Dunlin
Designer's Guild (http://www.ztcdd.org/DG/index.php?topic=4962.0)
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Author: Dr Rick
Keywords: real animals, wading birds
Date released: November 16, 2008
Current DrRDunlin.ztd dated 14 November 2008
File Size: 139 KB
Compatibility: All Game Versions
Description: "The Dunlin is the commonest and most well known small wader encountered in its breeding and overwintering grounds, with a global population of about 5 million birds."
Note: included in Dr Ricks Birds Combined (http://www.ztcdd.org/DD/index.php?topic=9389.0)
(http://ztcdd.org/DG/DownloadFiles/Animals/Dunlin.JPG)
Additional info:
DrRDunlin.ztd uca: 8D4DEB0C dated 14 November 2008
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8d4deb0c.uca date: Fri Nov 14 10:55:36 2008
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Animal Type: 8D4DEB0C
Dunlin
The Dunlin is the commonest and most well known small wader encountered in its
breeding and overwintering grounds, with a global population of about 5
million birds. Its scientific name is Calidris alpina. It belongs, with
other common waders, to the family called Scolopacidae, the Sandpipers and
their relatives.
(plus 8 other paragraphs)
Animal Characteristics:
Habitat: Grassland; Location: Eurasia
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 90.
Preferred shelter: Rock Cave.
Animal can swim in water terrain.
Exhibit Preferences:
Foliage:
Wild Olive Tree, Elm Tree, Pacific Dogwood Tree, Cherry Tree
Lodgepole Pine Tree, Maple Tree, Fir Tree, Pine Tree, Bamboo, Yew Tree
Birch Tree, Spruce Tree, Yellow Cedar Tree, Western Larch Tree
Trembling Aspen Tree, Globe Willow Tree, Japanese Maple Tree, Deciduous Bush
Rainforest Fern, Tall Grass, Water Lily, Water Reed, Paper Birch Tree
Weeping Willow Tree, White Oak Tree, Western Red Cedar Tree, Chinese Fir Tree
Himalayan Birch Tree, Western Juniper Tree, Himalayan Pine Tree, Sage Bush
Broadleaf Bush, Pine Bush, Club Moss Shrub (DD), Walchian Conifer Tree (DD)
Bald Cypress Tree (DD), Dawn Redwood Tree (DD), Gingko Tree (DD)
Glossopteris Tree (DD), Horsetail (DD), Lepidodendron Tree (DD)
Magnolia Tree (DD), Monkey Puzzle Tree (DD), Norfolk Island Pine Tree (DD)
Sea Anemone (MM), Barnacles (MM), Beach Grass (MM), Brittle Sea Star (MM)
Clam Bed (MM), Orange Cup Coral (MM), Divercate Tree Coral (MM)
Feather Duster Worm (MM), Fire Coral (MM), Kelp (MM), Sea Lettuce (MM)
Red Gorgonian (MM), Sargassum (MM), Sand Dollar (MM), Sea Cucumber (MM)
Sea Star (MM), Seaweed (MM), Sea Grass (MM), Sea Sponge (MM)
Stove Pipe Sponge (MM), Tube Worm (MM), Purple Sea Urchin (MM), Bonsai (CC)
Snowbell Tree (CC)
Rocks:
Large Rock, Small Rock - Medium, Small Rock - Small
Deciduous Forest Rock - Formation, Highland Rock - Large
Coniferous Forest Rock - Formation, Medium Highland Rock (DD)
Medium Aquatic Rock (DD), Medium Coniferous Rock (DD)
Small Ocean Floor Rock (MM), Medium Coral Formation (MM)
Large Ocean Floor Rock (MM), Medium Ocean Floor Rock (MM)
Large Coral Formation (MM), Iceberg (MM), Isle Rock (MM)
Other specifically liked items:
Rock Formation - Highland, Sunken Log (MM)
Exhibit Construction:
Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 2-99 with 8 squares for each adult.
Exhibit size (for 2 adults): 16 grid squares
Terrain (for exhibit with 16 grid squares):
5 Grass, 0 Savannah Grass, 2 Sand, 1 Dirt, 1 Gray Stone, 1 Gravel
1 Fresh Water, 2 Salt Water, 2 Deciduous Floor, 1 Coniferous Floor
Foliage (for exhibit with 16 grid squares):
2 grid squares should contain foliage.
Foliage that would give the most happiness: Water Reed
Since this is a small plant, greatest happiness will occur
if each of the 2 grid squares contains 4 of this plant.
Rocks (for exhibit with 16 grid squares):
6 Small Rock - Medium, which is its most liked rock.
Elevation: Of the 16 squares, 1 nonadjacent squares should be elevated.