Mixed species enclosures and other changes for Burgers Zoo

JurassicMax said:
The secretarybirds are kept together with the vultures and marabou storks right? Possibly keeping larger species of hornbill (ground hornbills) would be better, so they won't be easily attacked or eaten (which is unlikely).
However they do tend to eat the eggs/chicks of other birds so they could influence any potential breeding in the aviary.
If you want to have breeding pairs of the before mentioned birds then I would recommend smaller species of hornbill like the Von der Decken’s hornbill.
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No, they secretary birds and hornbills will have a seperate enclosure.
 
Mr Gharial said:
No, they secretary birds and hornbills will have a seperate enclosure.
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Aah okay, do you also want to breed with the secretary birds?
Could be usefull to have a way of separating the hornbills from the secretary birds unless we want to use mostly aboreal species.
 
"The Dallas Zoo has an exhibit on the monorail with marabou storks, lappet faced vultures, a secretary bird, kudu (forgot which kind), gerenuk, and Thomson's gazelle."

Found somewhere else in zoochat, so they do go together with vultures. Maybe I'll put the secretary birds in with the vultures and make a seperate hornbill enclosure
 
JurassicMax said:
Aah okay, do you also want to breed with the secretary birds?
Could be usefull to have a way of separating the hornbills from the secretary birds unless we want to use mostly aboreal species.
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Well, they are vunerable and not that common in European zoos, so I'm guessing yes. Maybe they could go to a seperation in breeding season
 
Mr Gharial said:
"The Dallas Zoo has an exhibit on the monorail with marabou storks, lappet faced vultures, a secretary bird, kudu (forgot which kind), gerenuk, and Thomson's gazelle."

Found somewhere else in zoochat, so they do go together with vultures. Maybe I'll put the secretary birds in with the vultures and make a seperate hornbill enclosure
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I've seen secretarybirds with vultures in a walkthrough exhibit in multiple zoos, like Blijdorp and Pairi Daiza.
 
Lemur02 said:
I've seen secretarybirds with vultures in a walkthrough exhibit in multiple zoos, like Blijdorp and Pairi Daiza.
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Man, I'm really starting to think it's a shame that I missed the gierenrots in the hurry to the Oceanium, the park was closing so we had to run

But if they're able for walkthrough then maybe then can also go in the wading bird aviary? I'm not sure how that will go with all the others there though. I have seen them get aggresive toward a kori bustard
 
Mr Gharial said:
Man, I'm really starting to think it's a shame that I missed the gierenrots in the hurry to the Oceanium, the park was closing so we had to run

But if they're able for walkthrough then maybe then can also go in the wading bird aviary? I'm not sure how that will go with all the others there though. I have seen them get aggresive toward a kori bustard
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Is the vulture aviary in your plan not walkthrough? I'm not sure if it is a great idea to put them in the wader aviary.
 
Mr Gharial said:
It will have a bird watching hut, similar to their current Cheetah and Lion outposts, sticking into the enclosure. Kind of like they did in Beekse Bergen for many of the aviaries
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These are actually really nice and are great advantages for close up viewing
 
Alright, so White-backed vulture, Egyptian vulture, Bearded vulture, Marabou stork, and secretary bird in one aviary.
Cattle egret, Greater flamingo, Hamerkop, African spoonbill, African sacred ibis, Kori bustard, Eastern crowned crane, Egyptian goose, Black-crowned night heron, and Goliath heron in a walkthrough aviary
And finally Abyssan ground hornbills along in an aviary
 
Mr Gharial said:
Alright, so White-backed vulture, Egyptian vulture, Bearded vulture, Marabou stork, and secretary bird in one aviary.
Cattle egret, Greater flamingo, Hamerkop, African spoonbill, African sacred ibis, Kori bustard, Eastern crowned crane, Egyptian goose, Black-crowned night heron, and Goliath heron in a walkthrough aviary
And finally Abyssan ground hornbills along in an aviary
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Sounds good! I like it!
 
One final thing though, what can we place in the old Greater Flamingo habitat? I could just expand the Australian walkthrough but I'm not sure
 
Mr Gharial said:
One final thing though, what can we place in the old Greater Flamingo habitat? I could just expand the Australian walkthrough but I'm not sure
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You could add it to the Australian/outback region and maybe make a waterfowl or different type of aviary?
 
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