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One of the owls appeared on the Morning show a week ago. Alongside one of the Bilbies that were at the Easter Show to help in the Save the Bilby campaign.
Keep watching the Featherdale web site and Facebook page for more updates.
Cheers,
Alex B
 
Jabiru96 said:
According to this article Featherdale will become a new participant in the regent honeyeater breeding program, with the aviary currently being constucted: GALLERY: Featherdale Wildlife Park Babies are Growing Up! | Penrith City Gazette
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From Facebook:

The 7th of September is National Threatened Species Day!
It is a time to reflect on our ancestors actions and encourage strategic initiatives to help the threatened and endangered species living among us.
Alongside other conservation initiatives, Featherdale Wildlife Park has recently welcomed a pair of camera-shy Regent Honeyeaters. The Regent Honeyeater is listed as nationally endangered and the total known population is estimated at between 800 and 2000.
As part of the regional plan with other zoo's and fauna parks, we aim to provide a perfect environment for the pair to reproduce and boost population numbers by integrating the offspring into the wild.
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Nope... the pair they had were very old and passed away last year, or late the year before that.

Taronga have a breeding program going, but the birds are off display unfortunately.
 
Considering that a friend of mine was writing a husbandry manual on them, and was working at Featherdale when they passed... I'd say they are both gone...

T.
 
tdierikx said:
Considering that a friend of mine was writing a husbandry manual on them, and was working at Featherdale when they passed... I'd say they are both gone...

T.
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Any chance of these returning or Featherdale being part of a regional recovery effort?
 
On 24.04.2021 I visited Featherdale Wildlife Park. It was a spur of the moment decision, after I finished at Sydney Zoo. I arrived at Featherdale at 2pm, which meant I had 2 hours to visit. It wasn't enough time to see everything, so this list consists of what I personally saw on the day and can therefore positively confirm is currently in the collection. There were lots of other birds listed on signs, but I didn't have time to look for them all, so this list is certainly not comprehensive, but might answer some questions people could have.

Featherdale Wildlife Park Species List April 2021

Mammals (19):

Red-necked Pademelon
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Tammar Wallaby
Parma Wallaby
Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby
Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby
Quokka
Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo
Spotted-tail Quoll
Kangaroo Island Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus)
Common Wallaroo
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
Common Wombat
Koala
Dingo
Tasmanian Devil
Echidna
Ghost Bat
Greater Bilby

Birds (127):

Southern Cassowary
Emu
Australian Brush-turkey
Malleefowl
Stubble Quail
King Quail
Magpie Goose
Plumed Whistling Duck
Cape Barren Goose
Radjah Shelduck
Australian Shelduck
Blue-billed Duck
White-headed Pigeon
Brown Cuckoo-Dove
Emerald Dove
Brush Bronzewing
Peaceful Dove
Bar-shouldered Dove
Wonga Pigeon
Superb Fruit-dove
Pied Imperial-Pigeon
Topknot Pigeon
Tawny Frogmouth
Little Penguin
Little Pied Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Pied Cormorant
Australian Pelican
Black-necked Stork
Intermediate Egret
Cattle Egret
Pied Heron
White-faced Heron
Little Egret
Nankeen Night-heron
Glossy Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Royal Spoonbill
Black-breasted Buzzard
Pacific Baza
Brahminy Kite
Brolga
Purple Swamphen
Chestnut Rail
Buff-banded Rail
Australian Bustard
Bush Stone-curlew
Pied Oystercatcher
Black-winged Stilt
Banded Lapwing
Masked Lapwing
Painted Buttonquail
Little Buttonquail
Pacific Gull
Kelp Gull
Silver Gull
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
Glossy Black Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo
Gang-gang Cockatoo
Major Mitchell Cockatoo
Galah
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Red-collared Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus rubritorquis)
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Macleay’s Fig-parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana)
Eclectus Parrot
Australian King-parrot
Regent Parrot
Pale-headed Rosella
Northern Rosella
Red-rumped Parrot
Golden-shouldered Parrot
Budgerigar
Blue-winged Parrot
Elegant Parrot
Turquoise Parrot
Scarlet-chested Parrot
Pheasant Coucal
Powerful Owl
Rufous Owl
Barking Owl
Greater Sooty Owl
Lesser Sooty Owl
Barn Owl
Eastern Grass Owl
Laughing Kookaburra
Blue-winged Kookaburra
Scared Kingfisher
Rainbow Bee-eater
Noisy Pitta
Superb Lyrebird
Green Catbird
Regent Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Superb Fairywren
Eastern Spinebill
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
White-cheeked Honeyeater
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Noisy Friarbird
Striped Honeyeater
Eastern Whipbird
Chiming Wedgebill
Golden Whistler
Crested Bellbird
Olive-backed Oriole
White-breasted Woodswallow
Australian Magpie
Pied Currawong
Apostlebird
Rose Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
Silvereye
Double-barred Finch
Long-tailed Finch
Black-throated Finch
Masked Finch
Star Finch
Diamond Firetail
Painted Finch
Gouldian Finch
Yellow-rumped Munia
Pictorella Manikin

Golden Pheasant
Green-winged Macaw

Reptiles (16):

Saltwater Crocodile
Olive Python
Black-headed Python
Woma
Jungle Python (Morelia spilota cheynei)
Diamond Python (Morelia spilota spilota)
Death Adder
Tiger Snake
Inland Taipan
Collett’s Snake
Broad-headed Snake
Brown Tree Snake
Frilled-neck Lizard
Boyd’s Forest Dragon
Eastern Bluetongue
Perentie
Spencer’s Monitor

Total: 162
 
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