As of March 4th, 2024, this large free-flight space is home to Golden-Crested Myna (Ampeliceps coronatus), Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica), Blue-Bellied Roller (Coracias cyanogaster), Crested Coua (Coua cristata), Lesser Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna javanica), White-Headed Buffalo-Weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli), Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias), Luzon Bleeding-Heart (Gallicolumba luzonica), Victoria Crowned-Pigeon (Goura victoria), Venezuelan Troupial (Icterus icterus), Emerald Starling (Lamprotornis iris), Golden-Breasted Starling (Lamprotornis regius), Magpie Shrike (Lanius melanoleucus), African Pygmy-Goose (Nettapus auritus), Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus), Princess Parrot (Polytelis alexandrae), Gray-Winged Trumpeter (Psophia crepitans), Crested Partridge (Rollulus rouloul), Guinea Turaco (Tauraco persa), and Pink-Necked Green Pigeon (Treron vernans).
In addition, a full-sized indoor exhibit for Mantled Guereza (Colobus guereza) and indoor shelters for the zoo's Western Lowland Gorillas (G. g. gorilla), Bonobos (Pan paniscus), and Sumatran Orangutans (Pongo abelii) can be found here.
@biggiesmalls That's a crazy number of birds for the inside of an ape house! How large is the free-flight space outside this photo, and how many of those birds did you actually see?
@Coelacanth18 This is the only shot I've got, but I'd say it shows around 2/3 of the free-flight space. If you take a look back at @geomorph 's 2010 review, you can see how the indoor space used to be used a bit differently. I'm 99% certain it's been reworked since then so the Gorillas have far less indoor space, giving the birds a ton of room they may have not been otherwise afforded.
Many of those signed birds were unseen. Off the top of my head, the Green Peafowl and Gray-Winged Trumpeters made a great showing, and the Blue-Bellied Roller, Crested Coua, Sunbittern, Victoria Crowned-Pigeon, and Emerald Starling all showed themselves, along with some sp. of African barbet that wasn't signed.
