Newer Birds at NC Zoo Aviary

The NC Zoo tropical aviary staff point out that "several newly exhibited species now make the forest canopy their home:"

Blue-crowned motmots "with tails that swing like pendulums".

Blue-winged leafbirds. They "glean leaves for insects".

Red-capped cardinals which offer alarm calls.

Golden-crested mynahs. They mimic farm animals. "You may think there is a sheep in the exhibit!"

A female green honeycreeper. Tiny, but quite visible as she "extracts nectar from flowers".

A yellow-throated laughing thrush. "Busy antics keep your eyes moving".

A summer tanager not releasable from the Schindler Wildlife Rehab Center due to inability to migrate, making it the only neotropical migrant species in the aviary.