birds

Eighth poll on EDGE bird species: This time it is a contest between two dinosaurian denizens of the South-East Asian rainforests : the Philippine eagle and the helmeted eagle. One is a carnivore and the other largely a frugivore, however, both of these birds are charismatic and both are listed...

Seventh poll on EDGE bird species: This time a contest between little and large: The Somali ostrich vs the straw headed bulbul. Despite the size difference both species share the IUCN conservation status of "vulnerable" due to overexploitation by humans (for the songbird pet trade in the case...

While both groups bring a lot to the table what is your personal preference between them? I am more interested in reptiles but that's due to my lack of experience and knowledge with most birds. Whats your preference?

Hornbills are one of my favorite groups of birds, thanks to their striking appearance and fascinating behaviors. I am interested in learning about zoos that keep a large diversity of these animals, zoos with less commonly kept species, and zoos with otherwise interesting or notable hornbill...

Took this during my trip in 2019 at Omaha Zoo

Parrots are some of the most charismatic and colourful of all the birds and are often firm favourites amongst zoo visitors. What are your top five favourite parrot species and why ? Look forward to hearing all your replies.

I love visiting botanical gardens around the world probably just as much as I like to visit decent zoos. I've often found that many of these institutions house live displays of captive smaller animals such as inverts, reptiles, amphibians, fish and birds (sometimes free-ranging) within their...

I was looking through the gallery earlier at some of the images zoochatters had taken of passerines and was struck by how beautiful many of these birds truly are. Doing a bit of background reading on a couple of these I was also struck by just how many of these are endangered and at risk of...

Hi everyone, got a few quick questions about any/all of the zoos in Florida: 1.) At which facilities are the aviaries/reptile houses/other indoor exhibits open? 2.) Have the shoebills been on display at Zoo Tampa as of late? They are my primary reason for wanting to visit (I missed them the...

What North America Zoos still have free roaming Peafowl? Bonus if you know how they are managed. Are they treated as part of the collection or wild? Is their diet supplemented? Are they and/or their young protected from wild predators? Thanks in advance.

Hello, Does anyone know who is the current curator and assistant curator of birds at San Diego Zoo? If you know of any other current staff members I'd be thankful if you could include those too. Best, Bailey

In recent years, placing indoor enclosures for elephants, monkeys, apes, hippo's, ... inside some sort of greenhouse with birds has become very popular. To name a few: Rimbula (Emmen), Hippodom (Köln), Pongoland (Leipzig), Africombo (Magdeburg),... Without doubt these enclosures are wonderful...

So I saw this bird feeding in my backyard this month (March). And I assume it is a new world sparrow but I don't know what species. The bird has a little yellow on it's head which is why I am having difficulty figuring out. This was taken in New Jersey in March in my backyard. Thanks!

Hi guys, so I took this photo in the summer time in NJ. Both species of ducks happen to be native around here and I was looking closely at this duck and it seemed darker then a female mallard and the beak seems different so idk if it is a american black duck or a mallard I can't tell. Thanks

My home zoo is the Milwaukee County Zoo and I think we have a really good aviary. I'm wondering what other zoos have very good aviarys.

Taken on 7-4-09.

So a bit of an odd situation here. Back when I visited this collection for the first time back in 2017, I created an enclosure by enclosure species list to post here on the forum. When visiting the park for the first time since then today, I realized when going to update the list that I never...

Hey everyone! Sooooo I have a question regarding fencing around the path for aviarys in budgie exhibits where guest can feed them and such. I go to a zoo often that has one and they only use a single high rope pole where kids under the age of 4 can walk under without bending over despite not...

So I was coming home from lunch when I spotted a Hawk I believe to be a red tailed hawk since I saw the orange/red tail when it turn it's back. I rushed in the house to grab my camera and came back outside to start taking photos. This was the first time I witness a wild hawk eat this close to me.

I took this photo at Turtle Back Zoo in NJ. And I also edited out the wire mesh thanks to photoshop so this photo came out great! Edit: Thanks again for telling me the species is!