Speculative Zoo Species List Help

I need invertebrates for the following places, they should be found in North America in captivity or can be easily accessible;
  • North African deserts (other than scarab)
  • the Mediterranean Europe
  • Middle East
  • India/Pakistan (also amphibians)
  • Gobi Desert
What Nevada invertebrates are high conservation priority? (not butterflies or moths)
 
What birds would work with Javan Rhinoceros Hornbill, Sulawesi Knobbed Hornbill, Great Hornbill, Luzon Rufous Hornbill and Mindanao Rufous Hornbill?
 
What birds would work with Javan Rhinoceros Hornbill, Sulawesi Knobbed Hornbill, Great Hornbill, Luzon Rufous Hornbill and Mindanao Rufous Hornbill?
Bleeding heart dove, chestnut faced babbler, pitta, imperial pigeon, Moluccan king parrot, hanging parrots, laughing thrush, etc
 
What fish can be housed with West African Lungfish for a West African dry season aquarium? What fish can be housed with Atlantic Tarpon and Crevalle Jack for a West African estuaries aquarium? What aquatic reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates are from West Africa (I already have a tank with Hemichromis, Smith's African Water Snake, and West African Mud Turtle)? I specifically need species found in American captivity.
 
What fish can be housed with West African Lungfish for a West African dry season aquarium? What fish can be housed with Atlantic Tarpon and Crevalle Jack for a West African estuaries aquarium? What aquatic reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates are from West Africa (I already have a tank with Hemichromis, Smith's African Water Snake, and West African Mud Turtle)? I specifically need species found in American captivity.
West african water skinks (Cophoscincopus simulans) would be a fun sub aquatic west african reptile species. Perhaps lethocerus species aswell, tho they are wild caught.
 
What fish can be mixed in a Zambezi River, Lake Malawi, Lake Turkana, and Okavango Delta aquarium (all sperate)? What aquatic reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates are from the Zambezi River, Great African Lakes, and Okavango Delta? I specifically need species found in American captivity.
 
What fish can be mixed in a Zambezi River, Lake Malawi, Lake Turkana, and Okavango Delta aquarium (all sperate)? What aquatic reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates are from the Zambezi River, Great African Lakes, and Okavango Delta? I specifically need species found in American captivity.
Specifically for Lake Malawi, what would be the best cichlid combination that would be realistic (specific species) for the US? I also need the Zambezi River and Okavango Delta animals
 
I don't need help anymore with the other requests. What species would do well in a "Komodo House" which would be located next to the entrance, focusing on Australasia? They also could be housed with the Komodos too
 
The only species I could see being mixed the komodos would be Zebra Finches; but I’d argue that they’re already impressive enough as a standalone species*.

[Edit] *the dragons, not the zebra finches
 
Specifically for Lake Malawi, what would be the best cichlid combination that would be realistic (specific species) for the US? I also need the Zambezi River and Okavango Delta animals
How big would the malawi tank be? And what kind of malawi; mbuna, aulonocara or utaka?
 
I need species for my Silk Routes sector for the following exhibits (all found/easily accessible for the AZA). They should be arid-adapted;
  • A headliner/popular animal in outdoor Mediterranean complex
  • Smaller animals (for an indoor building) in Crossroads (North Africa and Middle East)
  • Any animal for Sloth Bear Forest (outdoors and indoors, focusing on Indian dry forests, Deccan Plateau, and Indian deserts)
  • Any animal for the indoor Maritime building which has animals from the Maritime routes of the Silk Road
 
- Mediterranian complex headliner/popular animal: Spanish lynx, European flamingo, Eurasian grey wolf, Dromedary camel
- Smaller animals for North Africa and Middle East: Fennec fox, Egyptian fruit bat, North African gundi, Fat-tailed mouse, Mongolian gerbil
- Sloth Bear Forest: Chital, Hog deer, One-horned rhino, Leopard (melanistic), Snow leopard, Rhesus macaque

For the Maritime building doesn’t look very easy, I’m not to sure what to say.
 
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I need species for my Silk Routes sector for the following exhibits (all found/easily accessible for the AZA). They should be arid-adapted;
  • A headliner/popular animal in outdoor Mediterranean complex
  • Smaller animals (for an indoor building) in Crossroads (North Africa and Middle East)
  • Any animal for Sloth Bear Forest (outdoors and indoors, focusing on Indian dry forests, Deccan Plateau, and Indian deserts)
  • Any animal for the indoor Maritime building which has animals from the Maritime routes of the Silk Road
For the Maritime building I would think to fish from the Mediterranean, then Red Sea and Indian Ocean.
One or more aviaries with waders/seabirds would be interesting, especially with uncommon species like White-headed Duck, Crab-eating Plover, Purple Swamphen... and why not a pool with Mediterranean Monk Seals and another one for Dugongs ?
 
For the Maritime building I would think to fish from the Mediterranean, then Red Sea and Indian Ocean.
One or more aviaries with waders/seabirds would be interesting, especially with uncommon species like White-headed Duck, Crab-eating Plover, Purple Swamphen... and why not a pool with Mediterranean Monk Seals and another one for Dugongs ?
Thanks but the white-headed duck is the only realistic species to get in the USA (and specifically the AZA)
 
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