Mixed species exhibit ideas

Great Argus said:
The salamanders would eat the smaller fish species readily - would likely take them some time to decimate the fish but I don't doubt they would. Easier for the salamander since they feed by suction, vs the Alligator has to actually grab them.
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Would the turtles be at a similar risk?
 
Could Red-legged seriema and Greater rhea get along if the aviary was big enough?

My plan is for a very large (almost 1 hectare) aviary with a separated pampas exhibit (Lowland tapir, Vicuña and Greater rhea) and many free-roaming bird species (Including Seriemas, Curassows, Macaws, Flamingos, Screamers, Lapwings, Herons and Ibises, among others). Would Red-legged seriemas be able to coexist with the Separated rheas or would they be too territorials for other ground birds?
 
It might be a stretch : could you have Javan green peafowl, Javan banteng, silvery gibbon and Asian giant tortoise in a 2656sqm habitat or is it too cramped?
 
Charles said:
It might be a stretch : could you have Javan green peafowl, Javan banteng, silvery gibbon and Asian giant tortoise in a 2656sqm habitat or is it too cramped?
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2600 square meters would be a way too big to keep these tortoises safely, especially around Bantengs that might crush them. The mixture of gibbons and tortoises also makes me a bit nervous. Room like that could be used for a good-sized Asian savanna enclosure, seeing that it's slightly larger than BZ's Rimba paddock
 
Mr Gharial said:
Could Red-legged seriema and Greater rhea get along if the aviary was big enough?

My plan is for a very large (almost 1 hectare) aviary with a separated pampas exhibit (Lowland tapir, Vicuña and Greater rhea) and many free-roaming bird species (Including Seriemas, Curassows, Macaws, Flamingos, Screamers, Lapwings, Herons and Ibises, among others). Would Red-legged seriemas be able to coexist with the Separated rheas or would they be too territorials for other ground birds?
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I would avoid a mix of Seriemas and other ground-nesting birds if there isn't any separation for the latter (Curassows, Waders, Ducks...).
 
Mr Gharial said:
2600 square meters would be a way too big to keep these tortoises safely, especially around Bantengs that might crush them. The mixture of gibbons and tortoises also makes me a bit nervous. Room like that could be used for a good-sized Asian savanna enclosure, seeing that it's slightly larger than BZ's Rimba paddock
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Do you think peafowl, banteng and gibbons would work then?
 
Charles said:
Do you think peafowl, banteng and gibbons would work then?
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Gibbons would probably eat eggs and maybe chicks. I'd be nervous of both species being crushed by banteng. At Burgers Zoo, the siamang are 'mixed' with banteng and other hoofstock (as well as macaques) but I believe can't actually reach the ground of the paddock, due to hotwiring of their trees.
 
Haliaeetus said:
I would avoid a mix of Seriemas and other ground-nesting birds if there isn't any separation for the latter (Curassows, Waders, Ducks...).
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Well, Pairi Daiza holds Red-legged seriemas with Flamingos, Hawaiian goose, two different Crane species, Guineafowl and four different duck species in a very large aviary.

Bird Paradise holds them with Curassows, Southern screamers, Turkeys, Ibises, Lapwings, Flamingos and multiple Duck species in a colossal aviary.

Even Blijdorp holds their Seriemas with ducks in an aviary that's actually quite small.

The only one I wasn't sure about were the rheas, as I can't find any evidence of this mix existing yet
 
Mr Gharial said:
Well, Pairi Daiza holds Red-legged seriemas with Flamingos, Hawaiian goose, two different Crane species, Guineafowl and four different duck species in a very large aviary.

Bird Paradise holds them with Curassows, Southern screamers, Turkeys, Ibises, Lapwings, Flamingos and multiple Duck species in a colossal aviary.

Even Blijdorp holds their Seriemas with ducks in an aviary that's actually quite small.

The only one I wasn't sure about were the rheas, as I can't find any evidence of this mix existing yet
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No risk for the eggs and chicks, unless they are removed preventively ??
 
pichu said:
i plan on doing an aviary with cockatoos, can different species be in the same aviary?
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Yes it's possible.
I've seen many mixes with 2/3 Cockatoo species : Galah + Banks Cockatoo ; Palm Cockatoo + Yellow-crested Cockatoo... also mixes with Cockatoos and other parrots (Eclectus, Kea, Rosellas, Cockatiels, Lorikeets...), Doves, Lapwings, Thick-knees...
 
Haliaeetus said:
Yes it's possible.
I've seen many mixes with 2/3 Cockatoo species : Galah + Banks Cockatoo ; Palm Cockatoo + Yellow-crested Cockatoo... also mixes with Cockatoos and other parrots (Eclectus, Kea, Rosellas, Cockatiels, Lorikeets...), Doves, Lapwings, Thick-knees...
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wait kea? i thought they would attack other birds
 
pichu said:
wait kea? i thought they would attack other birds
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I've already seen mixes with Keas and other birds in the Zooparc de Beauval (France), that seem to work as I've seen them for a long time, sometimes for many years :
  • Kea / Palm Cockatoo / Little Corella / Australian Thick-knee
  • Kea / Galah
  • Kea / Greater Eclectus / Blue-winged Kookaburra / Yellow-bibbed Lory
  • Kea / Masked Lapwing / Red-bellied Fruit Dove
 
Charles said:
Sorry if it’s already been asked but what can you mix with Malayan tapir if anything ?
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they were succesfully mixed with smal clawed otters, many kind of birds (including cranes), many kinds of primates ( including orang utans), and diffret kind of hoofstock. They cpiuld like south american tapirs probelly be mnixed with many more animals, which is only not done for geographic accuracy reasons
 
could gibbons and hornbills in theory be kept in a large neted area (with areas unacceble for the gibbons for the hornbills)
 
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