Mixed species exhibit ideas

MOG2012 said:
Rails are found in 10 collections of the United States where my zoo is hypothetically located. I won't make it a walkthrough.

  • Would Red-footed Booby be okay in an aviary with Hawaiian Goose Branta sandvicensis, and Laysan Duck Anas laysanensis?
  • What about an outdoor enclosure for coconut Crab, and Hawaiian land hermit crab?
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I think (I might be wrong tho) he was referring to the difficulty of finding the rails in the aviary.
As for the coconut crabs, I believe they often eat other crab species in the wild.
 
Could I possibly mix Nubian Ibex, Barbary Sheep, Rock Hyrax, Blue-winged Goose, Gelada, and Pin-tailed Whydah assuming I have enough space?
Also, could Northern Bushbuck and Nyala share a space?
 
Van Beal said:
Could I possibly mix Nubian Ibex, Barbary Sheep, Rock Hyrax, Blue-winged Goose, Gelada, and Pin-tailed Whydah assuming I have enough space?
Also, could Northern Bushbuck and Nyala share a space?
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Whydahs are very small and petite, so it wouldn't be a good idea to mix them with Gelada, Barbary Sheep or Ibex.
Use bigger birds, like Magpie Shrike, Purple-breated Roller or Green Wood Hoopoe
 
MOG2012 said:
I don't see why you would mix them together. The raccoon dog is clearly out of place. All of the animals are all invasive in some places and are often seen as nuisances. The raccoon can harass and is aggressive to the other animals. Nutrias can be territorial over food and water sources. Raccoon dogs can get stressed. Raccoon dogs and raccoons might compete for resources. All of them can carry zoonotic diseases which might be fatal to the other occupants. None of the animals are compatible
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Thisi s the point, they are all invasive species in central eueope. The Raccon Raccondog mix is well known to work, I was more asking if the Raccon dogs and raccons could work with the nutria.
 
Van Beal said:
Could I possibly mix Nubian Ibex, Barbary Sheep, Rock Hyrax, Blue-winged Goose, Gelada, and Pin-tailed Whydah assuming I have enough space?
Also, could Northern Bushbuck and Nyala share a space?
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Ibex and the aoudad could get aggressive and are territorial. I don't think geladas should be housed with that many animals. Pin-tailed whydahs might get stressed. The ibex, Hyrax, goose, and gelada are compatible

The nyala are solitary and territorial with males being aggressive so maybe keeping a solitary female bushbuck with a group of nyala.

I'm just going to keep the booby aviary and the coconut Crab enclosures seperated (no animals with booby or coconut Crab)
 
Expanding on my most recent question, could I possibly combine Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Northern Bald Ibis, Black-winged Lovebird, and Wattled Crane? And could that combination possibly work with Barbary Sheep in a large enough aviary (no birds would be flight-restricted)?
Also, could I mix Pin-tailed Whydah and Snowy-crowned Robin-chat?
 
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Van Beal said:
Expanding on my most recent question, could I possibly combine Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Northern Bald Ibis, Black-winged Lovebird, and Wattled Crane? And could that combination possibly work with Barbary Sheep in a large enough aviary (no birds would be flight-restricted)?
Also, could I mix Pin-tailed Whydah and Snowy-crowned Robin-chat?
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I would avoid the lovebirds, they would be eaten by the hornbills (it would probably be the case of the songbirds too).
Ok for the Sheep but they shouldn't have access to the whole aviary to let resting space for the birds.
 
Haliaeetus said:
I would avoid the lovebirds, they would be eaten by the hornbills (it would probably be the case of the songbirds too).
Ok for the Sheep but they shouldn't have access to the whole aviary to let resting space for the birds.
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With ground hornbills, I think the Lovebirds will be fine. If there's trees in the exhibit, the smaller birds will easily be able to get away from the hornbills. Additionally, lovebirds are parrots and thus a little more resilient/aggressive than passerines.

I agree the birds should have plenty of space outside the sheep exhibit.
 
Van Beal said:
Could I possibly mix Nubian Ibex, Barbary Sheep, Rock Hyrax, Blue-winged Goose, Gelada, and Pin-tailed Whydah assuming I have enough space?
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What you could do is to simply have a very large aviary with separate enclosures. One for the ibex and one for the sheep, and allow the Geladas, Hyraxes and birds to have access to both exhibits
 
Mr Gharial said:
What you could do is to simply have a very large aviary with separate enclosures. One for the ibex and one for the sheep, and allow the Geladas, Hyraxes and birds to have access to both exhibits
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Yes, but we need extra space for the sole birds ; maybe with Hyraxes, but without any large hoofstock.
Maybe Dik-dik or Klipspringers (if possible) would be fine.
 
Haliaeetus said:
I would avoid the lovebirds, they would be eaten by the hornbills (it would probably be the case of the songbirds too).
Ok for the Sheep but they shouldn't have access to the whole aviary to let resting space for the birds.
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I wasn’t intending the whydah and robin-chat be in the space with the hornbills. My apologies if that was unclear. It was just the crane, bald ibis, and lovebirds. I was asking separately about if whydah and robin-chat could be mixed with each other.
 
Can Timor Python be in an enclosure with Asian common toad? I remember there was an enclosure similar to this at San Diego zoo with reticulated Python
 
Van Beal said:
Expanding on my most recent question, could I possibly combine Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Northern Bald Ibis, Black-winged Lovebird, and Wattled Crane? And could that combination possibly work with Barbary Sheep in a large enough aviary (no birds would be flight-restricted)?
Also, could I mix Pin-tailed Whydah and Snowy-crowned Robin-chat?
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How would the following two exhibits go (using the same species as above)
Exhibit 1: Barbary Sheep, Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Northern Bald Ibis, Wattled Crane
Exhibit 2: Pin-tailed Whydah, Snowy-crowned Robin-chat, Black-winged Lovebird
 
Few combinations I have mocked up for my African Savanna, how would these work out?
  • Exhibit 1: White-headed Buffalo Weaver, Chestnut Weaver, Golden Taveta Weaver, and Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (and is there risk of hybridization between the chestnuts and tavetas, given they are both Ploceus genus)
  • Exhibit 2: White-faced Whistling-duck, Blacksmith Lapwing, African Jacana, Lesser Flamingo, Pink-backed Pelican, and Saddle-billed Stork (including pelican in case it works, totally understand why it might not work)
  • Exhibit 3: Grant's Zebra, Masai Giraffe, Common Impala, Greater Kudu, and Red-flanked Duiker (simply asking because I couldn't remember whether Equus quagga subspecies were okay in mixes)
  • Exhibit 4: Trumpeter Hornbill/Southern Ground Hornbill (one or the other, not both) and Eastern Grey-crowned Crane
  • Exhibit 5: Northern Carmine Bee-eater and Reichenow's Helmeted Guineafowl/Vulturine Guineafowl (again, one or the other, unless both guineafowl can be included safely)
 
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Van Beal said:
Exhibit 1: White-headed Buffalo Weaver, Chestnut Weaver, Golden Taveta Weaver, and Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (and is there risk of hybridization between the chestnuts and tavetas, given they are both Ploceus genus)
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Weavers would bully the Cordon-bleu. You could add instead starlings
Van Beal said:
Exhibit 2: White-faced Whistling-duck, Blacksmith Lapwing, African Jacana, Lesser Flamingo, Pink-backed Pelican, and Saddle-billed Stork (including pelican in case it works, totally understand why it might not work)
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Saddle-billed Stork and Pink-backed Pelican would work together and Lesser Flamingo, White-faced Whistling-duck, African Jacana and Blacksmith Lapwing would work together

Van Beal said:
  • Exhibit 4: Trumpeter Hornbill/Southern Ground Hornbill (one or the other, not both) and Eastern Grey-crowned Crane
  • Exhibit 5: Northern Carmine Bee-eater and Reichenow's Helmeted Guineafowl/Vulturine Guineafowl (again, one or the other, unless both guineafowl can be included safely)
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Both should work, but I think it's better to choose Trumpeter Hornbills
 
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