Practical insight into fruit dove husbandry
This page shows how members, private breeders and zoological institutions plan, structure and improve their facilities. The focus is not on perfect show aviaries, but on practical experience: which aviary size works well, how indoor areas are kept frost-free, and which planting, perches and retreats prove useful in daily husbandry.
In the long term, approved facility profiles will be shown here. Members should be able to maintain draft profiles in the protected members area; publication will only happen after review by project coordination or the board.
What a facility profile should include
Breeding facilities of members of the European Fruit Dove Project
Breeding facility of Jens Riebe
The breeding facility of Jens Riebe is designed as a densely planted indoor aviary setup. Mesh partitions, accessible doors, clear passages and natural perching and climbing branches structure the keeping areas and provide sheltered retreat zones for the fruit doves.
- Operator
- Jens Riebe
- Region
- Germany
- Size
- Planted indoor aviary facility
Breeding facility of Manfred Brunkhorst
The breeding facility of Manfred Brunkhorst is an example of how aviary construction can be harmoniously integrated into a natural garden setting. The spacious outdoor facility combines sheltered areas with larger flight aviaries. Lush greenery and dense planting continue inside the aviaries and create a calm, richly structured environment.
- Operator
- Manfred Brunkhorst
- Region
- Germany
- Size
- Garden-integrated aviary facility
Breeding facility of Peter Tödter
The breeding facility of Peter Tödter shows a developed combination of covered aviaries, sheltered building sections and garden-related keeping areas. Water features, planted islands, perches and seasonal exterior views give the facility a varied documentary character.
- Operator
- Peter Tödter
- Region
- Germany
- Size
- Aviary facility with several documented sections
Fruit dove facility at Cologne Zoo
The fruit dove keeping area at Cologne Zoo is arranged as a functional zoo-based indoor facility. A service corridor, tiled service areas, mesh partitions and structured perching branches support clear husbandry routines and separated keeping spaces.
- Operator
- Cologne Zoo
- Region
- Cologne, Germany
- Size
- Zoo-based indoor facility
Facilities from the project
Older project content already contains facility examples from private breeders and zoological institutions. These records are not published automatically; they are treated as a migration source for future reviewed facility profiles.
