Grasslands
We’re Re-feathering Our Nest!
Please note: While you take part in all of the NEW Daily Activities and programming, there will be exciting work happening behind-the-scenes! Beginning Wed., September 4, the Grasslands and TreeTops Presented by Peoples habitats will be temporarily closed while we make sustainability upgrades, through the generosity of Regional Allegheny District (RAD)! Stay tuned for reopening details.
The Grasslands is an indoor habitat where small songbirds from around the globe birds fly freely around you. This recently renovated habitat is a serene, quiet space where the soft chirps, trills, and songs of finches and sparrows surround you. Natural light filters in through skylights above you.
You may see beautiful Green Singing Finches gathering nesting material, or catch the inquisitive Owl Finches peering at you from the branches of trees. Shaft-tailed Finches land on perches close by. A Red Siskin’s red feathers make them stand out as they fly overhead.
The National Aviary is part of global collaborative program to help save this endangered species, native to Venezuela, and boost the population. All of the Red Siskins living in the Grasslands habitat were born in our state-of-the-art Breeding Center!
The plantscape of the Grasslands incorporates inspiration from grassland habitats around the world.