New Guinea harpy eagle (Harpyopsis novaeguineae)

best shot I got because it did not move from the awkward position it was in (photography-wise).
This may well be the only individual of its species in captivity in the world, but I made a similar statement about the lone maleo at Ragunan and the single Javan hawk-eagles at Ragunan and Bali Bird Park and I had to eat my words
September 2009
review of my visit here: http://www.zoochat.com/238/ragunan-zoo-visit-27-september-2009-a-107542/

There used to be a New Guinea harpy eagle at Antwerp Zoo; I saw it several times during the 1980s. (Somewhere I have some slides I took of this specimen; I must scan some of my old slides onto my computer and load then into the gallery.)

The New Guinea harpy eagle at Antwerp came from Edinburgh zoo

kiang said:

The New Guinea harpy eagle at Antwerp came from Edinburgh zoo

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Thanks for this information; do you know when it left Edinburgh for Antwerp?

The male bird left Edinburgh for Antwerp 08/02/78

kiang said:

The male bird left Edinburgh for Antwerp 08/02/78

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Thank you for this prompt reply.

This bird was always one of my favourites at Antwerp; somehow I doubt we’ll ever see another individual of this species in Europe.