Loon

Loon
Menu
Price	150 Feathers
Bird Category	Unlockable
Species	Common loon
Gameplay
Flying Status	Flying
Flying Animations	1
Extra
Event	No
Remodeled	No
Sexual Dimorphism	No

Loon is a playable bird in Feather Family. It was added on April 5th, 2024.

Appearance

Hatchling

The hatchling is a small bird covered in brown from its head to its tail. Its eyes are brown and its beak is light gray. Its neck is longer than usual. It has a white underside. Its legs are black with three toes in front and one in the back of each of its webbed feet. Its legs are further back than those of most birds.

Adult

The adult is a somewhat small bird covered in black feathers across its head, part of its throat, the top of its chest, its wings, back, tail and legs. It has dark red eyes and a long dark gray beak. Its neck is primarily white with thin black stripes with a thick strap of the throat being completely black and the base of its throat being a faded blue. The neck is longer than usual. Its back, coverts, and upper tail are black with white feather markings while the rest of its wings and its lower tail are just black. Its underside is white with a black part under the blue of the throat. Its legs are black with three toes in front and one toe in the back each on its webbed feet. Its legs are positioned farther back than those of most birds.

Coloring

Hatchling

• Eyes - Colors irises.
• Beak - Colors beak.
• Head - Colors head and neck.
• Chest - Colors underside.
• Body - Colors back and thighs.
• Wings - Colors wings.
• Legs - Colors legs.
• Tail - Colors tail tuft.

Adult

• Eyes - Colors irises.
• Beak - Colors beak.
• Head - Colors head and neck strap.
• Neck - Colors majority of neck.
• Chest - Colors underside.
• Body - Colors back.
• Coverts - Colors feathers on wing limbs.
• Primary Feathers - Colors outer wing feathers.
• Secondary Feathers - Colors inner wing feathers.
• Legs - Colors legs.
• Tail 1 - Colors upper tail.
• Tail 2 - Colors lower tail.
• Talons - Colors talons.
• Extra - Colors base of throat.

Actions

Hatchling

• Run - Increases walking speed. Speeds up walk cycle.
• Call - Makes a quick cheep noise.
• Sit - Sits down.
• Eat - Repeatedly scoops up and down.
• Hurt - Falls forward with head to the left facing back.
• Eyes - Closes or opens eyes.

Adult

• Run - Increases walking speed. Speeds up walk cycle.
• Call - Makes a lengthy low pitched howl followed by a short series of high pitched cackles
• Sit - Sits down.
• Eat - Brings head to the ground to repeat cycle of biting down twice then swallowing.
• Hurt - Falls forward with wings spread back and rear raised.
• Display - Stands tall with head leaned forward and wings rapidly beating.
• Preen - Lifts body to clean chest with beak with wings slightly raised.
• Eyes - Closes or opens eyes.
• Fly - Loon takes flight.

Trivia

• Loon shares a unique quality with Auk, Penguin, Cormorant, Gannet, Great Auk, Hesperornis, and Cockatrice where it can swim extremely fast and stay idle underwater.
  • Though the Loon hatchling is not aquatic by these standards (as it cannot idle underwater), it still swims much faster than it normally would.
• Loon is the only bird in the game whose idle doesn't have its legs stretched. This makes it appear sitting and most of its animations have it near the ground.
• Loon has the slowest ground speed in the game. This is because loons are specially adapted to being in water and in the air, so their legs were moved further back and hence their walking is severely hindered.
  • Hesperornis, whose animations are based on loon movement, is also very slow on land. Interestingly, neither its walk or run animations are used on Loon.
  • The adult Loon’s walking animation has very uneven movement in its legs, with the left leg being under the body moving higher while the right leg is stretched out from the body and doesn’t move as high. This was intentionally done to show the Loon’s inability to hold its own weight on land.

Gallery

Loon on the menu screen.

The game's icon for the Loon update.