If someone just can’t stop clowning around they would resemble a bird trying to get someone’s attention, right? Well, at least that’s the logic in German 
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The opposite is “Spaßbremse”, by the way… 
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Is there an equivalent of the English “Odd Duck”, for a very strange person?
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Ja … komischer Vogel.
Was bist du denn für ein komischer Vogel?!
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In which situation have you used “Spaßvogel” already? Can you give examples?
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I have used it but mostly in a sarcastic way, for example
Na Du bist ja ein Spaßvogel.
I rarely use it in a positive kind of way for someone i think, hahaha
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True, we often use it when somebody makes a bad joke or jokes around too much 
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