See Birds Soar
The Aquarium’s Wings of the Pacific show highlights the role of birds in ecosystems
A blue-throated macaw perched on a seat in the Aquarium’s Honda Pacific Visions Theater during a Wings of the Pacific show. Credit: Aquarium of the Pacific
October 9, 2025
Guests visiting the Aquarium are encouraged to learn about birds in an immersive, multimedia show called Wings of the Pacific in the Honda Pacific Visions Theater. The show highlights birds in the Aquarium’s care, illustrating their adaptations with the goal of inspiring conservation. From soaring over the audience to flying low across the ground, Wings of the Pacific is a fifteen-minute show that takes guests around the Pacific Ocean to learn how birds play a key role in their respective habitats.
If guests arrive early, they will be greeted with a series of slides providing facts about birds. Some slides challenge guests to match the bird’s beak to their specially designed use. Other slides inform guests about penguins and diving birds called alcids. These slides help Aquarium guests familiarize themselves with some of the adaptations of birds to get them ready to learn more during the show.
Birds help their ecosystems in various ways. This includes helping plants disperse their seeds. Scientists also study birds since these feathered animals can be the first to feel the effects of change to a habitat. Beyond the show, guests visiting the Aquarium can also learn more about birds in the Lorikeet Forest aviary and the Shorebird Sanctuary. In addition, the Aquarium has an online Marine Species Report Card, that includes information about highlighted local birds that anyone can use as a resource.
The Aquarium also lends a hand to help birds in the wild. Check out the birds and mammals rescue page to learn how the Aquarium has helped birds affected by oil spills and other events. Through this conservation work and the Wings of the Pacific, the Aquarium shares why people should care about birds in our changing world.
