Mixed species exhibit ideas

[Paul.Haerle]

Could these exhibits work for a hypothetical bird house?

Cypress Swamp:
Medium-sized indoor diorama with a greenhouse-style roof, plenty of native vegetation (cattails, buttonbush, etc.) simulated cypress trees, and a large pool. Simulation of the Florida Everglades.
1.3 Roseate spoonbills
0.2 Snowy egrets
1.1 Wood ducks

Acacia Bushland:
Reminiscent of a scene in the drier regions of northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia, this medium-sized room with a greenhouse-roof consists of plantings of dry-adapted native vegetation (Senegalia, Euphorbia, etc.), a small stream running through the exhibit, and high walls of mock-rock framing a mural of a savanna scene.
1.0 Buff-crested bustard
1.0 Common bulbul
1.5 Northern carmine bee-eaters
2.0 Superb starlings
0.2 Speckled pigeons
1.3 White-crested buffalo weaver

The second mix should work too. The bulbul should be kept in couple. Bee-eaters and weavers can be kept in bigger groups too.

 

[AndyJ08]

The second mix should work too. The bulbul should be kept in couple. Bee-eaters and weavers can be kept in bigger groups too.

Thanks. A female bulbul has been brought in, a male/female pair of bee-eaters have been brought in, and another male/female pair of buffalo weavers have been added in

 

[Mr Gharial]

Could Ocellated turkey be held in a Mexican swamp aviary with the likes of American flamingo, White/Scarlet ibises and Black-necked stilts?

 

[Paul.Haerle]

Could Ocellated turkey be held in a Mexican swamp aviary with the likes of American flamingo, White/Scarlet ibises and Black-necked stilts?

Should work.

 

[Tamandua56]

Is it possible to coexist yellow-backed duikers with Hamlyn's guenons?

And could Visayan wild boars live in an aviary with taritic hornbills, and potentially other birds?

 

[FBBird]

Is it possible to coexist yellow-backed duikers with Hamlyn's guenons?

And could Visayan wild boars live in an aviary with taritic hornbills, and potentially other birds?

They’ll grab and eat any birds that land on the ground. I’ve seen them catch and consume Herring Gulls and Feral Pigeons

 

[Mr Gharial]

They've been held with smaller carnivores like Small-clawed otters, Corsac foxes and Golden jackal, but could a mix of Indian sloth bear and Indian crested porcupine work? (Along with Northern plains grey langur)

 

[Van Beal]

Is it possible to coexist yellow-backed duikers with Hamlyn's guenons?

And could Visayan wild boars live in an aviary with taritic hornbills, and potentially other birds?

The duiker-guenon mix has been done before (I’m not certain if it was the guenon species you’ve inquired about, but generally).
Boars are omnivores, and will eat birds as well as their eggs and young. Not a mix that would be recommended.

 

[MOG2012]

Would the mix between common raven, turkey vulture, and American barn owl work? They are also already used for animal ambassador programs

 

[Paul.Haerle]

Would the mix between common raven, turkey vulture, and American barn owl work? They are also already used for animal ambassador programs

I don’t think that’s a comfortable mix for the American Barn Owls, as they could be attacked by the ravens.

 

[Conservationbiologist]

Drills are being mixed with De Brazza's monkey tho in Europe, so i'm not sure they are that agressive. Just not sure if an all-indoor exhibit is possible. Pairi Daiza might have this exact situation in the sanctuary as they recently acquired both Drill and De Brazza's in the backstage.

I have also seen Drills mixed with L’Hoest monkeys in Europe.

 

[Paul.Haerle]

Would Siberian Rubythroats, Chestnut-breasted Munias, Black Munias and Blue-faced Parrotfinches (along side with some doves and pigeons) work with Red-flanked Lorikeets?
And Blue-crowned Hanging Parrots with Red Avadavats, Java Sparrows and Scaly-breasted Munias?
And Chestnut-bellied Partridges with Java Green Magpies?
And Fawn-breasted Bowerbirds, Western Crowned Pigeons, Pinon‘s Imperial Pigeons, Pesquet‘s Parrots, Goldie‘s Lorikeets, West Papuan Lorikeets, Brown Lorys and Raggi‘s Bird-of-Paradise?

 

[MOG2012]

Would Siberian Rubythroats, Chestnut-breasted Munias, Black Munias and Blue-faced Parrotfinches (along side with some doves and pigeons) work with Red-flanked Lorikeets?

Munias + parrotfinches + doves would work but no lorikeets and rubythroats. Lorikeets can harass smaller birds and be aggressive while rubythroats are easily stressed by noisy & active birds

And Blue-crowned Hanging Parrots with Red Avadavats, Java Sparrows and Scaly-breasted Munias?

It would work if the feeding areas were separate and the aviary is large as the hanging parrots might nip at the other birds

And Chestnut-bellied Partridges with Java Green Magpies?

Not at all. The magpies are predatory and highly territorial, known to attack smaller ground birds and are bound to injure/kill the partridges

And Fawn-breasted Bowerbirds, Western Crowned Pigeons, Pinon‘s Imperial Pigeons, Pesquet‘s Parrots, Goldie‘s Lorikeets, West Papuan Lorikeets, Brown Lorys and Raggi‘s Bird-of-Paradise?

It would be very challenging and the aviary would have to be massive. Bowerbirds might steal food, the pigeons are vulnerable to aggresion from the parrots, the parrot can be aggressive around food, the bird-of-paradise can easily get stressed, and the lorikeets might fight each other if cramped

 

[Paul.Haerle]

Not at all. The magpies are predatory and highly territorial, known to attack smaller ground birds and are bound to injure/kill the partridges

Do you know some birds that could replace the partridges?

 

[MOG2012]

Do you know some birds that could replace the partridges?

Maybe emerald dove or nicobar pigeon

 

[FBBird]

Maybe emerald dove or nicobar pigeon

Same risk.

 

[Mickey]

What would be general guidelines for mixing arboreal owls of various dimensions?
For example, would a larger Eurasian eagle-owl or Great grey owl hunt or harass smaller owls like Tawny owls, scops-owls and long-eared owls?

 

[FBBird]

What would be general guidelines for mixing arboreal owls of various dimensions?
For example, would a larger Eurasian eagle-owl or Great grey owl hunt or harass smaller owls like Tawny owls, scops-owls and long-eared owls?

Big owls kill and eat smaller owls. That way they get lunch and eliminate the competition

 

[Velas]

I've been reading some AZA documents regarding ungulate keeping, and some of them told thad Addaxes can be agressive towards other species. Would I be able to maintain them a breeding group of them alongside breeding groups of Grevys's zebras, Elipsen waterbucks, Common ostriches and Helmeted guineafowl in a single exhibit?

 

[MOG2012]

I've been reading some AZA documents regarding ungulate keeping, and some of them told thad Addaxes can be agressive towards other species. Would I be able to maintain them a breeding group of them alongside breeding groups of Grevys's zebras, Elipsen waterbucks, Common ostriches and Helmeted guineafowl in a single exhibit?

For all animals to work, it would have to be a very large set up. Zebras are too aggressive, waterbuck might compete for space/resources, and guineafowl wouldn't be visible most of the time