Birds of paradise currently in England

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CarrettJay

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Hi, I have been all around England, but nothing has startled me as much as birds of paradise. I have heard about such birds in Chester zoo but the site says there are none in the collection. So... Can anybody tell me where I can see a bird of paradise?
 
Unfortunately, at the present time there are no Birds of Paradise held within the UK - the last place to hold any was indeed Chester, which held Red Bird of Paradise until 2011.

The nearest place to hold any BoP species is Vogelpark Avifauna in the Netherlands, which holds Lesser BoP; however these are not on display currently.

Your best chance of seeing a Bird of Paradise is to visit Zoo Berlin in Germany, which currently holds a single Trumpet Manucode on display; Weltvogelpark Walsrode in Germany holds a number of species of BoP but the majority are off-display.
 
TeaLovingDave said:
Unfortunately, at the present time there are no Birds of Paradise held within the UK - the last place to hold any was indeed Chester, which held Red Bird of Paradise until 2011.

The nearest place to hold any BoP species is Vogelpark Avifauna in the Netherlands, which holds Lesser BoP; however these are not on display currently.

Your best chance of seeing a Bird of Paradise is to visit Zoo Berlin in Germany, which currently holds a single Trumpet Manucode on display; Weltvogelpark Walsrode in Germany holds a number of species of BoP but the majority are off-display.
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In Walsrode, only the twelf-wired BoP is on display. The others are in the off-display breeding centre. I booked a private tour once, to give myself a chance to see them. But the tour guide wouldn't take me to their breeding facility and was rather dull. Just a bit of basic information, a quick glance in the food kitchen and a small walk past some off-exhibit crane pens was all I got out of it.
 
Ok guys. Thanks for the info, don't really want to go all the way to Germany to see a bird but I guess that's the best option.
 
Walsrode does have plans to build an on-show facility for their birds of paradise, probably already this year, but I haven't heard anything about it recently.
 
The collection with probably the most success however, is Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation.
They have had breeding successes with 6 of the 7 (King, 2 subspecies of Greater, Lesser, Red, Twelve-wired, Magnificent), with around 5 chicks of both Greater and King born each year. However, Al Wabra is a private collection not open to the public.
 
From their website:
"The San Diego Zoo began exhibiting birds of paradise in 1925; over the years, we have housed 19 species between the Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
Currently, the San Diego Zoo is home to magnificent, superb, and Raggiana birds of paradise in various aviaries." They bred superb for the first time in 1968, Raggiana in 1981 and magnificent in 2001 at the Safari Park. :)
 
EmperorTamarin said:
From their website:
"The San Diego Zoo began exhibiting birds of paradise in 1925; over the years, we have housed 19 species between the Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
Currently, the San Diego Zoo is home to magnificent, superb, and Raggiana birds of paradise in various aviaries." They bred superb for the first time in 1968, Raggiana in 1981 and magnificent in 2001 at the Safari Park. :)
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Wow, very nice species! Haven't seen the first two but seen Raggiana at Bronx. They also keep Red and Lesser.

~Thylo:cool:
 
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