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Apr. 2013 - Wings of the World - Lady Ross's Turaco + Pesquet's Parrot Exhi

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As originally being the Reptile House, the building was built in 1937 and later renovated in 1951 to hold hundreds of thousands of birds from all over the world. Over 50 feathered creatures from the Arctic all the way down to the Antarctic are displayed in habitats as natural as the outdoors. Every exhibit gives a close-up opportunity of every species in the building as well as two walk-through atriums where the birds are free-ranging, along with underwater viewing of aquatic birds.

-Outdoor Exhibits: Blue-and-gold Macaw, Scarlet Macaw, Laughing Kookaburra.
-South America: Blue-crowned Mot-Mot, Boat-billed Heron, Cattle Egret, Elegant Crested Tinamou, Golden Conure, Guira Cuckoo, Matamata, Northern-Helmeted Curassow, Opal-rumped Tanager, Paradise Tanager, Red-rumped Cacique, Red Shoveler, Saffron Finch, Scarlet Ibis, Sunbittern, Yellow-rumped Cacique.
-Featured birds: Pesquets Parrot, Lady Ross's Turaco.
-Australasia: Asian Fairy Bluebird, Bali Mynah, Black-collored Fruit Pigeon, Blue-crowned Laughingthrush, Chestnut Teal, Giant Fruit Bat, Guam Rail, Ornate Fruit Dove, Rhinoceros Hornbill, Victoria Crowned Pigeon, White-throated Ground Dove.
-Montane: Masked Bobwhite Quail, Thick-billed Parrot.
-Grasslands: Black-winged Red Bishop, Blue-naped Mousebird, Buff-crested Bustard, Hammerkop, Northern Carmine Bee-eater, Violet-backed Starling, Yellow Bishop.
-Wetlands: Double-crested Cormorant, Northern Red-bellied Cooter, Peninsula Cooter, Ruddy Duck, Tri-colored Heron.
-Featured Animals: Feather-tail Glider, Bourke's Parakeet, Gouldian Finch, Scarlet-chested Parrot, Blue-breasted Kingfisher.
-Arctic Islands: Crested Auklet, Harlequin Duck, Hooded Merganser, Least Auklet, Smew, Spectacled Eider, Whiskered Auklet.
-Arctic Sea Cliffs: Common Murre, Harlequin Duck, Horned Puffin, Pigeon Guillemot, Spectacled Eider.
-Sub-Antarctic Coast: Black-faced Ibis, Chiloe Wigeon, King Penguin, Imperial Shag, Inca Tern, Magellanic Penguin, Southern Rockhopper Penguin.
 
The turaco has since moved to a nearby exhibit and the parrot has been taken off display. These two cages can combine and are also connected by the large Australia/Asia themed atrium, making them accessible to all of the animals that reside in there (atrium can be seen to the left in the back).
 

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