Editing Bronx Zoo (section)

====World of Birds====
[[File:Maleo at Bronx Zoo.jpg|thumb|[[Maleo]]]]
World of Birds, which originally opened in 1972, is an indoor bird house spanning two floors and featuring several walk-through [[aviaries]]. The building closed for repairs and upgrades in the summer of 2010,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/world-of-birds.aspx |title=World of Birds |publisher=Bronx Zoo |access-date=May 31, 2010 |archive-date=May 31, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531062618/http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/world-of-birds.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> and reopened the following year. The exhibit has multiple educational displays focusing on [[deforestation]] and the [[illegal wildlife trade]] and their affects on wild bird populations. The most prominent residents of the exhibit include the [[maleo]]s,<ref name="cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com">{{cite web |url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/rare-maleo-chicks-hatch-at-the-bronx-zoo/ |title=These Chicks Are Not of the Easter Basket Variety |work=The New York Times |first=Emily S. |last=Rueb |date=March 19, 2013 |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=October 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027071220/http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/rare-maleo-chicks-hatch-at-the-bronx-zoo/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[great hornbill]]s, [[knobbed hornbill]]s, [[Andean cock-of-the-rock]]s, [[Nicobar pigeon]]s, [[southern bald ibis]]es, [[great argus pheasant]]s, [[ocellated turkey]]s, [[hyacinth macaw]]s, [[African gray parrot]]s, [[grey-winged trumpeter]]s, [[lesser bird-of-paradise|lesser birds-of-paradise]] and [[white-throated bee-eater]]s. Some mammals like [[Bolivian gray titi]]s and [[greater mouse deer]] also live here. [[Emu]]s can be found in an outdoor yard. In mid-2009, the zoo's hand-reared pair of [[great blue turaco]]s successfully raised chicks, the first known instance of a hand-reared pair doing so.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/4780/Blue-Turacos-Make-History-at-WCSs-Bronx-Zoo.aspx |title=Blue Turacos Make History at WCS's Bronx Zoo |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306225820/http://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/4780/Blue-Turacos-Make-History-at-WCSs-Bronx-Zoo.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2013, three maleo chicks hatched at the zoo, bringing their total number of birds to 12. The zoo, along with the WCS, works toward preserving this species in the wild as well.<ref name="cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com"/>