Green Jay

Where was this beautiful species within the zoo please?

In one of the Mythical Macaw aviary's where the species has been since they arrived over 2 years ago!

zoogiraffe said:

In one of the Mythical Macaw aviary's where the species has been since they arrived over 2 years ago!

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Actually the green jays were in the adjacent aviary with the curassow until that pair died. They're now in the aviary with the macaws.

SMR said:

Actually the green jays were in the adjacent aviary with the curassow until that pair died. They're now in the aviary with the macaws.

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Which correct me if I am wrong is part of the Mythical Macaws complex!!!

zoogiraffe said:

Which correct me if I am wrong is part of the Mythical Macaws complex!!!

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That half hasn't been called that for ages... Not since the last macaws were moved out (can't remember when that was).

I cannot even remember when macaws were in there - always the Golden (Queen of Bavarian) conure, and then the blue-throated conure for a while too. This was the 'mythical macaws' opened in 2004, but the zoo has not referred to it as such for a LONG time.

The green jays were first brought in and indeed bred in the former Golden Conure aviary, now housing just the red-billed curassow. They are now kept with the blue-throated macaw, which formerly held Azara;s agouti and red-tailed amazon parrots, the latter went to Beauval a year or two I think. Stunning and very endangered parrots.