Australian birds in North America

[PSO]

I saw a single brush turkey at Ft. Worth and none at WW back in mid October. Does anyone know where in WW it was located?

 

[SwampDonkey]

Wildlife World and Fort Worth each have a single animal, and that's all the brush turkeys that are living in North America at the moment.

The USDA notes a mismatch in count during the inspection in October which noted one...not sure if they have more or less than the inspection mismatch counted as it does not specify.

This feels like you merely consolidated everything I said for the sake of saying something. Also your last statement is incorrect as SDZSP did hold them at least briefly in 2017-18 even if they didn't make it on exhibit, and Sylvan Heights potentially did as well.

Sylvan had them as of January this year.

 

[King of Komodo Dragons]

my last two visits to Fort Worth, they only had one Brush Turkey on display, I had no idea this species was so rare in the US, really wish we could import more from Australia.

 

[SwampDonkey]

I realllllyyy feel like I saw a sign for one somewhere else this year. Maybe Busch? I just can't place it.

 

[Great Argus]

I don't really understand the disappearance of known/unique animals from the USA collection before 2030 since the start tho.

Not sure what 2030 has to do with anything; however, it comes down to whether the populations we have are being bred and whether there's interest to keep them. There isn't space for everything to hang on.

Fort Wayne also has an Australian magpie, on exhibit with their galahs when I was there in October.

Oh interesting!

The USDA notes a mismatch in count during the inspection in October which noted one...not sure if they have more or less than the inspection mismatch counted as it does not specify.

Given only one was listed on the tally, my assumption was their inventory had more claimed than was actually seen on property.

Sylvan had them as of January this year.

And still do - I emailed out of curiosity and received confirmation they still hold the species, and more than one. (They're also currently on exhibit, for those of you on the East Coast!)

 

[Coelacanth18]

Another bird which hasn't been mentioned yet is Fawn-breasted Bowerbird, which is held in a small handful of facilities. Also several more finches kicking around - Diamond Firetail, Long-tailed Finch, Double-barred Finch, Plum-headed Finch, Star Finch, Chestnut-breasted Munia, and maybe one or two others.

On a side note, it would be interesting to see a comparison of what native birds are common in Australian zoos versus zoos abroad.