Bird Paradise Bird Paradise news 2025
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honeybadger
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Have they started transferring the Northern Bald Ibis off-show or their number at Heart of Africa just naturally dwindles?
Got 2 more questions related to my recent visits:
1) How many Australian Pelicans are left at Wings of Asia? 2 or 3?
2) Any idea what species is this brown-green coloured dove at Lory Loft (picture attached)?
Apparently, there's also a Javan Myna inside Lory Loft as well - I didn't probe the keeper further whether it's a wild one (more likely?) or intentionally introduced inside.
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1.1 pelicans are left.
The Bald ibises naturally died, due to a mixture of different reasons, some of them died due to bashing into the mesh.
honeybadger
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Do you know whether they are going to phase out the Australian pelicans?
That's really unfortunate..
NathanTheAsian
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Looks like a female Santa Cruz Ground Dove.
FoxBat
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are any these species are still around:
Superb Fruit Dove (Winged Sanc)
Nene
Grey-headed Swamphen
Yellow-streaked Lory (Australian Outback)
Red-fronted Barbet
Asian Koel
White-eared Catbird
Pileated Parrot
and are the eclectus parrots at Mysterious Papua Solomon Island Eclectus?
Superb Fruit Dove (Winged Sanc)
Nene
Grey-headed Swamphen
Yellow-streaked Lory (Australian Outback)
Red-fronted Barbet
Asian Koel
White-eared Catbird
Pileated Parrot
and are the eclectus parrots at Mysterious Papua Solomon Island Eclectus?
Superb fruit doves are still in Winged Sanctuary. Susie the Nene has passed on. Grey-headed Swamphen are no longer in WOA. Yellow-streaked lories are still in holding at Australian Outback as of last month. Red-fronted Barbets are in HOA. The catbird is in lory loft. The Pileated Parrot is no longer in Amazonian Jewels.
Yes Mysterious Papua has Solomon Island Eclectus
honeybadger
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The Swamphens, Red-fronted Barbets, and Pileated Parrot have passed.
Sumba Eclectus (E.cornelia) are housed there.
Nope
Zhao yun
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What about Black Naped Fruit Dove? Thanks in advance
Nope as well.
Zhao yun
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Sadly in this case Zootierliste is inaccurate.
Haliaeetus
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Arrival of 0.1 Northern Rockhopper Penguin called PASCALE from Australia where she has been rescued.
Mandai Wildlife Reserve on Instagram: "Psst… there's a cool new resident here at Bird Paradise! Pierre, our only male northern rockhopper penguin, is ‘hopping’ with excitement to meet Pascale, a rescued female northern rockhopper penguin all the way from Australia. Will love bloom between the two of them? Head on down to Bird Paradise to meet our rockhopper pair at Ocean Network Express Penguin Cove and watch as Pascale settles in with her new family here! Find out more about Bird Paradise here: https://go.mandai.com/bird-paradise #MandaiWildlifeReserve #BirdParadise #RockhopperPenguin"
Mandai Wildlife Reserve on Instagram: "Psst… there's a cool new resident here at Bird Paradise! Pierre, our only male northern rockhopper penguin, is ‘hopping’ with excitement to meet Pascale, a rescued female northern rockhopper penguin all the way from Australia. Will love bloom between the two of them? Head on down to Bird Paradise to meet our rockhopper pair at Ocean Network Express Penguin Cove and watch as Pascale settles in with her new family here! Find out more about Bird Paradise here: https://go.mandai.com/bird-paradise #MandaiWildlifeReserve #BirdParadise #RockhopperPenguin"
LeMandaiEnthusiast‧
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Thanks to another ZooChatter, I have come across this site that apparently shows the results of DNA testing being done on Blackie, our Magpie-Robin in Lory Loft. Unfortunately for us Zoo Nerds, his actual species is not a Seychelles Magpie-Robin but rather a different subspecies of Oriental Magpie-Robin.
A Copsychus saularis adamsi from Northern Borneo specifically.
Never judge a bird by its feathers: genetics unveils the true target of trafficking in morphologically similar Copsychus species
A Copsychus saularis adamsi from Northern Borneo specifically.
Never judge a bird by its feathers: genetics unveils the true target of trafficking in morphologically similar Copsychus species
honeybadger
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@LeMandaiEnthusiast‧ Thanks for sharing this preprint!!
I'm quite surprised that the sample was collected at Jurong Bird Park, the preprint has been out since mid 2023, but the signage* at Bird Paradise still claim it as Seychelles Magpie-Robin
Disclaimer: not too sure whether the signage is still up now, but as of Jan 2024 there's still a Seychelles Magpie-Robin signage at Lory Loft.
I'm quite surprised that the sample was collected at Jurong Bird Park, the preprint has been out since mid 2023, but the signage* at Bird Paradise still claim it as Seychelles Magpie-Robin
Disclaimer: not too sure whether the signage is still up now, but as of Jan 2024 there's still a Seychelles Magpie-Robin signage at Lory Loft.
LeMandaiEnthusiast‧
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Oh it's definitely still up there when I last saw it in late December last year, definitely still calling it a Seychelles
I could probably inform the keepers, but I think only the higher ups can make the changes. Then again, maybe they won't even change the boards at all