Birds
Creatures on the wing
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Pheasant Pack Single ztds by Hawkkeye
By Fern
Pheasant Pack
Author: Hawkkeye
Current ztd dates:
- BloodPheasantByHawkkeye.ztd: August 5, 2021
- CommonPheasantByHawkkeye.ztd: August 5, 2021
- CrestedFirebackByHawkeye.ztd: June 30, 2021
- ElliotsPheasantByHawkkeye.ztd: August 5, 2021
- GoldenPheasantByHawkkeye.ztd: August 5, 2021
- GreenPheasantByHawkkeye.ztd: August 5, 2021
- HimalayanSnowcockByHawkkeye.ztd: August 5, 2021
- LadyAmherstsPheasantByHawkkeye.ztd: August 5, 2021
- ReevessPheasantByHawkkeye.ztd: August 5, 2021
- SiameseFirebackByHawkkeye.ztd: August 5, 2021
- SilverPheasantByHawkkeye.ztd: August 5, 2021
- SwinhoesPheasantByHawkkeye.ztd: August 5, 2021
Compatibility: All Game Versions
Description: Twelve Pheasants: Blood Pheasant, Common Pheasant, Crested Fireback, Elliot's Pheasant, Golden Pheasant, Green Pheasant, Himalayan Snowcock, Lady Amherst's Pheasant, Reeves's Pheasant, Siamese Fireback, Silver Pheasant, and Swinhoes Pheasant.
The Blood Pheasant is relatively small species of pheasant common in Eastern parts of Himalayas. Blood Pheasants prefer to live in small groups.
The Common Pheasant is widely distributed species of fowl. Common Pheasants are popular gamebird and they prefer to live in small groups.
The Crested Fireback is colourful species of pheasant inhabiting tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia. Crested Firebacks live in small groups.
The Elliot's Pheasant is large species of pheasant endemic to evergreen mountain forests of China. It prefers to live in small groups.
Golden Pheasants are one of the most beautifully coloured birds. Golden Pheasants live in small groups in Asian mountains.
The Green Pheasant is close relative of better known Common Pheasant. It is endemic to islands of Japanese Archipelago.
The Himalayan Snowcock is large species of partridge living in high altitudes of Asian mountains, especially in Himalayas. Himalayan Snowcocks prefer to live in groups.
Lady Amherst's Pheasants are one of the most beautifuly coloured birds. Lady Amherst's Pheasants live in small groups.
The Reeves's Pheasant is probably the longest bird species. Exceptional males can be nearly 2.5 m long because of their tail feathers.
The Siamese Fireback is large species of pheasant endemic to continental Southeast Asia. Siamese Firebacks enjoy Rainforest Fern in their exhibit.
The Silver Pheasant is beautifully coloured species of pheasant inhabiting East Asia. Silver Pheasants live in small groups.
Swinhoe's Pheasants are species of mountain dwelling pheasant endemic to Taiwan. Swinhoe's Pheasants prefer to live in small groups and they like Bamboo in their exhibit.
Note: Due to file size the combined set were released separately.
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Galapagos Penguin ~ Phoenix ~ Humbolt Penguin by Jordan
By Savannahjan
Galapagos Penguin - Spheniscus Mendiculus, have a narrow white band from the eye extending under the chin and a black band that runs in an inverted horseshoe shape around their fronts. Galapagos penguins breed on the Galapagos Islands on the equator and on the north coast of Isabela Island just north of the equator. Galapagos penguins are believed to eat mostly fish such as mullet and sardines.
The Humboldt penguin is often called the Peruvian penguin, although they are also found in Chile. It lives on the rugged coast and offshore islands of Chile and Peru.
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Great Blue Heron~Black Stork~Long-billed Crulew~Trumpeter Swan by Genkicoll
By Savannahjan
Also includes scrub brush foliage, preferred by the Long-billed Curlew.
The largest and most widespread heron in North America, the Great Blue Heron can be found along the ocean shore or the edge of a small inland pond. Although the Great Blue Heron eats primarily fish, it is adaptable and willing to eat other animals as well. It nests in colonies, sometimes as a lone pair.
Source: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Blue_Heron/lifehistory
The Black Stork has shining black with iridiscent reflections. The rest of the plumage is pure white with red beak and feet. It can be found hroughout Europe, north to Scandinavia and west to Russia, and is primarily a forest species hunting in streams, small rivers and marshy ponds. The diet consists almost completely of small fish; also small mammals, reptiles, shellfish and insects.
The Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) is the largest shorebird in North America. It breeds in shortgrass or mixedgrass to very dry grasslands. Long-billed Curlews are a late-maturing, long-lived species with low reproductive output. Eggs are olive-buff and are evenly spotted with brown or gray.
Source: http://www.abheritage.ca/abnature/speciesatrisk/curlew_intro.htm
The Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator, is the largest native North American bird, and the largest living waterfowl species on earth. These birds have white plumage with a long neck, a black bill subtly marked with salmon-pink along the mouthline, and short black legs. They feed while swimming. The diet is almost entirely aquatic plants. The Trumpeter Swan is listed as threatened in the state of Minnesota.
Inspired by the Zoo Tycoon Brains Trust at Zoo Tek Phoenix.
Updated 2010-11-21 to save space with less in zip.
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Silkie Chickens ~ Sunset Penguin by Sundance
By Savannahjan
Updated October 21, 2007:
Although the previous version of the Sunset Penguin worked in the original ZT, it would unexpectedly bash through fences in the expansion packs due to an error in the expansion packs. The above Sunset Penguin is now updated so that it no longer unexpectedly bashes through fences in the expansion packs. In addition, it has been optimized to use ingame sounds directly instead of having its own copies of the sounds, making the download much smaller. (Description of changes by Jay)
Silkies are a breed of chicken that have feathers like fur. Their laid-back personalities allow them to adapt to many different enviroments and make them excellent pets. This pack includes three different colors, Buff, Black, and White. They're compatible with several grassland animals, have fun figuring out which ones!
Updated 2010-11 to save space with less in zip.
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Altai ~ Aquila ~ Bald ~ Eastern ~ Harpy ~ Steppe ~ Eagles by Ghirin
By Savannahjan
Eagles by Ghirin 2007
The Altai golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is a large eagle native to the northern hemisphere. The eagle is named for the golden feathers on the head and neck. There are 6 recognized subspecies of golden eagle based on geographic location, size, and plumage. The Altai Mountains of Central Asia are home to one subspecies of golden eagle (A.c. kamtschatica).
References: http://www.pauldfrost.co.uk/goldeneagle.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Eagle
Aquila (Aetos Dios) was the giant golden eagle companion of Zeus. This large bird was the keeper of the lightning bolts. Aquila is now a constellation in the summer sky of the northern hemisphere. References: http://www.theoi.com/Ther/AetosDios.html
The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a species of sea eagle native to North America. The eagle gets its name from the striking contrast of white and dark brown feathers.
The eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca) is large bird of prey found mainly in eastern Europe and western Asia. This is a large eagle that prefers open country with a limited number of trees. Its favorite prey is a native rodent called the suslik.
The harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) is one of the largest eagles in the world. Native to the tropical forests of the New World, this eagle has large, broad wings for efficient flying through trees.
The steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis)is a large bird of prey found in eastern Europe and most of Asia. The birds are migratory and have wintering grounds in Africa and India.
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Atlantic Puffin ~ Seagull by msc3323
By Savannahjan
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica), also known as the common puffin, is a species of seabird in the auk family. The striking appearance, large colourful bill, waddling gait and behaviour of this bird have given rise to nicknames such as "clown of the sea" and "sea parrot". It is the official bird symbol for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Updated by JohnT, fern and Jay to add English messages and info, to add sounds, change food (as requested) and fix various other things as requested.
This gull is based on the herring gull in my old bird-book.
Updated May 2019: Removed unnecessary files and lines, adjusted the animation speed of 2 views to match the other views, adjusted some spacing in the animal info, changed the preferred habitat to Aquatic, changed the food to fish, reduced the needed number of squares per adult to 5, added liking a few specific rocks, and changed the location to Many.
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Magpie Goose ~ Jabiru ~ Plumed Whistling Duck by Bray
By Savannahjan
Originally released December 2003 as part of the ZTU (Blegium) Collection
The Magpie Goose, named after it's black and white plumage, is a common sight on the wetlands of northern Australia. Their diet consists mostly of swamp grasses and tubers, for which they duck-dive under the water to reach The magpie goose is not exactly a goose, and not exactly a duck. Unlike other water birds, it's feet are only half webbed, leading to it being placed in it's own family. The absence of totally webbed feet allow the magpie goose to roost in trees and climb over the reeds and sedges growing around flood plains.
**UPDATED July 27, 2009 by Genki to clean up file. Made corrections to the .uca to fix warnings that were coming up on the .uca checker. Removed extra, unused animations in the young section. Added description to downloads area.
Named after the distinctive cream plumes adorning its flanks, the Plumed Whistling Duck is one of the most common ducks in the tropical north of Australia. It lives in grassland and wetland.
The jabiru, also known as the black-necked stork, is Australia's only stork. Standing at 120 cm and with a wingspan of around 200 cm, it is one of Australia's larger birds. About half it's height is made up in it's bright orange legs. The jabiru is a solitary bird and lives in estuarine habitats in the north of Australia. The jabiru uses its large black bill to hunt for fish, frogs and small reptiles.
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African~Aqu-ino~Cobalt~Grey~Indian~Lutino Ringed Necked Parakeets by Ghirin
By Savannahjan
The Indian ring-necked parakeet (Psittacula krameri) [also known as the rose-ringed parakeet] is a green parakeet native to the tropical forests of southern Asia and Africa. Many color variations are found in captive-bred populations. Both sexes have similar plumage, but the males have a distinctive ring around the back of their necks.
The African ring-necked parakeet is a green parakeet native to the tropical forests of India and Africa.
Aqu-ino is one of the many color varieties found in captive-bred Indian ring-necked parakeets
Cobalt is one of the many color varieties found in captive-bred Indian ring-necked parakeets.
Grey is one of the many color varieties found in captive-bred Indian ring-necked parakeets.
Lutino is one of the many color varieties found in captive-bred Indian ring-necked parakeets.
Updated 2010-11 To save space with less in zip and smaller image.
*Inspired by the Zoo Tycoon Brains Trust at the Zoo Tek Forums and Professor Paul's Nature Encyclopedia*
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Eurasian ~ North American Ravens by Ghirin
By Savannahjan
The raven (Corvus corax) is the largest member of the Corvidae. This bird, well known for its black plumage, is also known for their intelligence and problem-solving abilities.
In the Pacific Northwest region of North America, the raven was often portrayed as a creator diety or as a trickster.
In Europe, ravens are often thought of as harbingers of bad news. In Norse mythology, the god Odin had two ravens which collected information on the daily state of the world and brought it back to him.
*Inspired by the Zoo Tycoon Brains Trust at Zoo Tek Forums*
Updated 2010-11 to save space with less in zip.
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Keel-billed ~ Swainson's ~ Toco Toucans by Genkicoll
By Savannahjan
The Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus), also known as Sulfur-breasted Toucan or Rainbow-billed Toucan, is a colorful South American bird with a large bill. It is the national bird of Belize. The plumage of the Keel-billed Toucan is mainly black with a yellow neck and chest and can be found from Southern Mexico to Venezuela and Colombia
The Chestnut-mandibled Toucan, or Swainson's Toucan, Ramphastos swainsonii breeds from eastern Honduras to northern Colombia . The Chestnut-mandibled is brightly marked and has a large bill. This species is primarily an arboreal fruit-eater, but will also take insects, lizards, bird eggs, and other small prey. The mangrove is the preferred.
The Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) is the largest and best known species in the toucan family. It is found in semi-open habitats throughout a large part of central and eastern South America and is a common attraction in zoos.The Toco Toucan has a striking plumage with mainly black body, white throat, chest and uppertail-coverts, and red undertail-coverts. Is 100% compatible with the in-game giant anteater.
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Bennu ~ Horus ~ Phoenix ~ Mythic Birds by Ghirin
By Savannahjan
The bennu was the sacred bird of Heliopolis in ancient Egypt. In Egyptian mythology, it was portrayed as a large, heron-like bird with a two-feather crest. It was was associated with the yearly flooding of the Nile River and with the gods Atum, Re and Osiris.
References: http://www.egyptianmyths.net/phoenix.htm, http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/benu.htm
Horus was the son of Osiris and Isis. He was usually symbolized as a falcon or a falcon-headed human. He was a sky god who battled evil.
The first mention of the phoenix was in ancient Egypt, described as more of a wading-type bird. In Greco-Roman culture, the phoenix became more eagle-like. The defining features of the phoenix are its longevity (500 years) and its ability to renew itself in fire. The old phoenix builds a funeral pyre of aromatic woods such as cinnamon, which the bird then sets afire. After the fire dies down, the new phoenix emerges.
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Black Lory ~ Green Parakeet ~ Gyrfalcon ~ White Dove by Ghirin
By Savannahjan
The black lory (Chalcopsitta atra), natïve to the lowlands of Irian Jaya, Indonesia, has black plumage with an iridescent sheen.
The green parakeet (Aratinga holochlora), a bright green parakeet found from Mexico to Northern Nicaragua, is highly social, especially after breeding season.
Gyrfalcons (Falco rusticolis) are the largest species of falcon. Native to the arctic regions of the world, the color of the plumage is variable, with populations in Greenland and Iceland having the palest feathers.
The white dove is a color mutation of the domesticated ringneck dove. Unlike white homing pigeons, they will not automatically return to their cotes after release.
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Brown Lory ~ Cardinal Lory ~ Eclectus Parrot by Ghirin
By Savannahjan
The brown lory (Chalcopsitta duivenbodei), also known as Duyvenbode's lory, is predominantly dark brown in color with yellow highlights; an unusual color in parrots. Found in New Guinea/Solomon Islands region.
The cardinal lory (Chalcopsitta cardinalis) is one of the large species of lory from the New Guinea/Solomon Island region. It has rich red-colored feathers.
The eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus) is known for its sexual dimophism. The female has bright red and blue plummage while the male has bright green feathers. Eclectus parrots are native to northern Australia and New Guinea.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclectus_Parrot
Created by Ghirin 2007
Updated November 2010 - To save space with less in zip.
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Northern Cardinal ~ Blue Jay ~ Cedar Waxwing ~ No. American Birds by Ghirin
By Savannahjan
North American Birds by Ghirin
Bright red, male northern cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis) are found over most of North America and have been introduced to Bermuda and Hawaii.
The cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) derives its name from two sources: the reddish waxy tips on some of the wing feathers and the bird's fondness for the cones of the eastern red cedar. Cedar waxwings are found in North America and prefer a diet of fruit. They also eat insects during the breeding season.
The blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata), commonly found in wooded areas of eastern and central North America, live in pairs or small groups.
*Inspired by Professor Paul's Nature Encyclopedia*
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Lappet Faced ~ White-Backed ~ Griffon ~ Cape Griffon Vultures by Ghirin
By Savannahjan
Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus), large birds related to eagles and hawks, are social birds and are usually found in groups. Griffon vultures prefer fresh carrion, but will eat putrid meat if need be.
The cape griffon vulture (Gyps coprotheres) is a large brown vulture from southern Africa. It is most common in countries such as Botswanna and South Africa.
The white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) gets its name from the cluster of white feathers on its back at the base of the neck. This species is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa.
The lappet-faced vulture (Torgos trachelitus), a large African vulture, uses its strong beak to open carcasses and is thus usually the first vulture to feed on dead animals.
*Inspired by the Zoo Tycoon Brains Trust at the Zoo Tek Forums*
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