Different stock, however - I believe the individuals going onshow arrived in 2014, with the previous stock leaving for private hands in 2011.
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Different stock, however - I believe the individuals going onshow arrived in 2014, with the previous stock leaving for private hands in 2011.
sooty mangabey
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This excellent video does now have English subtitles. And the house looks wonderful!Zoo posted today a sneak peek video too, where director, architect, bird curator, and botanist talk about the parrot house. Unfortunately, it's without subtitles, but at least, you can have a first look at some exhibits, a bit of off-show stuff (from the house itself and from the other bird off-show area that is located behind sea lion's enclosure) also some new species are revealed there.
Species revealed:
12:12 - some species of cardinal or something like that. I know it, but can't figure the name for heaven's sakeMaybe Red-crested cardinal (Paroaria coronata)?
12:32 - Papuan lorikeet (Charmosyna papou) or another Charmosyna species
14:14 - Blue-naped parrot (Tanygnathus lucionensis)? Recognized thanks to yesterday's discussion with @ShonenJake13 and @TeaLovingDave
15:57 - Some passerine species, too blurred to tell.
Bird curator in his commentary talks about - Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana), Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias), unspecified Tinamou species and unspecified Oropendola species.
One of the best European zoos adds another gem to its impressive collection . I am so much looking forward to revisit it next week .
Was fortunate enough to get a Zoo Grapevine preview on Friday and this is a truly superb exhibit with Lear`s Macaw as the rarest taxon but ,in zoo terms,the Blue-naped Parrot almost as rare.Other birds such as Helmeted Friarbird and Scaly-naped Pigeon prove that the house is much more than "just" rare parrots. To split hairs with the architect in the above video, only two walk-through aviaries could accurately be described as immersive,as the majority are typically dioramic...but all are superbly presented. It opens without any particular sense of newness,because plants have been given time to grow and the birds time to adapt to the surroundings...this is ,of course,a good thing. A full report will be in the Autumn edition of Zoo Grapevine and International Zoo News due in a few weeks time.
I was there on opening day and the enclosures certainly are spacious enough.
The corridors of the house on the other hand....
For decades, we had no birds-of-paradise in local zoos or by local private breeders. And now, in span of just 2 years, they appear in 3 Czech zoos. But usually not as pairs or breeding groups but just like living decorations. Where is the source of these birds?
I would guess that as they’re raggiana which aren’t really around in private hands that they are from Walsrode...
I must've missed the third which one was it?
Prague, decin and liberec
A) direct contacts and transfers with Indonesian and other SE Asian SEAZA region zoos.
B) wildlife trade under CITES ...
or private breeders ....
C) illegal trade and confiscation by national authorities with dispositioning to the local prof zoo network.
Cannot think of other possibilities really
So after little searching, I think I found two previous owners of the said reggiana birds, a Czech and a Slovak private bird keepers.
It looks like some number of birds (of several species) got imported within last ca 5 years by local private sphere and now suplus odd birds "spill over" to zoos.
It looks like some number of birds (of several species) got imported within last ca 5 years by local private sphere and now suplus odd birds "spill over" to zoos.
Half right - the male died, the female is still there.
At least one of the two came from Walsrode, as confirmed by a member of staff I have been in contact with. The other may well have come from one of these private places though...
Do you know if any breeding is taking place by these private breeders?
I dont know, I havent find any mention of it.
Other zoos?
If one came from Walsrode that's the correct answer for at least one of them.~Thylo
@Thylo, imports from SE Asian zoos as well as from animal dealers happened more often in the last few years. Viz echidnas, NG wallabies, cuscus and doucs to Europe! So, none too outlandish here.Other zoos?
~Thylo