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All Adopt-A-Bird packages include:

  •  Personalized adoption certificate
  •  Photo and species fact sheet of your adopted bird
  •  One-year subscription to Birds Calls, the National Aviary's newsletter


    Choose from the following package levels, and enjoy a number of additional special benefits!

    $25  |  $50  |  $100  |  GIFT ADD-ON  |  $150  |  $400



    $25 Adopt-A-Bird Package
    Adopt-A-Bird package includes 2 free admission passes.

    Birds available for adoption at $25 level:
  •  Pearl-spotted owlet
  •  Bleeding heart dove
  •  Golden conure**
  •  Northern cardinal
  •  Downy woodpecker
  •  American flamingo
  •  Tufted titmouse
  •  Inca tern
  •  Trumpeter
  •  Golden starling
  •  Cape thicknee

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    $50 Adopt-A-Bird Package
    Adopt-A-Bird package includes 4 admission passes.

    Birds available for adoption at the $50 level:
  •  Bald eagle*
  •  Brown pelican
  •  Hyacinth macaw
  •  African gray parrot
  •  Fairy bluebird
  •  Victoria crowned pigeon
  •  Red-crowned crane
  •  Bali mynah**
  •  Andean Condor
  •  Ibis

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    $100 Adopt-A-Bird Package
    Adopt-A-Bird package includes 6 admission passes and a personal encounter with your bird.

    Birds available for adoption at the $100 level:
  •  Snowy owl
  •  Eurasian eagle owl
  •  Harris hawk
  •  Spectacled owl
  •  Eastern screech owl
  •  African penguin*
  •  Military macaw*
  •  Red-fronted macaw**
  •  Yellow-naped Amazon parrot

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    Gift Package Add On
    For an additional $15, make your adoption gift package extra special. The Gift Package Add On includes two additional passes and an adorable plush bird of your choice. Available for the snowy owl, bald eagle, American flamingo, hyacinth macaw and African penguin.

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    $150 Parrot Playtime Package
    This engaging package includes the adoption package, 4 admission passes and a very special opportunity to assist Aviary staff with an enrichment activity for your adopted friend.

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    $400 Penguins Can Paint Package
    This unique package includes the complete adoption package for one of the National Aviary’s African penguins, 8 admission passes, and the unforgettable opportunity to join a penguin for a painting enrichment session. Choose the paint colors and watch as one of our penguin artists creates a one-of-a-kind canvas just for you.

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    * Threatened     ** Endangered

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    The National Aviary is supported in part through membership, donations, and funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and the Allegheny Regional Asset District.