I hate these bastards with a burning passion. They have knocked me off my mount so many times in the red woods, get my health down while I’m stunned and then some Carno or terror bird comes over and finishes me off. They will kill you, your family and anything you have ever loved.

Funfact:this is the faster dino in the ark and most anoying

I keep confusing these things for archaeopteryx and dimorphs. One will flee in fear and climb onto the trees, one won’t react at all unless you attack them, and one will tackle you off your mount and eat your face.

That's a cute little birdie...RKO outta nowhere!!!

Though commonly mistaken for Archeopteryx, the difference between the two theropods is the microraptors blinding speed, and ability to leap up into the air and orbit the player until stunning them and dismounting them from any creature they're on. Keep an eye on the bushes and trees, they can be anywhere in the redwoods forest.

Trying to run down a mountain? It will help you and knock you off. THANKS

Turn your render distance to low, turn off all shadows to see these guys easier. Seem to share the same spawns as troodon, so redwoods and forests.

Doesn't attack when mounting a Theri, same with terror birds. Chicken family.

They seem to only be aggressive when you are on your mount. Dismount before approaching or else you will find your self thrown off and Stunned. Walking forward and backwards quickly allows you to "hula hoop" an attacking Micro, giving you time to dismount and avoid the stun.

This guys spawns in redwood and sometimes at the near swamp river in south!

If you ever see thing don't just go and attack them thinking they are we they will dismount you and there are chances of rex, raptor, carnos, allos, baryoynx spawning near them so just stay away form them unless you want to be killed or tame them

These can be found on scorched earth even though it dosnt show it on the ark wiki

It's like a raptor... But micro , so they are even more annoying

There are 3 steps to evading these guys
1. Pray
2. Keep Running
3. Don’t look back

They seem to only do their stun attack on mounted players. If you hear/see one coming towards you, dismount immediately. Theyll fly around you a bunch but wont stun you.

Oh there is no way I could object to a bird so small it’s hard to see knocking me off my new argy the second I initiate battle with an alpha carno

My tribe mate got stunned by one these while he was peacefully getting ripped to shreds by 1 thyacoleo, a swarm of bugs and a pack of terror birds. Guess which one caused his death? The microraptor because it stung him and he couldn't fight back.

Can be found on Scortched Earth in the same area as Archeopterix. Wood areas all along red and blue oblelisk

Was on se and a pack of 10 of them attacked me made it out on 5 hp on my saber tooth

If you ever see one of these RUN. And if your a pro, incinerate them with two rifle :)

Watch out. It's difficult to do anything in the redwoods without this demented chicken knocking you off your mount