Mixed species exhibit ideas

[NNM.]

Bronx does not mix Inca terms with pelicans, it’s peguins, swans, and a few other birds

Is that new? In 2022, the last time I was there, Inca terns and Peruvian pelicans both inhabited the Seabird Aviary.

 

[USZOOfan42]

Is that new? In 2022, the last time I was there, Inca terns and Peruvian pelicans both inhabited the Seabird Aviary.

Based off a species list form 9/25/22 they were not mixed.

 

[NNM.]

Based off a species list form 9/25/22 they were not mixed.

Odd…

 

[Panda_Fan]

Could tenrecs share a habitat with mouse lemurs?

 

[MOG2012]

Could tenrecs share a habitat with mouse lemurs?

I think this mix has been successful before

 

[AndyJ08]

Bronx does not mix Inca terms with pelicans, it’s peguins, swans, and a few other birds

There were a ton of Inca terns in the Seabird Aviary when I last visited in December, with two pelicans also present.

 

[USZOOfan42]

There were a ton of Inca terns in the Seabird Aviary when I last visited in December, with two pelicans also present.

Must be a new thing then, multiple species lists and all of the photos I’ve seen don’t have them.

 

[AndyJ08]

Must be a new thing then, multiple species lists and all of the photos I’ve seen don’t have them.

I suppose that they added them to give the aviary some “kinetic energy” in the mostly unused airspace, as the rest of the aviary’s inhabitants are either aquatic or semi-aquatic.

 

[USZOOfan42]

I suppose that they added them to give the aviary some “kinetic energy” in the mostly unused airspace, as the rest of the aviary’s inhabitants are either aquatic or semi-aquatic.

Whoops, meant that the pelicans must be a new addition, the terns should have been since the aviary’s opening.

 

[Panda_Fan]

I think this mix has been successful before

Thanks a lot! Could you tell me what facility has made this mix?

 

[MOG2012]

Thanks a lot! Could you tell me what facility has made this mix?

I think cologne, zoo Berlin, and Frankfurt have done this mix

 

[wild boar]

What is the risk of hybridization between Cape griffon vultures and Ruppell's griffon vultures if they are exhibited together with the intention of breeding each species? I'm aware of a few aviaries out there with both species, but I don't know that either species is bred in those situations.

 

[Mr Gharial]

What is the risk of hybridization between Cape griffon vultures and Ruppell's griffon vultures if they are exhibited together with the intention of breeding each species? I'm aware of a few aviaries out there with both species, but I don't know that either species is bred in those situations.

I know Blijdorp keeps multiple types of griffon vultures and at least the Rüppel's are breeding, not sure if the White-backed vultures are also breeding though

 

[splendens]

What about Japanese pineapplefish, mailfish, and splitfin flashlight fish?

Should work, Japanese pineapplefish have been mixed with flashlight fish.

 

[splendens]

They wouldn’t eat the plovers due to a mutualistic relationship between the two, but a softshell turtle might just end up on the menu for a Nile croc.

The mutualistic relationship has never been documented or proven.

 

[Aardwolf]

I used to take care of a mixed exhibit with a large softshell and two large crocodiles, and I swear, that turtle absolutely dominated those crocs, to the point of pulling food out of their mouths while they sat there shocked and appalled

 

[birdsandbats]

I used to take care of a mixed exhibit with a large softshell and two large crocodiles, and I swear, that turtle absolutely dominated those crocs, to the point of pulling food out of their mouths while they sat there shocked and appalled

But the Egyptian Plover would not mix well with the crocs, though.

 

[Aardwolf]

But the Egyptian Plover would not mix well with the crocs, though.

No, I don’t suspect it would. Even if that behavior were documented in the wild, you can only put a largely terrestrial bird in a croc exhibit for so long before the inevitable happens

 

[Jack Dragonfly]

I just recently got a design idea stuck in my head and would like to get everyone's opinions on some options.

A mixed aviary for birds native to the Japanese Archipelago. The only bird I'm aware of is the Warbling White-Eye (Zosterops japonicus). Does anyone here know of anymore birds or maybe even small mammal that could coexist with White-Eyes that are also native to Japan?

 

[MOG2012]

I just recently got a design idea stuck in my head and would like to get everyone's opinions on some options.

A mixed aviary for birds native to the Japanese Archipelago. The only bird I'm aware of is the Warbling White-Eye (Zosterops japonicus). Does anyone here know of anymore birds or maybe even small mammal that could coexist with White-Eyes that are also native to Japan?

Probably Serow