Birds that we could easily have without an aviary

Orque41

Orque41
On the one hand, they can make birds like cormorants or swans or cranes or pelicans because they don't need aviaries and can make less feathers because zoos cut the feathers of birds so that those- these fly and escape so it's a little easier. On the other hand, all those who need aviaries in order not to escape, such as raptors or parrots, are likely to be longer. He can make birds in several DLC like Africa or Birds which do not fly ... On the other hand I don't know how long it takes to make a single bird even if there are a lot of details to do. But I think that very soon there will be flying birds, you just have to believe in it and be pantient. And here's a list of birds we might inhave next DLC

1. Birds that don't fly like
Emu - Rhea - humbold penguin - kiwi

2. Pelicans and Flamingos and Cranes
Red Flamingos - Dalmatian Pelicans - Gray Pelicans - Brown Pelican - Crowned Crane - Japanese Crane

3. Cormorant and Northern Gannet
Great Cormorant - Blue-footed Booby

4. Herons and Storks and Alies
Gray Heron - Marabou - Nile shoe Shoebill - White Stork - Black Stork

5. Puffin and Penguin
Atlantic Puffin - Rockhopper penguin

6. Swans and Ducks and Geese
Black swan - Mute swan - Mandarin duck - Mallard duck - Snow goose

7. Turkey and Grouse

8. Ground hornbill because I have already seen in zoos without aviaries
 

jcp011c

jcp011c
In terms of wading or more ground based birds, that have the potential to fly, but could also not fly based on current game programming, at least what I'm assuming it is, should not have too much of an issue being added to the game. What I'd like to see out of that:

Scarlet Ibis
Shoebill Stork
Saddlebill Stork
Roseate Spoonbill
Grey Crowned Crane
Red Crowned Crane
Secretary Bird
Marabou Stork
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret

I think the Road Runner and Ground Hornbill, as well as all types of Pheasants, Grouses, could be done but it may be a little trickier. And of course birds that don't fly at all like Emu and other penguins should be totally fine as is, as we have these type of birds in game already. The kiwi I see as being an exhibit bird, they're too small for a habitat IMO, and their special nocturnal needs would require some specific care.
 

NZFanatic

NZFanatic
I was a little bummed out that we didn't get a single pheasant in the SEA Pack. Missed opportunity, really.

My top five picks for non-aviary birds would be;
- North Island brown kiwi.
- Emu.
- Great white pelican.
- Japanese red-crowned crane.
- Southern ground hornbill.

and an honourable mention to the Himalayan monal and helmeted guinea fowl.
 

Mjmannella

Mjmannella
Just going to mention (for cough no reason at all cough) that argus could easily work fine without the need to fly. They're fowl much like the base-game peafowl and so they would have a lot of behavioural overlap with them. If they do get added, I'd hope it's without a needless gimmick tacked on just to sell DLC.
 

yoav_r

yoav_r
Orque41 said:
On the one hand, they can make birds like cormorants or swans or cranes or pelicans because they don't need aviaries and can make less feathers because zoos cut the feathers of birds so that those- these fly and escape so it's a little easier. On the other hand, all those who need aviaries in order not to escape, such as raptors or parrots, are likely to be longer. He can make birds in several DLC like Africa or Birds which do not fly ... On the other hand I don't know how long it takes to make a single bird even if there are a lot of details to do. But I think that very soon there will be flying birds, you just have to believe in it and be pantient. And here's a list of birds we might inhave next DLC

1. Birds that don't fly like
Emu - Rhea - humbold penguin - kiwi

2. Pelicans and Flamingos and Cranes
Red Flamingos - Dalmatian Pelicans - Gray Pelicans - Brown Pelican - Crowned Crane - Japanese Crane

3. Cormorant and Northern Gannet
Great Cormorant - Blue-footed Booby

4. Herons and Storks and Alies
Gray Heron - Marabou - Nile shoe Shoebill - White Stork - Black Stork

5. Puffin and Penguin
Atlantic Puffin - Rockhopper penguin

6. Swans and Ducks and Geese
Black swan - Mute swan - Mandarin duck - Mallard duck - Snow goose

7. Turkey and Grouse

8. Ground hornbill because I have already seen in zoos without aviaries
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You could add guineafowls
 

Antimony96

Antimony96
From a representation standpoint, the lack of birds is probably the single biggest flaw of Planet Zoo, and one of its biggest flaws overall aside from the pathing or exhibit animal systems. Frontier has mostly succeeded at representing the big, ticket-selling animals, almost all mammals, which draw zoo-goers as well as Planet Zoo buyers, and has even represented some more niche mammals like the aardvark, babirusa, and nyala, but even after two years of DLC, there are only six birds, four of which are flightless. On one hand, there was an obvious limitation with open aviaries which Frontier has seemingly only just figured out with JWE2, and it remains to be seen whether that can be implemented in Planet Zoo on a much smaller scale. But even setting aside all the birds which require aviaries, there are so many grounded birds which would function perfectly with the existing habitat system (as the flamingo and peafowl already do) and would massively flesh out zoos.

As a pure hypothetical to show off the vast potential offered by birds and not something which I would ever expect as DLC, here's the Grounded Birds of Africa animal pack. Both animal packs so far have been seven mammals and a box, so as far as I'm concerned it's only fair to get something like this:

Helmeted guineafowl
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Vaguely resembling a cassowary but entirely unrelated and much friendlier. Would add a great deal of flavor to mixed African plains exhibits.

Grey crowned crane
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This gorgeous and endangered creature is the national bird of both Uganda and South Africa. There's also the very similar black crowned crane of west Africa.

Secretarybird
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A ground hunter, contrasting with other birds of prey, the secretarybird can skillfully dispatch venomous snakes and other dangerous quarry.

White-faced whistling duck
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The smallest bird in the pack and a native of both Africa and South America. This duck's real value comes from its potential in mixed exhibits with other semiaquatic African animals, particularly the hippopotamus.

Saddle-billed stork
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This unmistakable stork has such a heavy bill that it droops down when in flight. Both sexes have similar coloration but the male (shown here) has brown eyes and a dangling wattle, while the female has golden eyes and no wattle.

Shoebill
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Sometimes misidentified as a stork, this strange bird is the only one of its order, but is most closely related to hamerkop and the pelicans. The shoebill is mostly silent and communicates primarily through clattering its bill.

Southern ground hornbill
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The largest hornbill in the world and one of Kruger Nastional Park's "big six" birds along with the saddle-billed stork. Southern ground hornbills have a slow life cycle but can live for over seventy years in captivity.
 

Jason219

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  • Eurasian Spoonbill
  • Roseate Spoonbill
  • Atlantic Puffin
  • Brown Pelican
  • Little Blue Penguin
  • Emperor Penguin
  • Rockhopper Penguin
  • Marabou Stork
  • Secretarybird
  • Shoebill
  • Kakapo
  • Takahē
  • Great Blue Heron
  • Caribbean Flamingo
  • Emu
  • Greater Rhea

And I haven't gotten to ducks, geese, and swans.
 

Cynogale bennettii II

Cynogale bennettii II
I have consistently wanted at least one species of goose in the game. Although they do have a reputation (well-earned, in some species) for aggression, they also include some really quite beautiful birds that many zoos keep in walkthrough displays, around ornamental ponds and lakes or in mixed-species enclosures. Although the Hawaiian, red breasted and Egyptian goose all score very highly in my personal preferences I have recently come to realise that, certainly here in Europe, the most commonly-kept goose species is the Asian bar-headed goose.

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It has a lot going for it. For starters they are certainly one of the more attractive-looking species of goose. They can also represent many different parts of the Asian continent - they breed on the cold plains of Central Asia and migrate, via a flight over the Himalayas (amazingly, they can fly from sea level to over 7,000 metres up in just a few hours with no ill effect) to the wetlands of the Indian subcontinent. Because of this, they should be able to share enclosures with a wide variety of animals - certainly I have seen images of real mixed enclosures of bar-headed geese with Indian rhinos, Bactrian camels and greater flamingos.
 

peafowl

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slaps hood of habitat) this current mechanic can hold so many birds

... among my favorites are

  • Palawan peacock Pheasant
  • Mandarin duck
  • Temmincks tragopan
  • Green peafowl
  • Agami heron
  • Takahe
  • Greater prairie chicken
  • Capercaillie
  • Himalayan monal
  • Wood duck
  • Egyptian Goose
  • Amhersts pheasant
  • Crested Partridge
  • Roseate spoonbill
  • Blue Billed Curassow
  • Congo Peafowl
  • California Quail
  • Green Junglefowl
 
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