Hornbills in captivity

aardvark250

aardvark250

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I love to see more species of hornbill in captivity.Many zoo holds great hornbill or others, some are very rare in captivity.So, what is the status of different hornbills species in captivity?
 
Not sure about the individual statuses, but here is a list of the species currently kept in Europe according to ZTL, and how many zoos each species is found in:

Abyssinian ground = 39
Southern ground = 98
Piping = 5
Trumpeter = 56
Black-and-white casqued = 12
Silvery-cheeked = 52
White-crested = 4
Northern red-billed = 7
Red-billed (hybrid/unknown species) = 37
Eastern yellow-billed = 14
Von der Decken's = 58
Crowned = 9
West African pied = 1
African pied (hybrid/unknown species) = 4
African grey = 25
Oriental pied = 8
Black = 17
Palawan = 3
Rhinoceros = 20
Great = 22
Luzon rufous = 12
Mindanao rufous = 3
Luzon tarictic = 5
Visayan tarictic = 13
Samar tarictic = 1
Sulawesi tarictic = 4
White-crowned = 3
Wrinkled = 20
Writhed = 4
Knobbed = 3
Wreathed = 16
Papuan = 26
Black-casqued wattled = 14

So the most common species in Europe is the southern ground hornbill, and the least common is the Samar tarictic hornbill.
 
Interestingly, having looked at this list I have realised that I have seen 24 of the 33 types listed above, missing the piping, eastern yellow-billed, west African pied, non-subspecific African pied, Palawan, Luzon tarictic, Samar tarictic, knobbed and black-casqued wattled...
 
Oke, have some more time now so here we go :

Abyssianian ground *
Southern ground
Piping
Trumpeter *
Black and white casqued
Silvery-cheeked
White-crested
Red-billed ( most prop. several (sub)species ) *
( Eastern ) Yellow-billed *
Von der Deckens *
Crowned
African grey *
Oriental pied
Black
Rhinoceros ( several subspecies )
Great *
Rufous ( several (sub)species )
( Luzon ) Tarictic
White-crowned
Wrinkled
Knobbed
Wreathed *
Papuan
The species with * have been bred succesfully under mine care :).
 
Pittsburgh zoo has a walk through hornbill exhibit in the kids kingdom region
 
Hornbill-collection at Wisbroek Breeding Center ( privat breeding center in the Netherlands ) as seen on Sept. 23 2017 :
- Rhinoceros hornbill - at least 2 young bred during 2017
- Palawan hornbill - 1 pair seen
- Writhed hornbill - several pairs seen
- Luzon tarictic hornbill - several pairs kept and bred succesfull during 2017
- Knobbed hornbill
- Blyth's hornbill - several pairs
- Wreathed hornbill
- White-crested hornbill - several, among them a very young one, however not sure if captive-bred at Wisbroek, at another place or wild-caught....
- Philippine brown hornbill - 2 subspecies ( hydrocorax and mindanensis ), from both several pairs
- Asian pied hornbill - several pairs
- Sunda wrinkled hornbill
( will upload photos of these species later in the Wisbroek Gallery )
 
Hornbill-collection of Avifauna - the Netherlands as noted during my visit on Oct.7. Because parts of the park were closed ( Pheasantery ) and the weather was not very good and some species prop. were moved behind the scenes into the winter-enclosures, I'm sure there are more hornbills as I could see :
Southern ground hornbill - 1 seen in the large vulture-aviary
Rufous hornbill - 1 pair seen in an aviary in the Philippine hall
Great Indian hornbill - 1 pair seen in the Tropical house, signed on an outside aviary ( bird(s) themself not seen ) and one bird was use in an education-talk ( bird-show was canceled because of the bad weather )
Silvery-cheeked hornbill - 1 pair seen in the Tropical House
Southern Sulawesi hornbill - 1 pair with a young in the Tropical House and a single female in an aviary at the Philippine Hall
White-crowned hornbill - sign but not seen on an outdoor-aviary
Wrinkled hornbill - 1 female seen in one of the outdoor-aviaries
Wreathed hornbill - signed but not seen on an outdoor-aviary
Rhinoceros hornbill - signed but not seen on an outdoor-aviary
 
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