DOMESTICATED BIRDS OF THE LOWLANDS
The Lowlands is a region of wetlands, salt marshes, palmetto and pine woodlands in the southern Jade Coast. It is the ancestral home to the Yanti, descendents of the ancient Sea People who settled in the lowlands as fishers and wammi-herders (while others searched for more arable land).
Animal agriculture here is limited in scope by marshy terrain, with small animals such as birds being the primary sources of captive-bred meat. Starry brush doves (left), ducks, ibis, and chickens are kept for meat and eggs.
Cormorants are bred in captivity to help catch fish. Tame wild cormorants generally must have their throats tied to prevent swallowing their catches, but a well trained domesticated cormorant can be trusted to bring fish to their handlers. Most look indistinct from their wild relatives, but some possess unique color morphs or piebald feathering.
The large, spiky bird here is the uboe, a large and ill-tempered flightless bird that is widely kept as a livestock guardian and alarm system. Uboe are strongly territorial and will chase off anything that does not belong, all while making very loud honking and hissing sounds. They must be accommodated to the species they are meant to guard from birth, and carefully introduced to any people that will be present in their lives.
