Flight Rising Discussion

Songbird dragons come from the rainforest within the Everbloom Gardens. There, they have taken up an ecological niche similar to that of the many local birds, and evolved to become like them. Most Songbirds are Coatl, with occasional Skydancers mixed among them. They are more heavily feathered than typical Coatl or Skydancer dragons, and their bright plumage is always predominately in shades of green. They sing in a language which is based on the Coatl tonal speech, but which also owes a good deal to local birdsong -- a Songbird dragon (of either breed) will be able to understand a normal Coatl, but the normal Coatl might not be able to understand the Songbird if the latter is not making an effort. They live in the tree canopy, in nests instead of lairs. The clan structure remains intact, however; and often several dozen nests are built in a cluster of close-growing trees, where the inhabitants will be able to sing freely to each other from one nest to another. Skydancer Songbirds feast on the insects and fruit freely available in the tree canopy, while Coatl Songbirds fish in the rivers below. A unique characteristic of this subspecies is that they do not hoard... at least not in a normal sense. They cannot accumulate many objects in the environment where they live, nor do they need much equipment to survive in this kind of Eden. Instead, most young adult Songbirds will begin crafting a single object which will, until its completion, be the subject of all their devotion. They make it as beautiful as they can, altering and editing and adding detail, until their masterwork is as perfect as they are capable of making it. When they judge it complete, they present it to the rest of their clan, which applauds their effort and praises the work lavishly, honoring the work and the maker at a ritual feast. Then they bury it, and the Songbird begins the crafting of a new one. (Buried masterworks are considered salvage, and it's entirely accepted among the subspecies to raid a buried work -- one's own or anyone else's -- for materials one needs to craft one's current project item.) A couple of typical Songbirds: [img]http://flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=80&bodygene=13&breed=12&element=10&gender=1&tert=80&tertgene=10&winggene=13&wings=101&auth=30a089238dc6dc7e633501e5e612aa67a97e11c7&dummyext=prev.png[/img] [img]http://flightrising.com/dgen/preview/dragon?age=1&body=141&bodygene=1&breed=13&element=10&gender=0&tert=102&tertgene=21&winggene=20&wings=141&auth=da42fab5eef2dc700317e9e9e56f8dfb3cdb2a3f&dummyext=prev.png[/img] [Subspecies specifications: Coatl or Skydancer breeds only. Any Flight permitted, with the most common being Nature, Wind, Water, Earth, and Light. Two out of three colors [b]must[/b] be shades of green, and the third must be some shade of green, blue or yellow. Any primary gene is permitted [b]except[/b] Jaguar, Piebald, Pinstripe, Poison, Savannah, or Tiger. [b]Secondary gene must be Peregrine, Butterfly or Bee.[/b] Tertiary genes permitted are Filigree, Glimmer, Lace, Smirch, Smoke, Spines, Stained and Underbelly.] [b]If you have a dragon who meets the subspecies standard and whom you'd like to recognize as an official Songbird, please let me know! I'll be happy to register it.[/b] [i]Songbirds are the creation of @VoyagerII; if you decide to breed them, please let me know so I can keep track of the spread of the subspecies! I will be glad to include you on the list of official Songbird breeders. Thank you. [/i]

@ObsidianMage, I welcome comments, and I'm happy to sell if people are interested! Right now, because I'm trying to expand the subspecies and get it off the ground, I'm most interested in selling to people who will want to breed more Songbirds from them. If you're just interested in owning one, I'll get in touch with you when I've got a few more clutches and can afford to let them go to non-breeding homes, but if you're considering buying a breeding pair, or buying one to breed with similar dragons and try to get more Songbirds out of it, talk to me privately and I'll be happy to show you what I've currently got available.

I am actively hoping to get more people breeding Songbirds, and delighted to work with anyone who wants to try!

@ObsidianMage, absolutely! Just let me know.

@VoyagerII

If you have a pinglist for hatchlings I'd love to be added! If not, no worries.

@VoyagerII I would love to breed these. Just gotta get some money and find some parents. :D Skydancers are my favorites.

@Kieta, I'm raising a Skydancer female Songbird, so when she grows up I'll have breeding stock for Skydancer Songbirds as well as Coatl Songbirds. If you'd like, I'll be happy to ping you when I've got babies from her, and they'll probably be Skydancers because of the percentages. @Flamestar03: Sure! I've got one male Coatl Songbird hatchling available now, actually; after that, there will be more Songbirds in about three weeks. Maybe sooner if I get hold of adult Skydancer stock. [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=40825620] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/408257/40825620_350.png[/img] [/url]

@VoyagerII That would be great!

I have nothing against the coatls either, I may end up snagging both from you someday. :)