Mixed species exhibit ideas

pichu said:
gold-breasted starling and common hill myna?
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pichu said:
can either of these be mixed with anything else If they cant be together? with peafowl maybe?
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Common Hill Mynahs and Golden-breasted Starlings could live together in a larger aviary with hiding places for the golden-breasted starlings; However, it also depends on the individual Hill Mynah.
Hill Mynahs can be mixed with birds that are about the same size (but then also defensive enough) or (preferably) larger.
Great Argus, Edward's Pheasant, Green Peafowl, Victoria Crowned Pigeon, Citron-crested Cockatoo, Papuan Ecletus or Collared Kingfishers would be ideal.
Smaller birds such as weavers and Cossypha species, but also larger birds such as turacos and spurfowl are suitable for the Golden-breasted Starling.
 
pichu said:
can anything be mixed with abyssinian ground hornbill? birds specifically?
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Yup, they can be mixed with most birds that don't hang around much on the ground (starlings, turacos, pigeons, etc), as well as larger/sturdier birds (Vultures, Corvids) and even some other ground birds (Ibises, cranes)
 
Would an 2100 m2 aviary work for: grey kangaroo (1,10), yellow-footed wallaby (1,5), short-beaked echidna (1,1) gang-gang cockatoo (1,1), swift parrot (30), blue-winged parrot (3,3), crimson rosella (3,3), budgerigar (50), laughing kookaburra (1,1), tawny frogmouth (1,1), crested pigeon (5,5) and brush turkey (1,1)?
 
Jurek7 said:
Would an 2100 m2 aviary work for: grey kangaroo (1,10), yellow-footed wallaby (1,5), short-beaked echidna (1,1) gang-gang cockatoo (1,1), swift parrot (30), blue-winged parrot (3,3), crimson rosella (3,3), budgerigar (50), laughing kookaburra (1,1), tawny frogmouth (1,1), crested pigeon (5,5) and brush turkey (1,1)?
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The frogmouth will be stressed by the very active parrots.
Given their size, the other birds could live together, although I don't trust both Rosella and Kookaburra; both species have killed budgies
 
Jurek7 said:
Would an 2100 m2 aviary work for: grey kangaroo (1,10), yellow-footed wallaby (1,5), short-beaked echidna (1,1) gang-gang cockatoo (1,1), swift parrot (30), blue-winged parrot (3,3), crimson rosella (3,3), budgerigar (50), laughing kookaburra (1,1), tawny frogmouth (1,1), crested pigeon (5,5) and brush turkey (1,1)?
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I would be concerned for some of the smaller birds with the kookaburra. Also might not be a great walkthrough if you have male macropods. If it’s not a walkthrough that’s a different story.
 
Jurek7 said:
Would an 2100 m2 aviary work for: grey kangaroo (1,10), yellow-footed wallaby (1,5), short-beaked echidna (1,1) gang-gang cockatoo (1,1), swift parrot (30), blue-winged parrot (3,3), crimson rosella (3,3), budgerigar (50), laughing kookaburra (1,1), tawny frogmouth (1,1), crested pigeon (5,5) and brush turkey (1,1)?
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This number of kangaroos and wallabies will probably turn nice green lawn into hopeless muddy field during first Polish winter, lower their number or be ok with just sand layer instead of grass on most of this area. I would keep precious echidnas in separate much smaller pen with good anti-burrowing protection and water drainage (or I would replace them with wombats?). Kookaburras is not something I had seen mixed with small birds. Blue-winged parrots seem more sensitive (aka dying off easily) that other Australian parrots in europe so I wouldn´t try to keep them in this mix at all (use something very hardy instead like red-winged parrots for example?). I would also add knick-knees, masked lapwings or hand-reared magpie geese, those are fun.
 
Jana said:
This number of kangaroos and wallabies will probably turn nice green lawn into hopeless muddy field during first Polish winter, lower their number or be ok with just sand layer instead of grass on most of this area. I would keep precious echidnas in separate much smaller pen with good anti-burrowing protection and water drainage (or I would replace them with wombats?). Kookaburras is not something I had seen mixed with small birds. Blue-winged parrots seem more sensitive (aka dying off easily) that other Australian parrots in europe so I wouldn´t try to keep them in this mix at all (use something very hardy instead like red-winged parrots for example?). I would also add knick-knees, masked lapwings or hand-reared magpie geese, those are fun.
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Kookaburra are quite frequently mixed with other birds in Australian facilities, which I only learned quite recently due to a similar question being posed.
 
I've seen kookaburras predate on a Bourke's Parrot that was kept in an adjacent enclosure which the kookaburra grabbed and beheaded through the bars. I wouldn't trust them with small birds.
 
Van Beal said:
Kookaburra are quite frequently mixed with other birds in Australian facilities, which I only learned quite recently due to a similar question being posed.
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These combinations of kookaburras and smaller birds may exist, but the combinations are irresponsible to the smaller birds.
 
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