New Wetland Aviaries at Prague, 25/08/12

A series of four aviaries for wetland birds - one each representing Australia, the Americas, Africa and Europe. This is the European aviary.

Do you have species lists for each aviary Maguari?

Al said:

Do you have species lists for each aviary Maguari?

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In october 2012:
in the first two Shoebills (Balaeniceps rex) - two birds
in the next one: birds from Australia:
- masked lapwing
- common bronzewing
- australian magpie
- straw-necked ibis
- pink-eared duck
- tawny frogmouth
- blue-winged kookaburra
- blue-faced honeyeater.
In the next one: birds from South America:
- white and scarlet ibises
- roseate spoonbill
- boat-billed heron
- crested oropendola
- speckled teal
- white-cheeked pintail
- ringed teal.
Next one: birds from Africa:
- white-crested turaco
- abdim's storks
- african openbill
- hamerkop
- grey-headed gull
- african black duck
- african wattled lapwing
- purple swamphens
Next one: birds from Europe (in october this aviary was empty)
- pied avocet
- black-winged stilt
- common redshank
- ruff
- stone curlew
- european roller
- eurasian shoveler
- garganey
- little bittern
- hoopoe.

Thanks Tomek - that's a much better response than mine was going to be!

Some obvious egg and chick thieves kept in mixed exhibits there I feel! A fair bit of incubation and handrearing looks inevitable..

Thanks Tomek