Picui Ground Dove

Knowing that Idaho Falls Zoo is the only North American zoo to keep them, how long have they kept them and where were they sourced from?

I can't answer either question and unfortunately, I don't believe they still have them.

Just a note, their bird collection is greatly reduced from what it once was overall.

@Ituri darn it! Thank you for letting me know. So which other species did they keep that they no longer have?

@UngulateNerd92 From my recent trip last week, Idaho Falls Zoo currently exhibits 61 species of birds. However, the waterfowl and American white pelicans in the Idaho Pond habitat are not on exhibit/not in the zoo's collection.

Current Species Include:

Radjah shelduck
White-faced whistling duck
Baikal teal
Ringed teal
Call duck (domestic)
Spotted thick-knee
Spur-winged lapwing
Chilean flamingo
Roseate spoonbill
Sacred ibis
Cattle egret
Green-naped pheasant pigeon
Nicobar pigeon
Blue-bellied roller
Lilac-breasted roller
Laughing kookaburra
Green woodhoopoe
Southern ground hornbill
Silvery-cheeked hornbill
Common peafowl
Helmeted guineafowl
Temminck's tragopan
Domestic chicken
Gray crowned crane
Demoiselle crane
Red-crowned crane
White-crested laughingthrush
Azure-winged magpie
Tawny frogmouth
Taveta golden weaver
White-headed buffalo weaver
Superb starling
Snowy-crowned robin chat
Galah
Eastern rosella
Black-headed parrot
Hyacinth macaw
Scarlet macaw
Blue-and-yellow macaw
Military macaw
African penguin
Red-and-yellow barbet
Turkey vulture
Red-tailed hawk
Golden eagle
Eastern screech owl
Greater rhea
Emu
Lady Ross' turaco
White-cheeked turaco
White-bellied go-away bird

Idaho Pond Signed Species:

Blue-winged teal
Lesser scaup
Northern shoveler
Northern pintail
Bufflehead
American wigeon
Hooded merganser
Wood duck
Redhead
Canvasback
Mallard

@zoocentral thank you. I greatly appreciate this comprehensive list.

@UngulateNerd92 Of course! Nothing too extraordinary in their collection. Black-headed parrots are popular in aviculture but I do not know many zoos who exhibit them. The greater rheas are a treat of course. Otherwise the collection is fairly similar to many other zoos I have seen.

@zoocentral no problem. Are you an aviculturist yourself? You seem quite knowledgeable and passionate.

@UngulateNerd92 Im an ornithology keeper! Don't have any pet birds as I get enough of them at work!!

@zoocentral ah ok nice. Which species of birds are you currently working with?