Planet Zoo 2 Golden Eagle — habitat, biome, size & which animals it can live with

Golden Eagle is one of the 130 Planet Zoo 2 launch species. It is housed in a Aviary habitat, accepts the Desert / Savannah / Taiga / Temperate / Tundra biome, carries a Grade 2 · 1m barrier requirement and is listed at 1.97 m (legspan). It shares a biome and an enclosure type with 7 other species, but the official species data rules out every one of those pairings, so it needs a habitat of its own.

Golden Eagle Deluxe

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)1.97 m

Weight (M)—

BarrierGrade 2

EnclosureAviary

BiomesDesert / Savannah / Taiga / Temperate / Tundra

StatusLeast Concern

Where it lives in the wild
Africa · Asia · Europe · North America

Golden Eagle at a glance

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

Enclosure and barrier requirements

Golden Eagle needs a Aviary enclosure and accepts the Desert / Savannah / Taiga / Temperate / Tundra 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 Golden Eagle?

Golden Eagle shares a biome and an enclosure type with 7 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

7 of the species that accept the Desert / Savannah / Taiga / Temperate / Tundra biome cannot share an enclosure with the Golden Eagle, 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
Eurasian Bittern	TemperateWetlands	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	Golden Eagle is solitary “Golden eagles are generally solitary or live in pairs, and most of their interactions are limited to mating and raising young. Adults strong…”
Long-Eared Owl	SavannahTaigaTemperateWetlands	Aviary	Golden Eagle is solitary “Golden eagles are generally solitary or live in pairs, and most of their interactions are limited to mating and raising young. Adults strong…”
Secretarybird	Savannah	Aviary	Golden Eagle is solitary “Golden eagles are generally solitary or live in pairs, and most of their interactions are limited to mating and raising young. Adults strong…”
Toco Toucan	RainforestSavannahWetlands	Aviary	Golden Eagle is solitary “Golden eagles are generally solitary or live in pairs, and most of their interactions are limited to mating and raising young. Adults strong…”
White-Backed Vulture	DesertSavannah	Aviary	Golden Eagle is solitary “Golden eagles are generally solitary or live in pairs, and most of their interactions are limited to mating and raising young. Adults strong…”
White-Tailed Sea-Eagle	TaigaTemperateTundraWetlands	Aviary	Golden Eagle is solitary “Golden eagles are generally solitary or live in pairs, and most of their interactions are limited to mating and raising young. Adults strong…”

Close, but ruled out by enclosure type

55 species share at least one biome with the Golden Eagle 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.

Aardvark, African Leopard, African Penguin, African Savannah Elephant, African Wild Dog, Asian Elephant, Bactrian Camel, Black Wildebeest, Blue Wildebeest, Boa Constrictor, Cape Buffalo, Cloudless Sulphur, Common Bluetongue, Common Hippopotamus, Common Ostrich, Common Warthog, Desert Horned Viper, Eastern Brown Snake, Eurasian Beaver, Eurasian Brown Bear, Eurasian Lynx, European Bison, European Peacock, Fire Salamander, Gemsbok, Giant Panda, Giant Tiger Land Snail, Gila Monster, Goliath Beetle, Grey Wolf, Grizzly Bear, Lion, Masai Giraffe, Meerkat, Menelaus Blue Morpho, Mexican Redknee, Monarch, Mountain Hare, Nile Monitor, Nyala

Behaviour, size and weight

Golden Eagle is classed as Solitary in Frontier's Social & Reproduction notes: “Golden eagles are generally solitary or live in pairs, and most of their interactions are limited to mating and raising young. Adults strongly defend large territories against other golden e…” On size the game lists 1.97 m (legspan) for the male and 2.14 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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