World of Birds Bronx Zoo

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world of birds, opened in 1972, indoor bird house spanning 2 floors , featuring several walk-through aviaries. building closed repairs , upgrades in summer of 2010, , reopened following year. exhibit has multiple educational displays focusing on deforestation , illegal wildlife trade , affects on wild bird populations. prominent residents of exhibit include maleos, pair of sanford s tarictic hornbills (penelopides exarhatus sanfordi), green junglefowl, fawn-breasted bowerbirds, cuban amazons, pink pigeons, andean cocks-of-the-rock, plate-billed mountain toucans, oriental pied hornbills, abdim s storks, keas, 3 species of birds-of-paradise, golden-headed quetzal, blue-billed curassows, white-throated bee-eaters, western capercaillies, white-fronted bee-eaters , common hoopoes. emus can found in outdoor yard. golden lion tamarins, bolivian grey titis, cotton-top tamarins, , red-footed tortoise make exhibit s non-bird species. in mid-2009, zoo s hand-reared pair of great blue turacos raised chicks, first known instance of hand-reared pair doing so. in march 2013, 3 maleo chicks hatched @ zoo, bringing total number of birds 12. zoo, along wcs, works towards preserving species in wild well.








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