Corvus hawaiiensis / Hawaiian crow at San Diego Safari Park

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  TeaLovingDave

• 7 Jan 2019

Taken from zooinstitutes.com with the permission of the owner, @alexkant and at his request

 

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  TheGerenuk

• 7 Jan 2019

Nice photo! When was this taken, and, if it is still present at the park, where is it located?

 

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  pangolin12

• 8 Jan 2019

@TheGerenuk I messaged the zoo and they replied that neither the zoo or safari park have the species

 

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  birdsandbats

• 8 Jan 2019

@TheGerenuk @pangolin12 The only captive Hawaiian Crows are kept at an offsite facility run by SDZ Global. There are 5 wild individuals.

 

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  TheGerenuk

• 8 Jan 2019

Thanks for the clarification.

 

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  TeaLovingDave

• 8 Jan 2019

You'd have to ask @alexkant about the circumstances of this photo being taken, as it is his, but I believe it is several years old and was taken offshow.

 

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  ThylacineAlive

• 9 Jan 2019

This photo will have been taken off-show, yes. I have no idea whether or not this animal is still alive.

Does anyone know many Hawaiian Crows are left in existence?

~Thylo

 

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  TeaLovingDave

• 9 Jan 2019

@ThylacineAlive

I imagine it will be somewhere in the low hundreds, given the following information on the IUCN page regarding the 2011 population:

In 2011, the captive population stood at 94 individuals (49 at the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center, 44 at the Maui Bird Conservation Center, and 1 at the San Diego Zoo), including 39 birds used as breeders (Switzer 2011).

 

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  ThylacineAlive

• 9 Jan 2019

@TeaLovingDave Well that's better than I was expecting, though only 39 breeding birds isn't very high.

I really hope to see this species someday.

~Thylo

 

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  birdsandbats

• 9 Jan 2019

@ThylacineAlive Unfortunately, your best bet would probably be one of the five reintroduced birds.

It's a sensitive species in eBird, so good luck.