Mixed species exhibit ideas

MOG2012 said:
If you expand it, maybe you can have several interconnected ponds via streams to reduce territorial disputes or maybe even make a walkthrough aviary to make it more popular
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Yeah I was planning to make it walkthrough and have half the space water, distributing water space randomly among substrate. I’ll increase the size to 10,000 sq ft, thanks for your insights:D
 
For a mixed-aviary setup, would Azure-Winged Magpies, Common Blackbirds, Song Thrushes, Black-Throated Laughingthrushes, Bank Mynas, and Mountain Bamboo-Partridge all be compatible with each other?
 
Africa aviary consisting of:

woodland kingfisher
African grey parrot
Hartlaub’s Duck
African woolly necked stork
African green pigeon
Guinea turaco
White throated bee eater
Plumed guineafowl
Yellow billed turaco
Black crake
African swamphen
Congo peafowl
 
LadyA91 said:
Africa aviary consisting of:

woodland kingfisher
African grey parrot
Hartlaub’s Duck
African woolly necked stork
African green pigeon
Guinea turaco
White throated bee eater
Plumed guineafowl
Yellow billed turaco
Black crake
African swamphen
Congo peafowl
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Definitely would advise not keeping turaco species in the same aviary together. I also wouldn't trust the parrots or storks (especially the storks).
 
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Sphenisciologist said:
Definitely would advise not keeping turaco species in the same aviary together. I also wouldn't trust the parrots or storks (especially the storks).
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A mixed species exhibit with turacos can work - but the caveat is that they should be dissimilar in color. Turacos are likely to respond aggressively to a similar-looking species, but are less likely to do so to one of a different color. I wouldn't mix a Lady Ross with a violaceous, for example, but a Lady Ross and a Guinea would likely work better.

This holds for a lot of birds. I used to work with a pair of sandhill cranes that, every year, would savagely murder at least one wild great blue heron that was foolish enough to land in their aviary, because they just saw another tall, gray bird (so, in their pea-sized brains, a crane) intruding in their territory, and they resolved to respond with lethal force.
 
LadyA91 said:
Africa aviary consisting of:

woodland kingfisher
African grey parrot
Hartlaub’s Duck
African woolly necked stork
African green pigeon
Guinea turaco
White throated bee eater
Plumed guineafowl
Yellow billed turaco
Black crake
African swamphen
Congo peafowl
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Congo Peafowl and Plumed Guineafowl attack the other.
Grey Parrot could bully Green Pigeon and Bee Eater.
Black Crake and African Swamphen could attack the other.
 
Would an aquarium mixing Redband Parrotfish, Lookdown, Black Grouper, Queen Angelfish, Spanish Hog Fish, and Caribbean Spiny Lobster work? And would any of those species be able to live alongside manatees?
Also, would Hickatee/Central American River Turtle be able to live with Cuban Slider?
 
Van Beal said:
Would an aquarium mixing Redband Parrotfish, Lookdown, Black Grouper, Queen Angelfish, Spanish Hog Fish, and Caribbean Spiny Lobster work? And would any of those species be able to live alongside manatees?
Also, would Hickatee/Central American River Turtle be able to live with Cuban Slider?
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  • Black groupers grow large and cane be territorial so the aquarium should have ample space for it. Spiny lobsters need crevices/hiding spots to avoid being eaten from a grouper so maybe have live coral and sponges (can be home to angelfish and parrotfish too). Hogfish are semi-aggresive and might nip at the lobsters.
  • The parrotfish, lookdown, and angelfish can be with the manatees
  • The turtle mix is good as long as there is sufficient space because both species can be territorial
 
Regarding a series of Indian-themed, mixed-aviary setups, would any of the following combinations work in a feasible manner?
  • Rose-Ringed Parakeet + Red Junglefowl + Indian Peafowl
  • Bar-Headed Goose + Ruddy Shelduck + Indian Spot-Billed Duck
  • Rose-Ringed Parakeet + Red Junglefowl + Indian Flying Fox
  • Rose-Ringed Parakeet + Golden-Crested Myna + White-Rumped Shama + Asian Fairy Bluebird + Common Emerald Dove + Red-Whiskered Bulbul
 
Austin the Sengi said:
Regarding a series of Indian-themed, mixed-aviary setups, would any of the following combinations work in a feasible manner?
  • Rose-Ringed Parakeet + Red Junglefowl + Indian Peafowl
  • Bar-Headed Goose + Ruddy Shelduck + Indian Spot-Billed Duck
  • Rose-Ringed Parakeet + Red Junglefowl + Indian Flying Fox
  • Rose-Ringed Parakeet + Golden-Crested Myna + White-Rumped Shama + Asian Fairy Bluebird + Common Emerald Dove + Red-Whiskered Bulbul
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If you had a group of Spotbills and a single pair of Ruddy Shelduck, they should be fine with enough space
 
Austin the Sengi said:
Well then, would the parrots pester the flying foxes the same way they could to smaller birds?
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Parakeets are smaller than the bats though they may harass them or compete with food resources. Due to the parakeets and junglefowl being diurnal, they might disturb the bats. Parakeets in general harass birds so it would have to be monitored and spacious
 
Finally, in the same aviary as the parrots (without flying foxes), would the junglefowl and peafowl coexist together like their domesticated counterparts; or would they try to pester each other for food and other resources?
 
Austin the Sengi said:
Finally, in the same aviary as the parrots (without flying foxes), would the junglefowl and peafowl coexist together like their domesticated counterparts; or would they try to pester each other for food and other resources?
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As long as there is enough room on the ground as peafowls can be territorial (don't have multiple males as they can be aggressive) but that mix works. I also had that mix for my spec Zoo (Las Vegas one) though that's likely getting nixed
 
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