Dear Frontier, there are many habitat birds that can be made out of existing rigs

[Pinguin]

I know you know our constant plea for more birds and maybe it is difficult to make them or I dont know your plans maybe you are still preparing them, but please consider to start adding more birds that can be habitat and use existing rigs and they dont need to fly. it would make many people happy.

Many Examples are below:

Peafowl rig:
Himalayan Monal

Golden Pheasant

Scarlet Ibis

Helmeted Guineafowl

Crane Rig:
Roseate Spoonbill

Grey-Crown Crane

Shoebill

 

[Fallax]

I am sceptical of some of these, I think most of these would need new rigs. The Guineafowl, ibis, spoonbill, and Shoebill for sure would.

 

[Pinguin]

I am sceptical of some of these, I think most of these would need new rigs. The Guineafowl, ibis, spoonbill, and Shoebill for sure would.

No they would not. New rig does not mean new animation. Rig is just a skeleton of the animal. With slightly adjusting it with right animations, they all can work.
hope it now clear what I mean
But my point is, there are alot of bird that can work as habitat animals, no need to fly.

 

[Captain Callum]

No they would not. New rig does not mean new animation. Rig is just a skeleton of the animal. With slightly adjusting it with right animations, they all can work.
hope it now clear what I mean
But my point is, there are alot of bird that can work as habitat animals, no need to fly.

Yeah we really don't need a new rig for most wading or general habitat birds. Spoonbills, ibis among others rarely fly enough to justify creating an entirely new rig to accommodate such

 

[YesIndeed]

The only no flying bird that actually needs a new rig would be a duck/swan/goose. And once we get one all 3 of them could re use the same one.

 

[peafowl]

The only no flying bird that actually needs a new rig would be a duck/swan/goose. And once we get one all 3 of them could re use the same one.

i cant believe we still dont have one

 

[Angeł]

Don’t forget the Victoria Crowned Pigeon and Nicobar Pigeon with the peafowl rig!

 

[SalamAnders]

I support everything involving more birds, especially for habitats! Great examples here

 

[FoxyDee]

Man, I would love all of these. Especially the Spoonbill or Ibis would make so happy, I need an SA tropical colourful bird for my tropical house!

Grey-Crowned Crane would also be amazing, as these could be mixed with the new Red River Hog. And Himalayan Monal is just so pretty, I hope it would be included in some sort of Highlands/Mountains pack.

 

[Bearcat9948]

The ibis is the only one that should maybe have a separate rig. Would love to have all these in the game some day

 

[Cynogale bennettii II]

I would say that one of the best birds for an existing rig would be the ocellated turkey. It has a lot in common with the peafowl, up to and including the fanned tail animation. It would also add a very welcome representative for Central America.

 

[Pinguin]

Yes I would also love Mandarin Duck and Goose species, but they would need new rig. I only hope Frontier will not forget them and add them soon.

 

[Fossa]

They can use flamingo for swans, the modders already created beautiful black swans out of it

 

[RightWhale]

Christ someone could make a thread with nothing but 30+ habitat birds, I’ve said this in another thread but it is crazy to me how few habitats birds there are. I know they aren’t super “exciting” but habitat birds can add a lot especially in inter-species enrichment.

Having a duck pond with beavers, keeping a golden pheasant with your red panda, keeping an ocellated turkey with your capuchins, keeping all the other african ground birds with your african hoofstock, burrowing owls with your prairie dogs, keeping pelicans with the seals and sea lions, keeping more penguin species together, actually let the kangaroo and emu get an enrichment together, keeping the ibis with the tapir or capybara, keeping the congo peafowl with red river hogs, keeping the Himalayan monal with other Asian animals, etc and etc.

I know flying birds are the big ticket item right now, but if you could go back and add just one bird to each dlc I think people would have a little less to talk about.