Planet Zoo 2 Eurasian Bittern — habitat, biome, size & which animals it can live with

Eurasian Bittern is one of the 130 Planet Zoo 2 launch species. It is housed in a Aviary habitat, accepts the Temperate / Wetlands biome, carries a Grade 2 · 1m barrier requirement and is listed at 1.30 m (legspan). It shares a biome and an enclosure type with 6 other species, but the official species data rules out every one of those pairings, so it needs a habitat of its own.

Eurasian Bittern

Every figure on this page comes from the official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia export rather than trailer footage: biome, enclosure type, barrier grade, size and the compatibility verdicts are all taken from the game's own data.

Size (M)1.30 m

Weight (M)—

BarrierGrade 2

EnclosureAviary

BiomesTemperate / Wetlands

StatusLeast Concern

Where it lives in the wild
Africa · Asia · Europe

Eurasian Bittern at a glance

Source: official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia export (130 species). Also on the searchable animal list.

Enclosure and barrier requirements

Eurasian Bittern needs a Aviary enclosure and accepts the Temperate / Wetlands biomes. The barrier requirement is Grade 2 · 1m, and that is the number to check before building: a Grade 4 animal behind a Grade 1 wall is the most common way a first zoo stalls.

Which animals can live with the Eurasian Bittern?

Eurasian Bittern shares a biome and an enclosure type with 6 other species, but every one of those pairings is ruled out by the official data, because one side of each pair is officially solitary.

Same biome, but not compatible

6 of the species that accept the Temperate / Wetlands biome cannot share an enclosure with the Eurasian Bittern, because one side of the pair is officially solitary. These are the pairings people ask about most, so they are spelled out rather than left as an unexplained gap.

Species	Biome	Enclosure	Why not
Golden Eagle Deluxe	DesertSavannahTaigaTemperateTundra	Aviary	Eurasian Bittern is solitary “Eurasian bitterns are solitary birds, although will tolerate other individuals outside of the mating season. Unlike many bird species, they…”
Greater Flamingo	EstuarineTemperateWetlands	Aviary	Eurasian Bittern is solitary “Eurasian bitterns are solitary birds, although will tolerate other individuals outside of the mating season. Unlike many bird species, they…”
Long-Eared Owl	SavannahTaigaTemperateWetlands	Aviary	Eurasian Bittern is solitary “Eurasian bitterns are solitary birds, although will tolerate other individuals outside of the mating season. Unlike many bird species, they…”
Shoebill	Wetlands	Aviary	Eurasian Bittern is solitary “Eurasian bitterns are solitary birds, although will tolerate other individuals outside of the mating season. Unlike many bird species, they…”
Toco Toucan	RainforestSavannahWetlands	Aviary	Eurasian Bittern is solitary “Eurasian bitterns are solitary birds, although will tolerate other individuals outside of the mating season. Unlike many bird species, they…”
White-Tailed Sea-Eagle	TaigaTemperateTundraWetlands	Aviary	Eurasian Bittern is solitary “Eurasian bitterns are solitary birds, although will tolerate other individuals outside of the mating season. Unlike many bird species, they…”

Close, but ruled out by enclosure type

37 species share at least one biome with the Eurasian Bittern but use a different enclosure type — a land habitat against an aquarium or a flying aviary — so they cannot be mixed however well the biomes line up.

African Savannah Elephant, American Bullfrog, Asian Elephant, Bactrian Camel, Cape Buffalo, Cloudless Sulphur, Common Bluetongue, Common Hippopotamus, Danube Crested Newt, Diamondback Terrapin, Eastern Brown Snake, Eurasian Beaver, Eurasian Brown Bear, Eurasian Lynx, European Bison, European Peacock, Fire Salamander, Gharial, Giant Panda, Grey Wolf, Grizzly Bear, Komodo Dragon, Malayan Tapir, Mexican Redknee, Monarch, Mountain Hare, Nile Monitor, Old World Swallowtail, Red Deer, Red Panda, Sumatran Tiger, Sun Bear, West Indian Manatee, Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, Western Lowland Gorilla, Wild Boar, Yellow Anaconda

Behaviour, size and weight

Eurasian Bittern is classed as Solitary in Frontier's Social & Reproduction notes: “Eurasian bitterns are solitary birds, although will tolerate other individuals outside of the mating season. Unlike many bird species, they do not form lasting pairs during the breeding season and part ways soon after mating.” On size the game lists 1.30 m (legspan) for the male and 1.20 m for the female. Size and weight together decide the minimum habitat footprint, so use the female figure when you are sizing a breeding pair rather than a display animal.

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