Bird species NOT keept in walktrough aviaries

Kobe animal kingdom also has a female Marabou named Rem in one of their walkthrough aviaries. So far I hadn’t heard any incidents that has been publicized. And from the footage I saw, Rem has the freedom to get away from the guest by staying in the water or the edge of the island where humans can’t reach. Rem seldom goes near the human footpath.

However, Rem (and the pelicans that also live there) may have been a menace to the animals in the aviaries. For a small while KAK decided to have hyraxes free roam in the aviaries. Then they decided to stop. I wonder why that happened (thinking emoji)
 
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Haliaeetus said:
I've seen many species in walk-throughs exhibits (not only aviaries, also open enclosures), including :
  • Eagles and Falcons (but not Kites, Vultures and even Buzzards)
  • Owls, especially the largest species
  • Crows (opportunistic, they can eat or harass the other birds)
  • Cassowaries
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Owls, even larger species liek snowy and great grey owls are quite commen in walk troughs in europe. I saw a few Common kestrels in walktrough exhibits, like Colonge and Walsrode too.
 
Batto said:
Are there any walkthrough exhibits for keas?
Large cranes & storks as well as shoebills might not be the best candidates for such exhibits.
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cranes are somewhat rare in walktrough exhibits. But I saw most species of stork in walk trough exhibit. From abdim's stork to the Marabou
 
birdsandbats said:
I've seen cranes in walk-through aviaries - both Omaha and Columbus keep Black Crowned Cranes in walk-through aviaries.
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I think Omaha’s are pinioned and Columbus had White Naped Cranes in their Pheasant Aviary. Zoo Miami has the Sarus Crane pair in Wings of Asia.
 
ParathePineapple said:
Cincinnati has a walkthrough kea exhibit.
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It's a walk thru aviary for several other species during the summer, kea in the winter. Yet, all the years I've been going to the zoo, I've never once seen it open for the public to walk through when it's just the keas. If someone's in there it's either a keeper or an official photographer.
 
Moebelle said:
It's a walk thru aviary for several other species during the summer, kea in the winter. Yet, all the years I've been going to the zoo, I've never once seen it open for the public to walk through when it's just the keas. If someone's in there it's either a keeper or an official photographer.
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Oh never realized that I thought they just had trouble having permanent residents.
 
Taman Safari Bogor in Indonesia have not one, but three different species of birds-of-paradise (Lesser, red, and twelve-wired) in a single, large walkthrough aviary.

Have there been any other zoos/bird parks with birds-of-paradise in their walkthrough aviary?
 
Rizz Carlton said:
Taman Safari Bogor in Indonesia have not one, but three different species of birds-of-paradise (Lesser, red, and twelve-wired) in a single, large walkthrough aviary.

Have there been any other zoos/bird parks with birds-of-paradise in their walkthrough aviary?
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Bali Bird Park, at least when I visited years ago. You could hold a feed tray during their early morning feeding encounter. There was also a small hornbill species. Cannot remember species at this time.
 
GiratinaIsGod said:
cranes are somewhat rare in walktrough exhibits. But I saw most species of stork in walk trough exhibit. From abdim's stork to the Marabou
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In Beauval there's a large walkthrough African aviary with breeding colonies of several species of storks (Abdim, Yellow-billed, Openbill), once there was a single Grey-crowned Crane. Additionnally all these birds share a part of their space with four Nile Hippos, I've seen and photographed some of these storks on the Hippos' backs.
The walkthrough South American aviary has a pair of Maguari Storks.

About the cranes, I've seen free-roaming Demoiselle Cranes in a small zoo in Brittany (Tropical Park), they were even allowed to walk inside the gift shop !

"Bali Bird Park, at least when I visited years ago. You could hold a feed tray during their early morning feeding encounter. There was also a small hornbill species. Cannot remember species at this time."

Once there were free-flying Trumpeter Hornbills in a greenhouse of Beauval.
I've never seen them as they were displayed a couple of years before I went visiting Beauval frequently. This species is no longer displayed anywhere in this zoo.
 
I've seen a LOT of walkthrough aviaries, although not all in person, and apart from the Cassowary and maybe the Ground hornbill I truly can't think of a species that wouldn't be safe in a walkthrough.

That is, in Europe. In America they're a lot more careful with what not to put in a walkthrough enclosure, due to sueing culture and, no offence, general stupidity.

I've seen penguins, (large) storks, vultures, pelicans, pheasants, storks (including Marabous), large parrots, smaller corvids (magpies, crows), medium-sized hornbills (wreathed, wrinkled), secretarybirds, etc etc in person, all in the Netherlands alone.

Some other species I could theoretically think of to be unsafe (Haliaeetus eagles and Bubo owls) already exist and have been documented by some of our more well-travelled Zoochatters (such as Snowleopard and Philippine eagle).

The other side of this coin, some birds can't be held in walkthroughs due to the safety for the birds. Critically endangered species are sometimes held apart to allow them better breeding chances and smaller chances of pathogens. Even then, Kiwi walkthroughs do exist in New Zealand. You'd never see that outside of NZ, of course, but it is possible in theory.
 
Mr Gharial said:
I've seen a LOT of walkthrough aviaries, although not all in person, and apart from the Cassowary and maybe the Ground hornbill I truly can't think of a species that wouldn't be safe in a walkthrough
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Sorry for the late response but I wouldn’t feel comfortable walking in an aviary with large crane species. From personal experience with a raven at Istanbul Kuş Cenneti/Bird Paradise* I also don’t think large corvids, especially imprinted individuals but that goes for all birds, would be a great idea either.

I also argue that a zoo also has to compromise what they do with species that are notorious for being aggressively defensive parents. If such animals are to be displayed in a walkthrough then the zoo has to either not breed these animals or close the aviary whilst the birds are breeding.

*I know, it’s not a modern scientifically managed zoo, and therefore isn’t a zoo for some people, but a zoo is still a zoo.
 
PossumRoach said:
From personal experience with a raven at Istanbul Kuş Cenneti/Bird Paradise* I also don’t think large corvids, especially imprinted individuals but that goes for all birds, would be a great idea either.
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I second this, from experience with ravens as well. Really any sizable, inquisitive species with a powerful bite is a bit of a risk to include in a walkthrough. Individuals definitely have to be selected carefully to avoid conflicts. Many species can work in walkthroughs, but a lot of considerations need to be addressed.
 
I think that sometimes it depends on the situation. For example, some years ago whilst visiting Newquay zoo, we were on the upper passage of the tropical house when a Bali Starling hen flew at my face, I saw it at the last second and turned my head, it's beak caught me just above my right eye, causing a cut. Obviously I reported this incident to a member of staff who told me that the pair had eggs in a nest near to where I had been stood. I pointed out that a notice should be situated as a warning to other visitors. A notice was placed almost immediately. So, I'm not saying that breeding birds should not be in a walkthrough aviary but a notice of warning against such a situation should be on show .
 
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