Seasonal Events

Seasonal Events

Make your National Aviary visit egg-stra special by attending our fan-favorite Seasonal Events!

Friday, July 17 | 21+
General Admission: $128 | 7 – 11 pm
($125 ticket + $3 required convenience fee)
VIP: $188 | 5 – 11 pm
($185 ticket + $3 required convenience fee)
NEW! VIP Plus: $253* | 5 – 11 pm
($250 ticket + $3 required convenience fee)

All aboard! Set sail on a Sunset Riviera getaway with tickets to summer’s hottest party, Night in the Tropics Presented by UPMC Health Plan! Transport yourself to a Mediterranean-style paradise with the Aviary’s crew handling your every need, complete with show-stopping live entertainment under the stars, meet-and-greets with Animal Ambassadors, unlimited small plates from local restaurants and signature cocktails, beer, and wine, and SO MUCH MORE.

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Night in the Tropics beach graphic featuring a Raggiana Bird of Paradise perched amongst tropical pink flowers

Fri., August 21 | 7 – 10 pm
$65 per person*
21+

Close up of fluffly green heals

You bought the outfit. You purchased the shoes. You have the BEST accessories. The only thing missing? Somewhere to wear your stylin’ swag! Join the National Aviary for our inaugural Nowhere to Wear It party – a night dedicated to the art of overdressing AND main-character energy.

*Your Nowhere to Wear It ticket includes one drink voucher for your choice of a signature cocktail (Espresso Martini), mocktail, beer, or coffee. Additional drinks can be purchased at the cash bar; valid photo ID required.

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Thurs., August 20 | 11 am – 3 pm
Included with General Admission

#DidYouKnow Linnaeus’s Two-toed Sloths sleep for an average of 15 hours a day?

Don’t “sleep” on this party fit for a sloth! Help the National Aviary’s Linnaeus’s Two-toed Sloths celebrate their birthdays during our Sloth Birthday Celebration. Don’t move slowly (like a sloth); reserve tickets in advance.

General Admission Tickets

A sloth eating pureed sweet potatoes!

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Nearly extinct species coming back in wild thanks to Pittsburgh aviary | Yahoo News

The National Aviary has two baby Guam Kingfishers, known as sihek in the indigenous CHamoru language. The male Guam kingfisher hatched on April 19, while the female hatched on May 12. On May 27, the male chick took his first flight.

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Nearly extinct species coming back in wild thanks to Pittsburgh aviary | USA Today

With the help of two recently hatched chicks, Pittsburgh's National Aviary has plans to help a bird species that no longer exists in the wild to once again find its way home.

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National Aviary welcomes new chick to Wetlands habitat | WPXI

Aviary officials just announced the hatching of a Roseate Spoonbill chick as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Species Survival Plan.

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The Bird That Builds Its Own Incubator and Raises Itself (ft. insights from Senior Aviculturist, Brianna Crane) | A-Z Animals

Rather than sitting on their eggs themselves, they rely on external heat sources for incubation.

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National Aviary’s new bird causing a buzz in Northeast | KDKA

The Aviary recently welcomed Dariéna, a one-year-old female Harpy Eagle from the Miami Zoo, and she is the only known Harpy Eagle in the entire Northeast, weighing around 17 to 20 pounds.

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