Alagoas curassow reintroduction

[DesertRhino150]

On September 25th 2019, three pairs of captive-bred Alagoas curassow were reintroduced into a 980-hectare area of the Atlantic Rainforest in Alagoas, Brazil. The last sighting of the species in the wild was over 30 years ago. There are currently around ninety Alagoas curassows in captivity, descended from five founders.

The plan is that, if these three pairs of curassow all manage to survive in the wild and prove themselves able to generate offspring then three pairs will be released into the wild each year until 2024. Captive breeding will continue in the meantime.

More information can be found in the link below:
Extinct in the wild, a Brazilian bird makes a tentative return to the jungle

 

[drill]

On September 25th 2019, three pairs of captive-bred Alagoas curassow were reintroduced into a 980-hectare area of the Atlantic Rainforest in Alagoas, Brazil. The last sighting of the species in the wild was over 30 years ago. There are currently around ninety Alagoas curassows in captivity, descended from five founders.

The plan is that, if these three pairs of curassow all manage to survive in the wild and prove themselves able to generate offspring then three pairs will be released into the wild each year until 2024. Captive breeding will continue in the meantime.

More information can be found in the link below:
Extinct in the wild, a Brazilian bird makes a tentative return to the jungle

Are these kept anywhere in captivity?

 

[Cassidy Casuar]

'Minute analysis' sounds awfully vague to me. Anything less comprehensive than microsatellite testing probably isn't that reliable for distinguishing hybrids from purebred specimens.

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Are these kept anywhere in captivity?

When quoting a post which explicitly says "there are currently around ninety Alagoas curassows in captivity, descended from five founders" and that "captive breeding will continue in the meantime" it's generally best not to promptly confirm you didn't actually read the post you are quoting

 

[drill]

When quoting a post which explicitly says "there are currently around ninety Alagoas curassows in captivity, descended from five founders" and that "captive breeding will continue in the meantime" it's generally best not to promptly confirm you didn't actually read the post you are quoting

i mean in pubic collections?

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

i mean in pubic collections?

Not as far as I know , but there was talk a while back about both Sorocaba and Bauru zoo holding this species (didn't happen though) to establish ex-situ captive breeding programes (There are quite a lot of cracids kept and bred at these institutions).

In fact one of the chief biologists at the Sorocaba zoo Dr Luana Longon Roca is a specialist in the cracid family and works closely with their ex-situ conservation.

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Are these kept anywhere in captivity?

This is not an organization open to the public (though it may be receptive to visits by people interested) but this NGO "Instituto Pauxi Mitu" based in Sao Paulo state breeds the species in captivity and has apparently had some success in this.

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