Electus Parrot
Well-Known Member
Would anyone be able to tell me a full species list of the birds that are kept at the Waddesdon Manor Aviary?
In English for anyone not familiar with the scientific names.
Sorry only just noticed the common names hadn't translated.
I didn't mean it as criticism, sorry if I offended you.
It does have a good range of species (with several additional ones off-show). Most of the on-show aviaries contain a ground-dwelling species, another which frequents the lower bushes, and another which favours the higher canopy.I was most impressed with the layout and range of species when I visited in summer. Aviaries can be a little difficult to view through the mesh + sunshine however. Interesting that there were no psittacines which you would expect as a staple in most bird collections.
Updating my 13 Oct 2015 post, the following is a list of the currently on-show species, listed according to the signage, aviary-by-aviary from the left-hand (north-west) end of the row. I saw most, but not all, of the species listed, on 04 Oct 2019. Photos will appear in the gallery shortly.
Aviary 1
Blue-crowned laughingthrush / Courtois's laughingbird (Garrulax courtoisi)
Pekin robin / Red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
Grosbeak starling / Grosbeak myna / Finch-billed myna / Scissor-billed starling (Scissirostrum dubium)
Luzon bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba luzonica)
Green-naped pheasant-pigeon (Otidiphaps nobilis)
Aviary 2
Rothschild's myna / Bali myna / Bali starling (Leucopsar rothschildi)
Black-and-white laughingthrush / Sumatran laughingthrush (Garrulax bicolor)
Rothschild’s peacock-pheasant / Mountain peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron inopinatum)
Aviary 3
Asian fairy-bluebird (Irena puella)
Cape robin-chat (Cossypha caffra)
Socorro dove (Zenaida graysoni)
Aviary 4
Emerald starling / Iris glossy starling (Lamprotornis iris, syn. Coccycolius iris)
Eastern moustached laughingthrush / Ashy-capped laughingthrush (Garrulax cinereiceps)
Mindanao bleeding-heart / Bartlett's bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba crinigera)
Aviary 5
Pagoda mynah / Brahminy starling (Sturnia pagodarum)
Chestnut-backed thrush (Geokichla dohertyi)
Goldenheart / Cinnamon ground-dove (Gallicolumba rufigula)
Aviary 6
Orange-headed thrush (Geokichla citrina)
Collared hill-partridge / White-necklaced partridge (Arborophila gingica)
Aviary 7
Asian fairy-bluebird (Irena puella)
Omei Shan liocichla / Emei Shan liocichla / Grey-faced liocichla (Liocichla omeiensis)
Hooded pitta (Pitta sordida)
Aviary 8
Painted bunting (Passerina ciris)
Red-tailed laughingthrush (Trochalopteron milnei)
Roul-roul / Crested partridge (Rollulus rouloul)
Aviary 9
Brown-breasted barbet (Lybius melanopterus)
Snowy-crowned robin-chat (Cossypha niveicapilla)
Socorro dove (Zenaida graysoni)
Aviary 10
Pekin robin / Red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
Fischer's turaco (Tauraco fischeri fischeri)
Blue-crowned laughingthrush / Courtois's laughingbird (Garrulax courtoisi)
White-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus)
Grey-capped emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica)
Palawan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron napoleonis)