A Flying Rat in Grand Theft Auto IV, the best example of a bird in the GTA series.
Birds are a recurring type of animal appearing throughout the Grand Theft Auto series. Birds only become fully interactive in the HD Universe, where they can be killed, and even controlled in the enhanced versions of Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online.
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2D Universe[]
Pigeons appear in Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 and Grand Theft Auto: London 1961 in two different forms. They can be found as animated sprites in building rooftops, or standing in the ground. Pigeons found in the ground are treated as props and can be killed by running over them.
3D Universe[]
Birds frequently appear in the sky in almost all 3D Universe games. In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, flocks of seagulls appear as animated sprites seen from afar, and can be killed by the player, resulting in the sprite to explode in individual pieces and disappear.
In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, birds are first introduced as a 3D model. Doves can spawn in cities and countryside areas. Black birds can spawn in the desert areas of Bone County and Las Venturas. All birds can be shot by the player, resulting in the bird to disappear.
HD Universe[]
Grand Theft Auto IV[]
Grand Theft Auto IV introduces an element of interaction with the addition of Flying Rats. These are of the domestic pigeon subspecies and spawn in specific positions around Liberty City as a collectible. Killing all 200 Flying Rats rewards the player with the Endangered Species Achievement/Trophy among additional rewards.
Alongside the Flying Rat collectible, Seagulls are particularly common around the waters and beaches of Liberty City, such as around Firefly Island and Port Tudor. As with birds in the 3D Universe, these remain noninteractive and cannot be shot down.
Grand Theft Auto V and Online[]
A variety of species of bird appear in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online, introducing many rural species such as Great Cormorants, Chickens and Hens. Unlike previous titles, these can spawn on ground, interact with the player (by running away or flocking) and can all be killed. In the enhanced version of GTA V and the expanded and enhanced version of GTA Online, many types of birds can be controlled by consuming Peyote Plants.
Alongside physical birds, many other types of bird can be heard in GTA V's ambience track, including owls and roosters. Like other ambient sounds, these are played using audio rules positioned in specific areas of the map and play back between certain times of day. Bird sounds are typically muted by extreme weather conditions as well as other nearby sounds, such as gunfire.
Grand Theft Auto VI[]
An even wider range of bird species are seen to exist in the upcoming Grand Theft Auto VI. A variety of wild birds are seen in the first trailer, including Ducks and Flamingos. They are seen to gather and fly in flocks (or flamboyances in the case of Flamingos), something which was only the case with certain species of bird and in specific scenarios in GTA V.
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Trivia[]
- In GTA V, there are some places such as Mount Gordo where Owls can be heard hooting, but they don't physically appear in the game.
See Also[]
- Category:Birds - A category of all birds in the series.
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