For the Aviary seen in Jurassic World, see Jurassic World Aviary. For the Aviary on Isla Sorna, see Isla Sorna Aviary.
The Aviary is a cage pen where InGen housed pterosaur species. Because the InGen scientists assumed that pterosaurs lived near flowing water (as their diet consisted of fish), the cage was built over the Isla Nublar river.
A Cearadactylus aviary first appeared in the Jurassic Park novel. The concept was later ultimately used in Jurassic Park III.
Jurassic Park[]
The Aviary scene did not ultimately appear in the first Jurassic Park film. However, during the Lunch Scene in the VIP dining room concept art of the Aviary was ultimately displayed on one of the slideshow boards. It briefly shows the outer structure of the visitor booth.
Evidence of the aviary on Isla Nublar.
Jurassic Park[]
Construction of Jurassic Park[]
During the planning, it was decided to put the Pteratops Lodge inside the paddock because the designers thought the inhabitants would be "safe" for tourists to interact with. However, this did not go well back then, it turns out the Cearadactylus were ill-tempered and attacked many maintenance crews that worked on it, thus leaving the lodge derelict inside.
Isla Nublar Incident[]
During the power outage, the dinosaurs escaped but the Cearadactylus were stuck inside. When Alan Grant, Lex Murphy and Tim Murphy were escaping the Cearadactylus during the outage, they took a raft and headed downstream towards the paddock. However, they had no idea what was going to happen. Consequently, the Cearadactylus attacked them, but luckily they were able to escape from them.