Joybirds.

Where and when do they spawn?

@Spadow;'s blog(for the 8th KMS anniversary) says they were on a limit, like eregos and the like, but I've no idea if it carried into GMS.

Also, NexonNA half-assed the changes his blog mentioned went on on day 10.. Well, like quarter-assed.

Compare here

' The amount of feather scrolls you need to use has been reduced from 8 to 4 Still 8
You now only need to kill 1 Palabird Still 8
The chance to get the Orange Mushroom riding from the Mini Maple Bonsai has been raised Dunno, got on 4th try
Raising the Mini Maple Bonsai has been reduced from 8 to 4 Still 8
Mini Maple Bonsai’s sleeping time has been reduced from 1 hour and 30 minutes to just 30 minutes Got
You can now get a Palabird’s Shiny Feather scroll as a reward from Mini Maple Bonsai Dunno
The amount of Maple Leaf that you get from completing the Rising Star quests has been raised to 20 Got
You now need to train all exercises of your idol 8 times instead of 30 to receive a special time-limited balloon (cape) item Got
Drop rate from Palabird has significantly been changed Dunno
Drop rate of the 8th anniversary box has been raised S'hit drop rate, so no?
Monsters drop more Maple Leaves than before Got, I get 2 per mob occasionally
Maple equipment can now be obtained from a Master Monster, Boss monster and Palabird Dunno, but doubt it
8th anniversary box can now give the special 20% 8th anniversary scrolls Got
Rising Star quests can now be completed through a light bulb that will appear above your head instead of visiting the special ‘Rising Star Hole’ map through the Mirror of Dimension Nope'

Only care about the damn bird though, any help there?

I've been hunting two maps north of Ellinia (Chimney Tree: Close to the Birds). They spawn there pretty often.

Only found it yesterday, at Kiyos (coincidentally or not, a map that eregos used to spawn on). Didn't find them anywhere else in Nihal or Masteria though.

Checked again today, it wasn't there. Could be limited by hours, as you said.

Edit: Just went to Close to the Birds, found only the Papparazzi there. You sure it's the Joy Birds, happylight?

New bug... is supossed to spawn all day since is global... however I am 6:30 PST and isn't spawning...

Is there supposed to be a blue notice when it spawns?

Yes there is a notice when it spawns.

I was told they have spawned in ToT Road of Regrets maps as well.

I can confirm they spawn in Magatia and Mu Lung on various maps.

So far I know it spawns in Memory Lane 1, Road of Regrets 3, Mu Lung Practice Area Easy + Medium. There's a few other places I've seen it, but I can't recall them at the moment.

I killed 8 in Oblivion 1 for the event requirements and left.

ok, i have confirmed, they do not start spawning until 10am PST, and two more maps are the buzzards in arient and the next to last map before magatia.

Paparazzi: Garden of 3 Colors in Orbis.
Joy Bird: Cloud Walking Way 1 (the first map with Nependeaths)

What joy birds dropped for me:
40%/100% feather (used to upgrade beryl stuff)
Untradeable armor for stat 60%
Untradeable accessory for stat 60%
Tradeable accessory for hp/mp 30%
Beryl weapons
Maple leaves

100% feather drops a lot more often than 40%
It doesn't drop armor/accessory for watk/matk

I see a lot of Joy Birds in Sky Nest I, I see a lot of Paparazzi in the map to the right of Kerning.

Which is best to hunt? o.o