Free Roaming Peafowl?

leo811

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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.
 
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.

Many, many zoos have free-roaming peafowl. I'd assume they have a supplemented diet and are treated as part of the collection. They'd be safe as long as they don't enter the exhibits or fly into exhibits with carnivores.
 
The zoos I have been to that have free-roaming peafowl are:

Detroit
Brookfield
NEW
DeYoung
Binder Park
Milwaukee

These zoos all threat their peafowl as part of the collection with a supplemental diet. The Los Angeles Zoo (which I've never been to) has lots of wild peafowl on the grounds of their zoo, but they do not own any (Indian Peafowl were introduced to the state of California in the 1880s and have been self-sustaining ever since).
 
The zoos I have been to that have free-roaming peafowl are:

Detroit
Brookfield
NEW
DeYoung
Binder Park
Milwaukee

These zoos all threat their peafowl as part of the collection with a supplemental diet. The Los Angeles Zoo (which I've never been to) has lots of wild peafowl on the grounds of their zoo, but they do not own any (Indian Peafowl were introduced to the state of California in the 1880s and have been self-sustaining ever since).
Bruemmer Park also has them. I forgot about that.
 
San Francisco Zoo has free-roaming peafowl. As they are listed in their species list I'd assume that they're part of the collection.
 
The Los Angeles Zoo has 4 I believe and I recall a keeper telling me they are all called Kevin, I assume after the unusual colorful ostrich like bird from the Pixar movie UP haha I saw two of them size each other up on my last visit as if ready to battle but I startled them when I passed by.
 
The Los Angeles Zoo has 4 I believe and I recall a keeper telling me they are all called Kevin, I assume after the unusual colorful ostrich like bird from the Pixar movie UP haha I saw two of them size each other up on my last visit as if ready to battle but I startled them when I passed by.
4 in addition to all the wild ones on the ground? How are they differentiated?
 
4 in addition to all the wild ones on the ground? How are they differentiated?
They have 4 free roaming from what I was told and I don’t know exactly how they tell them apart although I think I’ve seen what looks like tags on their legs which may help to indicate which “Kevin” it may be :D I just seen you mentioned the peafowl on your previous post so apologies for answering it again :( they are wary of not going into predator exhibits although will occasionally drop in to display for some ungulates :)
 
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