Treasure Chest by the two elite demons, as well as doing the nearby encounter (further up in the ruined tower) for Tehd & Marius' Excellent Adventure.

I feel like they upped the spawn rate of these for Hunting Lesson: Fledgling Kingfeather because when I went there to do the quest, I quickly found 3, and then after completing the quest another kingfeather spawned as well. I took the opportunity to catch 2 more so I have 3.

Comment by Marotus

You can also use Crossrealm Assist to hop servers til you find one where it's up.
Took me around 30 minutes to find it.

Comment by Starkatt

I farmed for hours and one popped up and then disappeared about 6 sec later. I was about to give up but then I started server hopping. And there it was. My beautiful Fledling KingFeather - Rare H1296 P314 S224 Good luck to all those who are looking for this beast.

Comment by Truweil

According to my breed addon this guy has 4 breeds, the 2 listed, and SS, which is what mine appears to be and a PP.

Comment by Lizzerazu

I recomend making a macro for this. It took me several hours to get one to spawn. I didnt have them respawn as others have experienced. Maybe it the bug has been fixed.
Also. Dont farm for a rare one. Buy a Flawless Battle-Stone

Comment by Eulorea

One spawned right by me after only camping the area for a few minutes...and he was rare quality. Don't hate. ;)

Comment by OreoKitKat

Finally found one after farming for a hour. Went to go pet battle it, and, of course, I get a crit and accidentally kill it.
*taking deep breaths*

Comment by Thannya

At first I was killing other birds in order to make the kingfeather spawn. Then I read people were doing it for hours, so I gave up on that and did some realm hopping. Second realm, there it was! Good luck to you all! :)

Comment by Carolizze

Got mine today in 40min farming at the top of the mountain, near demons 44,23

Comment by gaymerbear84

this was the last guy i needed to get the broken isle safari achievement and after trying unsuccessfully by killing critters for like hours, I just decided to realm hop like someone else suggested and got it within 2 minutes. Don't give up!

Comment by zephyrangel17

Snowfeather is that you...! :D

Comment by Melandroso

When farming for this battle pet, I killed all other battle pets I could find in the zone (ncluding Fledgling Oliveback) and also killed all the non-battle pet spawns of Fledgling Oliveback. I used the below macro to scan for the fledglings:

/tar fledgling oliveback
/tar fledgling kingfeather
/cleartarget
/stopmacro

It targets Fledgling Olivebacks (critters or battle pets) unless a Fledgling Kingfeather is up. This makes is semi-simple to just roam the area, killing as you go along, until you suddenly see yourself targetting a white bird... then pray you remember to trap it ;)

Comment by Carra

2 hours of farming (accidentally killed one) and then 5 mins with server hop. I suggest finding a fledling oliveback and then just server hop until you find one.

Comment by TheGrandmaGamer

Did you ever wonder how you could be so lucky as to hop right in to a server just in time to see and battle a Fledgling Kingfeather? It is because someone that belongs on that server just spent maybe hours clearing out the critters so that one would spawn; for them, not for you.

Congratulations. You not only joined a group in order to get on their server so you basically left them hanging. You also stole someone else's time and patience killing critters so that they could get the Safari Achievement.

I know. It happened to me.

Don't feel proud of doing that.

Go ahead and down-vote this all you want. After hours of farming I walked back to a spawn point to see someone from another server and there was nothing I could do about it so I have the right to point it out.

I guess so far there are 7 realm hoppers out there that this post made uncomfortable. GOOD! At least you care. If you didn't, you wouldn't take the time to down vote. Next time, think about what you are doing before you do it.

Comment by TheGrandmaGamer

I decided to quit worrying about all the other critters and battle pets in the area and just concentrate on the Fledglings. There are four areas up there that the Oliveback consistently spawns, and 2 of them are marked on the WowHead map above as points where others have caught a Kingfeather.

I started at the top near the tower at /way 44.2 23.4 and I waited for the Oliveback to spawn there. I killed it and headed down to the other spawn point. The other 2 spawns are along the ridge you pass to take the path down to the 2nd point. I killed those if I saw them but I don't think they are as important as I thought they were. I waited at 38.4 24.2 until that one spawned, killed it and headed back up to the tower spawn point.

I no longer worried about killing any other critter or battle pet and I felt better about not spending all my time trying to clear the entire area and just concentrating on the spawn points. I don't know how long the Kingfeather stays up when it spawns so I don't know how often I may have missed it, not only from de-spawning but from Realm hopper getting it.

On my 6th trip up to the tower spawn point the Kingfeather was there, flying around with a beautiful green paw over his head. My capture pet battle team consists of two Terrible Turnips using Weakening Blow, Inspiring Song, and Sunlight to increase the health of my team and a third assassin pet to kill the other 2 pets, so I am never afraid I will kill the pet I am after.

It may have been pure luck, it may have been keeping better tabs on what actually spawns; IDK. All I know is I got one and I am SO happy. If this helps another collector, GOOD! Good Luck to all !

Comment by imri500

Just finished hunting this pet as the final part of my Broken Isles Safari!

it took me about one hour of running around, as a Veng Demon Hunter you can increase your coverage by a lot - using the Infernal Strike ability you can leap back up from the northern descent-area of Rhut'van Divide - that area has about 5 spawn points so frequenting them can reduce the camp time significantly.

Bring a Dragonkin pet for the fight - I had the fortune of the one I found being a S/S Rare version, however if my own pet was not a dragon, it would have likely been destroyed because the Kingfeather has a heal and Lift-Off.

Comment by EposonasF8

I did my 3 Fledgling King-feather pet battles using my Blood-gazer hatch-ling , i decided to do what ever pet battles were in the area so i could lvl up some newer pets every-time i did 1 a King feather spawned the 1st 2 x then the other fledgling which was a rare and i had not collected him either so i added him to my collection and 2 min. l8tr the 3rd and last King-feather spawned and luckily it was a rare, but it would not have mattered, just take what u r given. battle stones are too easy to accumulate, i got to top of mountain at 5:11 a.m. Pacific i was finished at 5:33 a.m. it took me 22 min.
The Azure FP is much easier in finding the path not the Illidari stand, as another mentioned go west follow around to the coordinates 39.1 32.0 these will vary little ,a little w/everyone
maybe it is the time i went i was only 1 up there did see 2 trying to get up i showed them on way down. good luck i promise so easy and not time consuming we have had those that you must do all pet battles in area until these guys spawn u do not need to kill all animals etc. as others suggested no bearing at all on this quest 1. more important thing i found mine all 3 outside the blue outline indicating location of these pets i killed both demons grabbed chest and went forward 10 ft. and to the left jump down 1 lvl then a 2nd lvl, you will know when you see it, it is on the side
facing ocean, if there were glitches or bugs then i can say no more, hope this helps, remember 3-5 a.m. is the best time to farm and do quest like this, Sincerely Maria Garrison

Comment by Averte

The spawn rate of these has been drastically increased. There's a Falcosaur Pet quest (Bloodgazer one) that requires you to kill 3 of them with your Bloodgazer, something that would have obviously taken a ridiculously long time before the change.

Comment by Azaleah2624

Just a note - I got 3 of these within 15 minutes by killing ALL critters in the area, not just the olivebacks. You don't need to battle them, just kill them, even the non pet critters, and the Kingfeathers will spawn within minutes.

Comment by sparhawk1975

Spent an hour killing critters and pet spawns before giving in and realm hopping. Got an uncommon spawn on my first hop. Was the last thing I needed for the safari achievement.

Comment by Rhaegaron

Path entrance (trailhead) is at 39, 32. If you look at the map, it is located where the "IN" is in "WELLSPRING".

Comment by Whiterock

Birds - Hawkeye family:Normal Abilities: Jade Crane Chick abilities:
Slicing Wind Hawk Eye Lift-Off Slicing Wind Hawk Eye Cyclone
Thrash Adrenaline Rush Cyclone Thrash Jadeskin Flock

Imperial Eagle Chick, Tickbirds, Gulls abilities: Jade Owl(magic) abilities:
Slicing Wind Cyclone Hawk Eye Slicing Wind Adrenaline Rush Lift-Off
Thrash Adrenaline Rush Lift-Off Thrash Hawk Eye Cyclone

Eaglet abilities: Blighthawk(undead) abilities:
Slicing Wind Adrenaline Rush Cyclone Infected Claw Consume Corpse Lift-Off
Thrash Preen Lift-Off Slicing Wind Ghostly Bite Cyclone

Albino Buzzard abilities:
Flyby Hawk Eye Lift-Off
Wild Winds Cyclone Reckless Strike Base stats at rare 25 level: 1400 260 260
Name\Breed: H/H P/P S/S H/P P/S H/S H/B P/B S/B B/B HiPo PWR SPD
Polly @ + * -162 +33
Parrot + + + + -81 +16
Cockatiel @ * -16 +16
Gold Mini Jouster @ +16 -16
Blue Mini Jouster @ +81 -16
Dragonbone Hatchling + @ + + +81 -16
Fledgling Buzzard + + + +81 -16
Senegal @ + +81 -16
Hyacinth Macaw @ +163 -32
Green Wing Macaw @ +163 -32
White Tickbird... @ * * * -81 -16 +33
Imperial Eagle Chick @ + + + + -81 +16
Rustberg Gull + + + -16 +16
Tickbird Hatchling + + + + +
Sea Gull + + + +81 -16
Albatross Chick + + + + +81 +16 -32
Sandy Petrel + + + + +163 -32
Fledgling Oliveback + + + * * -81 +16
Golden Eaglet + + + + +
Fledgling Kingfeather + + + + + +16 -16
Skyhorn Nestling @ +41 +8 -16
Albino Buzzard + + + -81 +16
Jade Crane Chick + @ +16 -16
Jade Owl + + +
Blighthawk + + + + +16 -16

@ - mandatory, + - recommended, + - removed. For shared ones get at least one of a kind.
*P/S Parrot roll +16Health compared to P/B Polly
*S/S Senegal roll +16Speed compared to B/B Cockatiel
*S/S Imperial Eagle Chick roll +3Power and +3Speed compared to P/S White Tickbird Hatchling
*S/S Sea Gull roll +16Health and +3Speed compared to H/S White Tickbird Hatchling
*S/S Tickbird Hatchling roll +16Health and +3Power and +3Speed compared to S/B White Tickbird Hatchling
*P/S Golden Eaglet roll +16Health compared to P/B Fledgling Oliveback
*S/S Fledgling Kingfeather roll +16Speed compared to B/B Fledgling Oliveback

Comment by MapleWarrior

This pet seems more difficult to tag than it actually is. If it's flying and seems out of reach, you might be able to tag it anyway.

Comment by ercarp

Either they've adjusted the spawn rate again or those saying it was upped simply got lucky because I've been camping this area for close to 30 minutes and only seen one Kingfeather (which I accidentally killed). I'm doing the Hunting Lesson: Fledgling Kingfeather quest.

EDIT: Found the last two within 10 minutes or so after I started killing random critters in the area.

Comment by onefreakycoppa

This little fellas don't seem to appear as back-up pets as far as I'm aware.

Comment by tpainpalmer

I haven't tested this extensively, to be sure, but it seemed that killing the Bloodthirsty Foxes at 40.6, 20.8 spawned the Fledgling Kingfeather pretty quickly. Maybe the Kingfeather is scared of them...?

Comment by Darnhald

I found two in about ten minutes. I feel really lucky.

Comment by Sunreaver

I see a lot of comments about finding the Fledgling Kingfeathers, but none about the battles themselves. Yes, you have to pet battle the birds (not just kill them), and yes you have to have your hatchling on the team... which means you only have two other slots to build your team with. The Kingfeathers are in the Flying family, but they're usually backed up by Beasts & Critters - with the occasional Aquatic thrown in for good measure. That said, I was able to solo the fights with just my Anubisath Idol.

Pet 1: Anubisath Idol
Pet 2: Clockwork Gnome
Pet 3: Bloodgazer Hatchling

With the Anubisath Idol, cast a Sandstorm, throw up Deflection, then keep those up while you Crush.

Since there's no telling what kind of mix you'll get, just fill the second slot with whatever Mechanical, Beast, or Critter pet you prefer. I chose a Mechanical because of the Repair ability and the family passive rez.

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Fledgling Kingfeather

This NPC can be found in Azsuna (17).

Pet Battle: Azsuna

While other species of birds take turns leading the flock during migration, the kingfeather always remains in the lead. Whether this is an effort to help the rest of the flock conserve energy or out of dominance remains unknown.

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