The Little Bird is an aerial vehicle in Jailbreak. Added in the Cargo Ship Update, this compact helicopter features four seats, a rope, and a detailed interior, the first of its kind. It is on the helipad on top of the Prison and Rising City Bank, costing 
190,000 to purchase. Before the 2023 Prison Update, the Little Bird also spawned on the helipad at the Police HQ.
Overview
The Little Bird is possibly the most useful helicopter to rob the Cargo Ship with, as it is relatively quick, easy to access, and is a much smaller target than other helicopters, but can be shot down more easily, only being able to take three shots. Compared to the Helicopter, the Little Bird is faster, has a smaller turning radius, and can fit into smaller spaces.
The Little Bird also has some disadvantages, such as spawning in two somewhat hard to reach locations (for Criminals). Furthermore, with a price of 190,000, the vehicle is relatively expensive for new players.
Performance
The Little Bird has rather good performance, including good top speed, launch, acceleration, reverse speed, and maneuverability.
The Little Bird is overall better than the Helicopter, but far behind when compared to the Black Hawk, the now-removed Blade, and the Drone. Despite being slower than most other vehicles, the vehicle can reach destinations faster as it can fly, giving it an advantage over several faster and more expensive land vehicles.
Overall, the Little Bird is a great vehicle to buy, being very useful for robbing the Cargo Ship, and being a good daily-driver. Despite having similar performance to the Helicopter, its performance and spawn points make up for the price.
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Top speed
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Reverse speed
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| Slightly faster then the Helicopter and the UFO, topping at 108 MPH. It is slightly slower than the Celsior. Since it can fly over obstacles, it is a faster mode of transportation than most land vehicles. | Like all helicopters, it can fly backwards as fast as it does forwards. It's faster than the Eclaire and Beignet, and comparable to the Torpedo. |
Launch
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Acceleration
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| Launch provides a fairly quick burst of speed, comparable to other helicopters; it's quite good for getaways. | Like other helicopters, acceleration to top speed is near-instantaneous. It only takes a few seconds to reach top speed. It's comparable to supercars in extremely short distances. |
| Maneuverability
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Braking
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| About the same as the Helicopter. Require almost no effort controlling at any speeds. It can be easier to use in tight spaces due to its smaller size. | Comes to a stop in a second or so. All helicopters (except the Black Hawk) are about equal in this stat. Still, a fair amount of vehicles brake faster, but the Little Bird is ahead of a large number of them. |
Max Altitude
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Durability
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| Can fly up to around 400 studs. About equal with the UFO and the same as the Helicopter. It may look like it goes higher, but it's just smaller. It is also comparable to the Black Hawk. | The Little Bird has 75 HP and disable duration of 10 seconds. Comparable to the Helicopter. |
Strategy and Tips
Here are some tips and tricks on using the Little Bird:
Combat
- The Little Bird has Drop Bombs that can possibly kill a player in 2 hits. It's notably easier to get a good hit with the Little Bird than other helicopters due to its small size.
Robbing the Cargo Ship
- It's highly recommended to use the Little Bird for robbing the Cargo Ship due to it's small size and overall quick speed for an aerial vehicle (Which makes it harder for the Missiles from the Cargo Ship to hit you). It can usually even be more effective than the Black Hawk for this due to being far smaller.
Galleries
Visual gallery
Exterior
Interior
Spawns
Thumbnail
GUI
Audio gallery
| Normal | Weapons |
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| The hovering and flying sound. | |
| Dropping a bomb. |
Trivia
- The Little Bird is based on the MD 500 helicopter.
- The nickname of the helicopter, "Buzzard", is a reference to the helicopter from the GTA series of the same name.
- Similar to the Helicopter, it spawns in one specific color: blue.
- The sounds for the Little Bird are a sped-up version of the Helicopter's.
- Unlike land vehicles with interiors, such as the Eclaire, the interior is not customizable, and players are required to zoom in to view the interior.
- When zooming into first-person view, it shifts to the center of the helicopter instead of the player's current seat. This also occurs with the Black Hawk.
- Additionally, only drivers can view the interior, when trying to zoom in as a passenger, you will only see the top of the Little Bird.
- The Little Bird had no helicopter spotlight in early development.
- Much like the Eclaire did for cars, the Little Bird brought detailed interiors to aircraft.
- The rope on all aerial vehicles with one flings around on laggy devices or internet, making picking up vehicles and robbing the Cargo Ship virtually impossible.
- Passengers on the sides (not next to the driver) appear to float in mid-air, as the passenger seats are not stuck to the helicopter, but are welded.
- Before the Season 4 Mid-Season update, the Little Bird used to spawn on top of the Rising City Bank, before being moved to the Police HQ.
- Its spawn point then returned on top of the Bank, in addition to the Police HQ's spawn in Miscellaneous Update 114 the next day.
- In the 2023 Prison Update, a Little Bird spawn point was added on the helipad on top of the Prison.
- In the same update, the Little Bird spawn on top of the Bank no longer requires players to hijack the vehicle.
Miscellaneous Trivia
- The Little Bird is the first aircraft to have a detailed interior.
- The Little Bird is the third aircraft to have an interior at all, with the UFO, Helicopter and Black Hawk having basic ones, fourth being the Blade, fifth being the Drone, and sixth being the Crew Capsule.
- The Little Bird is the sixth aerial vehicle added to Jailbreak, after the Helicopter, Black Hawk, UFO, Stunt, and Jet. It was added before the Blade, Lia, Drone, Crew Capsule, Celsior, and the Escape Bot.
- The Little Bird is the fourth aerial vehicle that can rob the Cargo Ship, after the Helicopter, Black Hawk, UFO, and fifth being the Escape Bot.
- The Little Bird is the cheapest purchasable aerial vehicle, followed by the Stunt, UFO, and the more expensive Black Hawk and Jet.
- The Little Bird now shows the map of Jailbreak on the avionics screen.
