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The zoo has a new outdoor aviary.
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While the other males in the Willowbank Wildlife Reserve’s Kea group spend lots of time squabbling and making threat displays, Bruce is free to wander the aviary and monopolize feeding stations and prime perches, the study reports.
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Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2026
Once healed, the animals are transferred to outdoor enclosures and aviaries to prepare for a reintroduction into their natural environment.
—ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Carla laid her first egg of the breeding season on March 16 last year, so the aviary says the start of another season isn't too far away.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
Even turns her flat into a poopy aviary.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
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Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2026
Once healed, the animals are transferred to outdoor enclosures and aviaries to prepare for a reintroduction into their natural environment.
—ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Carla laid her first egg of the breeding season on March 16 last year, so the aviary says the start of another season isn't too far away.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
Even turns her flat into a poopy aviary.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Aviary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aviary. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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aviary
noun
avi·ary
ˈā-vē-ˌer-ē 
plural aviaries
: a place (as a large cage or a building) where many live birds are kept usually for exhibition
Etymology
from Latin aviarium "place to keep birds," from avis "bird"
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