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Featherdale Wildlife Park Featherdale News
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Two clutches of Swift Parrots have hatched at Featherdale: Log into Facebook | Facebook
A Noisy Pitta has fledged at Featherdale contributing to the regional species management program for this species: Log into Facebook | Facebook
Nice breeding achievement.
How many Swift parrot are in ZAA zoos?
Or is it not that rare in captivity
A Centralian Blue-tongued Skink has been born at Featherdale - reported on their social media.
Sounds like an intriguing park - would much rather visit here than the nearby Sydney Zoo...
I was wondering however if the bird collection at the zoo is still as strong as it was in 2017 according to the species list posted back then?
I was wondering however if the bird collection at the zoo is still as strong as it was in 2017 according to the species list posted back then?
Yes, Featherdale still has a very impressive bird collection. Although some have gone, others have been introduced. I visit both regularly as Sydney Zoo has an amazing exotic collection, while Featherdale has mainly native animals and some exotic birds. Best of both worlds.
Cheers,
I would suggest that in the three to four times that I’ve visited, Featherdale’s main selling point is their diverse bird collection. If you’re a birdo at heart you’ll love it!
Can’t say I have any plans to visit Australia in the near future but it’s great to hear they’ve maintained such a lovely collection, particularly since birds would be my main point of interest over there
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Fantastic news from Featherdale on National Threatened Species Day. They have bred their first Plains-Wanderer chicks joining a small but growing group of Australian zoos breeding this cryptic species: Log into Facebook | Facebook
Five Swift Parrots have hatched so far this season at Featherdale - reported on their FB page.
Five Noisy Pittas have successfully hatched at Featherdale as part of the managed programme for the species in the region - reported on their FB page.
Two Orange Chats have hatched at Featherdale which is a nice boost for a very small zoo population. The park should have Orange, White-fronted and Crimson Chats across their expansive bird collection - reported on their FB page.
A Nicobar Pigeon chick has hatched at Featherdale - reported on their social media.
Recent hatchlings- a Banded Lapwing and Broad-shelled Turtles - reported on social media.
Featherdale have hatched a Glossy Black-Cockatoo chick - reported on social media.
I might have to go for a drive and check it out. I have always wanted my own pair.
Two White-naped Honeyeaters have fledged at Featherdale. Nice news for a species with a small captive population - reported on social media.
Hello!
I will be visiting Australia for the first time in a couple months time now, and Featherdale is one of the parks at the top of my list to visit given their immense bird collection. While I'm generally content with letting what is and is not visible at this park surprise me when I visit (I understand that the ZTL list isn't necessarily complete or accurate), there is one species I'm particularly curious about. Does anyone know whether the Plains-Wanderer are on-show or off-exhibit? The ZTL entry for them states that someone saw them back in April of this year, but I have a friend who visited over the summer and stated that he didn't remember seeing them.
My only other big question for this zoo is roughly how long I should expect a visit to be given most of these species I will have never seen before? Due to some time constraints, I'm having to combine a few collections into one day, but I'm not sure if I'm being too ambitious. Having an idea of roughly how long this park takes to visit might help me with that. It looks to have a pretty small footprint, but is jammed with tons of awesome species.
As many on ZC may know, I'm someone who's interested in pretty much any and all wildlife, so if anyone has any advice on the best methods to see certain species or tips on particularly hard to see animals at the zoo, I'm all ears!
Thank you in advance!
~Thylo
I will be visiting Australia for the first time in a couple months time now, and Featherdale is one of the parks at the top of my list to visit given their immense bird collection. While I'm generally content with letting what is and is not visible at this park surprise me when I visit (I understand that the ZTL list isn't necessarily complete or accurate), there is one species I'm particularly curious about. Does anyone know whether the Plains-Wanderer are on-show or off-exhibit? The ZTL entry for them states that someone saw them back in April of this year, but I have a friend who visited over the summer and stated that he didn't remember seeing them.
My only other big question for this zoo is roughly how long I should expect a visit to be given most of these species I will have never seen before? Due to some time constraints, I'm having to combine a few collections into one day, but I'm not sure if I'm being too ambitious. Having an idea of roughly how long this park takes to visit might help me with that. It looks to have a pretty small footprint, but is jammed with tons of awesome species.
As many on ZC may know, I'm someone who's interested in pretty much any and all wildlife, so if anyone has any advice on the best methods to see certain species or tips on particularly hard to see animals at the zoo, I'm all ears!
Thank you in advance!
~Thylo