Edinburgh Zoo Help with Bird identification please?

[foz]

foz, this bird is kept in a separate aviary with a flock of waldrapp ibis

sorry, although i read the thread before i obviously needed to recap before the post

but the same still apply perhaps he is fed sepearatley but is still present when other birds are being fed?

 

[Pertinax]

foz, this bird is kept in a separate aviary with a flock of waldrapp ibis

that may be the clue, depending on how/what the Ibis are fed.

I would really like to know how he feeds,(or is fed) as he obviously manages somewhow.

 

[Jana]

A male red crowned crane with a very similar missing 1/2 part of its upper beak lives in Prague zoo. He came disabled already from the previous holding (Riga zoo?) around 4 years ago. He gets its food in a deep bucket hang on the fencing. He also forages in its enclosure (a large fenced piece of wet meadow), digs in soft soil and behaves absolutely normal, as long as I can say. He looks to be in a perfect shape, he´s paired with a female that lays eggs each year, but unfortunately no chick hatched so far.

 

[Pertinax]

I guess this crane too can only feed on grain if it is provided in a deep enough bucket. But like you describe, I can see how it could dig or forage, even manage to bite off vegetation with its 'half beak'.

I'm surprised they haven't done a plastic surgery for it though....