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Love is in the pair
Many birds in the Aviary form long-term partnerships, so last year the Aviary curators told us about the romances that bloomed between some younger love birds.
The Aviary team spend a lot of time at the beginning of the year pairing up young birds. Each species has its own criteria to be considered when coupling up, from preferred weather conditions to their breeding season. With a little help from our Aviary team romance has blossomed amongst some of our feathered residents in the Aviary.
A young pair of Rothschild’s peacock-pheasant have recently been paired up. Both birds were bred here, in 2017 and 2019. Described by Sir Walter Rothschild in 1903, this species is vulnerable in its native home of Malaysia and is a very important species to the Aviary.
Other ‘love birds’ include recently paired Pagoda myna and Collared-hill partridge. The team will also soon be coupling up Chestnut-capped laughingthrush.