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[Merintia]

Amazing new inclusion! Really, really nice!!! Which exhibit were the rhinoceros hornbills present at? At one of the crane and stork aviaries, I assume?
Any chance you saw the Asian woolly-necked storks (Ciconia episcopus episcopus) that are also a new species for the park?

Yes and yes! I don´t remember exactly on which one, but was on that row of aviaries. The Asian woolly-necked Storks are keep with the Painted Storks, Malagassy sacred Ibis and Tragopan (I only saw a female on the back part of the aviary). They also keep four Painted Storks now, two adults and two young birds. I also saw two pairs of Saddle-billed Storks. I think they´ll need to biuld new aviaries if they want to keep increasing the bird collection. And I hope they´ll do.

 

[SivatheriumGuy]

New species:
- After a few years of not having any of their kind, Labenne is once again home to a pair of Black-necked swans (Cygnus melancoryphus), in what I'm pretty sure is the water moat surrounding the brown lemur island.

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[Kikiokapi]

The zoo recently welcomed a white-crowned hornbill (Berenicornis comatus), bringing the hornbill collection to seven species.

 

[SivatheriumGuy]

The zoo recently welcomed a white-crowned hornbill (Berenicornis comatus), bringing the hornbill collection to seven species.

Incredible inclusion, might need to go check it out soon or later. Any chance you know where it is housed at?

 

[dillotest0]

The zoo recently welcomed a white-crowned hornbill (Berenicornis comatus), bringing the hornbill collection to seven species.

Do the hornbills breed well at Labenne?
From what I remember hornbills are difficultly bred in captivity, especially the large ones [except the giant ground hornbills]

 

[SivatheriumGuy]

Do the hornbills breed well at Labenne?
From what I remember hornbills are difficultly bred in captivity, especially the large ones [except the giant ground hornbills]

I don't recall any breeding at Labenne, but it's possible it has happened, I guess.

 

[Kikiokapi]

@SivatheriumGuy, he was placed in the crane aviary line. As for reproduction, I believe some individuals are still young, and some pairs were only formed at the end of last year or this year. We’ll have to see what happens in the coming years, given as you said @dillotest0 the complexity of breeding in this family!