Mixed species exhibit ideas

Mr Gharial said:
Three (Seperate) aviary mixes:

Secretary bird, Bateleur, Trumpeter hornbill, White-headed vulture, Cape griffon vulture, Southern ground hornbill, White-browed coucal, Pied crow and Crested guineafowl


Great white pelican, Goliath heron, Hamerkop, African sacred ibis, Egyptian goose, Blue-billed teal, Blacksmith lapwing and Marabou


African spoonbill, Saddle-billed stork, Eastern grey-crowned crane and Shoebill stork
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Large pelicans have an unfortunate tendency to swallow small ducks. I wouldn’t trust a Marabou not to swallow anything that came within grabbing range. Egyptian Geese can be dangerously quarrelsome with other ground birds.
 
Mr Gharial said:
Three (Seperate) aviary mixes:

Secretary bird, Bateleur, Trumpeter hornbill, White-headed vulture, Cape griffon vulture, Southern ground hornbill, White-browed coucal, Pied crow and Crested guineafowl


Great white pelican, Goliath heron, Hamerkop, African sacred ibis, Egyptian goose, Blue-billed teal, Blacksmith lapwing and Marabou


African spoonbill, Saddle-billed stork, Eastern grey-crowned crane and Shoebill stork
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1st aviary : I would remove the Bateleurs, Ground Hornbills, Crows (aggressive and/or opportunistic, that's detrimental to other birds).
2d aviary: I would remove the Goliath Herons and Marabous (they could predate the clutches of other birds). About the Pelicans and Egyptian Geese I feel less disturbed, at least if the ducks have places to hide (a lot of zoos have mixed exhibits with Pelicans, Egyptian Geese and other waterfowl).
3rd aviary : OK except perhaps the Shoebills (but I don't know anything about their behaviour and exigences).
 
Haliaeetus said:
3rd aviary : OK except perhaps the Shoebills (but I don't know anything about their behaviour and exigences).
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They've been mixed with other crane-like birds, so I think they might be fine

Haliaeetus said:
1st aviary : I would remove the Bateleurs, Ground Hornbills, Crows (aggressive and/or opportunistic, that's detrimental to other birds).
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Would the Bateleurs, Southern ground hornbills and pied crows be mixed seperately?
 
Mr Gharial said:
Three (Seperate) aviary mixes:

Secretary bird, Bateleur, Trumpeter hornbill, White-headed vulture, Cape griffon vulture, Southern ground hornbill, White-browed coucal, Pied crow and Crested guineafowl


Great white pelican, Goliath heron, Hamerkop, African sacred ibis, Egyptian goose, Blue-billed teal, Blacksmith lapwing and Marabou


African spoonbill, Saddle-billed stork, Eastern grey-crowned crane and Shoebill stork
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the only thing not working are the teal and the lapwing in the second mix. Espicially the Marabou could see them as a prey item.
 
Mr Gharial said:
They've been mixed with other crane-like birds, so I think they might be fine



Would the Bateleurs, Southern ground hornbills and pied crows be mixed seperately?
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Crows are egg-eaters, they would steal the eggs and eventually fight with other dwellers of the aviary.
Maybe Bateleurs and Hornbills together, or perhaps the 3 species but without breeding pairs.
 
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