If I changed it to the following, would it work?
3. Blue Crane, Red-Crested Turaco, Little Bee-Eater, Helmeted Guineafowl, Aardvark, Kirk’s Dik-Dik, Rock Hyrax, Leopard Tortoise
Many of these species are not found in captivity, so it would be very difficult to tell how they would act in a mixed species aviary. However I can give you a couple notes. First of all grebes are a no go, especially in mixed species aviaries. They’re just too hard to keep in captivity. Secondly, gulls will eat any eggs and small birds they come across, same actually goes for the herons. And lastly as I said before, species like noddys and petrels aren’t found anywhere in captivity and probably wouldn’t do very well in a captive situation.
Many of these species are not found in captivity, so it would be very difficult to tell how they would act in a mixed species aviary. However I can give you a couple notes. First of all grebes are a no go, especially in mixed species aviaries. They’re just too hard to keep in captivity. Secondly, gulls will eat any eggs and small birds they come across, same actually goes for the herons. And lastly as I said before, species like noddys and petrels aren’t found anywhere in captivity and probably wouldn’t do very well in a captive situation.
I’d agree with all of that, except regarding grebes. While they would be wasted (and probably die) in that sort of mixed company, both Black-necked and Little Grebes are being bred in U.K. and on the European Continent
3. Kordofan Giraffe, Eastern Black Rhinoceros, Cuvier’s Gazelle, Mhorr Gazelle, Addax, Lesser Kudu, North African Ostrich, Swayne’s Hartebeest, African Wooly-Necked Stork, Dalmatian Pelican, European Black Stork, White-Headed Duck, Houbara Bustard - In a 15 acre habitat with sections where birds have escape areas from mammals
4. North American River Otter, North American Beaver, Great Blue Heron
5. Large 3 acre aviary: Once again, the number of birds is absurd but it is so I can easily narrow it down
3. Kordofan Giraffe, Eastern Black Rhinoceros, Cuvier’s Gazelle, Mhorr Gazelle, Addax, Lesser Kudu, North African Ostrich, Swayne’s Hartebeest, African Wooly-Necked Stork, Dalmatian Pelican, European Black Stork, White-Headed Duck, Houbara Bustard - In a 15 acre habitat with sections where birds have escape areas from mammals
4. North American River Otter, North American Beaver, Great Blue Heron
5. Large 3 acre aviary: Once again, the number of birds is absurd but it is so I can easily narrow it down
1 is perfectly fine. I know Blijdorp zoo has an aviary with African ground squirrels, Yellow-necked francolins, Village weavers, Snowy-crowned Robin chats and Guinea turacos.
2 also doesn't have any problems, as Old world vultures do surprisingly well in mixed aviaries and corvids have been proven to mix well with birds of prey
3, as mentioned, would have problems with the Black rhinos. Very few zoos mix them in larger savannahs, but it's not entirely unheard of. According to ZTL, Ebeltoft in Denmark holds them in a larger mixed savannah with Giraffes and Elands, among others. But I don't have all the information on that.
4 seems like a bad idea. Otters are famously bitey and would harass the beavers at the least. There would also be very little chance of offspring surviving
5 and 7 I don't see any problems with, except for a few birds that aren't kept in captivity meaning you wouldn't really be able to guess how they'd do
Are giraffe subspecies vastly different in temperament?
I was just wondering if two breeding Angolan giraffes would work well with greater one-horned rhinoceroses that are also recommended to breed in an enclosure that's about an acre. The pool in the enclosure that I'm thinking of (Buttonwood Park Zoo) might be a problem. There is an existing gate that can split the yard into two which could be used for separation purposes.
Could you keep both Mauritius pink pigeons and Malagasy turtle-doves free-roaming in a larger aviary, or would that create too big of a hybridization risk?
Could you keep both Mauritius pink pigeons and Malagasy turtle-doves free-roaming in a larger aviary, or would that create too big of a hybridization risk?
Would Squirrel Monkeys work as free-ranging in an indoor rainforest, in which there will be birds such as Scarlet Ibis, Screaming Piha, and different species of tanagers free-ranging also?
Would Squirrel Monkeys work as free-ranging in an indoor rainforest, in which there will be birds such as Scarlet Ibis, Screaming Piha, and different species of tanagers free-ranging also?
I would not trust squirrel monkeys with small birds unless the amount of space is truly immense and the birds have access to area the primates do not (ex. Tropic World).
