Essential aviary animals

[Spiderhawk]

Hey everybody. I’d like to start a list similar to random goat and darthquell. This time I’d like to open it to aviary animals. Birds and bats that would need to be contained in an aviary.

While we still are uncertain if frontier will start to include more animals per dlc, I will suggest we do 5-30. I believe a lot of us will suggest the same animals, I’d like to see what else people want. Also I doubt we will ever get 30 considering how many animals we get per dlc and would get in a true expansion pack.

While birds such as cranes and storks have been requested, I think they will be fine without being contained in an aviary.
Also flightless birds will not been counted.
First I’ll start with my top 30 in order.

1. Bald eagle
2. California condor
3. Snowy owl
4. Caracara
5. Flying fox
6. Blue macaw
7. African grey parrot
8. Kookaburra
9. Osprey
10. Red tailed hawk
11. Birds of paradise
12. Great hornbill
13. Harris hawk
14. Steller sea eagle
15. Harpy eagle
16. Andean condor
17. Toucan
18. Cormorant (any)
19. Pelican (any)
20. Golden eagle
21. Saker Falcon
22. African yellow bat
23. Northern Goshawk
24. Polynesian hawk
25. Puffins (any)
26. Great horned owl
27. Secretary bird
28. Egyptian vulture
29. Spotted harrier
30. Peregrine falcon

Those are also some of my personal favorites.

 

[Spiderhawk]

I will keep the list updated here, hope y’all enjoy

Rank	Animal	Votes on top 15 and ranking average
1	Snowy Owl	23
2	Peregrine Falcon	23
3	Hyacinth Macaw	22
4	Toucan	21
5	Bald Eagle	21
6	Scarlet Ibis	20
7	Kookaburra	18
8	Harpy Eagle	18
9	Scarlet Macaw	18
10	Roseate Spoonbill	18
11	Golden Eagle	17
12	Great Hornbill	17
13	African Grey Parrot	16
14	Bearded Vulture	16
15	Birds of Paradise	16
16	Caracara	15
17	Marabou Stork	15
18	Rhinocerous Hornbill	15
19	Steller Sea Eagle	15
20	Blue and Yellow Macaw	14
21	Griffon Vulture	14
22	Rainbow Lorikeet	14
23	Andean Condor	8
24	Harris Hawk	8
25	Pelicans	6

Other birds requested, their rank is not high enough to make it into the top 30


African Fish Eagle
African White-Backed Vulture
African Grey Crowned
Anhinga
Black Tailed Godwit
Black Swan
Blue-Billed Curassow
Barred Owl
Burrowing Owl
California Condor
Capercaillie
Cockatoo (any)
Cormorant
Common ringed plover
Eagle Owl
Eurasian Curlew
Eurasian Eagle Owl
Flying Fox
Fruit Bat
Frigatebird
Golden Parakeet
Golden Pheasant
Great Eagret
Green Winged Macaw
Great BLue Heron
Grey Crowned Crane
Giant Hunter Martin
Gilla Woodpecker
Glossy Ibis
Great Blue Turaco
Great Grey Owl
Great Horned Owl
Greater Adjutnant
Ground Hornbill
Guam Rail
Gyrfalcon
Hoopoe
Hoatzine
Himalayan monal
Javan Hawk-Eagle
Kakapo
Kingfisher
King Vulture
Kea
Lady Amherst pheasant
Lyre Bird
Martial Eagle
Merlin Falcon
Mandarin Duck
Madagascan Flying Eagle
Military Macaw
Monk Parrot
Monk Vulture
Osprey
Oystercatcher (any)
Palm Cockatoo
Puffin (any)
Quetzal
Raven
Red Tailed Hawk
Red Crowned Crane
Red Kite
Ruppell's Vulture
Secretary Bird
Spanish Imperial Eagle
Spot-Billed Toucanet
Sulfur Crested Cockatoo
Superb Lyrebird
Swan goose
Tawney Frogmouth
Thick Billed Parrot
Torrent Duck
Trumpeter Swan
Ultramarine Lorikeet
Vampire Bat
Victoria crown pigeon
Virginia Pigeon
Walrip Ibis
Wedge-Tailed Eagle
White throated bee eater
White Backed Vulture
White Headed Vulture
Wood Duck

 

[Spiderhawk]

Here I will add animals that are not listed in anyone's top 15 must have but in their top 30. As time goes on and more requests come in I can properly rank.

1. Cormorant (any)
2. Saker Falcon
3. African yellow bat
4. Northern Goshawk
5. Polynesian hawk
6. Egyptian vulture
7. Spotted harrier
8. Peregrine falcon
9. Barn Owl
10. Goliath Heron
11. Great Blue Heron
12. Spoonbill
13. Mute Swan
14. Magnificent Frigatebird
15. Red Crowned Crane
16. Southern Bald Ibis
17. Hoatzin
18. Pirincho
19. Roseate Spoonbill
20. Cardinal
21. Scarlet Ibis
22. Pileated Woodpecker
23. Resplendent Quetzal
24. Guinea Turaco
25. Mandarin Duck
26. Common Teal
27. Mallard
28. Eurasian eagle-owl
29. Common raven
30. White-backed vulture
31. Yellow-crested cockatoo
32. White stork
33. Grey crowned crane
34. Mute swan
35. Common pheasant
36. Western capercaillie
37. Flying fox

 

[Aramar]

I will think about my list and publish it later

 

[jcp011c]

If they do flying birds at all, I'm marking the ones that I feel are must haves with a *, for which would be a single DLC with a kiwi bird (non flying) as exhibit animal

1. Bald Eagle*
2. Toco Toucan*
3. Hyacinth Macaw*
4. Marabou Stork
5. Scarlet Macaw
6. Rhinoceros Hornbill
7. Scarlet Ibis
8. Australian Pelican*
9. Harpy Eagle
10. Roadrunner
11. Shoebill Stork
12. Secretary Bird
13. Emu
14. Giant Hornbill
15. Snowy Owl
16. Barn Owl
17. Goliath Heron
18. Great Blue Heron
19. Osprey
20. Kookaburra
21. Spoonbill
22. Mute Swan
23. Peregrine falcon
24. Golden Eagle
25. Magnificent Frigatebird
26. Red Crowned Crane
27. African Grey Parrot
28. Red-tailed Hawk
29. Southern Bald Ibis
30. California Condor

It feels like I"m missing one from my own smaller personal want list but it's early and I can't remember. o-O

 

[DarthQuell]

Ok, let's see here:

Raptors

1. Great Horned Owl
2. Burrowing Owl
3. Bald Eagle

Parrots

4. Scarlet Macaw
5. Blue and Yellow Macaw
6. Rainbow Lorikeets
7. Monk Parrots

Miscellaneous

8. Superb Lyrebird
9. Laughing Kookaburra
10. Virginia Pigeon
11. Toco Toucan
12. Spot-Billed Toucanet
13. Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise
14. Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise
15. Blue-Billed Curassow
16. Hoatzin
17. Pirincho
18. Roseate Spoonbill
19. Cardinal
20. Scarlet Ibis
21. Congo Peafowl
22. Red Junglefowl
23. Ocellated Turkey
24. Atlantic Puffin
25. Pileated Woodpecker
26. Resplendent Quetzal
27. Guinea Turaco
28. Mandarin Duck
29. Common Teal
30. Mallard



It was difficult, and I'm missing tons of birds I like, but here is a good list, with some "forgotten" species.

 

[Spiderhawk]

If they do flying birds at all, I'm marking the ones that I feel are must haves with a *, for which would be a single DLC with a kiwi bird (non flying) as exhibit animal

1. Bald Eagle*
2. Toco Toucan*
3. Hyacinth Macaw*
4. Marabou Stork
5. Scarlet Macaw
6. Rhinoceros Hornbill
7. Scarlet Ibis
8. Australian Pelican*
9. Harpy Eagle
10. Roadrunner
11. Shoebill Stork
12. Secretary Bird
13. Emu
14. Giant Hornbill
15. Snowy Owl
16. Barn Owl
17. Goliath Heron
18. Great Blue Heron
19. Osprey
20. Kookaburra
21. Spoonbill
22. Mute Swan
23. Peregrine falcon
24. Golden Eagle
25. Magnificent Frigatebird
26. Red Crowned Crane
27. African Grey Parrot
28. Red-tailed Hawk
29. Southern Bald Ibis
30. California Condor

It feels like I"m missing one from my own smaller personal want list but it's early and I can't remember. o-O

I’m gonna change the rules. I’d like change it to listing your top 15 in order on how much you want them. The remaining will be tallied as they come.

 

[nutrit]

Since I love ground birds much more and they don’t require flying animations I’ve prepared my list:
1. Shoebill
2. Pelican
3. Secretary bird
4. African ground hornbill
5. Grey crowned crane
6. Saddle billed stork
7. Scarlet ibis
8. Roseate spoonbill
9. Jabiru
10. Nandu
11. Red crowned crane
12. Painted stork
13. Volture guinea fowl
14. Great bustard
15. Great argus
16. Indian marabou stork
17. Australian brush turkey
18. Trumpeter
19. Northern bald ibis
20. Tricolored heron
21. Ocellated turkey
22. Monal
23. Tragopan
24. Nene goose
25. Black swan
26. Mandarine duck
27. Crowned pigeon
28. Sage groose
29. Western Capercaillie
30. Great currasaw

 

[Aramar]

Here I go:

1. Bearded vulture
2. Bald eagle
3. Golden eagle
4. Steller's sea eagle
5. Great white pelican
6. Snowy owl
7. Andean condor
8. Peregrine falcon
9. Toco toucan
10. Blue-and-yellow macaw
11. Scarlet macaw
12. Atlantic puffin
13. Red-crowned crane
14. Secretary bird
15. Marabou stork
16. Eurasian eagle-owl
17. Common raven
18. White-backed vulture
19. Yellow-crested cockatoo
20. Bird of paradise (any)
21. White stork
22. Grey crowned crane
23. Mute swan
24. Roadrunner
25. Common pheasant
26. Western capercaillie
27. Vulturine Guineafowl
28. Hornbill
29. Spoonbill
30. Flying fox

I didn't include emus, kiwis and African penguins because they don't fly at all.

 

[premierfong]

An aviary and an aquarium should be an expansion (charing $50 bucks) instead of DLC. It will add 30 to 50 new animals and mechanics to the game. Future DLC after expansion will include land, air and sea animals. Wouldn't it be great guys!!!!

 

[Orque41]

I hope that one day we will have birds that fly and i choose are them:

1. Andean condor
2. Monk vulture
3. Griffon vulture
4. Golden eagle
5. Caracara
6. Peregrine falcon
7. Snowy Owl
8. Toucan toco
9. Hyacinth macaw
10. Black swan
11. Scarlet ibis
12. Great egret
13. Atlantic puffin
14. Martin hunter Giant
15. Marabout
16. Gray Heron
17. Japanese crane
18. Red-billed Hornbill
19. Ground hornbill
20. Golden pheasant
21. Pelican frieze
22. Mallard duck
23. Pink saptule
24. White stork
25. Black-necked swan
26. Serpentary
27. Military macaw
28. Metalling Starling
29. Martin de Rothschild
30. Malaysian fruit bat
I know the last one is not a bird but I would like to have a Bat too

 

[Spiderhawk]

I hope that one day we will have birds that fly and i choose are them:

1. Andean condor
2. Monk vulture
3. Griffon vulture
4. Golden eagle
5. Caracara
6. Peregrine falcon
7. Snowy Owl
8. Toucan toco
9. Hyacinth macaw
10. Black swan
11. Scarlet ibis
12. Great egret
13. Atlantic puffin
14. Martin hunter Giant
15. Marabout
16. Gray Heron
17. Japanese crane
18. Red-billed Hornbill
19. Ground hornbill
20. Golden pheasant
21. Pelican frieze
22. Mallard duck
23. Pink saptule
24. White stork
25. Black-necked swan
26. Serpentary
27. Military macaw
28. Metalling Starling
29. Martin de Rothschild
30. Malaysian fruit bat
I know the last one is not a bird but I would like to have a Bat too

All Bats are welcome on this list

 

[DarthQuell]

The Resplendent Quetzal. I mean, come on, guys. Let's get a Quetzal into the zoo:

 

[12344321]

The Andean C*ck-of-the-rock: it's about time they let us rock some c*ck!

 

[NL_Mutso]

1. Hyacinth Macaw
2. Keel-Billed Toucan
3. Bald Eagle
4. Scarlet Macaw
5. Andean Condor
6. Rainbow Lorikeet
7. Victoria Crowned pigeon
8. Rhinoceros Hornbill
9. Griffon Vulture (there are zoos that have them as a habitat animal)
10. Snowy Owl
11. Frigatebirds
12. Black-tailed godwit
13. Javan Hawk-Eagle
14. Peregrine Falcon
15. Kookaburra
16. Ecuador Amazon parrot
17. Javan green Magpie
18. Steller's sea eagle
19. Scarlet ibis
20. Resplendent quetzal (why not )
21. Kingfisher
22. Green wood hoopoe
23. Northern red-billed hornbill
24. Eurasian eagle-owl
25. Red-billed blue magpie
26. Lilac-breasted roller
27. Blue-bellied roller
28. Carrion crow
29. Common emerald dove
30. White-crested laughingthrush

Picked a few species from a bird park, close to my home.
Didn't add storks/pelicans and also ground birds because they could also work as habitat animals. (could've made a mistake with a few, not sure)
Didn't pick any bats because in a lot of zoos i've visited, they are more ceiling decoration of the tropical house/dome.

 

[DarthQuell]

Resplendent quetzal (why not )

Thanks

The Andean C*ck-of-the-rock: it's about time they let us rock some c*ck!

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I love these birds. I can't believe I've forgotten them

 

[Aramar]

Didn't pick any bats because in a lot of zoos i've visited, they are more ceiling decoration of the tropical house/dome

Mmm, maybe they could add some bat decorations like the seagulls from the aquatic pack.

 

[Spiderhawk]

Those 2 birds are cool!.
Great suggestions everyone, I have been tallying requests on the top 15. Eventually I will align all the birds into a proper 100 list. Remember Im not counting birds that cant fly, birds that would do fine without an aviary I will include but maybe separately.
I got another thought, for the birds that are smaller, maybe frontier will do a small aviary that functions similar to an exhibit. I have another post hoping to talk about what the aviaries could look like.

 

[markun]

Birds



I have tried to select a broad cross-section avoiding anything too small and anything which could be housed outside of aviaries so no ratites, bustards, secretary bird, cranes, storks, pelicans, ducks, geese, swans etc. I have included some pheasants and peafowl which in my experience are always housed in aviaries.

1. Snowy owl
2. Eagle owl
3. Great grey owl
4. Andean condor
5. Griffon vulture
6. Bald eagle
7. Stellar’s sea eagle
8. Lammergeier
9. Wedge-tailed eagle
10. Raven
11. Waldrap ibis
12. Scarlet ibis
13. Roseate spoonbill
14. Great hornbill
15. Toco toucan
16. Kea
17. Scarlet macaw
18. Blue and gold macaw
19. Sulphur-crested cockatoo
20. African grey parrot
21. Palm cockatoo
22. Kookaburra
23. Golden pheasant
24. Teminck’s tragopan
25. Capercaillie
26. Silver pheasant
27. Victoria crowned pigeon
28. Atlantic puffin
29. Great curassow
30. Golden eagle

 

[HunterIsCookie]

The first 5 are my most wanted species, the rest are ordered by category:

1. Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
2. Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus)
3. Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)
4. Blue-and-Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna)
5. Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros)
6. Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
7. Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
8. Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja)
9. Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
10. Ruppell's Vulture (Gyps rueppelli)
11. Bearded Vulture/Lammergeier (Gyptaetus barbatus)
12. Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
13. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
14. Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
15. Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus)
16. Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
17. African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus)
18. Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
19. Kea (Nestor notabilis)
20. Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria)
21. Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica)
22. Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
23. Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiaca)
24. Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
25. Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco)
26. Common Raven (Corvus corax)
27. Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata)
28. Guinea Turaco (Tauraco persa)
29. Gouldian Finch (Chloebia gouldiae)
30. Malayan Flying Fox (Pteropus vampyrus)