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[1] [2] The 23 May issue of Nature published several counter-suggestions, including ender, terminarch, and relict. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The word endling appeared on the walls of the National Museum of Australia in Tangled Destinies , a 2001 exhibition by Matt Kirchman and Scott Guerin, about the relationship between Australian peoples and their land.
An aviary is a large enclosure for confining birds, although bats may also be considered for display. Unlike birdcages, aviaries allow birds a larger living space where they can fly; hence, aviaries are also sometimes known as flight cages in the United Kingdom. Aviaries often contain plants and shrubbery to simulate a natural environment.
An aviary (avis = bird) is a large enclosure for birds or other flying, gliding or swinging arboreal animals such as butterflies, bats, flying squirrels or primates. An aviary accommodates the birds' in-flight turning radius, whereas a flight cage restricts the bird to linear flight.
A nest box, also spelled nestbox, is a man-made enclosure provided for animals to nest in. Nest boxes are most frequently utilized for birds, in which case they are also called birdhouses or a birdbox/bird box, but some mammals such as bats may also use them. Placing nestboxes or roosting boxes may also be used to help maintain populations of ...
Large ravens can weigh 2 kg (4.4 lb), attain a 1.5 m (4.9 ft) wingspan and measure 0.8 m (2.6 ft) long. [ 110 ] The closest non-corvid contender to largest size is the Australian superb lyrebird ( Menura novaehollandiae ), which can reach a length of 1 m (3.3 ft), much of it comprised by their spectacular tail, and a weight of 1 kg (2.2 lb).
Mews chambers can be as small as 36 square feet (3.3 m 2) and are frequently much larger, often occupying as much space as a small house and sometimes reaching as high as three storeys. Birds are allowed to fly free within the chamber, and very often can choose between a number of perches. [citation needed]
Free Range Egg & Poultry Australia (FREPA) standards provides a sliding scale for indoor density, with 10 birds per square metre allowed only in enclosures housing less than 1000 birds, and 6 birds per square metre the maximum for barns with over 4000 birds. Nothing is said in the standards about outdoor density, thus it is assumed that farmers ...
Aquatic birds such as ducks, cranes, storks, pelicans, ibis, herons, and hornbills are enclosed in large covered aviaries with flowing water and sparse vegetation cover. [ 55 ] [ 15 ] In 2024, the wetland birds enclosure was upgraded with a chain-link mesh enclosing a 18 m (59 ft) high dome, with wooden platforms for birds. [ 54 ]