Chester Zoo Chester Zoo Discussion and Questions 2022

I really hope this isn't one of those imports of a small founder population of a species that fizzles out before it gets started....
I'm presuming speculation as to the Tierpark's plans from here would be pointless- further imports or moving females to the other holders?
 
Swampy said:
I really hope this isn't one of those imports of a small founder population of a species that fizzles out before it gets started....
I'm presuming speculation as to the Tierpark's plans from here would be pointless- further imports or moving females to the other holders?
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Perhaps they could import another male from the USA.
 
Just a quick one are the following bird species still in the collection and in the same area's or have they moved as I know Chester along with other collectiion's do move species around

Monsoon forest –

Grosbeak starling
Superb fruit dove
White naped pheasant pigeon
Blue crowned hanging parrot
Black browed barbet
Chestnut backed thrush
White rumped shama
Grey capped emerald dove
Cinnamon ground dove
Black naped oriole
Crested partridge
Asian fairy bluebird
Victoria crowned pigeon
Black bowed barbet

The Tropical realm

White naped pheasant pigeon
Grey capped emerald dove
Sudan wrinkled hornbill
Luzon bleeding heart dove
Nicobar pigeon
Peking robin
Visayan hornbill
Village weaver
Glossy starling
Madagascan fody
Schalow’s turaco
White-naped pheasant pigeon
Victoria crowned pigeon
Blue-crowned laughingthrush
Java sparrow
Pied imperial pigeon
Brazilian tanager
Asian fairy-bluebird
Sunbittern
African montane white-eye
Red-cowled cardinal
Emerald starling
Golden breasted starling
Mindanao bleeding heart dove
Black necked weaver
Palawan peacock pheasant
Orange headed thrush
Red whiskered bulbul
White-rumped shama

Tasavo aviary

Hamerkop
Red winged starling
Purple starling
African white backed duck
Village weaver
Hottentot teal
Lilac breasted roller
Superb starling
Blacksmith’s plover
Eastern crested guineafowl
Snowy crowned robin chat
White crested turaco

Waterfowl pool –

White faced whistling duck
Black stork
Ruddy shelduck
Purple swamphen
White headed duck
Bear’s pochard
Cape teal
Grey crowned crane
White-backed duck
Schalow’s turaco
Comb duck
Hottentot teal
Red-billed teal
 
I think the Sunda Wrinkled Hornbill aviary is undergoing repairs. Everything else is still there I think Adrian apart from the Schalow's Turacos are no longer in the Pelican Aviary.

Blue-faced Mousebirds are now in free fligt in the Tropcal Realm.

The duck rearing aviary had African White-backed Duck on my last visit.

South American Aviary has
Scarlet Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Caribbean Flamingo
Orinoco Goose
Wild Muscovy Duck
Northern Red-billed Whistling Duck
Puna Teal
Red Shoveller
Argentine Ruddy Duck
Black-necked Stilt. ( I bet I've missed one)
 
The one bird related question I've wanted to know is why the javan green magpies have moved from islands into the former V.T hornbill aviary in dragons in danger
 
I just lost a hell of a lot of writing because a messgae came up that ZooChat had been blocked because it was an unsafe site.

Round Enclosure/Kangaroo area old species. In random order as I remeber them.

Round Enclosure
Malayan Bear
Yellow Mongoose
Banded Mongoose
Bush Dog
Agile Wallaby (soon moved, they kept jumping out)
Arabian Mountain Gazelle
Tammar Wallaby
Chilean Pudu
Central American Agouti
Giant Anteater
Syrian x Kamchatka Bears (cubs only)

Kangaroo paddock(s). Was two, then one, then two again
Bagot Goat
Soay Sheep
Red Kangaroo
Western Grey Kangaroo
Japanese Sika Deer
Dusky Pademelon
Giant Anteater
Chilean Pudu
Arabian Mountsin Gazelle
Dingo (before I was born)
Husky Dog (before I was born)

There was also a smallish enclosure across the path from the kangaroo paddock which became the site of the cheetah/cassowary/Pallas Cat area. I saw Guancos in there in the late 1970s. At the north eastern side of this paddock there used to be an aviary. Horned Screamers and European Eagle Owls were kept there.
 
Could I please ask why Chester’s Elephant Heard are known as the Hi-Ways? I know it stems from Thai Hi-Way the former matriarch. I would like to know why Thai was originally given a surname? Most captive Elephants only have a christian name. While on the subject of Names, why do only a couple of Whipsnade’s Elephants two? have names? I know the logic behind the name scenario. Having two names will help the Elephants differentiate between a keeper or visitor calling them. What I don’t understand is why Whipsnade Born Donna has another name (Geetha),while her Half-Sister Elizabeth doesn’t.
 
The Hedgehog said:
Could I please ask why Chester’s Elephant Heard are known as the Hi-Ways? I know it stems from Thai Hi-Way the former matriarch. I would like to know why Thai was originally given a surname? Most captive Elephants only have a christian name. While on the subject of Names, why do only a couple of Whipsnade’s Elephants two? have names? I know the logic behind the name scenario. Having two names will help the Elephants differentiate between a keeper or visitor calling them. What I don’t understand is why Whipsnade Born Donna has another name (Geetha),while her Half-Sister Elizabeth doesn’t.
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I believe Thi Hi Way is a complete name in itself i.e. Hi Way isn’t a surname. Many Asian names comprise of two or more parts e.g. Thong Dee (which means golden in Thai). It’s likely been interpreted as a surname through anglicisation (most English first names consist of a single name). In some Asian countries, the surname comes first - which could even make Thi the surname if these were first, middle and last names.

Either way, it’s purpose was to keep track of her lineage within the herd. Many Australasian zoos used to follow a similar convention, but with initials e.g. Indra had offspring named Intan and Isim; Dara had offspring named Datuk and Darli.

Elizabeth likely does have a house name, but they were smart enough to keep it under wraps. It defeats the purpose of having a house name and a media name if they blab to all and sundry what both are and before long anyone with Internet access can look it up and bellow it across the paddock.
 
Zoofan15 said:
I believe Thi Hi Way is a complete name in itself i.e. Hi Way isn’t a surname. Many Asian names comprise of two or more parts e.g. Thong Dee (which means golden in Thai). It’s likely been interpreted as a surname through anglicisation (most English first names consist of a single name). In some Asian countries, the surname comes first - which could even make Thi the surname if these were first, middle and last names.

Either way, it’s purpose was to keep track of her lineage within the herd. Many Australasian zoos used to follow a similar convention, but with initials e.g. Indra had offspring named Intan and Isim; Dara had offspring named Datuk and Darli.

Elizabeth likely does have a house name, but they were smart enough to keep it under wraps. It defeats the purpose of having a house name and a media name if they blab to all and sundry what both are and before long anyone with Internet access can look it up and bellow it across the paddock.
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@Zoofan15 what is Elizabeth’s house name?
 
The Hedgehog said:
@Zoofan15 what is Elizabeth’s house name?
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TeaLovingDave said:
He literally just told you that even if she has one, it has not been released.
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She does have a house name it's just not been public knowledge yet as both @Zoofan15 and @TeaLovingDave have said.

Donna's was only discovered due to regular visitors of Whipsnade having regular chats with keepers, who would of course mention her as 'Geetha'. Donna and Elizabeth are names only for public use, the keepers would have other household names for them which most of the time aren't shared with the public.
 
What happened to the Chilean flamingos I thought they’d move them with the carabiens not get rid of them ???
bongorob said:
I think the Sunda Wrinkled Hornbill aviary is undergoing repairs. Everything else is still there I think Adrian apart from the Schalow's Turacos are no longer in the Pelican Aviary.

Blue-faced Mousebirds are now in free fligt in the Tropcal Realm.

The duck rearing aviary had African White-backed Duck on my last visit.

South American Aviary has
Scarlet Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Caribbean Flamingo
Orinoco Goose
Wild Muscovy Duck
Northern Red-billed Whistling Duck
Puna Teal
Red Shoveller
Argentine Ruddy Duck
Black-necked Stilt. ( I bet I've missed one)
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There was never a plan to keep the Chilean Flamingos. There was a plan to bring in one of the African Flamingos for Grasslands. I don't know if this is still the case.
 
If they do bring in an African flamingo It would either be greater or lesser flamingos Im presuming that it could be greater flamingos as they are more numerous in they are more common in the uk and Europe than lesser flamingos
 
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