Random Pet Family Appreciation Thread 21: Birds of Prey!
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:39 am
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Moths - Warp Stalkers - Crocolisks - Monkeys - Wolves - Core Hounds - Wasps - Dragonhawks - Turtles - Boars - Carrion Birds - Bears - Serpents - Tallstriders - Worms - Dogs - Ravagers - Shale Spiders - Sporebats - Spirit Beasts
Random pet family appreciation thread is where I roll a random pet family every week for everyone to share their pictures, their stories, their love for that pet family. Please no hate or rants. This is an appreciation thread. If you dislike the family, don't post! Hopefully with some love we can get some hunters to try out new pets they never would have thought to tame before.
Our 21st family is the soaring birds of prey!
Why are parrots in this family? They aren't even birds of prey. Oh well.
Bird of prey facts
~The bird of prey family was originally the owl family, tameable since Vanilla WoW. The family got renamed in Wrath with the introduction of eagles and hawks (brown stormcrows). One parrot was introduced into the family a few patches after.
~Birds of prey have eight models (owl, eagle, parrot, stormcrow, stormcrowdruid, seagull, undeadeagle, and the odd carrionbird) and 28 different tameable skins.
~Despite the family being so large, only two birds of prey are rare: Aotona and Olm the Wise. Both of these birds are also unique skinned.
~In addition to Aotona and Olm, Hell-Hoot and Ol' Beaky are other unique skinned named members.
~Albino Eyegouger and Brilliant Macaw are "semi-rare" birds of prey, only spawning very infrequently in the Deadmines. Since these skins are unique to these NPCs, they are very rare to see tamed.
~Two bird of prey skins are not tameable. These are owlsapphire and parrotskinbrown.
~Birds of prey like to interchange members of their family with carrion birds. Formerly Akkarai Hatchling, Brood of Anzu, Daggercap Hawk, Dire Raven, and Fjord Crow where all members of the carrion bird family. Carrion Bird, despite its name, was first tameable as a bird of prey before fixed. Diseased Vultures are still bugged and tame as birds of prey.
~Back in Wrath, birds of prey were tamed by 2.0% of level 80 hunters. Placing them at number ten on the list. (Source)
~Back in Wrath, eagle was the most tamed skin at 17.2%. Owlarrokoared was the least tamed skin at 0.3%. (Source)
~Owls had the ability Screech, which did damage to the target and had an aoe melee attack lowering effect. This was great for aoe farming before thunderstomp was basic for all tenacity pets. Owls shared this ability with bats and carrion birds. When the family was renamed in Wrath birds of prey forgot how to screech and learned to disarm enemies with their talons.
~There should really be some bird of prey flying mounts in game. Make it happen Blizzard!
~A variety of bird of prey minipets are in game.
Owls: Brilliant Kaliri, Great Horned Owl, Hawk Owl
Parrots: Cockatiel, Green Wing Macaw, Hyacinth Macaw, Miniwing, Senegal
Seagull: Rustberg Seagull
Tickbirds (eagles): Tickbird Hatchling, White Tickbird Hatchling
~Bloodsail Admiral's Hat summons a Blood Parrot to your side. This does not count as a minipet for any of the minipet achievements. Jewelcrafters can also summon a gem emerald owl from the Figurine - Emerald Owl trinket.
~Birds of prey are known for doing tricks, where they flip in the air. Not all models can do this trick. While in game it says "larger birds may not be interested," tricks are not determined by size but by the age of the model. Birds of prey models introduced before the druid flight form cannot do tricks. These are owls, parrots, and black stormcrows except the Daggercap Hawk. Birds of prey that can do flips are eagles, the undead eagles, seagulls, brown stormcrows, and the Daggercap Hawk.
~Oiled Fledgelings used to be able to be tricked tamed to keep it's oily coat of feathers as a permanent appearance buff.
~Both gem pets and ghostly pets are rare to find. However, only one pet has the qualities of both, being a ghostly gem pet! This is the Emerald Spirit owl. There is also some normal, non-ghostly gem owls that can be tamed.
~A popular low level taming adventure for young hunter to try is getting a Daggercap Hawk in Howling Ford. The hawks are level five to seven while the zone has level 68 and higher mobs. Rustberg Gulls are another low level bird of prey in a high level zone, being level one to five in a level 85 zone. However, some friends will be needed for this adventure as the zone cannot be accessed by portal until 85. Lower levels will need a summon in.
~Olm the Wise used to be a white skinned owl with an odd affiliation with the Cenarion Circle. In order to tame him a hunter had to put him/herself at war with the faction. Olm disappeared during the Shattering to return later as a ghostly owl.
~The seagulls are the smallest pet model tameable. With glyph of lesser proportion, they are the same size as the Rustberg Seagull minipet!
~Windroc Hunter and Windroc Huntress are two owls that where randomly removed from game in the middle of the Burning Crusade. These owls used to fly high above Nagrand and swoop down to attack talbuks.
Moths - Warp Stalkers - Crocolisks - Monkeys - Wolves - Core Hounds - Wasps - Dragonhawks - Turtles - Boars - Carrion Birds - Bears - Serpents - Tallstriders - Worms - Dogs - Ravagers - Shale Spiders - Sporebats - Spirit Beasts
Random pet family appreciation thread is where I roll a random pet family every week for everyone to share their pictures, their stories, their love for that pet family. Please no hate or rants. This is an appreciation thread. If you dislike the family, don't post! Hopefully with some love we can get some hunters to try out new pets they never would have thought to tame before.
Our 21st family is the soaring birds of prey!
Why are parrots in this family? They aren't even birds of prey. Oh well.
Bird of prey facts
~The bird of prey family was originally the owl family, tameable since Vanilla WoW. The family got renamed in Wrath with the introduction of eagles and hawks (brown stormcrows). One parrot was introduced into the family a few patches after.
~Birds of prey have eight models (owl, eagle, parrot, stormcrow, stormcrowdruid, seagull, undeadeagle, and the odd carrionbird) and 28 different tameable skins.
~Despite the family being so large, only two birds of prey are rare: Aotona and Olm the Wise. Both of these birds are also unique skinned.
~In addition to Aotona and Olm, Hell-Hoot and Ol' Beaky are other unique skinned named members.
~Albino Eyegouger and Brilliant Macaw are "semi-rare" birds of prey, only spawning very infrequently in the Deadmines. Since these skins are unique to these NPCs, they are very rare to see tamed.
~Two bird of prey skins are not tameable. These are owlsapphire and parrotskinbrown.
~Birds of prey like to interchange members of their family with carrion birds. Formerly Akkarai Hatchling, Brood of Anzu, Daggercap Hawk, Dire Raven, and Fjord Crow where all members of the carrion bird family. Carrion Bird, despite its name, was first tameable as a bird of prey before fixed. Diseased Vultures are still bugged and tame as birds of prey.
~Back in Wrath, birds of prey were tamed by 2.0% of level 80 hunters. Placing them at number ten on the list. (Source)
~Back in Wrath, eagle was the most tamed skin at 17.2%. Owlarrokoared was the least tamed skin at 0.3%. (Source)
~Owls had the ability Screech, which did damage to the target and had an aoe melee attack lowering effect. This was great for aoe farming before thunderstomp was basic for all tenacity pets. Owls shared this ability with bats and carrion birds. When the family was renamed in Wrath birds of prey forgot how to screech and learned to disarm enemies with their talons.
~There should really be some bird of prey flying mounts in game. Make it happen Blizzard!
~A variety of bird of prey minipets are in game.
Owls: Brilliant Kaliri, Great Horned Owl, Hawk Owl
Parrots: Cockatiel, Green Wing Macaw, Hyacinth Macaw, Miniwing, Senegal
Seagull: Rustberg Seagull
Tickbirds (eagles): Tickbird Hatchling, White Tickbird Hatchling
~Bloodsail Admiral's Hat summons a Blood Parrot to your side. This does not count as a minipet for any of the minipet achievements. Jewelcrafters can also summon a gem emerald owl from the Figurine - Emerald Owl trinket.
~Birds of prey are known for doing tricks, where they flip in the air. Not all models can do this trick. While in game it says "larger birds may not be interested," tricks are not determined by size but by the age of the model. Birds of prey models introduced before the druid flight form cannot do tricks. These are owls, parrots, and black stormcrows except the Daggercap Hawk. Birds of prey that can do flips are eagles, the undead eagles, seagulls, brown stormcrows, and the Daggercap Hawk.
~Oiled Fledgelings used to be able to be tricked tamed to keep it's oily coat of feathers as a permanent appearance buff.
~Both gem pets and ghostly pets are rare to find. However, only one pet has the qualities of both, being a ghostly gem pet! This is the Emerald Spirit owl. There is also some normal, non-ghostly gem owls that can be tamed.
~A popular low level taming adventure for young hunter to try is getting a Daggercap Hawk in Howling Ford. The hawks are level five to seven while the zone has level 68 and higher mobs. Rustberg Gulls are another low level bird of prey in a high level zone, being level one to five in a level 85 zone. However, some friends will be needed for this adventure as the zone cannot be accessed by portal until 85. Lower levels will need a summon in.
~Olm the Wise used to be a white skinned owl with an odd affiliation with the Cenarion Circle. In order to tame him a hunter had to put him/herself at war with the faction. Olm disappeared during the Shattering to return later as a ghostly owl.
~The seagulls are the smallest pet model tameable. With glyph of lesser proportion, they are the same size as the Rustberg Seagull minipet!
~Windroc Hunter and Windroc Huntress are two owls that where randomly removed from game in the middle of the Burning Crusade. These owls used to fly high above Nagrand and swoop down to attack talbuks.