THE PECKING ORDER DAY EIGHT

Andean condor Violet backed starling Vultur gryphus Cinnyricinclus leucogaster

+ Andean condors scavenge + Also known as the for food, feasting on Amethyst starling, these carcasses are named after the male’s striking iridescent + Our birds are fed every violet upper parts other day. In the wild they will gorge themselves on + They are smaller than food and then not eat at most other of all for several days starling and less noisy

+ They have bald heads to + These birds are allow for easier cleaning monogamous and are after they have put their known to return to the head inside a carcass! same nest each season

Size (cm): 130 Size (cm): 18 Weight (g) 15,000 Weight (g) 35 Intelligence: 50 Intelligence: 20 Lifespan (years): 70 Lifespan (years): 10

Risk of Extinction: 2 (NT) Risk of Extinction: 1 (LC) Wow Factor: 255 Bird Wow Factor: 94 HAREWOOD HAREWOOD HAREWOOD HAREWOOD BIRD GARDEN BIRD GARDEN BIRD GARDEN BIRD GARDEN

Red billed blue magpie Lesser rhea Urocissa erythrorhyncha Rhea pennata

+ These birds are + The lesser rhea is also omnivorous meaning that known as the Darwin’s they will eat insects, fruit, rhea, after Charles and sometimes Darwin who realised the difference between the + Our birds become very lesser and territorial when nesting and our keepers have to + The lesser rhea is smaller wear a helmet when and more subtly coloured entering the aviary than the greater rhea

+ These birds are highly + Lesser rhea are near sociable and also very threatened due to clever collecting and hunting

Size (cm): 65 Size (cm): 100 Weight (g) 200 Weight (g) 20,000 Intelligence: 40 Intelligence: 10 Lifespan (years): 20 Lifespan (years): 13

Risk of Extinction: 1 (LC) Risk of Extinction: 2 (NT) Bird Wow Factor: 175 Bird Wow Factor: 194 HAREWOOD HAREWOOD HAREWOOD HAREWOOD BIRD GARDEN BIRD GARDEN BIRD GARDEN BIRD GARDEN