The Ultimate, Essential Bird Meta-Wishlist (Habitat AND Aviary)

Hey all! List has been updated! Keep the replacement votes for the kiwi and little blue penguin coming!

Well in my neck of the woods in New York, we had severe flash flooding so let's just say the sea lions at the Central Park Zoo got a surprise exhibit expansion:

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Anyway, this got me thinking, weekly community poll, what are your favorite water birds? Sea, marsh, wading, whatever you like. BUT, since I feel they'll dominate the replies, no penguins or my beloved waterfowl.

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For me, favorites include the Atlantic puffin, scarlet ibis, roseate spoonbill, and ofc our in-game, zoo entrance champ, flamingos.
Same, we've gotten a bunch of rain these last 2 weeks. Hopefully no hurricanes (hurricanes are a mixed blessing. Terrible damage to property and lost lives, but at the end they clean up the air quality and we get snow everytime there's a hurricane).

Those sea lions are living the sea lion dream.


Anyways my favorite water bird. I'm a fan of flamingos, spoonbills, and ibises. But, I'd have to go with herons. I see them all the time, including the great blue. Once, we had a heron in our front yard. It got disoriented after a storm and landed on our porch. Some people came and took it away, but it's been burned in my memory for many years
 
Hey all! List has been updated! Keep the replacement votes for the kiwi and little blue penguin coming!

Well in my neck of the woods in New York, we had severe flash flooding so let's just say the sea lions at the Central Park Zoo got a surprise exhibit expansion:

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Anyway, this got me thinking, weekly community poll, what are your favorite water birds? Sea, marsh, wading, whatever you like. BUT, since I feel they'll dominate the replies, no penguins or my beloved waterfowl.

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For me, favorites include the Atlantic puffin, scarlet ibis, roseate spoonbill, and ofc our in-game, zoo entrance champ, flamingos.
American Flamingo and Roseate Flamingo for sure!
 
Hey all, no updates this week. Just a reminder, you can swap out the Kiwi and Little Blue Penguin in your votes for new birds if you wish.

Weekly community poll! Considering it's spooky season, what are some birds you consider to be spooky?! 🎃👻

I know there's the classic Halloween associated birds like vultures, owls, and crows. But something about the harpy eagle give me the heebie jeebies.

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Oh yeah, and these guys too:

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1. Rainbow lorikeet
2. Toco toucan
3. Scarlet macaw
4. Bearded
5. Scops owl
6. Western capercaillie
7. Victoria crowned pigeon
8. Red-legged seriema
9. Red cardinal
10. Blue jay
11. Village weaver
12. Hammerkop
13. Grey-crowned crane
14. Dalmatian pelican
15. Tawny owl
16. Eurasian eagle owl
17. Philippine eagle
18. Harpy eagle
19. Peregrine
20. Snowy owl
21. Palm cockatoo
22. Tākāhē
23. Golden eagle
24. Wild turkey
25. Australian magpie
 
Hey all, no updates this week. Just a reminder, you can swap out the Kiwi and Little Blue Penguin in your votes for new birds if you wish.

Weekly community poll! Considering it's spooky season, what are some birds you consider to be spooky?! 🎃👻

I know there's the classic Halloween associated birds like vultures, owls, and crows. But something about the harpy eagle give me the heebie jeebies.

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Oh yeah, and these guys too:

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I instantly tought of the Great Potoo. Look at that thing in the middle of a long night and I'll ensure you a full week of nightmares
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Hey all, no updates this week. Just a reminder, you can swap out the Kiwi and Little Blue Penguin in your votes for new birds if you wish.

Weekly community poll! Considering it's spooky season, what are some birds you consider to be spooky?! 🎃👻

I know there's the classic Halloween associated birds like vultures, owls, and crows. But something about the harpy eagle give me the heebie jeebies.

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Oh yeah, and these guys too:

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Have you ever heard the haunting calls of the whip-poor-will or the loon? These birds don’t look scary but they have a fascinating call. Also the barn owl may have inspired the MothMan, so that’s certainly spooky!
 
Marabou storks
Shoebill
Some types of vultures

And geese. They are the devil spawn.

And also curassows. One tried to attack me once. In a walkthrough exhibit.

And there some birds called teros (lapwing i think is the name in english) and they are very protective of their chicks. If you even dare to pass by when a chick is around they will fly right down to you screaming and chase you.
 
It is very difficult to make a list of only 15 birds.

There are people who have put birds, almost all of them, that I would love to see in the game. I will try to make my list have birds that I would also like to see and that no one has posted yet
  1. King Vulture (LC)
  2. Bateleur (EN)
  3. Guam Kingfisher (EW)
  4. Galah (LC)
  5. Atlantic Puffin (VU)
  6. King Eider (LC)
  7. Pink-necked Green Pigeon (LC)
  8. Spix's Macaw (EW)
  9. Sun Parakeet (EN)
  10. Sarus crane (VU)
  11. Green-headed Tanager (LC)
  12. African Pygmy Goose (LC)
  13. Ocellated Turkey (NT)
  14. White-headed Vulture (CR)
  15. Maleo (CR)

16. Harpy Eagle (NT)
17. Great Hornbill (VU)
18. Laughing kookaburra (LC)
19. Hyacynth Macaw (VU)
20. Grey Falcon (VU)
21. Helmeted Guineafowl (LC)
22. Kakapo (CR)
23. Andean Condor (VU)
24. Snowy Owl (VU)
25. Roseate Spoonbill (LC)
 
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