Pelican Cove, Jurong BirdPark

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  Zooish

• 19 Feb 2007

It's home to about 60 pelicans from all 7 species (Dalmation, Eastern White, Australian White, American White, Brown, Pink-backed & Spot-billed).
The exhibit also features an underwater viewing area where you can see how their pill pouches expand when fishing.

 

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  ZYBen

• 20 Feb 2007

What species of pelican is dominant in that exhbit?

 

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  Zooish

• 21 Feb 2007

The dalmatians are dominant by sheer size. They literally throw their weight around.

 

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  Writhedhornbill

• 24 Jun 2007

Don't they interbreed?

 

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  Zooish

• 25 Jun 2007

They don't. They pretty much stick with their own species.

 

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  Writhedhornbill

• 13 Jul 2007

How many of each species?

 

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  Zooish

• 16 Jul 2007

Not exact figures, but my own rough estimate:

dalmation: 15-20
eastern white: 10
american white: 6
australian: 8
pink-backed: 10
brown: 5
spot-billed: 2

 

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  Writhedhornbill

• 16 Jul 2007

Any breeding sucess?

There aren't many spot bills are there.

 

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  Zooish

• 17 Jul 2007

Very successful with the dalmations, i believe the rest have all bred before except the spot-bills (same sex pair if i'm not mistaken) and the americans.