Mixed species exhibit ideas

I don't think I've ever seen Spider monkey mixed with anything. But could Red howler monkeys be mixed with Brown spider monkeys? Alternatively, can Red howlers be mixed with Tufted capuchins and Coatis?
 
Mr Gharial said:
I don't think I've ever seen Spider monkey mixed with anything. But could Red howler monkeys be mixed with Brown spider monkeys? Alternatively, can Red howlers be mixed with Tufted capuchins and Coatis?
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I've seen spider monkeys mixed with capuchins, Callimico, squirrel monkeys, Giant Anteaters, and Sulcatas.
 
Would Moose mix well with Mule Deer? Red-winged Blackbird, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Bufflehead, Mute Swan and American Green-winged Teal?
And would the size of the spaces matter in terms of inter-species interactions and/or disputes (i.e, would a larger space reduce likelihood of certain species engaging one another in a negative manner)?
 
Van Beal said:
Would Moose mix well with Mule Deer? Red-winged Blackbird, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Bufflehead, Mute Swan and American Green-winged Teal?
And would the size of the spaces matter in terms of inter-species interactions and/or disputes (i.e, would a larger space reduce likelihood of certain species engaging one another in a negative manner)?
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Mute Swans are aggressive but the rest of the birds should work out well. Mute Swan even might work but I wouldn't risk it.
 
Would this mix of birds work? I'm designing a Mekong Delta themed aviary and have come up with this list:

Lesser whistling duck

Indian Spot Billed Duck

Common Teal

Northern Pintail

Northern Shoveler

Garganeye

Siamese Fireback

Oriental Turtledove

Red Collared Dove

Barred Cuckoo Dove

Pink-necked Green Pigeon

Asian Emerald Dove

Pied Imperial Pigeon

Sarus Crane

Asian Wooly Necked Stork

Lesser Adjutant

Painted Stork

Great Comorant

Black-headed Ibis

Glossy Ibis

Black-faced Spoonbill

Spot-billed Pelican

Little Egret

Javan Pond Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron

Oriental Dollarbird

Lineated Barbet

Alexandrine Parakeet

Blossom-Headed Parakeet

Red-breasted Parakeet

Black-naped Oriole

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Black Bulbul

Crested Mynah

Asian Golden Weaver

Streaked Weaver

Red Avadavat

Chestnut Munia
 
Zhao yun said:
Sarus Crane

Lesser Adjutant

Spot-billed Pelican
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I don't think Sarus crane and Adjutant will get along, as they're both large and relatively aggressive wading birds. Especially with the addition of Pelicans. I'd choose one of these three.

Additionally, you have weavers and finches in an aviary that would have to be absolutely huge. Meaning you'd have to get mesh strong enough to hold the pelicans, and small enough to prevent finch escapes. I though it would be much better if you separated this list into two aviaries. One for the smallest birds, joined by a few of the pigeons and the pheasants. And the other with the larger birds.

Finally, I'd remove one or two of the small waders and waterfowl. I think having fewer species in larger groups would do better than having more species in smaller groups.

So you would end up with:

Aviary 1 with:
Lesser whistling duck
Indian Spot Billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler

Oriental Turtle dove
Red Collared Dove
Pied Imperial Pigeon

Sarus crane or Lesser Adjutant

Asian Woolly Necked Stork
Painted Stork

Great Comorant
Spot-billed Pelican

Black-headed Ibis
Black-faced Spoonbill
Javan Pond Heron

Oriental Dollarbird
Lineated Barbet
Black-naped Oriole
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Crested Mynah

Alexandrine Parakeet
Blossom-Headed Parakeet
Red-breasted Parakeet

Aviary 2 with:
Siamese Fireback

Barred Cuckoo Dove
Pink-necked Green Pigeon
Asian Emerald Dove

Red-whiskered Bulbul
Black Bulbul
Asian Golden Weaver
Streaked Weaver
Red Avadavat
Chestnut Munia
 
Mr Gharial said:
I don't think Sarus crane and Adjutant will get along, as they're both large and relatively aggressive wading birds. Especially with the addition of Pelicans. I'd choose one of these three.

Additionally, you have weavers and finches in an aviary that would have to be absolutely huge. Meaning you'd have to get mesh strong enough to hold the pelicans, and small enough to prevent finch escapes. I though it would be much better if you separated this list into two aviaries. One for the smallest birds, joined by a few of the pigeons and the pheasants. And the other with the larger birds.

Finally, I'd remove one or two of the small waders and waterfowl. I think having fewer species in larger groups would do better than having more species in smaller groups.

So you would end up with:

Aviary 1 with:
Lesser whistling duck
Indian Spot Billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler

Oriental Turtle dove
Red Collared Dove
Pied Imperial Pigeon

Sarus crane or Lesser Adjutant

Asian Woolly Necked Stork
Painted Stork

Great Comorant
Spot-billed Pelican

Black-headed Ibis
Black-faced Spoonbill
Javan Pond Heron

Oriental Dollarbird
Lineated Barbet
Black-naped Oriole
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Crested Mynah

Alexandrine Parakeet
Blossom-Headed Parakeet
Red-breasted Parakeet

Aviary 2 with:
Siamese Fireback

Barred Cuckoo Dove
Pink-necked Green Pigeon
Asian Emerald Dove

Red-whiskered Bulbul
Black Bulbul
Asian Golden Weaver
Streaked Weaver
Red Avadavat
Chestnut Munia
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Mr Gharial said:
I don't think Sarus crane and Adjutant will get along, as they're both large and relatively aggressive wading birds. Especially with the addition of Pelicans. I'd choose one of these three.

Additionally, you have weavers and finches in an aviary that would have to be absolutely huge. Meaning you'd have to get mesh strong enough to hold the pelicans, and small enough to prevent finch escapes. I though it would be much better if you separated this list into two aviaries. One for the smallest birds, joined by a few of the pigeons and the pheasants. And the other with the larger birds.

Finally, I'd remove one or two of the small waders and waterfowl. I think having fewer species in larger groups would do better than having more species in smaller groups.

So you would end up with:

Aviary 1 with:
Lesser whistling duck
Indian Spot Billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler

Oriental Turtle dove
Red Collared Dove
Pied Imperial Pigeon

Sarus crane or Lesser Adjutant

Asian Woolly Necked Stork
Painted Stork

Great Comorant
Spot-billed Pelican

Black-headed Ibis
Black-faced Spoonbill
Javan Pond Heron

Oriental Dollarbird
Lineated Barbet
Black-naped Oriole
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Crested Mynah

Alexandrine Parakeet
Blossom-Headed Parakeet
Red-breasted Parakeet

Aviary 2 with:
Siamese Fireback

Barred Cuckoo Dove
Pink-necked Green Pigeon
Asian Emerald Dove

Red-whiskered Bulbul
Black Bulbul
Asian Golden Weaver
Streaked Weaver
Red Avadavat
Chestnut Munia
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Thank you!
 
Orange-Headed Thrush

Hooded Pitta

Black-throated Laughingthrush

Swinhoe’s White Eye

Siberian Rubythroat

Sorry to continue to take up your time, but would this work? It seems rather conservative to me, but just checking.
 
Mr Gharial said:
I don't think Sarus crane and Adjutant will get along, as they're both large and relatively aggressive wading birds. Especially with the addition of Pelicans. I'd choose one of these three.

Additionally, you have weavers and finches in an aviary that would have to be absolutely huge. Meaning you'd have to get mesh strong enough to hold the pelicans, and small enough to prevent finch escapes. I though it would be much better if you separated this list into two aviaries. One for the smallest birds, joined by a few of the pigeons and the pheasants. And the other with the larger birds.

Finally, I'd remove one or two of the small waders and waterfowl. I think having fewer species in larger groups would do better than having more species in smaller groups.

So you would end up with:

Aviary 1 with:
Lesser whistling duck
Indian Spot Billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler

Oriental Turtle dove
Red Collared Dove
Pied Imperial Pigeon

Sarus crane or Lesser Adjutant

Asian Woolly Necked Stork
Painted Stork

Great Comorant
Spot-billed Pelican

Black-headed Ibis
Black-faced Spoonbill
Javan Pond Heron

Oriental Dollarbird
Lineated Barbet
Black-naped Oriole
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Crested Mynah

Alexandrine Parakeet
Blossom-Headed Parakeet
Red-breasted Parakeet

Aviary 2 with:
Siamese Fireback

Barred Cuckoo Dove
Pink-necked Green Pigeon
Asian Emerald Dove

Red-whiskered Bulbul
Black Bulbul
Asian Golden Weaver
Streaked Weaver
Red Avadavat
Chestnut Munia
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For the second aviary, would the addition of Mousedeer and Lyle's flying fox work? Thank you for taking the time to read this.
 
Zhao yun said:
Orange-Headed Thrush

Hooded Pitta

Black-throated Laughingthrush

Swinhoe’s White Eye

Siberian Rubythroat

Sorry to continue to take up your time, but would this work? It seems rather conservative to me, but just checking.
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That would work but pitta and thrushes are territorial so it should be spacious. The laughingthrush can dominate the white-eyes and Ruby throats which are both shy
Zhao yun said:
Racket tailed Treepie

White-crowned Laughingthrush

Also, would this work?
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It looks good
Zhao yun said:
For the second aviary, would the addition of Mousedeer and Lyle's flying fox work? Thank you for taking the time to read this.
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The mousedeer won't be seen as much with all of the more active ground-dwelling birds. For the flying fox, the aviary would have to be high as they often use a lot of canopy space in big-ish groups
 
Mr Gharial said:
I think the flying foxes will probably do better in the large aviary, the mousedeer would work fine in the smaller one
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MOG2012 said:
That would work but pitta and thrushes are territorial so it should be spacious. The laughingthrush can dominate the white-eyes and Ruby throats which are both shy

It looks good

The mousedeer won't be seen as much with all of the more active ground-dwelling birds. For the flying fox, the aviary would have to be high as they often use a lot of canopy space in big-ish groups
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Thank you!
 
Mr Gharial said:
I don't think Sarus crane and Adjutant will get along, as they're both large and relatively aggressive wading birds. Especially with the addition of Pelicans. I'd choose one of these three.

Additionally, you have weavers and finches in an aviary that would have to be absolutely huge. Meaning you'd have to get mesh strong enough to hold the pelicans, and small enough to prevent finch escapes. I though it would be much better if you separated this list into two aviaries. One for the smallest birds, joined by a few of the pigeons and the pheasants. And the other with the larger birds.

Finally, I'd remove one or two of the small waders and waterfowl. I think having fewer species in larger groups would do better than having more species in smaller groups.

So you would end up with:

Aviary 1 with:
Lesser whistling duck
Indian Spot Billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler

Oriental Turtle dove
Red Collared Dove
Pied Imperial Pigeon

Sarus crane or Lesser Adjutant

Asian Woolly Necked Stork
Painted Stork

Great Comorant
Spot-billed Pelican

Black-headed Ibis
Black-faced Spoonbill
Javan Pond Heron

Oriental Dollarbird
Lineated Barbet
Black-naped Oriole
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Crested Mynah

Alexandrine Parakeet
Blossom-Headed Parakeet
Red-breasted Parakeet

Aviary 2 with:
Siamese Fireback

Barred Cuckoo Dove
Pink-necked Green Pigeon
Asian Emerald Dove

Red-whiskered Bulbul
Black Bulbul
Asian Golden Weaver
Streaked Weaver
Red Avadavat
Chestnut Munia
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What would recommended sizes for aviaries be?
 
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