Speculative Zoo Species List Help

[Paul.Haerle]

Which medium to large-sized African birds could be held alongside Egyptian vultures?

Almost every bird that’s bigger or same-sized than a whistling duck or a spurfowl.
But Egyptian Vultures are known for being nest robbers, so they separating them during breeding time would be good.

 

[Mr Gharial]

Which medium to large-sized African birds could be held alongside Egyptian vultures?

Honestly, almost any birds as long as they're not breeding. Avifauna holds them with birds as small as Golden orioles and Superb starlings

 

[Paul.Haerle]

Honestly, almost any birds as long as they're not breeding. Avifauna holds them with birds as small as Golden orioles and Superb starlings

As Egyptian Vultures are more interested in catching living creatures (the Iberian population often catchs rabbits for example) than other vultures, I wouldn’t say every bird. Weavers for example could been caught by them easily if they choose to sit next to them. And the mix in Avifauna is only a few months old..

 

[AndyJ08]

What animals would work in an entrance exhibit focusing on a Horn of Africa deserts and scrubland exhibit? (small entrance building plus outside trail) The zoo is in Las Vegas so the animals should be somewhat easily exportable or is found in the subcontinent.

Some common smaller and medium-sized species that could work and are realistically available for U.S. zoos:

Rock hyrax
Hamadryas baboon
Honey badger
Aardwolf
Banded mongoose
Striped hyena
Caracal
Bat-eared fox
Black-backed jackal
Klipspringer

Helmeted guineafowl
Vulturine guineafowl
Bruce’s green pigeon
Speckled pigeon
Buff-crested bustard
Egyptian vulture
Hooded vulture
Lappet-faced vulture
Pygmy falcon
Northern red-billed hornbill
Red-and-yellow barbet
Golden-breasted starling
Superb starling
White-headed Buffalo-weaver
Common bulbul

Dwarf shield-tailed agama
Red spitting cobra
Puff adder

 

[Paul.Haerle]

Do you have any ideas for birds that could live in a Japanese aviary parted in three areas (one is for Red-crowned Cranes, the other one for White-naped and the last one for Siberian)?
The birds can switch between the areas.
I already have Rufous Night Herons, Black-faced Spoonbills and Green Pheasants.
(Some birds from the Mainland of North East Asia would be possible too).

 

[FBBird]

Do you have any ideas for birds that could live in a Japanese aviary parted in three areas (one is for Red-crowned Cranes, the other one for White-naped and the last one for Siberian)?
The birds can switch between the areas.
I already have Rufous Night Herons, Black-faced Spoonbills and Green Pheasants.
(Some birds from the Mainland of North East Asia would be possible too).

The cranes are likely to target other long-legged birds when breeding. Ducks might fit better, although couldn’t parent rear in situ, as cranes will predate ducklings. Could try Mandarin, Falcated, Chinese Spotbill, Baikal Teal, Baer’s Pochard……

 

[Mr Gharial]

Do you have any ideas for birds that could live in a Japanese aviary parted in three areas (one is for Red-crowned Cranes, the other one for White-naped and the last one for Siberian)?
The birds can switch between the areas.
I already have Rufous Night Herons, Black-faced Spoonbills and Green Pheasants.
(Some birds from the Mainland of North East Asia would be possible too).

Emperor goose, Mandarin duck, Baer's pochard, Baikal teal, King/Spectacled eider, Scaly-sided merganser, Oriental white stork, Black-winged stilt (might be risky), Little egret, Oriental turtle-dove and Asian Azure-winged magpie

 

[AndyJ08]

I’ve got a long-running list of ecoregion themed exhibit ideas with realistic species lists of animals available in the US- does anyone need any help with possible species to fill exhibits?

 

[Wisp O' Mist]

I’ve got a long-running list of ecoregion themed exhibit ideas with realistic species lists of animals available in the US- does anyone need any help with possible species to fill exhibits?

I've always wondered what a Namib Desert themed series of exhibits would look like...

 

[AndyJ08]

I've always wondered what a Namib Desert themed series of exhibits would look like...

Glad you should ask!
I’ve spent the last four-five months painstakingly and (rather autistically) assembling lists of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and even plants that are available in captivity in the US- and thus fair game to use in a realistic spec zoo. Here’s a Namib desert species list that is realistic for the United States:

MAMMALS:
African savanna elephant
Rock hyrax
Cape porcupine
Aardwolf
Honey badger
Meerkat
Southeast African cheetah
Southern lion
Bat-eared fox
Black-backed jackal
Hartmann’s mountain zebra
Black rhinoceros
Gemsbok
Greater kudu
Klipspringer
Springbok

BIRDS:
Common ostrich
Helmeted guineafowl
Speckled pigeon
Spotted thick-knee
Pygmy falcon
Lappet-faced vulture
Peach-faced lovebird
Pied crow

REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS:
Leopard tortoise (yep, this is the only reptile species held in American captivity that actually inhabits this region!)

 

[Mr Gharial]

I’ve spent the last four-five months painstakingly and (rather autistically) assembling lists of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and even plants that are available in captivity in the US- and thus fair game to use in a realistic spec zoo.

Fellow autistic here! I also did this for Europe and put it in my own thread, you're free to post similar species lists there

Mr Gharial's species research

It certainly has its flaws and I plan to do an update... some day... But you're free to post there with the American lists, it would certainly be a huge help to American fantasy-zoo-ers

 

[AndyJ08]

Fellow autistic here! I also did this for Europe and put it in my own thread, you're free to post similar species lists there

Mr Gharial's species research

It certainly has its flaws and I plan to do an update... some day... But you're free to post there with the American lists, it would certainly be a huge help to American fantasy-zoo-ers

Still a work in progress, but I’m nearly done, and I’m pretty proud with how it’s turning out.

 

[Wisp O' Mist]

Glad you should ask!
I’ve spent the last four-five months painstakingly and (rather autistically) assembling lists of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and even plants that are available in captivity in the US- and thus fair game to use in a realistic spec zoo. Here’s a Namib desert species list that is realistic for the United States:

MAMMALS:
African savanna elephant
Rock hyrax
Cape porcupine
Aardwolf
Honey badger
Meerkat
Southeast African cheetah
Southern lion
Bat-eared fox
Black-backed jackal
Hartmann’s mountain zebra
Black rhinoceros
Gemsbok
Greater kudu
Klipspringer
Springbok

BIRDS:
Common ostrich
Helmeted guineafowl
Speckled pigeon
Spotted thick-knee
Pygmy falcon
Lappet-faced vulture
Peach-faced lovebird
Pied crow

REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS:
Leopard tortoise (yep, this is the only reptile species held in American captivity that actually inhabits this region!)

Thank you so much, this is awesome!

XD Can you do Patagonia next, please?

 

[AndyJ08]

• Thank you so much, this is awesome!

XD Can you do Patagonia next, please?

Sure.

MAMMALS:
Patagonian mara
Cougar
Geoffroy’s cat
Guanaco
Southern pudu

BIRDS:
Elegant crested tinamou
Chiloe wigeon
Rosy-billed pochard
Black-necked swan
Coscoroba swan
Chilean flamingo
Guira cuckoo
American oystercatcher
Black-necked stilt
Magellanic penguin
Black-faced ibis
American kestrel
Peregrine falcon
American barn owl
Burrowing owl
Andean condor
Crested caracara
Turkey vulture
Burrowing parakeet

Reptiles and amphibians:
Surprise, none.

 

[MOG2012]

Sure.

MAMMALS:
Patagonian mara
Cougar
Geoffroy’s cat
Guanaco
Southern pudu

BIRDS:
Elegant crested tinamou
Chiloe wigeon
Rosy-billed pochard
Black-necked swan
Coscoroba swan
Chilean flamingo
Guira cuckoo
American oystercatcher
Black-necked stilt
Magellanic penguin
Black-faced ibis
American kestrel
Peregrine falcon
American barn owl
Burrowing owl
Andean condor
Crested caracara
Turkey vulture
Burrowing parakeet

Reptiles and amphibians:
Surprise, none.

Some tegus, greater Rhea, pac man frog

REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS:
Leopard tortoise (yep, this is the only reptile species held in American captivity that actually inhabits this region!)

Namib sand gecko, boomslang, black mamba

 

[MOG2012]

I’ve spent the last four-five months painstakingly and (rather autistically) assembling lists of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and even plants that are available in captivity in the US- and thus fair game to use in a realistic spec zoo. Here’s a Namib desert species list that is realistic for the United States:

Can you do;

• West & East African mangroves
• Kopjes
• Mediterranean Europe
• Northern European forests

 

[AndyJ08]

Some tegus, greater Rhea, pac man frog


Namib sand gecko, boomslang, black mamba

I didn’t include greater rheas in the Patagonia ecoregion list because they usually don’t stray that far south. The reptiles are both Pampas species as well, and I’m using a stricter definition of Patagonia as what is shown on the Ecoregions 2017 website.
As for the reptiles of the Namib, the sand gecko and boomslang are rarely kept in US zoos (though Namib geckos aren’t too rare on the pet trade, and the mamba was left out due to the fact that they really aren’t found west of the Kalahari.

As for the other ecoregions; sure. I’ll do the Mediterranean biome- but with a twist: the Mediterranean Woodlands and Forests biome of far-northern Africa.

 

[AndyJ08]

Mediterranean Woodlands and Forests:
A continuation of the Mediterranean woodlands and scrub of southern Europe, this African ecoregion is found in northern Morocco, Tunisia, northern Algeria, and northeastern Libya. Home to many interesting species and a diverse mix of habitats from scrublands and dense forests to coastal dunes.

MAMMALS:
Barbary striped grass mouse
Crested porcupine
Common genet
Striped hyena
Caracal
Red deer
Barbary sheep

BIRDS:
Common shelduck
Marbled duck
Northern pintail
Red-crested pochard
Ruddy shelduck
Greater flamingo
White stork
Western cattle egret
Peregrine falcon
Golden eagle
Common raven
Common bulbul

REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS:
Greek tortoise

 

[Wisp O' Mist]

Sure.

MAMMALS:
Patagonian mara
Cougar
Geoffroy’s cat
Guanaco
Southern pudu

BIRDS:
Elegant crested tinamou
Chiloe wigeon
Rosy-billed pochard
Black-necked swan
Coscoroba swan
Chilean flamingo
Guira cuckoo
American oystercatcher
Black-necked stilt
Magellanic penguin
Black-faced ibis
American kestrel
Peregrine falcon
American barn owl
Burrowing owl
Andean condor
Crested caracara
Turkey vulture
Burrowing parakeet

Reptiles and amphibians:
Surprise, none.

Thanks again!

 

[MOG2012]

Same Zoo, different exhibit. WHats the best animals for a not so scary Halloween/Dia De Los Muertos temporary exhibit

I have these main sections;

• Dia De Los Muertos diurnal section
• Halloween spooky section (mostly nocturnal)
• Greenhouse with butterflies & marigolds
• Outdoor area