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D is for Diard's trogon
First captive breeding of this bird was at Walsrode.
 
E is for Eastern lowland gorilla

Only two of of these exists in captivity today, two females in Antwerpen Zoo. They are in fact more hairy than a western lowland gorilla.
 
F is for Fanalouc
A lesser known Madagascan carnivore, of which none are in captivity.
 
G is for greater racquet tailed drongo.

These are aggressive and fearless birds, 32 cm in length, and will attack much larger species if their nest or young are threatened. This courageous drongo usually leads the mixed feeding flocks typical of Asian jungle habitats.
 
H is for hardon (or hardun), which is a rude-sounding name for a southern European agamid

(and not to be a stickler or anything, but a very few of the facts in this game are more "internet-facts" than true facts)
 
I is for Indian hornbill.

Also known as the great Indian hornbill, Concave casqued hornbill, Indian pied hornbill, this species does not have any yellow pigment, it all comes from a special gland on the bird's back.
 
J is for Jacana.

the nostrils are located halfway along the bill rather than at the base as in most birds. This is so the chicks can submerge themselves to hide from danger but still be able to breathe
 
K is for Kulan. Almost identical to the Onager and difficult to distinguish from it- not kept in the Uk anymore.
 
N is for Nanday Conure

Apparently there are self-sustained feral populations in Florida and California. I'd not heard that before.
 
O is for Octopus

they are colourblind but change colour to match their surroundings
 
P is for Papuan lorikeet.

There is a melanistic form of this bird which is more common at a higher altitude. In some places the ratio of Black to red can be 4:1!!
 
Q is for quelea.

Flamethrowers have been used to try and control the numbers of the red-billed quelea because local farmers consider them to be a pest
 
T is for touraco (or turaco).

They have two unique pigments in their feathers, turacoverdin which is a green one, and turacin which is a red one.
 
V is for vampire bat

Desmodus draculae was described in 1988 from Pleistocene fossils, and was 25% larger than living species. There are local reports of very large bats attacking cattle in Brazil, which some have attributed to surviving D. draculae
 
W is for Weka.
Also called Woodhen (another W)

X is for New Zealand Rock Wren.
(Its latin name is Xenicus gilviventris)
 
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