Man, I am very tempted to write a list but I also want to wait to see some more confirmations so I don’t end up wanting animals that were already planned for.
The Ultimate, Essential Bird Meta-Wishlist TWO: Electric Bird-aloo
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- Black Swan
- Common Ostrich
- Emu
- Greater Rhea
- Indian Peafowl
- King Penguin
- North Island Brown Kiwi
- Southern Cassowary
- Atlantic Puffin
- Andean Cocc-of-the-Rock
- Australian Brushturkey
- Bali Myna
- Barn Owl
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw
- Blue-footed Booby
- Brown Pelican
- Burrowing Owl
- California Condor
- Chilean Flamingo
- Common Raven
- Crested Caracara
- Grey Crowned Crane
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- King Vulture
- Kori Bustard
- Laughing Kookaburra
- Northern Gannet
- Osprey
- Peregrine Falcon
- Pied Imperial Pigeon
- Raggiana bird-of-paradise
- Rainbow Lorikeet
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rhinoceros Hornbill
- Shoebill
- South Island Takahē
- Southern Ground Hornbill
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
- Violet Turaco
- White-faced Whistling Duck
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1. American Flamingo
2. Roseatte Spoonbill
3. Scarlet Ibis
4. Red-crown Crane
5. Grey-crown Crane
6. Mute Swan
7. Black Swan
8. Mallard Duck
9. Mandarin Duck
10. Great White Pelican
11. North Island Brown Kiwi
12. Common Ostrich
13. Greater Rhea
14. Emu
15. Southern Cassowary
16. Indian Pefowl
17. Golden Pheasant
18. Common Pheasant
19. Himalayan Monal
20. Barn Owl
21. Snow Owl
22. Eurasian Eagle-Owl
23. Harpy Eagle
24. King Vulture
25. Andean Condor
26. Keel-billed Toucan
27. Scarlet Macaw
28. Hyacinth Macaw
29. Blue and Yellow Macaw
30. Kea
31. Rainbow Lorikeet
32. Common parakeet
33. Helmeted Guineafowl
34. Southern Ground Hornbill
35. Domestic Chicken (any)
36. Nene
37. Canada Goose
38. Shoebill
39. Wild Turkey
40. White-faced Whisteling Duck
2. Roseatte Spoonbill
3. Scarlet Ibis
4. Red-crown Crane
5. Grey-crown Crane
6. Mute Swan
7. Black Swan
8. Mallard Duck
9. Mandarin Duck
10. Great White Pelican
11. North Island Brown Kiwi
12. Common Ostrich
13. Greater Rhea
14. Emu
15. Southern Cassowary
16. Indian Pefowl
17. Golden Pheasant
18. Common Pheasant
19. Himalayan Monal
20. Barn Owl
21. Snow Owl
22. Eurasian Eagle-Owl
23. Harpy Eagle
24. King Vulture
25. Andean Condor
26. Keel-billed Toucan
27. Scarlet Macaw
28. Hyacinth Macaw
29. Blue and Yellow Macaw
30. Kea
31. Rainbow Lorikeet
32. Common parakeet
33. Helmeted Guineafowl
34. Southern Ground Hornbill
35. Domestic Chicken (any)
36. Nene
37. Canada Goose
38. Shoebill
39. Wild Turkey
40. White-faced Whisteling Duck
I’m really shooked 
My top absolute 5 i want to see back:
1. Greater rhea: an essential animal for South America (important for Pantanal, Pampas and Patagonia) that took wait to long to get in the first game and that i had major problems with the model. I want the updated version. It has to be in base game please.
2. Indian peafowl: with flight now being a thing and how great the new animals look now i can't wait to see the new peafowl. Plus it opens the door to more pheasants. But yeah essential bird for any zoo.
3. Southern cassowary: the coolest of the ratites i honestly don't expect it in base game and i thinks is a candidate to come in dlc with an upgrades look but they are so cool and were very popular in the first game so i want them back.
4. Mute swan: unique among the other birds from PZ1 in being our only anatidae. We didn't got ducks but we got the elegant swan. Is great for filling our zoo lakes, though i admit i would like to get more exotic species like the black swan or black necked swan.
5. North Island Brown Kiwi: i really hope they bring these back. They are so cute and fun and with the new lightning system we could now make true indoor nocturnal habitats for them.
I trust we will get the ostrich, at least 1 flamingo and one penguin (most likely african) in base game. I'm also pretty confident about the emu coming back in base game. The ones i listed (minus the peafowl) i fear we might not see them back so i choose them.
List has been updated!
Not much has changed with a slower PZ week (besides the reveal of that hungry, hungry hippo). Ducks, Owls, penguins, macaws, and cranes continue to make-up the top 5 with a handsome lead.
So! Weekly community poll - with the release of Planet Zoo 2, which potential bird-based habitat are you most excited to build???
With the toucan, I'm very excited to re-create the Amazon (hopefully with some parrots at launch). But I REALLY have my feathers crossed for both the North American forest - wild turkeys, owls, wood ducks (oh please, oh please), bald eagles, etc. AND the Florida Everglades - more ducks, spoonbills, ibis, sneak in some flamingoes.
How about YOU???
Not much has changed with a slower PZ week (besides the reveal of that hungry, hungry hippo). Ducks, Owls, penguins, macaws, and cranes continue to make-up the top 5 with a handsome lead.
So! Weekly community poll - with the release of Planet Zoo 2, which potential bird-based habitat are you most excited to build???
With the toucan, I'm very excited to re-create the Amazon (hopefully with some parrots at launch). But I REALLY have my feathers crossed for both the North American forest - wild turkeys, owls, wood ducks (oh please, oh please), bald eagles, etc. AND the Florida Everglades - more ducks, spoonbills, ibis, sneak in some flamingoes.
How about YOU???
This is my Planet Zoo 2 Bird Wishlist: 40 species
1. Common ostrich
2. Greater rhea
3. Emu
4. Southern cassowary
5. North Island brown kiwi
6. Golden pheasant
7. Helmeted curassow
8. Helmeted guinea fowl
9. Indian peafowl
10. Mandarin duck
11. White-faced whistling duck
12. Humboldt penguin
13. King penguin
14. Northern rockhopper penguin
15. Greater flamingo
16. Abdim's stork
17. Marabou stork
18. Northern bald ibis
19. Scarlet Ibis
20. Roseate spoonbill
21. Great white pelican
22. Hamerkop
23. Andean condor
24. King vulture
25. Eurasian griffon vulture
26. Grey-crowned crane
27. Red-crowned crane
28. Inca tern
29. Nicobar pigeon
30. Victoria crowned pigeon
31. Kea
32. Palm cockatoo
33. Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
34. Grey parrot / Congo grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus)
35. Blue-throated macaw
36. Hyacinth macaw
37. Red-crested turaco
38. Rhinoceros hornbill
39. Southern ground hornbill
40. Raggiana bird-of-paradise
1. Common ostrich
2. Greater rhea
3. Emu
4. Southern cassowary
5. North Island brown kiwi
6. Golden pheasant
7. Helmeted curassow
8. Helmeted guinea fowl
9. Indian peafowl
10. Mandarin duck
11. White-faced whistling duck
12. Humboldt penguin
13. King penguin
14. Northern rockhopper penguin
15. Greater flamingo
16. Abdim's stork
17. Marabou stork
18. Northern bald ibis
19. Scarlet Ibis
20. Roseate spoonbill
21. Great white pelican
22. Hamerkop
23. Andean condor
24. King vulture
25. Eurasian griffon vulture
26. Grey-crowned crane
27. Red-crowned crane
28. Inca tern
29. Nicobar pigeon
30. Victoria crowned pigeon
31. Kea
32. Palm cockatoo
33. Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
34. Grey parrot / Congo grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus)
35. Blue-throated macaw
36. Hyacinth macaw
37. Red-crested turaco
38. Rhinoceros hornbill
39. Southern ground hornbill
40. Raggiana bird-of-paradise
Andean cloud forest walk-through aviary to pair up with Spectacled Bear habitat in dedicated section.
It's gonna rely heavily on multiple inclusions of small and not so popular birds (Motmots, Trogons, Coccs, Mountain Toucans...) so I'm not holding my breath, but even one or two of those would be a compromise.
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Well we finally have the first returning bird, the African Penguin has been confirmed on the zoopedia
The second we get our first vulture, there will not be a single zoo I build that doesn't include an aviary just for them, lol. Using aviaries to augment different themed areas will be fun as well
FORGET SLOW WEEK! Make way for our first returnee of The Feathered Fourteen!!!
PENGUINS IN THE BASE GAME! Get out your tap shoes, surf boards, and espionage missions to hijack a ship carrying animals from the Central Park Zoo to Antarctica!!!
PENGUINS IN THE BASE GAME! Get out your tap shoes, surf boards, and espionage missions to hijack a ship carrying animals from the Central Park Zoo to Antarctica!!!
I want to limit my choices to birds that have not been confirmed for PZ2 nor any birds from PZ1. Here’s my list:
- Marabou Stork
- Laughing Kookaburra
- Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
- Palm Cockatoo
- Gentoo Penguin
- Rockhopper Penguin
- Bald Eagle
- Peregrine Falcon
- Red-Tailed Hawk
- Harpy Eagle
- Griffon Vulture
- Andean Condor
- California Condor
- Shoebill
- Sandhill Crane
- African Crowned Crane
- Brown Pelican
- Roseate Spoonbill
- Scarlet Ibis
- Scarlet Macaw
- Blue-and-Yellow Macaw
- Hyacinth Macaw
- Spix’s Macaw
- African Grey Parrot
- Kākāpō
- Southern Ground Hornbill
- Sulawesi Red-Knobbed Hornbill
- Von der Decken’s Hornbill
- Budgerigar
- Rainbow Lorikeet
- Great Horned Owl
- Barn Owl
- Snowy Owl
- Burrowing Owl
- Atlantic Puffin
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- White-Necked Raven
- Resplendent Quetzal
- Golden Pheasant
- Eastern Wild Turkey
Assuming we get enough of the essential birds for them, the Amazon rainforest and East African savannah.
1. Bald Eagle
2. Harpy Eagle
3. Red-Tailed Hawk
4. Peregrine Falcon
5. Osprey
6. Eurasian Eagle Owl
7. Great Horned Owl
8. Snowy Owl
9. Andean Condor
10. California Condor
11. Griffon Vulture
12. King Vulture
13. Turkey Vulture
14. Baltimore Oriole
15. Northern Cardinal
16. Red-Winged Blackbird
17. Blue Jay
18. Fairy Bluebird
19. Greater Prairie Chicken
20. Laughing Kookaburra
21. Guam Kingfisher
22. Belted Kingfisher
23. African Grey Parrot
24. Rainbow Lorikeet
25. Crimson Rosella
26. Major Mitchell's Cockatoo
27. Scarlet Macaw
28. Blue and Gold Macaw
29. Blue-Throated Macaw
30. Toco Toucan
31. Guam Kingfisher
32. Whooping Crane
33. Mute Swan
34. Canada Goose
2. Harpy Eagle
3. Red-Tailed Hawk
4. Peregrine Falcon
5. Osprey
6. Eurasian Eagle Owl
7. Great Horned Owl
8. Snowy Owl
9. Andean Condor
10. California Condor
11. Griffon Vulture
12. King Vulture
13. Turkey Vulture
14. Baltimore Oriole
15. Northern Cardinal
16. Red-Winged Blackbird
17. Blue Jay
18. Fairy Bluebird
19. Greater Prairie Chicken
20. Laughing Kookaburra
21. Guam Kingfisher
22. Belted Kingfisher
23. African Grey Parrot
24. Rainbow Lorikeet
25. Crimson Rosella
26. Major Mitchell's Cockatoo
27. Scarlet Macaw
28. Blue and Gold Macaw
29. Blue-Throated Macaw
30. Toco Toucan
31. Guam Kingfisher
32. Whooping Crane
33. Mute Swan
34. Canada Goose
List has been updated!
Some housekeeping - with last week's inclusion of the African Penguin, you are welcomed to swap your votes out for another bird, if you did indeed originally vote for tuxedo boy, just quote your original post along with a new bird. I know I did with this goofball:
Ironically, despite the King of the Africa Pack's inclusion, penguins STILL remain in the top 5, everyone just loves 'em!
But now, weekly community poll - obviously, the hype and anticipation of PZ2 is still very fresh and high. Recently, Frontier showcased the absolutely beautiful Toco toucan aviary and the bird in action. The animation alone is probing to be well worth the wait.
BUT the devs did admit flighted birds are by far the hardest animals to construct in the new game. So it raises the question - weekly community poll - how many birds do you think we'll be seeing at launch at PZ2?
This is a purely speculative question, but considering the lack of reveals compared to aquatics (more than 2 to 1, aquatic to aviary), I'm guessing it'll be a smaller but mighty roster - maybe like 10 to 12 new birds? At least fully flighted ones. But I'm hopeful a hearty number of reprises, the African penguins proves DLC birds are being welcomed back.
What about you??
Some housekeeping - with last week's inclusion of the African Penguin, you are welcomed to swap your votes out for another bird, if you did indeed originally vote for tuxedo boy, just quote your original post along with a new bird. I know I did with this goofball:
Ironically, despite the King of the Africa Pack's inclusion, penguins STILL remain in the top 5, everyone just loves 'em!
But now, weekly community poll - obviously, the hype and anticipation of PZ2 is still very fresh and high. Recently, Frontier showcased the absolutely beautiful Toco toucan aviary and the bird in action. The animation alone is probing to be well worth the wait.
BUT the devs did admit flighted birds are by far the hardest animals to construct in the new game. So it raises the question - weekly community poll - how many birds do you think we'll be seeing at launch at PZ2?
This is a purely speculative question, but considering the lack of reveals compared to aquatics (more than 2 to 1, aquatic to aviary), I'm guessing it'll be a smaller but mighty roster - maybe like 10 to 12 new birds? At least fully flighted ones. But I'm hopeful a hearty number of reprises, the African penguins proves DLC birds are being welcomed back.
What about you??
Whoa so I can actually change my list accordingly if I do end up getting the birds I wish for? I have been avoiding making a list like a sucker thinking that I won’t be able to change the list at all. Guess I was (thankfully) wrong.
Oh noes it still doesn’t feel enough ;-;
- Greater Rhea
- Emu (I should NOT be asking for these two but unfortunately I don’t feel like they are guaranteed…)
- White Stork
- Marabou
- Great White Pelican
- Dalmatian Pelican
- African Sacred Ibis
- Scarlet Ibis
- African Spoonbill
- Roseate Spoonbill
- Black-faced Spoonbill
Shoebill(thank you frontier, I will replace replace my request for the shoebill with the red-legged seriema)- Hamerkop
- Common Crane
- Grey Crowned Crane
- White-naped Crane
- Helmeted Guinea Fowl
- Golden Pheasant
- Edward’s Pheasant
- Western Capercaillie
- Wild Turkey
- Wood Duck
- Mallard
- Grey Goose
- Canada Goose
- Bar-Headed Goose
- Bald Eagle
- Crested Caracara
- King Penguin
- Rockhopper Penguin (any species)
- Umbrella Cockatoo
- Palm Cockatoo
- Green-Winged Macaw
- Pied Imperial Pigeon
- Rock Dove
- Green Turaco
- Violet Turaco
- Laughing Kookaburra
- Common Raven
- Bali Myna
Oh noes it still doesn’t feel enough ;-;
An underwhelming amount. Call me a Negative Nancy (which I won’t deny being so) but I am trying to tamper my expectations to avoid disappointment in immeasurable levels. Also let’s just look at JWE2 started out with very few flyers and how JWE3 only had one new flyer. I am definitely keeping my expectations low…
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1. Southern Cassowary
2. Red Crowned Crane
3. Common Ostrich
4. Emu
5. North Island Brown Kiwi
I'm guessing somewhere around 10 fully flighted birds at launch, I would be quite surprised to see any fewer. I guess frontier could be saving some of the bird reveals for later and that's why we have so few confirmed for now, so we could end up with more than that.
Thank god(s) for the coexistence of aviary & habitat birds!
- Indian Peafowl
- Blue-and-Yellow Macaw
- Duck
- Grey Crowned Crane
- Golden Pheasant
- Budgerigar
- Flamingo
- Scarlet Ibis
- Great White Pelican
- Stork
- Snowy Owl
- Greater Rhea
- Common Ostrich
- Mute Swan
- Laughing Kookaburra
- Scarlet Macaw
- Zebra Finch
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl
- Northern Bald Ibis
- Common Raven
- Lovebird
- Pigeon
- Southern Cassowary
- Condor
- Vulturine Guinea-Fowl
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
- White-Throated Toucan
- Village Weaver
- Peregrine Falcon
- Vulture
- "Western" Capercaillie
- "Greater" Roadrunner
- European Bee-Eater
- Chicken
- Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise
- Bustard
- Crested Caracara
- North Island Brown Kiwi
- Hummingbird
- Little Penguin
I'm going to give this a try, too. I did not include ostrich, greater rhea, emu, greater flamingo and American flamingo because I'm sure they will be coming to the game anyways and I wanted to include some more smaller birds.
- Bald eagle
- Harpy eagle
- Andean condor
- Bearded vulture
- Eurasian griffon vulture
- Crested caracara
- Great grey owl
- Snowy owl
- Southern cassowary
- North Island brown kiwi
- King penguin
- Northern rockhopper penguin
- Red-crowned crane
- Grey crowned crane
- Great white pelican
- Scarlet ibis
- Roseate spoonbill
- Northern bald ibis
- White stork
- Black swan
- Mandarin duck
- White-faced whistling duck
- Hawaiian goose (Nene)
- Red-breasted goose
- Atlantic puffin
- Pied avocet
- Victoria crowned pigeon
- Violet turaco
- Bali mynah
- Javan green magpie
- Village weaver
- Superb starling
- Montserrat oriole
- Hyacinth macaw
- Scarlet macaw
- African grey parrot
- Rainbow lorikeet
- Laughing kookaburra
- Edward's pheasant
- Crested green wood partridge
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Late to the party, but a coastal aviary! Something like humboldt penguin (or african as a stand in) together with inca terns! Or a wadden sea one, thats something i already did in pz1, but there are ofcourse limits to the fyling bird mods.
I think it will be quite a few less than the aquatics, id say around 15 maybe. Which would be a decent number to start out with provided they do a nice mixure.