Archaeopteryx

Not to be confused with the Archaeopteryx NPC.

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Archaeopteryx
Menu
Price	1,200 Feathers
Bird Category	Unlockable
Species	Archaeopteryx litographica
Gameplay
Flying Status	Limited
Flying Animations	2
Extra
Event	Yes
Remodeled	No (Serves as a remodel of Classic)
Sexual Dimorphism	No

Archaeopteryx is a playable bird in Feather Family. It's the second bird of the 2020 Summer of Fossils event. This skin was added August 4th, 2023 with Dromaeosaur.

Appearance

Chick

The chick is a tiny, fluffy bird with several kinds of grays on it. Its face and the back of its neck are somewhat dark gray with brown eyes and a light gray beak-like snout. Its face has a small feather tuft towards the forehead matching the face color. It has a medium gray underbelly and dark gray on its back, wings and tail. It has black feathers near the end of its tail and has a tuft on its back. It has light gray feet. Its tail is lizard-like in the sense that it's bony.

Adult

The adult is a somewhat small bird mostly covered in medium black feathers. It has a light gray beak-like snout, brown eyes, white teeth and a black face with a red tuft of feathers on top. It has a white throat and white on its wings and tail which are also partially black, as well as two gray claws on each wing limb. Its bony tail has tail feathers start narrow and grow as they reach the end, with white interiors and black tips. Its feet are light gray with three toes in front and one toe behind on each foot, with a curved sickle claw on the inner toe of each foot.

Coloring

Chick

• Eyes - Colors irises.
• Beak - Colors beak.
• Head - Colors head and back of neck.
• Chest - Colors throat and underbelly.
• Body - Colors back, legs and tail base.
• Wings - Color wings.
• Legs - Colors feet.
• Tail - Colors tail feathers.

Adult

• Eyes - Colors irises.
• Beak - Colors snout.
• Head - Colors face and back of neck.
• Neck - Colors neck underbelly.
• Chest - Colors underbelly from the chest down.
• Body - Colors the torso and tail.
• Coverts - Colors covert feathers, arms and fingers.
• Primary Feathers - Colors primary feathers and leg feathers.
• Secondary Feathers - Colors secondary feathers.
• Legs - Colors feet.
• Tail 1 - Colors top tail feathers.
• Tail 2 - Colors bottom tail feathers.
• Talons - Colors talons on feet and wings.
• Extra - Colors rest of crest.

Actions

Chick

• Run - Speeds up the walking speed of the chick. Plays a run animation.
• Call - Makes a high pitched gobble noise.
• Sit - Sits down.
• Eat - Leans down to bite at ground.
• Hurt - Falls on its side covering its head with its wings.
• Eyes - Open or close eyes of chick.

Adult

• Run - Increases walking speed. Plays a run animation.
• Call - Makes a faint gobble noise.
• Sit - Sits down.
• Eat - Bites the ground while also slightly moving its tail.
• Hurt - Falls on its side with right wing spread above its head and its left wing spread down.
• Display - Jumps while flapping its wings and leaning down.
• Preen - Bites its wing's fingers to clean.
• Eyes - Open and close eyes.
• Fly - Archaeopteryx takes flight. Can only fly for a limited time before gliding down.

Trivia

General

• Archaeopteryx is the oldest animal in Feather Family, as it existed over 145 million years ago.
  • Archaeopteryx was likely added because of its reputation for being the 'first bird'. It is not the first bird however, being outdated by other avialans like Aurornis, Anchiornis and Xiaotingia.
• The Hurt animation of the adult is a reference to a fossil found of the Archaeopteryx.
• Archaeopteryx is one of the four avialans present in Feather Family, the others being Confuciusornis, Jeholornis and Sapeornis. It is the first one added of these.
  • Interestingly, every Summer of Fossils has had an avialan as its second bird: 2020 has Archaeopteryx, 2022 had Jeholornis and 2023 had Sapeornis.

Updated-Based

• Archaeopteryx is the first bird to receive an updated skin after species skins started being implemented.

Gallery

Archaeopteryx on the menu screen.

Archaeopteryx as featured in one of the game's thumbnails.

Archaeopteryx
Menu
Price	1,200 Feathers
Bird Category	Unlockable
Species	Archaeopteryx litographica
Gameplay
Flying Status	Limited
Flying Animations	2
Extra
Event	Yes
Remodeled	No (Remastered in the form of Updated)
Sexual Dimorphism	No

Archaeopteryx is a playable bird in Feather Family. It's the second bird of the 2020 Summer of Fossils event.

Appearance

Chick

The chick is a tiny, primarily gray bird. It has a duller gray face with white eyes and a narrow mouth. Its back is covered in messy pointed feathers and its wings have small claw-like shapes on them. Its underbelly is an almost white gray and its feet are the same color as its face. Its tail is stiff and lizard-like.

Adult

The adult is a somewhat small bird mostly covered in medium black feathers. It has a light gray narrow face with white eyes and white protruding teeth. It has a long black feather poking over its head with a bright red feather under it resting on the scalp. Its throat is white, connecting to its gray underbelly that reaches to its midbody. Its wings have two black claws on each with wing limb. It has large feathers on its wings and legs that are pitch black. It has a long bony tail with feathers coming from the sides. Its feet are gray with three front toes and one back toe each, with each toe having a sharp black talon.

Coloring

Chick

• Eyes - Colors sclera.
• Beak - Colors face.
• Head - Colors head and some of neck.
• Chest - Colors underbelly.
• Body - Colors torso, other half of neck and feathered legs.
• Wings - Color wings.
• Legs - Colors feet.
• Tail - Colors tail.

Adult

• Eyes - Colors sclera.
• Beak - Colors face.
• Head - Colors head, some of the crest and half of the neck.
• Neck - Colors neck underbelly.
• Chest - Colors underbelly from the chest down.
• Body - Colors the torso and tail.
• Coverts - Colors covert feathers, arms and fingers.
• Primary Feathers - Colors primary feathers and leg feathers.
• Secondary Feathers - Colors secondary feathers.
• Legs - Colors feet.
• Tail 1 - Colors top tail feathers.
• Tail 2 - Colors bottom tail feathers.
• Talons - Colors talons on feet and wings.
• Extra - Colors rest of crest.

Actions

Chick

• Run - Speeds up the walking speed of the chick. Plays a run animation.
• Call - Makes a high pitched gobble noise.
• Sit - Sits down.
• Eat - Starts moving its maw around near the ground.
• Hurt - Lays on its side.
• Eyes - Open or close eyes of chick.

Adult

• Run - Increases walking speed. Plays a run animation.
• Call - Makes a faint gobble noise.
• Sit - Sits down.
• Eat - Bites the ground while also slightly moving its tail.
• Hurt - Falls on its side with right wing spread above its head and its left wing spread down.
• Display - Jumps while flapping its wings and leaning down.
• Preen - Bites its wing's fingers to clean.
• Eyes - Open and close eyes.
• Fly - Archaeopteryx takes flight. Can only fly for a limited time before gliding down.

Trivia

General

• Archaeopteryx is the oldest animal in Feather Family, as it existed over 145 million years ago.
  • Archaeopteryx was likely added because of its reputation for being the 'first bird'. It is not the first bird however, being outdated by other avialans like Aurornis, Anchiornis and Xiaotingia.
• The Hurt animation of the adult is a reference to a fossil found of the Archaeopteryx.
• Archaeopteryx is one of the four avialans present in Feather Family, the others being Confuciusornis, Jeholornis and Sapeornis. It is the first one added of these.
  • Interestingly, every Summer of Fossils has had an avialan as its second bird: 2020 has Archaeopteryx, 2022 had Jeholornis and 2023 had Sapeornis.

Classic-Based

• Archaeopteryx is the last Summer of Fossils 2020 bird to be 'remodeled', counting additions of Updated skins as remodels.

Gallery

Archaeopteryx on the menu screen prior to the Microraptor update.

The game's icon for the Archaeopteryx update.

Archaeopteryx as featured in one of the game's thumbnails.

Archaeopteryx's skull in its Ice Mountain test tube.