Hamerkop mixed exhibits

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Canihelpyou?

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Please tell me which species have been mixed with hamerkop. I vaguely remember a enclosure with hamerkop and another species of bird, but please let me know!
 
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Do you mean hamerkops? My impression is that they're kept in mixed-species exhibits more often than not, usually with other (African) wading birds.
 
I got them from zootierliste that says they are hammerheads. Ive put more research to find them to be named hamerkops indeed. With african wading birds, do you mean sacret ibis and spoonbills?
 
Well, at the Toronto Zoo, hamerkops are mixed with other birds from Africa, notably violet turacos and red-billed hornbills.
 
TheWalrus said:
Well, at the Toronto Zoo, hamerkops are mixed with other birds from Africa, notably violet turacos and red-billed hornbills.
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The ones at Jersey are in a Madagascar walkthrough, sharing over the years with Namaqua and Madagascar Turtledoves, Fodies, Madagascar Crested Ibis, Black-winged Stilts and ducks.
 
Canihelpyou? said:
I got them from zootierliste that says they are hammerheads. Ive put more research to find them to be named hamerkops indeed. With african wading birds, do you mean sacret ibis and spoonbills?
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Fair enough, hamerkop is just the English name I've learned, but in my own language they're also called hammerheads ("hammerhoved").

Yes, I mean sacred ibis and spoonbills among others.

On top of my head:

Copenhagen Zoo: Smallish African birds such as superb starling and African pygmy goose.

Odense Zoo: Greater flamingo, cattle egret, African spoonbill, pink-backed pelican, yellow-billed stork, Abdim's stork, hottentot teal.

Randers Regnskov: Various African rainforest birds as well as lemurs and a few ectotherms.

Parc Merveilleux: Malagasy birds (Madagascar fody, Meller's duck, Bernier's teal, Madagascar turtle dove etc.)

Dresden Zoo: Sacred ibis, yellow-billed stork, African spoonbill, cattle egret, cape teal, comb duck.
 
My first hammerkop sight was at London Zoo in African Aviary. Mixed with african jacanas, Abdim's stork, lilac-breasted rollers, superb starlings, von der Decken's hornbills, Hartlaub's turacos and, notably, black-necked stilts and scarlet ibis (both American).

I didn't paid much attention to hammerkops before that, as they're common in zoos. I remember in Prague zoo mixed with other African aquatic birds, and if I remember well, in Berlin tierpark they have in the stork aviary with saddle-billed stork, African openbill, Abdim's stork, yellow-billed stork and Hadada ibis.
 
I seem to recall seeing hamerkops in Rotterdam Zoo's large walkthrough aviary for primarily carnivorous birds, alongside four species of vulture, Southern ground hornbill, marabou stork, crowned crane and black kite.
 
Canihelpyou? said:
I got them from zootierliste that says they are hammerheads. Ive put more research to find them to be named hamerkops indeed.
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Hvedekorn said:
Fair enough, hamerkop is just the English name I've learned, but in my own language they're also called hammerheads ("hammerhoved").
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Hamerkop is Afrikaans, and means "hammer head". You quite often see it (incorrectly) spelled "hammerkop" in English. But they are also called Hammerheads or Hammerhead Storks, and other similar names.
 
Species I have seen mixed with Hamerkops:

Mandarin Duck
Waldrapp Ibis
Marbled Teal
Scarlet Ibis
White-Bellied Stork
Inca Tern
Boat-Billed Heron
Green Heron
Taveta Golden Weaver
Superb Starling
Hooded Merganser
American Robin
Northern Cardinal
 
Here are some aviaries I've seen hamerkops in, species lists may not be complete, other than San Diego Zoo and WAP.

Oregon Zoo

African Pygmy Goose
White-cheeked Turaco
Speckled Mousebird
Red-billed Hornbill
Oriole Warbler
Black-headed Weaver

San Francisco Zoo

Guenther’s Dik-dik
Hadada Ibis
Waldrapp Ibis
African Openbill
Ross’ Turaco
Lesser Vasa Parrot

Fresno Chaffee Zoo

African Sacred Ibis
Gray-crowned Crane
Blacksmith Plover
Egyptian Plover
Long-tailed Glossy Starling

San Diego Zoo (from sign in the aviary)

Maccoa Duck
Ferruginous Duck
White-faced Whistling Duck
Yellow-necked Francolin
African Darter
African Openbill
Southern Bald Ibis
African Spoonbill
Black Crake
White-headed Lapwing
Blue-headed Wood Dove
Senegal Laughing Thrush
Tambourine Dove
African Olive Pigeon
Bruce’s Green Pigeon
Great Blue Turaco
Crested Coua
Blue-naped Mousebird
Blue-bellied Roller
Green Wood-Hoopoe
Western Long-tailed Hornbill
African Gray Parrot
Magpie Shrike
African Golden Oriole
Purple Glossy Starling
Superb Starling
Emerald Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Blue-eared Glossy Starling
Golden-breasted Starling
White-vented Bulbul
African Thrush
White-crowned Robin Chat
Taveta Golden Weaver
Reichinow’s Weaver
Northern Red Bishop
White-headed Buffalo Weaver

San Diego Zoo Wild Animal Park (from sign in the aviary)

Elegant Crested Tinamou
Marbled Teal
Hottentot Teal
African Comb Duck
Black Heron
Scarlet Ibis
Sun Bittern
Long-toed Lapwing
Speckled Mousebird
Ross’s Turaco
Fawn-breasted Bowerbird
Blue-crowned Laughing-thrush
Asian Fairy Bluebird
Chinese Hwamei
Emerald Starling
Bali Myna
White-headed Buffalo Weaver
Red-capped Cardinal
 
Fort Worth Zoo: they used to have a hamerkop mixed with a violet turaco and some African pygmy geese. They currently have a pair mixed with West African crowned cranes, Cape teal, African openbill, and sometimes they also have yellow-billed storks and Madagascan ibis.

Dallas Zoo: they sometimes have a hamerkop in their walkthrough forest aviary which has a variety of birds they seem to rotate -- yellow-collared lovebird, Fischer's lovebird, African rose-ringed parakeet, spur-winged lapwing, blue-bellied roller, speckled pigeon, pink pigeon, Western plantain-eater, Ross’s turaco, Guinea turaco, violet turaco, Hottentot teal, African pygmy goose, common shelduck, white-headed buffalo weaver, taveta weaver, snowy-crowned robin-chat, blue-breasted kingfisher, Kenya crested guineafowl, Western cattle egret, Northern bald ibis, African sacred ibis, hadada ibis, Abdim’s stork, buff-crested bustard

San Antonio Zoo: another walkthrough aviary -- Kenya crested guineafowl, Bruce's green pigeon, European wood pigeon, red-bellied parrot, greater vasa parrot, blue-breasted kingfisher, Western cattle egret, hadada ibis, Abdim’s stork, violet-backed starling, splendid starling, speckled mousebird, Congo peafowl, buff-crested bustard
 
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