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The '''Scornet Maestro''' ({{j|タテゴトハチスズメ|Tategoto Hachi Suzume|Harp Bee Sparrow}}) is a boss in {{p3}} and the fourth major boss encountered in [[Story Mode]], at the [[Twilight River]]. It quickly abducts [[Louie]] before the player can reach him. It resembles a queen bee of sorts, since it is able to command a swarm of [[Scornet]]s using its harp-like beak. This beak will even produce harp music when each attack is happening.

The Maestro is well defended by its minions. Avoid attacking while the Scornets are in the area. Each time the Scornets move into a tight formation, avoid their attack and allow them to fly out of the area. When it's safe, use your [[Winged Pikmin]] to bring the vulnerable Maestro to the ground, then have the rest of your squad charge in to attack. When the Scornets return to the area, gather your Pikmin and repeat the process.

In [[Defeat Bosses!]], the player can refight the Scornet Maestro. The time limit is ten minutes. The only exit of the arena is blocked off by a "keep out" sign. The player can use Alph (player 1's starting leader), Brittany (player 2's starting leader), and Charlie. Their order in ''Pikmin 3'' is Alph, Brittany, Charlie, and in ''Pikmin 3 Deluxe'' the [[action menu|order]] is Brittany, Charlie, Alph. One hundred Pikmin are on the field in this mission, but only fifty start in the player's squad: thirty [[Winged Pikmin]] and twenty [[Red Pikmin]]. Around the edges of the arena are groups of buried Pikmin. There are two groups of 10 Winged Pikmin, two groups of ten Red Pikmin, and one group of ten [[Rock Pikmin]]. The Pikmin in the squad from the start all have the leaf [[maturity]], while the buried Pikmin have a mix of bud and flower maturities. If at any point during this fight all of the player's Winged Pikmin are lost, the game will display a message stating that it is impossible to damage the boss, and will ask if the player wants to give up or continue regardless.

*The Maestro will order the Scornets to get into a cone formation and will aim at the active leader. Simply move around a lot to dodge.

*The Maestro will order the Scornets to get into lines, and each line will proceed to aim at the active leader. Walk around the outer edge of the arena to dodge.

*The Maestro will order the Scornets to form a circle around the active leader. Have a few Pikmin kill some Scornets to escape the circle.

If any Pikmin are captured, the Scornets will form a circle around the Maestro and will eat them after a few seconds. Throw Pikmin at the Scornets to save them.

[[File:P3 Two Scornets Screenshot.png|thumb|left|129px|Two Scornets.]]

The Scornet Maestro will only attempt to attack the leader that is currently active. This can be used to an advantage by having an unoccupied leader stand away from another leader who has all the Pikmin. When the Maestro begins an attack, it will lock on the current leader, and will not switch targets, meaning that at this point, you can swap from the defenseless leader to one with Pikmin, and attack it by swarming it with Winged Pikmin. Once it falls to the ground, pelt the creature with Rock Pikmin to rapidly diminish its health. The lonesome leader will receive damage from the Scornet attacks, but unless their [[health]] was low at the start of the battle, they will be able to endure the strikes without much of a problem.

Badge 13 maestro.png|Decomposer. The badge shows the Maestro.

ScornetMaestroAppear.png|The Maestro roaring as it first appears.

Scornet Maestro attack no.1.jpg|Cone formation.

Scornet Maestro attack no.2.jpg|Line formation.

Scornet Maestro attack no.3.jpg|Circle formation.

Bee Boss.jpg|Captured Pikmin.

Scornet Maestro frontal view.jpg|Front view of the Maestro.

ScornetMaestroDefeat.png|The Maestro defeated.

Beee.png|The deceased Maestro surrounded by the Seed Hive and Louie.

Scornet Maestro dead.jpg|The corpses of the Maestro and its subordinates.

*The Maestro is the smallest boss in the ''Pikmin'' series.

*The Maestro is similar to a boss in another Nintendo game, ''[[metroid:Metroid Prime 3: Corruption|Metroid Prime 3: Corruption]]'', [[metroid:Helios|Helios]]. Both Helios and the Maestro are smaller bosses (in comparison to other bosses) that use smaller minions to both protect themselves and attack the player.

*During its battle, even if the player [[Lock-on|locks-on]] the Scornets, it will lock-on to the Maestro instead.

*Interestingly, when the Maestro is defeated, not only will the its corpse fall, but all the Scornets as well, which can be brought back to the [[Onion]]. Normally, Scornets are not retrievable when defeated.  

*The Maestro can command up to one hundred Scornets at the same time, much like the player's leaders can control up to the [[Pikmin limit|same amount of Pikmin]].

*If the boss loses all of its health while in mid-air, it will drop to the ground, even if no Pikmin are latched on to it. Only when it is on the ground can its death sequence start.

*Although the Maestro is a queen – as stated in Olimar's reports, and in its name in certain languages – it has a {{w|hair-pencil}}, a furry appendage on the abdomen that releases pheromones used by ''male'' butterflies to attract mates. The creature instead uses those pheromones to control the Scornets, as queen bees do without hair-pencils.