"Coraciiformes" in North America
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The North Florida Wildlife Center in Lamont FL near Tallahassee holds Black-Casqued, Blyth's, Wreathed, and Western Long-Tailed Hornbills.
They also have Grey-Headed Swamphens, European White Storks, American White & Brown Pelicans, Great Blue Turacos, Toco Toucans, a Eurasian Griffon Vulture, an Augur Buzzard, a Short-Toed Snake Eagle, and Plush-Crested Jays.
They also have Grey-Headed Swamphens, European White Storks, American White & Brown Pelicans, Great Blue Turacos, Toco Toucans, a Eurasian Griffon Vulture, an Augur Buzzard, a Short-Toed Snake Eagle, and Plush-Crested Jays.
Last time I was by their off exhibit bird cages I don’t remember seeing hornbills (2019) so probably not.
They aren’t listed on the website and they were removed from the map so probably not.
Quite oddly Bearizona keeps them now. I’ve heard the two have a connection so it makes a little bit of sense but why keep hornbills at an American themed zoo?
Care to provide which facility you're referring to for the Southern Ground and Knobbed hornbills?
Last I was aware there was only one White-thighed hornbill in the US, at Wildlife World. They were unable to find a mate, and I was unable to confirm if the bird was still alive even. Any photos to support this claim?
Last I was aware there was only one White-thighed hornbill in the US, at Wildlife World. They were unable to find a mate, and I was unable to confirm if the bird was still alive even. Any photos to support this claim?
Oh I’m sorry I didn’t mention them it was SeaWorld San Diego.
Bearizona has two on their Instagram story currently. I’m slightly hesitant because they don’t have as large of white areas on their backs like most White thighed hornbills. I also thought they could be trumpeter but they didn’t have the large red circles around their eyes
I see photos of both in 2019, though I've confirmed the Knobbed have left. Though simply not seeing it isn't enough to confirm gone.
I've now seen the story and found an article confirming them as Trumpeter Hornbills.
So around the behind the scenes area of the penguin exhibit they have bird cages and the entrance to the behind the scenes area has a hornbill sign. But none of the signage for the aviaries they have back there say hornbills. It’s mainly smaller birds and spoonbills.
Unsigned doesn't mean not present necessarily. When did you visit in 2019?
I visited over the summer. It was during a Penguin encounter, I also visited that area a few months before during their inside look days. Both times I don’t remember seeing hornbills in those aviaries.
As of my visit in March 2020, Wildlife World Zoo no longer keeps White-thighed hornbill, and their current hornbill collection consists of Northern and Southern ground hornbills, Wreathed hornbill, Silvery-cheeked hornbill, African grey hornbill, African pied hornbill, Von der Decken’s hornbill, and Red-billed hornbill. Was very surprised with the pied and grey hornbills as I didn’t realize there were any on public display in the US. They also keep Blue-bellied roller and Laughing kookaburra.
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Blank Park keeps Oriental Dollarbird.
Safari North keeps Trumper Hornbill, Silvery-Cheeked Hornbill, Blue-Bellied Roler, & Laughing Kookaburra.
Minnesota Zoo keeps Von der Deckens hornbill.
Hemker Park Zoo keeps Greater Indian Hornbill, Rhinoceros Hornbill, Silvery-Cheeked Hornbill, Southern Ground Hornbill, & Blue-Bellied Roller.
I think i’ve found wildlife world’s white thighed hornbill
https://www.instagram.com/p/CU0MQ0yATjj/?utm_medium=copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CU0MQ0yATjj/?utm_medium=copy_link
They also have wreathed hornbill.
Also here is an article about the white thighed hornbill.
North Florida Wildlife Center receives new bird, only of its species in U.S.A.
looks like I was wrong about it being from WWZ. It’s super cool that this place got the species, I’ve been following them for a while and it honestly has the best social media of any of the facilities I follow
I recall Jacksonville having racket-tailed rollers but I may have misidentified it or not remember the sign properly from my visit from January 2020. I recember the sign being in the lorikeet aviary.
@dsimmons917 can you confirm whether or not they had racket-tails at Jacksonville?
@dsimmons917 can you confirm whether or not they had racket-tails at Jacksonville?
@Great Argus @Dyl0526 although the Florida wildlife centre seems like an amazing facility at first, sadly not all is as good as it seems. The owner is a rather self entitled 25 year old drug user who is funded by his grandmother, and he has killed a number of rare birds that have arrived at his collection. Although he does have a number of rarities and some good connections in the private trade, he's increasingly looked down upon in the avicultural world, both from zoo and private collections. His collection is essentially a postage stamp collection, I don't think he's produced much of anything since opening, and he holds lots of older singletons. (Which to be fair there's nothing specifically wrong with that, but would be nice if they went to facilities that would be more proactive in attempting to pair them instead.)