The interior of the walkthrough Kiwara African Aviary in Odense Zoo, Denmark. This aviary is the first phase of the Kiwara savannah project in Odense Zoo and opened in October 2009. The aviary is a 100 meters long (300 ft.), 35 meters wide (115 ft.) and 16 meters tall (53 ft.) creating a total space of 56.000 cubic meters (1.830.000 cubic ft.), thus being one of the biggest in Northern Europe.
Just in front of the picture you can see the outdoor exhibit for dwarf mongooses.
The main attractions in the aviary are the greater flamingos and pink-backed pelicans. The other species flying freely in here are African spoonbill, hammerkop, sacred ibis, cattle egret, Egyptian goose and helmeted guineafowl. The main purpose of this aviary was to give the birds in here the possibility of flying which is quite unusual for zoos holding pelican and flamingos. As a result Odense Zoo no longer clips the wings on their birds.
The aviary itself is quite beautifully done and does a great job educating people about especially pelicans and flamingos.
October 2009
