ZooChat Challenge UK 2015

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I've just been looking on Zootiweliste and note that South Lakes Wild Animal park/Safari zoo do hold an Andean Condor that isn't listed.
 
alfiethetortois said:
I've just been looking on Zootiweliste and note that South Lakes Wild Animal park/Safari zoo do hold an Andean Condor that isn't listed.
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If memory serves the animal in question passed away late last year.
 
I thought Hannes the Andean condor moved to a zoo in Germany? Did they only have one? Hoping to hit muncaster castle sometime soon
 
You best get to Muncaster as soon as possible then! :)
 
One last question, what about displays? I remember last year seeing a falconry display at Dudley and they had a Harris hawk and a Peregrine, neither of which the zoo has, on show at least.

Do they count?
 
Believe they do, as long as they have been seen during opening hours and in a public viewing situation.
 
I have been looking on Zootierliste and have found the following collections some small I know but these are the ones I hope to visit with the help of a friend

REF LOCATION
01 WARWICK CASTLE FALCONRY
02 RAPTOR FOUNDATION (WOODHURST)
03 THE HAWK CONSERVATORY (WEYHILL)
04 BAYTREE OWL CENTRE (WESTON)
05 SUFFOLK OWL SANCTUARY (STONHAM ASPAL)
06 SCREECH OWL SANCTUARY (ST COLUMB)
07 CHESHIRE FALCONRY CENTRE (SANDIWAY)
08 FALCONRY & OWL CENTRE (RUTLAND)
09 LIBERTY’S RAPTOR & REPTILE CENTRE (RINGWOOD)
10 CENTRE FOR BIRDS OF PREY (NEWENT)
11 COTSWOLD FALCONRY CENTRE (MORETON-IN-MARSH)
12 LAKELAND FALCONRY CENTRE (LOWTHER)
13 GAUNLET BIRDS OF PREY (KNUTSFORD)
14 BIRDS OF PREY CENTRE (KIELDER)
15 HUXLEYS BIRD OF PREY CENTRE (HORSHAM)
16 NEW FORREST OTTER,OWL & WILDLIFE PARK (HAMPSHIRE)
17 FALCONRY CENTRE (HAGLEY)
18 INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR BIRDS OF PREY (DUNCOMBE)
19 BEAMISH WILD CENTRE OF BIRDS OF PREY (BEAMISH)
20 EXMOOR FALCONRY & ANIMAL FARM (ALLERTON)
21 SCOTTISH OWL CENTRE (WHITBURN - SCOTLAND)
22 NORTH EAST FALCONRY CENTRE (HUNTLEY - SCOTLAND)
23 WELSH HAWKING (BARRY- WALES)
24 WORLD OF OWLS (RANDALSTOWN – NORTHERN IRELAND)
25 OWL & MONKEY HAVEN (NEWPORT – ISLE OF WIGHT)


and here is a list of species according to Zootierliste the collections hold

African Barn Owl*
African Fish Eagle
African Goshawk*
African or banded harrier hawk
African hawk-eagle
African Marsh Owl*
African peregrine falcon*
African pygmy-falcon*
African Spotted Eagle-owl
African white-backed vulture
African Wood Owl
American Barn Owl
American black vulture
American kestrel or sparrowhawk
Andean condor
Aplomado falcon*
Ashy-faced owl (Ashy-faced barn-owl)
Bald eagle
Barbary or Shaheen falcon
Barred Owl*
Bateleur eagle
Bearded Vulture or Lammergeier
Black goshawk*
Black shaheen falcon*
Black-banded Owl*
Black-chested or chilean blue buzzard-eagle
Black-shouldered kite*
Blue-winged Kookaburra
Boobook Owl
Booted eagle
Brahminy kite or Red-backed Sea-eagle
Brown Wood Owl
Buffy Fish-owl
Burrowing Owl
Cape griffon vulture (Kolbe's vulture)*
Central European Barn Owl
Chaco Owl
Chimango*
Common Barn Owl
Common black kite
Common buzzard
Common Raven
Common Scops-owl
Crested caracara
Crested serpent eagle (No Subspecific status)*
Crowned hawk-eagle
Dark changeable hawk-eagle*
Desert Eagle-owl
East European Eagle-owl
Eastern Egyptian vulture
Eastern Siberian Eagle-owl*
Ecuadorian Great Horned Owl
Eurasian black vulture or Monk vulture
Eurasian Great Grey Owl
Eurasian hobby
Eurasian Long-eared Owl
Eurasian northern hawk-owl
Eurasian sparrowhawk
Eurasian Tawny Owl
European or White-breasted Barn Owl
European Boreal Owl
European Eagle-owl
European kestrel (Eurasian kestrel)
Ferruginous hawk (Ferruginous roughleg)
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
Golden eagle
Great Horned or Tiger Owl
Greater kestrel or White-eyed kestrel
Grey hawk or Shining buzzard-hawk
Gyrfalcon
Harris' hawk or Bay-winged hawk
Hartert´s Little Owl or Levant Little Owl
Himalayan griffon vulture
Hooded vulture
Indian Eagle-owl
Indian Scops-owl
Indian tawny eagle*
Jackal buzzard*
King vulture
Laggar falcon
Lanner falcon
Lappet-faced vulture or Nubian vulture
Laughing Kookaburra
Lesser kestrel
Little banded goshawk or Shikra*
Little Owl
Mackinder's Eagle-owl
Magellan Horned Owl*
Martial eagle or Martial hawk-eagle
Merlin or Pigeon hawk
Mottled Owl
Mountain caracara
North African tawny eagle*
Northern goshawk
Northern white-faced scops-owl
Oriental Bay Owl
Pallid Scops-owl*
Palm-nut vulture or Vulturine fish-eagle
Pariah kite*
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Peregrine falcon
Pied crow
Prairie falcon*
Red kite
Red-footed falcon
Red-legged seriema (Crested seriema)
Red-naped or Red shaheen falcon
Red-tailed hawk
Rueppell's griffon vulture
Rufous-legged Owl*
Saker falcon
Savannah hawk*
Secretary bird
Short-eared Owl
Siberian goshawk*
Snowy Owl
Southern crested or Southern caracara
Southern ground hornbill
Southern horned owl
Southern White-faced Scops-owl
Southern yellow-headed caracara*
Spectacled Owl
Spotted Owlet
Steller's sea eagle
Steppe eagle or Mongolian tawny eagle
Striated caracara (Forster's caracara)
Striped Owl
Sunda Scops-owl
Swainson's hawk*
Tawny eagle
Tawny frogmouth or Freckled frogmouth
Tropical Screech Owl
Turkey vulture
Turkmenian or Turkestan Eagle-owl
Ural Owl
Variable hawk (Red-backed hawk)
Vermiculated Eagle-owl
Verreaux's eagle (African black eagle)
Verreaux's Eagle-owl or Giant Eagle-owl
Wahlberg's eagle*
Western eurasian griffon vulture
Western or European honey-buzzard
Western Marsh-harrier
Western Screech Owl
Western Siberian Eagle-owl
White-headed vulture
White-tailed or Grey Sea Eagle
Yellow-billed kite*
Yellow-headed caracara

Well over 130 species this doesn't include any of the larger zoos or the Private collection of Vultures or Owls I will be visiting in August.

Edit if anyone knows of any of the above species no longer at collections could they please let me know
 
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adrian1963 said:
Well over 130 species this doesn't include any of the larger zoos or the Private collection of Vultures or Owls I will be visiting in August.
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As subspecies do not count towards the final total, even if you visit all of those collections you will not get 130 species. Also you have counted a few species which are not birds of prey at all and thus completely ineligible :p
 
TeaLovingDave said:
As subspecies do not count towards the final total, even if you visit all of those collections you will not get 130 species. Also you have counted a few species which are not birds of prey at all and thus completely ineligible :p
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This, of course, being why unambiguous definitions are so essential! And in this case surely up to Shorts to define (although I don't think a general "carnivorous birds" challenge would be a particularly good idea!).
 
Kookaburra, pied crow and raven are pretty unambiguously ineligible :p
 
Having now visited Kirkleatham Owl Centre for the first time - despite it being only 20 miles or so from me - I have now got the ball rolling.....


1) African Barn Owl (Tyto alba affinis) at Kirkleatham Owl Centre - 08/01/2015
2) American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata pratincola) at Kirkleatham Owl Centre - 08/01/2015
3) American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) at Kirkleatham Owl Centre - 08/01/2015
4) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) at Kirkleatham Owl Centre - 08/01/2015
5) Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) at Kirkleatham Owl Centre - 08/01/2015
6) Common Black Kite (Milvus migrans migrans) at Kirkleatham Owl Centre - 08/01/2015
7) Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) at Kirkleatham Owl Centre - 08/01/2015
8) Eurasian Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa lapponica) at Kirkleatham Owl Centre - 08/01/2015
9) Eurasian Long-eared Owl (Asio otus otus) at Kirkleatham Owl Centre - 08/01/2015
10) Eurasian Northern Hawk-owl (Surnia ulula ulula) at Kirkleatham Owl Centre - 08/01/2015
11) Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) at Kirkleatham Owl Centre - 08/01/2015
12) Eurasian Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) at Kirkleatham Owl Centre - 08/01/2015
13) European Eagle-owl (Bubo bubo bubo) at Kirkleatham Owl Centre - 08/01/2015
14) European Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus) at Kirkleatham Owl Centre - 08/01/2015
15) Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) at Kirkleatham Owl Centre - 08/01/2015
16) Indian Eagle-owl (Bubo bengalensis) at Kirkleatham Owl Centre - 08/01/2015
17) Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) at Kirkleatham Owl Centre - 08/01/2015
18) Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) at Kirkleatham Owl Centre - 08/01/2015
19) Striated Caracara (Phalcoboenus australis) at Kirkleatham Owl Centre - 08/01/2015
20) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) at Kirkleatham Owl Centre - 08/01/2015
21) Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) at Kirkleatham Owl Centre - 08/01/2015
22) Vermiculated Eagle-owl (Bubo cinerascens) at Kirkleatham Owl Centre - 08/01/2015
 
adrian1963 said:
if the above are ineligible then surely Vultures are too or am I missing something I hope someone can explain please just a question not a complaint.
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Blimey! I'm sticking with Tuataras next year, far more straightforward.

To clarify, for the purposes of this challenge I'm sticking with the "classic" Birds of Prey definition -" birds that have very good eyesight for finding food, strong feet for holding food, and a strong curved beak for tearing flesh".

Before anyone tries to argue something inappropriate into that definition, it means:

Accipitridae: hawks, eagles, buzzards, harriers, kites & Old World vultures
Pandionidae: the osprey
Sagittariidae: the secretary bird
Falconidae: falcons, caracaras and forest falcons
Cathartidae: New World vultures
Strigidae: typical owls
Tytonidae: barn and bay owls.

Apologies to any taxonomists out there if the above has mutated since I copied it from wiki. :)
 
After visits to Colchester & Hamerton this weekend, I am hardly off to a flying start in this year's challenge:

Colchester 10/1/15

1. King Vulture
2. Andean Condor
3. Great Grey Owl

Hamerton 11/1/15
4. Hooded Vulture
5. Ruppells Griffon Vulture
6. Snowy Owl
7. Boobook Owl
8. Burrowing Owl
9. White Faced Scops Owl
10. Brown Wood Owl
 
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