It always bothers me a little bit when a large cage is called an aviary.
To my mind, an aviary is a bird enclosure that is large enough for a person to walk into. A large cage (say, 50" tall x 36" wide) is still a large cage.
Or is there another term that can be used for a large cage? I know that a dictionary uses the terms 'large cage' and 'aviary' as synonyms. Can we improve on the terms?
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Re: Cage terminology
I agree, using the term aviary for any cage larger than average is ridiculous.
In my country of origin (Hungary) someone once defined aviary as being at least 1 m3 in size (eg 1x1x1 m).
A larger cage below aviary size (say 120x50x60 cm) would be called a "flight cage", but that term is also used very loosely on this forum often for quite small cages.
In my country of origin (Hungary) someone once defined aviary as being at least 1 m3 in size (eg 1x1x1 m).
A larger cage below aviary size (say 120x50x60 cm) would be called a "flight cage", but that term is also used very loosely on this forum often for quite small cages.