Sets of Birds For Walkthrough and NonWalkthrough Exhibits

jcp011c

jcp011c
There's no guarantee, but with the 5 butterflies, I think there's an outside chance we might see aviary type birds in groups. Granted, there would almost surely be much more work involved in making different birds than butterflies, so this probably won't happen. So it's just for fun. I'm not going to try to tie the specific groups to sets, so the different set ideas can share birds, but the birds chosen in a particular set do need to be of some kind of theme. The birds don't have to be specific species, a general "group" of birds as a representative is fine. Interested to see what ideas might come out of them. Again, not speculation, just for fun. There's not really anything that's said this will happen.

Macaws: probably the most likely of the sets since they should share the same general base rig, with size and smaller modifications needed per species. Unlike the other ideas I wouldn't be surprised at all if they went with this, since they're a bird staples of many zoos and so visually varied.
Blue and Yellow
Scarlet
Hyacinth
Red and Green
Grand Green/Military

Birds Of Prey:
Golden Eagle
Bald Eagle
Snowy Owl
Peregrine Falcon
Eurasian Sparrowhawk

General Rainforest:
Toco Toucan
Sulpher Crested Cockatoo
Rhinoceros Hornbill
Scarlet Macaw
Hyacinth Macaw

Passerines (general groups)
Blue Jay
Robin
Cardinal
Swallow
Wren
 

Cynogale bennettii II

Cynogale bennettii II
Macaws:
Scarlet macaw (Least Concern) - Grassland, Tropical
Blue-throated macaw (Critically Endangered) - Grassland
Red-fronted macaw (Critically Endangered) - Desert
Military macaw (Vulnerable) - Temperate, Tropical
Hyacinth macaw (Vulnerable) - Grassland, Tropical

Toucans:
Toco toucan (Least Concern) - Grassland, Tropical
Red-billed toucan (Least Concern) - Tropical
Keel-billed toucan (Near Threatened) - Tropical
Chestnut-eared aracari (Least Concern) - Grassland, Tropical
Green aracari (Least Concern) - Grassland, Tropical

Coraciiformes:
Laughing kookaburra (Least Concern) - Temperate, Grassland (?)
Amazonian motmot (Least Concern) - Tropical
Lilac-breasted roller (Least Concern) - Grassland
European bee-eater (Least Concern) - Desert, Grassland, Temperate
Collared kingfisher (Least Concern) - Aquatic, Grassland, Tropical
 

Fini

Fini
Lorikeet/Lory:
Rainbow Lorikeet - LC
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Cardinal Lory - LC
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Brown Lory - LC
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Olive-headed Lorikeet - LC
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Blue Lorikeet - VU (no holdings, but they are so beautiful)
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Parakeets:
Budgies - LC
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Estern Rosella - LC
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Sun Parakeet - EN
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Crimson-bellied Parakeet - LC
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Australien Ringneck - LC
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jcp011c

jcp011c
AlexSea said:
Hummingbirds:
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Violet Sabrewing
Antillean Crested Hummingbird
Giant Hummingbird
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Hummingbirds sound very likely,. given their size and motion, so I can easily see this being a thing. Great list!
 

NachoB

NachoB
I think the most likely scenerio for now is for hummingbirds, parrots (lorekeets and macaws), toucans/hornbills and passerine birds.

I don't see likely any bird of prey for now.
 

jcp011c

jcp011c
NachoB said:
I think the most likely scenerio for now is for hummingbirds, parrots (lorekeets and macaws), toucans/hornbills and passerine birds.

I don't see likely any bird of prey for now.
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I can understand that point of view. Birds of Prey are generally larger and they have quite a bit of variation between them. While I absolutely want a bald eagle and the like, if we got some Toucans/Hornbills and Parrots I would be satisfied for non-birds of prey. I went for Passerines just on the thought they're small and mostly similarly built. I'm not sure how often they show up in zoos though. At least as part of the zoo roster, I'm sure they actually show up in a lot of zoos by course of nature.
 

Spiderhawk

Spiderhawk
from here on out the WE animals with 5 options will be called Sets of 5
I really could see sets of 5 that span across the world where appropriate:
Hummingbirds. I don’t think I’ve been to a zoo that had a hummingbird house, I’ve had nice encounters with humingbirds in the wild for sure.
Macaws. Not familiar with the various types of macaws and how many could work together.
Parakeets and lorikeets. Also not familiar with the various but I imagine a variety from all over the world could work.
Koi and garden fish. Only familiar with koi and their unique colorings.

Now the butterfly’s were easy to become a set of 5 as they are all the same size, use the same models and animations, only difference is their color therefore was an easy separate species.
Birds of prey however that is not likely to be a set of 5. Many of which are not similar in size.
Falcons and goshawks are close in size and there are many that could work.
Eagles: harpy eagles are much larger than other eagles.
Hawks: I imagine there are many hawks close in size
Owls: I haven’t worked with a lot of owls but I’m under the impression the many types are not close in size and their head shapes are a bit different to count as a set of 5.
Also these raptors for a non walkthrough would be capped at 1-2 and definitely would not be able to share.
 

jcp011c

jcp011c
Here's another thought i had to this. What if we did get an aviary pack, but it was 5 or 8 sets of birds, with 4-5 sets apiece. That could give us anywhere from 20 to 40 birds total, with keeping rig work to a lower amount while maximizing animal offers. I would think it'd probably be closer to 5 sets. For instance:

Macaws -
Eagles
Hawks
Falcons
Toucans
Cockatoos
Hornbills
Kingfishers
Owls
Woodpeckers
True Parrots
 

Alexjh

Alexjh
I mean looking at the kind of species that you tend to see in Zoos, I think the initial roster of birds I'd like to see would be something like

2 x Macaw (Scarlet, Blue & Yellow)
1 x Cockatoo
1 x Small Parrot/Parakeet (Rainbow Lorikeet, Budgie)
1 x Toucan (Toco or Keel-billed)
1 x Owl (probably Snowy)
Kookaburra

and that would probably be the point where it feels like you've got the "aviary essentials" down and after that
 

TheDuckKnight

TheDuckKnight
I'm gonna spice it up and do geography :)

South America/Amazon Rainforest:
  • Scarlet Macaw
  • Blue and Gold Macaw
  • Toco/ Keel Billed Toucan
  • Sun Conrue
  • of the Rock

Africa:
  • African Gray Parrot
  • Great Blue Turaco
  • White-Throated Beeater
  • Superb Starling
  • Red Billed Hornbill (who has a lovely bunch of coconuts)

Asia:
  • Great Indian Hornbill
  • Nicobar Pigeon
  • Victorian Crowned Pigeon
  • Raggiana Bird of Paradise
  • Hoopoe

Australia:
  • Yellow-Crested Cockatoo
  • Laughing Kookaburra
  • Rainbow Lorikeet
  • Budgeriar
  • Tawny Frogmouth
 

NZFanatic

NZFanatic
I don't think we'll get macaws, or birds of prey, or anything like that in the WE.

Hummingbirds, maybe, small parrots and parakeets, maybe. Inca terns would be a possible option. Not big parrots or big birds.
 
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