Please tell me which species have been mixed with hamerkop. I vaguely remember a enclosure with hamerkop and another species of bird, but please let me know!
Do you mean hamerkops? My impression is that they're kept in mixed-species exhibits more often than not, usually with other (African) wading birds.
I got them from zootierliste that says they are hammerheads. Ive put more research to find them to be named hamerkops indeed. With african wading birds, do you mean sacret ibis and spoonbills?
Well, at the Toronto Zoo, hamerkops are mixed with other birds from Africa, notably violet turacos and red-billed hornbills.
The ones at Jersey are in a Madagascar walkthrough, sharing over the years with Namaqua and Madagascar Turtledoves, Fodies, Madagascar Crested Ibis, Black-winged Stilts and ducks.
Fair enough, hamerkop is just the English name I've learned, but in my own language they're also called hammerheads ("hammerhoved"). Yes, I mean sacred ibis and spoonbills among others. On top of my head: Copenhagen Zoo: Smallish African birds such as superb starling and African pygmy goose. Odense Zoo: Greater flamingo, cattle egret, African spoonbill, pink-backed pelican, yellow-billed stork, Abdim's stork, hottentot teal. Randers Regnskov: Various African rainforest birds as well as lemurs and a few ectotherms. Parc Merveilleux: Malagasy birds (Madagascar fody, Meller's duck, Bernier's teal, Madagascar turtle dove etc.) Dresden Zoo: Sacred ibis, yellow-billed stork, African spoonbill, cattle egret, cape teal, comb duck.
My first hammerkop sight was at London Zoo in African Aviary. Mixed with african jacanas, Abdim's stork, lilac-breasted rollers, superb starlings, von der Decken's hornbills, Hartlaub's turacos and, notably, black-necked stilts and scarlet ibis (both American). I didn't paid much attention to hammerkops before that, as they're common in zoos. I remember in Prague zoo mixed with other African aquatic birds, and if I remember well, in Berlin tierpark they have in the stork aviary with saddle-billed stork, African openbill, Abdim's stork, yellow-billed stork and Hadada ibis.
I seem to recall seeing hamerkops in Rotterdam Zoo's large walkthrough aviary for primarily carnivorous birds, alongside four species of vulture, Southern ground hornbill, marabou stork, crowned crane and black kite.
Hamerkop is Afrikaans, and means "hammer head". You quite often see it (incorrectly) spelled "hammerkop" in English. But they are also called Hammerheads or Hammerhead Storks, and other similar names.
Species I have seen mixed with Hamerkops: Mandarin Duck Waldrapp Ibis Marbled Teal Scarlet Ibis White-Bellied Stork Inca Tern Boat-Billed Heron Green Heron Taveta Golden Weaver Superb Starling Hooded Merganser American Robin Northern Cardinal
Edinburgh Zoo has them in an African aviary with Kirk's Dik-dik, Vulturine Guineafowl, and Grey Crowned Crane
Here are some aviaries I've seen hamerkops in, species lists may not be complete, other than San Diego Zoo and WAP. Oregon Zoo African Pygmy Goose White-cheeked Turaco Speckled Mousebird Red-billed Hornbill Oriole Warbler Black-headed Weaver San Francisco Zoo Guenther’s Dik-dik Hadada Ibis Waldrapp Ibis African Openbill Ross’ Turaco Lesser Vasa Parrot Fresno Chaffee Zoo African Sacred Ibis Gray-crowned Crane Blacksmith Plover Egyptian Plover Long-tailed Glossy Starling San Diego Zoo (from sign in the aviary) Maccoa Duck Ferruginous Duck White-faced Whistling Duck Yellow-necked Francolin African Darter African Openbill Southern Bald Ibis African Spoonbill Black Crake White-headed Lapwing Blue-headed Wood Dove Senegal Laughing Thrush Tambourine Dove African Olive Pigeon Bruce’s Green Pigeon Great Blue Turaco Crested Coua Blue-naped Mousebird Blue-bellied Roller Green Wood-Hoopoe Western Long-tailed Hornbill African Gray Parrot Magpie Shrike African Golden Oriole Purple Glossy Starling Superb Starling Emerald Starling Violet-backed Starling Blue-eared Glossy Starling Golden-breasted Starling White-vented Bulbul African Thrush White-crowned Robin Chat Taveta Golden Weaver Reichinow’s Weaver Northern Red Bishop White-headed Buffalo Weaver San Diego Zoo Wild Animal Park (from sign in the aviary) Elegant Crested Tinamou Marbled Teal Hottentot Teal African Comb Duck Black Heron Scarlet Ibis Sun Bittern Long-toed Lapwing Speckled Mousebird Ross’s Turaco Fawn-breasted Bowerbird Blue-crowned Laughing-thrush Asian Fairy Bluebird Chinese Hwamei Emerald Starling Bali Myna White-headed Buffalo Weaver Red-capped Cardinal
Fort Worth Zoo: they used to have a hamerkop mixed with a violet turaco and some African pygmy geese. They currently have a pair mixed with West African crowned cranes, Cape teal, African openbill, and sometimes they also have yellow-billed storks and Madagascan ibis. Dallas Zoo: they sometimes have a hamerkop in their walkthrough forest aviary which has a variety of birds they seem to rotate -- yellow-collared lovebird, Fischer's lovebird, African rose-ringed parakeet, spur-winged lapwing, blue-bellied roller, speckled pigeon, pink pigeon, Western plantain-eater, Ross’s turaco, Guinea turaco, violet turaco, Hottentot teal, African pygmy goose, common shelduck, white-headed buffalo weaver, taveta weaver, snowy-crowned robin-chat, blue-breasted kingfisher, Kenya crested guineafowl, Western cattle egret, Northern bald ibis, African sacred ibis, hadada ibis, Abdim’s stork, buff-crested bustard San Antonio Zoo: another walkthrough aviary -- Kenya crested guineafowl, Bruce's green pigeon, European wood pigeon, red-bellied parrot, greater vasa parrot, blue-breasted kingfisher, Western cattle egret, hadada ibis, Abdim’s stork, violet-backed starling, splendid starling, speckled mousebird, Congo peafowl, buff-crested bustard
