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CarLover said:
All captive red-shanked doucs now only live in Vietnam to save the species and release some into the wild.
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One lives in the Cologne Zoo and there are five at Zoo Chleby in the Czech Republic, where they have bred. I believe some individuals are also kept at Zoorasia in Japan.
 
CarLover said:
They either died of old age or were sent to Vietnam. All captive red-shanked doucs now only live in Vietnam to save the species and release some into the wild.
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jayjds2 said:
One lives in the Cologne Zoo and there are five at Zoo Chleby in the Czech Republic, where they have bred. I believe some individuals are also kept at Zoorasia in Japan.
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And in Singapore. And in Thailand. And in China.
 
I visited yesterday. I saw unsigned Spotted dove, Luzon bleeding-heart, Olive-headed lorikeet, Argus pheasant, and a duck species (with the turacos) in the aviary. Saw no Hosmer's skinks in the reptile house. Sailfin lizard and monitor exhibit closed for renovation.
 
what race are the eclectus here? I know there are at least four varieties common in American captivity

1) Grand (E. r. roratus)
2) New Guinead red-sided (E. r. polychloros)
3) Solomon Island (E. r. solomonensis)
4) Vosmaer's (E. r. vosmaeri)
 
AbileneBoy said:
what race are the eclectus here? I know there are at least four varieties common in American captivity

1) Grand (E. r. roratus)
2) New Guinead red-sided (E. r. polychloros)
3) Solomon Island (E. r. solomonensis)
4) Vosmaer's (E. r. vosmaeri)
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Where have you seen polychloros or solomonensis in US zoos?

Regardless, Philadelphia's bird is unknown and quite possibly a subspecific hybrid.

~Thylo
 
to clarify, I said in American CAPTIVITY, not in AZA zoos per se. I am pretty sure private breeders and collections have all four of these races, and any of them could end up in zoos via seizure or donation.

That being said, Vosmaer's seems to be most common in AZA right now, although I was under impression Baton Rouge might have polychloros
 
AbileneBoy said:
to clarify, I said in American CAPTIVITY, not in AZA zoos per se. I am pretty sure private breeders and collections have all four of these races, and any of them could end up in zoos via seizure or donation.

That being said, Vosmaer's seems to be most common in AZA right now, although I was under impression Baton Rouge might have polychloros
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Of the collections I have visited with the species, all didn't bother (as usual) to put the subspecies on the signage (or no signage at all, often). The only exception being Parrot Mountain in Tennessee list theirs as roratus or Grand eclectus.
 
drill said:
Of the collections I have visited with the species, all didn't bother (as usual) to put the subspecies on the signage (or no signage at all, often). The only exception being Parrot Mountain in Tennessee list theirs as roratus or Grand eclectus.
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thanks for that info. Is Parrot Mt AZA-certified?

AN HISTORICAL REVIEW OF PARROTS BRED IN ZOOS IN THE USA

found this article that shows at least three subspecies being bred at zoos back in 1994, not sure if they continue this. The article shows Baton Rouge breeding polychloros and vosmaeri at that time
 
Hi !
I am updating my Zoo sights list. I visited Philadelphia Zoo this winter and as I am not familiar with american zoos and redundant species/subspecies, I have a few questions :
1. Rhinoceros hornbill : are they javan, sumatran?
2. Great argus : in Europe, we only have the nominate subspecies, same in the US ?
3. Blue-grey tanager : we only have non subspecific ones and a few coelestis here, what about in the US ?
4. White-throated ground-dove : that's what I noted, but I am wondering if they were actually White-breasted ones ?

Thank you very much
 
Rayane said:
Hi !
I am updating my Zoo sights list. I visited Philadelphia Zoo this winter and as I am not familiar with american zoos and redundant species/subspecies, I have a few questions :
1. Rhinoceros hornbill : are they javan, sumatran?
2. Great argus : in Europe, we only have the nominate subspecies, same in the US ?
3. Blue-grey tanager : we only have non subspecific ones and a few coelestis here, what about in the US ?
4. White-throated ground-dove : that's what I noted, but I am wondering if they were actually White-breasted ones ?

Thank you very much
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1. I'm not sure if this is still the case but when I last visited the zoo had a mixed pair of Javan and Bornean Rhinoceros Hornbill. I don't know of any Sumatran Rhinoceros Hornbills in the US.
2. Nominate, yes.
3. I don't know of any subspecific Blue-Grey Tanagers in the US but there could be.
4. White-Throated Ground-Dove, Pampusana xanthonura, is correct.

~Thylo
 
Had an unscheduled visit to the zoo yesterday.
- Several enclosures in the rare mammal conservation center were empty for renovations, mostly ones in the middle.
- Quite a few changes in the reptile house. The chinese alligators are completely gone and the windows into their exhibit have a big poster over them. Instead of the american alligator and nile crocodile, there's a west african crocodile that has access to both sides. There appeared to be a few smaller changes but I didn't have a good enough memory to document them.
- Budgie and Gouldian Finch exhibits in KidZooU are now up and are very nice. In the big room where the rats are, there's now some guinea pigs and a few insect exhibits built into the wall. I put photos in the gallery of all of these.
- Uh, wtf happened to the big restaurant that they were doing next to the carousel...?????? The new food trucks thing is confusing - you order at one, then have to gather your stuff at the various other trucks. The woman taking the orders and payments was the rudest employee I've ever met at a zoo.
- Didn't see any of the giant otters out at all!
- Beau the giraffe has left for Cape May.
- All but one male gorilla were outside. I'm not normally an ape person but we spent a lot of time watching them, especially with the two toddlers playing. They used the climbing area a lot.
- The gibbons were inside, no sight of the orangutans. The baby has more energy than I've ever seen in anything, animal, or human, oh my gosh. Still staying close to mom though.
- I FINALLY saw an aye-aye, much bigger than I was expecting. Also saw the jumping rat!
- And I saw the fossa in the zoo360 trail! He was sleeping, but then started hunting a squirrel.
- Didn't make it to the aviary.
- Lots of changes in the small mammal house. Less space for pygmy marmosets. The barbary striped grass mice, labeled as zebra mice, take up about half the opposite wall and have plenty of things to keep them busy. There's also tenrecs and chinchillas on that side. The exhibit that usually holds the sloth was empty and a sign said it was being redone.
- The Wild Works climbing thing for kids was pretty busy.
 
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