From the moment you entered the main building you are engulfed in bird song. The corridors lead you on a zigzag path full of areas with self enclosed aviaries and then free-fly rooms. Nearly everywhere lush living vegetation and flora surround the birds. I think the one exception was what I'll call the "budgie room" (although there were several other species in the free fly space as well). While I recognized some species from other aviaries, I also encountered many, many new species.
The building ends with a couple of non-avian species, the Emperor Tam
arin and Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth, both from South America. Of all the various things I got to see at the Zoo, this was perhaps my single favorite.
Overview from the southeastern end of the Crosswalk bridge.
Entrance to the Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) habitat
The main entrance to the Aviary proper
Rhinoceros Hornbill
Bucerus rhinoceros
Black-naped Fruit Dove
Ptilinopus melanospilus
Many-colored Fruit Dove
Ptilinopus perousii
Adjacent aviaries
Gadzooks! The Budgie Room--Budgies and finches and parrots and friends, oh my!
Bourke's Parrot
Neophema bourkii
Crested Pigeon
Ocyphaps lophotes
Diamond Firetail Finch
Stagonopleura guttata
White-headed Buffalo Weaver
Dinemellia dinemelli
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
Violet-backed Starling (L-male, R-female)
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
African Grey Parrot
Psittacus erithacus
Kagu
Rhynochetos jubatus
Emperor Tamarin
Saguinus imperator
Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth
Choloepus didactylus
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