Mixed species exhibit ideas

Aidan said:
1. Black Rhinos, Ibis, Grevy’s Zebras
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Black rhinos are said to be quite aggressive, and most mixes I have heard of use white rhinos. Ibis will also not do well flight restricted in a paddock with large animals, I think.
Aidan said:
2. Ostriches, Impalas, Giraffes
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Has been done before, eg. Omaha.
Aidan said:
3. Harbor Seals, California Sea Lions, Puffins
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Seals and sea lions are known to eat sea birds, so this would be possibly risky. The seal and sea lion mix should be fine.
Aidan said:
5. Ant-Eaters, Capybaras
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Done before, eg. Chester.
Aidan said:
7. Indian Peafowl, One-Horned Rhinos
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I don’t see any problem with this one.
 
Neil chace said:
Could the following mix work in a half-acre habitat:
1.3 Speke's Gazelle
1.5 Soemmerring's Gazelle
1.1 Saddlebill Stork
1.1 Hooded Vulture
1.0 African Spur-thigh Tortoise
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Not unless
Neil chace said:
Could the following mix work in a half-acre habitat:
1.3 Speke's Gazelle
1.5 Soemmerring's Gazelle
1.1 Saddlebill Stork
1.1 Hooded Vulture
1.0 African Spur-thigh Tortoise
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Only if you netted it over at vast expense. Flight restricting vultures is outdated practice and poor welfare. Same really applies to the storks.
I’m not convinced those gazelles won’t fight, hybridise or both
 
FBBird said:
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Only if you netted it over at vast expense. Flight restricting vultures is outdated practice and poor welfare. Same really applies to the storks.
I’m not convinced those gazelles won’t fight, hybridise or both
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Ok, I thought it was only a problem with large hoofstock. I know the AZA is still fine with wing-clipped storks though. Hybridization is what I was mostly asking about. I know the two species are in different genuses, but wasn't sure if there's still a hybridization risk.
 
Idk if this mix has been mentioned before, but would flamingos, sitatunga, some sort of African Buffalo and waterbuck work together? :)
 
Junklekitteb said:
If you don’t mind, could you elaborate on the reasons for that?
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Not my post, but.....
Playful, aggressive or panicking ungulates can fatally injure flamingos very easily. They can also put them off breeding, trample nest sites....need I go on?
Putting relatively fragile birds with hoofstock is at best window dressing, at worst a pointless squandering of livestock.
 
FBBird said:
Not my post, but.....
Playful, aggressive or panicking ungulates can fatally injure flamingos very easily. They can also put them off breeding, trample nest sites....need I go on?
Putting relatively fragile birds with hoofstock is at best window dressing, at worst a pointless squandering of livestock.
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I thought it must have been something similar, but I know very little about flamingos. Thank you for elaborating.
 
Junklekitteb said:
I thought it must have been something similar, but I know very little about flamingos. Thank you for elaborating.
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What @FBBird said is pretty much the same as I would have said. Flamingos can be a great option for certain mixed species exhibits, particularly with various species of waterfowl, ibises, macaws, spoonbills, etc. The only mammals I would ever consider candidates for a mix with flamingos are sloths.
 
Neil chace said:
I know the AZA is still fine with wing-clipped storks though
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This actually isn’t the case anymore. The AZA is actively working on moving away from having pinioned/wing-clipped birds. My facility breeds saddle-billed storks, and we are having a hard time placing offspring because of the new (long overdue!!) regulations.
 
Kudu21 said:
This actually isn’t the case anymore. The AZA is actively working on moving away from having pinioned/wing-clipped birds. My facility breeds saddle-billed storks, and we are having a hard time placing offspring because of the new (long overdue!!) regulations.
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Interesting. According to the Avian SAG's website, saddlebills can still be kept wing-clipped with small ungulates, I'll take your word for the change, must have been in the last few years it's too bad more facilities don't want Saddlebill storks, they are a fascinating bird. How big of an exhibit does a pair require now?
 
Neil chace said:
What @FBBird said is pretty much the same as I would have said. Flamingos can be a great option for certain mixed species exhibits, particularly with various species of waterfowl, ibises, macaws, spoonbills, etc. The only mammals I would ever consider candidates for a mix with flamingos are sloths.
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Tbf they’re probably fine with agouti......depending how strictly vegetarian agouti really are:)
 
I'm sorry if this idea sounds really stupid, but could Slender-tailed meerkats and white-fronted bee-eaters be kept in a mixed species exhibit?
 
Neil chace said:
I'm sorry if this idea sounds really stupid, but could Slender-tailed meerkats and white-fronted bee-eaters be kept in a mixed species exhibit?
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This most likely wouldn't work. Meerkats are known to eat small birds, and could predate the bee-eaters if they aren't quick enough to escape.
 
Besides the ostrich, what African bird species, if any, are still able to be mixed with smaller ungulates? I'm working on a complex and was wondering if there are any birds I can add to an Exhibit of Red-fronted gazelles, steenbok, and african spur-thigh tortoises.
 
Neil chace said:
Besides the ostrich, what African bird species, if any, are still able to be mixed with smaller ungulates? I'm working on a complex and was wondering if there are any birds I can add to an Exhibit of Red-fronted gazelles, steenbok, and african spur-thigh tortoises.
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I think Helmeted Guineafowls could work.
 
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