White-necked picathartes

baboon · 27 May 2014

vogelcommando said:
@ baboon : actualy it was not a difficult species at all and was bred succesfully at 3 zoos but because of the lack of cooperation the species has dissappeared completly from zoos. In the wild it also is very rare !
@ dean : Also Gerald Durrell discribed in one of his book about a search for this species ( if I remember right "the Bafut Beagle" (?) ).

Thanks! It is a pity that they have disappeared from zoos. I think it is a old-growth specialist, thus is more sensitive to the habitat conversion than other species. Maybe it is vital to establish a population in zoos before it becomes too rare.

White-necked picathartes

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