Jabberjay
Title
Jabberjay
Subject
Flora and Fawna
Description
The Jabberjay is type of bird mutation created by the Capital of Panem.
In the time of the Dark Days, jabberjays were used as a weapon to spy on enemies of the Capital. They were known to have the ability to memorize entire human conversations and were meant to return to the Capital with the information they had overheard from the enemies. Later, they became useless when the enemies learned of the Jabberjays' purpose and began feeding the birds false information.
The capital created only male Jabberjays, but when left in the wild to die off, the birds mated with Mockingbirds, creating a species known as the Mocking Jay.
Jabberjays were recreated for the use of the 75th Hunger Games. They tortured Katniss and Finnick by mimicking the voices of their loved ones screams. It is believed that these screams were not actual recordings of the voices, but rather digitally warped sounds created from recordings of the loved ones voices from interviews of past Hunger Games.
In the time of the Dark Days, jabberjays were used as a weapon to spy on enemies of the Capital. They were known to have the ability to memorize entire human conversations and were meant to return to the Capital with the information they had overheard from the enemies. Later, they became useless when the enemies learned of the Jabberjays' purpose and began feeding the birds false information.
The capital created only male Jabberjays, but when left in the wild to die off, the birds mated with Mockingbirds, creating a species known as the Mocking Jay.
Jabberjays were recreated for the use of the 75th Hunger Games. They tortured Katniss and Finnick by mimicking the voices of their loved ones screams. It is believed that these screams were not actual recordings of the voices, but rather digitally warped sounds created from recordings of the loved ones voices from interviews of past Hunger Games.
Creator
Capital Scientists
Source
The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins
Date
First created during "The Dark Days", which was a wartime when a rebellion began to rise against the Capital.
They eventually died off, but then were recreated by the Capital's scientists for use in the 75th Annual Hunger Games.
They eventually died off, but then were recreated by the Capital's scientists for use in the 75th Annual Hunger Games.
Contributor
Brittany Vlaminck
Relation
Illustrations of Jabberjay. Digital image. The Hunger Games Wiki: Jabberjay. Wikia, n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2014. <http://thehungergames.wikia.com/wiki/Jabberjay#cite_note-0>.
Language
English
Type
Novel
Files
Citation
Capital Scientists, “Jabberjay,” The Museum of Fictional Literary Artifacts, accessed May 20, 2025, https://mfla.omeka.net/items/show/113.