Tropical Realm

The ‘Tropical Realm’ contains much of the zoos tropical bird collection, both in the enormous free flight walk-through area and also in the aviaries at ground and first floor level. Many tropical species of small bird can be seen up close in the walk-through area where most species also breed during the spring and summer months.

Listen out for some of the beautiful songsters like Orange-headed and Chestnut-backed Thrush. Birds in the large aviaries include 5 species of hornbills and Red-billed Curassow. Some important conservation species are kept within the Tropical Realm including the, Extinct in the Wild Socorro Dove, Critically Endangered Bali Starling and Montserrat Oriole, and the Vulnerable Salvadori’s Pheasant and Congo Peafowl.