Meet The Birds
Avian Adventures prides itself on presenting
a wide variety of birds from around the
world. The birds we use in our educational
program come from private breeders; and
we never take any birds out of the wild
for our shows.
Avian Adventures specializes in up close
animal encounters and birds displaying
everyday and unusual natural behaviors.
This page lists just some of the species
currently available for shows and presentations.
This page will be updated frequently as
we are always working with new birds.
Green Winged Macaw
(Ara chloroptera)
Range: The Geotropically region in eastern
Panama. And, from northwestern, northern,
and eastern Colombia, Venezuela and Guianas
south and east of the Andes, through eastern
Ecuador, eastern Peru, northern and eastern
Bolivia and northern, eastern, and central
Brazil to Paraguay and northern Argentina.
Lowlands and foothills to 1400 m. Found
in humid forests.
Size: 3’ including tail (3 pounds)
Diet: Seeds, nuts, fruits, berries, and
vegetable matter procured in the treetops.
Red Collared Lory (Trichoglossus rubritorquis)
Range: The entire continent of Australia
Size: 10”
Diet: Nectar and fresh fruits (grapes,
mangos, papaya)
Trumpter Hornbill (Ceratogymna bucinator)
Range: South central and southeastern
Africa from north central Angola east across
south central and southeastern Zaire, Burundi
and Tanzania to south central and southeastern
Kenya, and south through Zambia, Malawi,
Mozambique, northeastern Zimbabwe, extreme
northeastern Namibia and northern Botswana
to eastern South Africa. Found in humid
forest, well developed riverine forest,
lowland forest, moist woodland, edge, savanna,
and second growth woodland habitats.
Size: 24” (2 feet including tail)
Diet: Monkey biscuits, mice, fruits (especially
grapes) and flying insects.
Blue Crown Hanging Parrot (Loriculus galgulus)
Range: Southern Thailand, Western Malaysia,
Singapore, Sumatra, and Borneo. They inhabit
forests, forest edges, secondary growth,
marshland, bamboo thickets, mangroves,
coconut groves, gardens, and orchards.
Size: 4.5”
Diet: fruits, nectar, buds, flowers, seeds,
and occasionally small insects.
East African Crowned Crane (Balearica
regulorum gibbericeps)
Range: East Africa from Angola, Zambia,
northeastern, east central, and southeastern
Zaire, Uganda and Kenya south to northern
Namibia, northern Botswana and eastern
South Africa. Found in marsh, wet and dry
grassland, woodland, and flooded plains
habitats.
Size: Tall bird standing approximately
4 ft. tall.
Diet: Omnivorous diet of plants, worms,
snails, insects, frogs, lizards, mice,
and young birds. They feed throughout the
day.
Oriental Pied Hornbill
(Anthracoceros albirostris)
Range: Northern India, Southern China,
SE Asia, Malay Peninsula, and Greater Sundas
Size: 3’ (including tail)
Diet: Eats everything from insects like
beetles, termites, and grasshoppers to
animals as large as mice. Also eats some
vegetation and may be considered a omnivore.
Black Capped Lory (Lorius lorry)
Range: Their native habitat is vast which
includes Vogelkop, West Iran, Waigeu, Batanta,
Salawati and the western Papuan Islands
Size: 13”
Diet: Nectar, fresh fruits (grapes, mangos,
papaya)
Golden Conure (Guaruba guarouba)
Range: native lands of Brazil
Size: 12”
Diet: Seeds, nuts, fruits, berries, and
vegetable matter procured in the treetops.
Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus
torquatus)
Range: Central America ranging from southern
Mexico to northern Colombia
Size: 12” including tail
Diet: Papaya is the base and primary fruit,
bananas, grapes, and blue berries are also
included.
Red-Sided Eclectus (roratus polychloros)
Range: Australia and parts of New Zealand
Size: 12”
Diet: Seeds, nuts, fruits, berries, and
vegetable matter procured in the treetops.
Spectacled Mousebird (Coliiformes)
Range: Eastern Africa from Angola, Zambia,
northeastern, east central, and southeastern
Zaire, Uganda and Kenya south to northern
Namibia, northern Botswana and eastern
South Africa. Found in marsh, wet and dry
grassland, woodland, and flooded plains
habitats.
Size: 14 inches long, with their tails
making up two-thirds of their body length.
Diet: Mostly fruits, seeds, nectar. They
feed throughout the day.
Blue and Gold Macaw
(Ara ararauna)
Range: South America. Eastern Panama through
Columbia, except the Cauca Valley, and
West Narino to eastern and western Ecuador
and northern Peru. Through Venezuela and
Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina.
Lowlands to 500m. Found in forest, savanna,
swamp, and riverine woodland habitats
Size: 2.5’ including tail ( pounds)
Diet: Seeds, nuts, fruits, berries, and
vegetable matter procured in the treetops
Umbrella Cockatoo (Cacatua alba)
Range: Australia, chiefly the interior
and excluding wetter coastal areas. Ranges
to King Island and Tasmania; although accidental
in Tasmania. Found in open country areas
with scattered trees and riverine woodlands
Size: 17”
Diet: Seeds, nuts, fruits, berries, fruits
and vegitables
Catalina Macaw (Ara ararauna)
Range: South America. Eastern Panama through
Columbia, except the Cauca Valley, and
West Narino to eastern and western Ecuador
and northern Peru. Through Venezuela and
Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina.
Lowlands to 500m. Found in forest, savanna,
swamp, and riverine woodland habitats.
Size: 4' including tail (7 pounds)
Diet: Seeds, nuts, fruits, berries, and
vegetable matter procured in the treetops
Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
Range: Australia, chiefly the interior
and excluding wetter coastal areas. Found
in open country areas with scattered trees
and riverine woodlands.
Size: 12”
Diet: Mice, Beef Heart
Emu (D. novaehollandiae
novaehollandiae)
Range: Australia, chiefly the interior
and excluding wetter coastal areas. Found
in open country areas with scattered trees
and riverine woodlands.
Size: 5’ Tall
Diet: Ratite pellets
Alexandrian Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)
Range: Australia
Size: 16”
Diet: Seeds, nuts, fruits, berries, and
vegetable matter procured in the treetops.
Indian Ringneck Parakeet (Psittacula
krameri manillensis)
Range: Australia
Size: 12”
Diet: Seeds, nuts, fruits, berries, and
vegetable matter procured in the treetops.
Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco)
Range: Lowlands of south central and eastern
South America east of the Andes from Guianas
south through Amazonian, northern, eastern,
and southeastern Brazil, extreme southeastern
Peru, northern, eastern, and southeastern
Bolivia and Paraguay to northern Argentina.
Found in woodland, second growth, and palm
grove habitats.
Size: 18”
Diet: Papaya is the base and primary fruit,
bananas, grapes, and blue berries are also
included.
Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
Range: The interior of southern Brazil
from the Tapajos River east to Maranhao
and south through western Bahia and Goias
to Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso. Formerly
and possibly still present north of the
Amazon River. Exploits a wide range of
habitats rich in various nut-bearing palm
trees. Inhabits seasonally moist formations
with clearings, as well as plateau country
dissected by rocky, steep-sided valleys
with deciduous cerrado woodland, gallery
forest, and palm swamps.
Size: 4’ including tail (7-10 pounds)
Diet: Seeds, nuts, fruits, berries, and
vegetable matter procured in the treetops
Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura Victoria)
Range: New Guinea (lowland areas)
Size: 2.5’
Diet: Seeds, Berries, Fruits, Insects
Sandhill Crane (Grus Canadensis)
Range: North America
Size: 3 – 5 ‘
Diet: Omnivorous diet of plants, worms,
snails, insects, frogs, lizards, mice,
and young birds. They feed throughout the
day.
Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus
chilensis)
Range: Columbia, Yucatan Peninsula
Size: 4’
Diet: Algae, diatoms, aquatic invertebrates
such as crustaceans and mollusks
This page will be updated as we are always
working with new birds!
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