"Coraciiformes" in North America

Smaggledagle said:
Tracy Aviary in Utah holds wreathed hornbill, red-billed hornbill, and southern yellow-billed hornbill.*

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*Species are located at the Bird Shows.
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Youtube or Facebook some bird shows at Tracy. The show manager there is quite exceptional. Who else would turn a 50 year old imprinted condor into a star? He's recently passed but it doesn't take away from the achievement. Parent-reared wreathed hornbill flying loose on the facility (SUPERVISED) based on relationship with trainers and not on food. Cool place and in general doesn't get the kudos it deserves.
 
Torgos said:
Youtube or Facebook some bird shows at Tracy. The show manager there is quite exceptional. Who else would turn a 50 year old imprinted condor into a star? He's recently passed but it doesn't take away from the achievement. Parent-reared wreathed hornbill flying loose on the facility (SUPERVISED) based on relationship with trainers and not on food. Cool place and in general doesn't get the kudos it deserves.
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Yeah they're quite superb with what they accomplish with their show birds, very impressive. Though from all I've heard, they tend to not get a ton of kudos because their general management staff hasn't been well liked.
 
Eastern Yellow-Billed Hornbill - Lake Superior Zoo (MN)*

Lake Superior Zoo

Von der Decken's Hornbill - Ararat Ridge Zoo (KY), Memphis Zoo (TN)**, Woodland Park Zoo (WA)

Ark Encounter's Ararat Ridge Zoo
Woodland Park Zoo

Red-Billed Hornbill - No longer at Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo (FL)

Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo

Silvery-Cheeked Hornbill - Central Florida Zoo (FL), Gulf Breeze Zoo (FL)

Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Gulf Breeze Zoo

Wreathed Hornbill - Central Florida Zoo (FL), Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium (MO)

Kringle the Hornbill | This is Kringle, our male wreathed hornbill. In the wild, these birds use their long, serrated beaks to forage for nuts and fruits, before tossing it... | By Central Florida Zoo & Botanical GardensFacebook
Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium

White-Throated Bee-Eater - National Aviary (PA)

National Aviary

Blue-Bellied Roller - National Aviary (PA)

National Aviary

"Blue-Crowned Motmot" - Niabi Zoo (IL), Texas State Aquarium (TX)

Niabi Zoo Blue crowned motmot | Feathered Friend Friday; Blue-crowned motmots (Momotus momota) inhabit lowland forests, deforested highlands, thickets, and now can be found amongst... | By Niabi ZooFacebook
Texas State Aquarium

Laughing Kookaburra - Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo (AL)***, Ararat Ridge Zoo! (KY), BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo (LA), Cougar Mountain Zoo (WA), Grant's Farm (MO), Jackson Zoo (MS), Oglebay Good Zoo (WV), Prospect Park Zoo (NY), Tanganyika Wildlife Park (KS), The Teaching Zoo at Moorpark College (CA), Wild Florida (FL), ZooMontana (MT), ZooWorld Panama City Beach (FL)

Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo - Various aviary birds - ZooChat
Ark Encounter's Ararat Ridge Zoo
BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo
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Grant's Farm
The Jackson Zoo
Oglebay Good Zoo
Prospect Park Zoo
Tanganyika Wildlife Park
The Teaching Zoo at Moorpark College
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ZooMontana
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* Mislabeled as "Southern Yellow-Billed Hornbill on the original list.
** Memphis Zoo holds a (0.1) Von der Decken's hornbill named Grace Vonderdecken (noted by a now-deleted Facebook short/USDA Report on November 28th, 2023).
*** Photo source from @SusScrofa.
**** Facilities with the (!) icon keep their birds as an ambassador species/behind the scenes.
 
Just want to note that Brookfield recently switched all of their signage that previously listed "Blue-crowned Motmot" to Amazonian Motmot. So at the very least they believe that the North American motmot population is that species.

That being said, this is the zoo that still signs "Northern Oriole" and adamantly claims their Bactrian Camels are Wild and not Domestic.
 
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