Flying habitat · Base game
Shoebill
Balaeniceps rex
Listed in Frontier’s official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia. [2]
Official profile · Updated · Checked · no gameplay test claimed
Published details
- Scientific name
- Balaeniceps rex [2]
- Habitat category
- Flying habitat [1]
- Content pack
- Base game [1]
- Zoopedia biomes
- Wetlands [1]
- Zoopedia regions
- Africa [1]
- Listed conservation status
- Vulnerable [2]
These are official Zoopedia labels. Biome tags describe the official classification and do not establish a temperature range or suitable mixed habitat.
Care requirements
- Habitat size / usable space
- Land area 200m² Shelter area 5m² Flight area 50m² · Announced [2]
- Temperature range
- 14°C to 33°C · Announced [2]
- Group size and composition
- Mixed 1 - 2 Male 1 - 1 Female 1 - 1 Max per sex 1 1 · Announced [2]
- Food and feeding costs
- Not verified
- Enrichment
- Not verified
- Breeding requirements
- Not verified
- Compatible species
- Not verified
Published values use Frontier’s default planned-population display. Additional adults may change the requirements; check the current panel before building. Missing values remain unknown. No gameplay test is claimed.
About the animal
A usually solitary wading bird of East African swamps, also known as the whalebill. [2]
Natural-history context from Frontier’s account. Wild behaviour and diet do not verify the game’s social limits, food items or breeding mechanics.
Before building
Use these checks in your installed game. They are planning suggestions, not tested requirements.
- Check enclosure closure, perching access and usable flight space in the game.
- Record social limits, feeding costs and enrichment from the species panel; biome tags do not verify these values.
Sources and verification
- Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia · public animal catalog ↗
October 13 public Zoopedia lists 136 animals. This wiki retains 130 existing profiles; Animal Care values are cited to each separate species page. Habitat, biome, continent and pack classifications remain publisher information.
Checked 2026-10-14 · Official launch roster; installed game build untested · Official game website; platform-specific parity not tested
Frontier marks the Zoopedia as work in progress. Published classifications and natural history are not a Kingy gameplay test.
- Shoebill · official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia ↗
Species heading, scientific name, natural-history overview and listed conservation status. October 13 default planned-population care values, where published; no inference from wildlife prose.
Checked 2026-10-14 · Official launch Zoopedia; numeric installed build untested · Official game website; platform-specific parity not tested
Frontier marks this Zoopedia as work in progress. Default population values are not a scaling formula; no Kingy gameplay, compatibility or recovery test.