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Natural Encounters Inc. prides itself on
presenting a wide variety of birds from around the world,
many of which have never been trained or used in educational
programs before. The birds we use in our educational programs
come from breeders and zoos, we do not take any birds out
of the wild for our shows.
Natural Encounters, Inc. specializes
in using free-flighted birds displaying everyday and unusual
natural behavior. This page lists just some of the species
we have trained and includes natural history information
and training notes for many of them. This page will be updated
frequently as we are always working with new birds or learning
new things about old ones.
RAPTORS
Eagles
African
Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Bateleur Eagle
(Terathopius ecaudatus)
Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja)
Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)
Tawny Eagle (Aguila rapax)
Hawks
Augur Buzzard
(Buto auguralis)
Black Kites (Milvus migrans)
Ferruginous
Hawk (Buteo regalis)
Harris Hawk (Parabuteo uncinctus)
Red-tailed
Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Owls
Barn Owl
(Tyto alba)
Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)
Great Horned Owl anchor point) (Bubo virginianus)
Spectacled
Owl anchor point (Pulsatrix perspicillata)
Vultures
Andean
Condor (Vulture gryphus)
Black Vulture (Coragyps altratus)
Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus
King Vulture (Sarcorhamphus papa)
Lappet-faced
Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus)
Ruppells Griffon Vulture (Gyps rueppellii)
Yellow-headed
Vulture (Cathartes burrovianus)
Corvids
African White-necked Raven (Corvus albicollis)
Pied Crow (Corvus albus)
PARROTS
Cockatoos
Galah Cockatoo (Eolophus roseicapillus)
Goffins Cockatoo (Cacatua goffiniana)
Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua
sulphurea)
Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus)
Macaws
Blue & Yellow
Macaw (Ara ararauna)
Blue-headed
Macaw (Ara couloni)
Blue-thraoted Macaw (Ara glaucogularis)
Green Winged
Macaw (Ara chloroptera)
Hyacinth Macaw
(Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
Military Macaw (Ara militaris)
Red-fronted
Macaw (Ara rubrogenys)
Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)
Severe Macaw (Ara severa)
Others
African
Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus)
Blue-fronted Amazon Parrot (Amazona
aestiva)
Hawk-headed
Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus)
Moustache
Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri fasciata)
Yellow-naped
Amazon Parrot (Amazona orchrocephala)
Yellow-headed
Amazon Parrot (Amazona oratrix)
Hornbills
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus)
Blyths Hornbill (Aceros plicatus)
Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus
leadbeateri)
Trumpeter
Hornbill (Ceratogymna bucinator)
Seriemas
Black-legged Seriema (Chunga burmeisteri)
Red-Legged
Seriema (Cariama cristat)
Toucans
Channel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus)
Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)
Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco)
Others
Burmese Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
East African Crowned Crane
(Balearica regulorum gibbericeps)
Hadada ibis (Hagadashia
hagedash)
Hammerkop (Scopus umbretta)
Kea (Nestor notabilis)
Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos
crumeniferus)
Pigeons (Columbia
livia)
Red-crested Turaco (Touraco
erythrolophus)
Rhode Island Red Chickens (Gallus gallus)
Silver Gulls (Larus novaehollandiae)
West African Crowned
Crane (Balearica pavonina pavonina)
White-faced Whistling
Duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
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