Weltvogelpark Walsrode news from Walsrode 2024

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What a sad new... Hummingbirds are one of the top species at the park for me. I´m worried about the future of the Hummingbird collection there. They used to breed them succesfully years ago, but the fact that the Hummingbird house have been transformed for so much more common species, makes me think they are planning to phase out them.
 
I spotted two new species on show during today's visit!
- Scaly-naped pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa)
- Grey-headed lovebird (Agapornis canus)
I also saw that Hadada ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) and Eurasian crane (Grus grus grus) are back on show.

Some other updates:
- The horned guan can now again be seen in the outdoor aviary.
- The red-crested cardinal (Paroaria coronata) has been moved from Pukara to the parrot house.
- The birds in Pukara have been moved around a bit, and will probably keep being moved around as they are fixing/replanting the aviaries there.
- Both the Hawaiian ducks and Laysan ducks are now kept behind the scenes for breeding.
 
Merintia said:
What a sad new... Hummingbirds are one of the top species at the park for me. I´m worried about the future of the Hummingbird collection there. They used to breed them succesfully years ago, but the fact that the Hummingbird house have been transformed for so much more common species, makes me think they are planning to phase out them.
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I wonder what their plan is with the hummingbirds.
According to Zootierliste.de they have a lot of Amazalias (60+) in 2022, so they must be breeding them well (footage of these behind the scenes aviaries must be awesome).
Other species were added to the collection just a few years ago, I hope they did but some breeding effort in them.
 
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I wonder what their plan is with the hummingbirds.
According to Zootierliste.de they have a lot of Amazalias (60+) in 2022, so they must be breeding them well (footage of these behind the scenes aviaries must be awesome).
Other species were added to the collection just a few years ago, I hope they did but some breeding effort in them.
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As of this year they only have female amazilias, but they most likely are looking for new males.

The old breeding room for hummingbirds is no longer in use either if I understand it correctly, and the hummingbirds are now kept in smaller cages in another area of the park (slightly visible for visitors through blurry glass). I hope they are working on a new breeding room because the area they are in now does not look ideal.
 
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During today’s visit I spotted 6 new species on show!
- West Timor Iris lorikeet (Saudareos iris iris)
- Common ground-dove (Columbina passerina)
- Red-throated parrotfinch (Erythrura psittacea)
- Masked finch (Poephila personata)
- Bare-eyed pigeon (Patagioenas corensis)
- Ashy-faced owl (Tyto glaucops) (Not new, but got put on show again now)

I also noticed that the thick-billed ground-pigeon (Trugon terrestris) does not seem to be on show anymore, the sign is also gone.
 
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During my visit today, I did not see much new, but I apparently missed one species last week: the Lilian's lovebird (Agapornis lilianae), which I got a good look at today.
The park now also has a southern three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus), which was on show for a few days but is now behind the scenes again.

Not new to the park, but the Javan brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica bartelsi) is now on show again in the aviary outside the Jungle Trail, which formerly housed kookaburras.

Sadly, I have bad news today as well, similar to the situation with the umbrellabird. The information is now public on Zootierliste, so I feel like I can talk about it: the thick-billed ground-pigeon (Trugon terrestris) is no longer on display because it has passed away. According to many sources, this was the last bird of its kind in Europe.
Additionally, according to Zootierliste, the park is no longer keeping the Hill partridge (Arborophila torqueola), reducing their collection down to four species of Arborophila.
 
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Daniel Sörensen said:
During my visit today, I did not see much new, but I apparently missed one species last week: the Lilian's lovebird (Agapornis lilianae), which I got a good look at today.
The park now also has a southern three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus), which was on show for a few days but is now behind the scenes again.

Not new to the park, but the Javan brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica bartelsi) is now on show again in the aviary outside the Jungle Trail, which formerly housed kookaburras.

Sadly, I have bad news today as well, similar to the situation with the umbrellabird. The information is now public on Zootierliste, so I feel like I can talk about it: the thick-billed ground-pigeon (Trugon terrestris) is no longer on display because it has passed away. According to many sources, this was the last bird of its kind in Europe.
Additionally, according to Zootierliste, the park is no longer keeping the Hill partridge (Arborophila torqueola), reducing their collection down to four species of Arborophila.
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Yikes, there doesn't seem to be much good news from Walsrode at the minute, does there?
 
This isn't brand new information, but it hasn't been very public. As the information is now being spread on Facebook, I might as well post it here as well since I think it hasn't been shared here before. Earlier this year, Walsrode's male shoebill sadly passed away, leaving them with one lonely female.
 
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A devasting shame. Do you know how old the remaining female is?
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I believe she's in her late 30s, so she's definitely reaching her twilight years now

I think that with Walsrode down to one female that puts the European population at nine animals - two pairs at Prague, one pair at Pairi Daiza, and a single animal each at Exmoor, Moscow and Walsrode
 
During today's visit, I saw these new species on show:
- Pacific imperial pigeon (Ducula pacifica)
- Varied lorikeet (Psitteuteles versicolor)
- Southern three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus)

They have also built a "chicken run" in one of the corners of the Jungle Trail, housing domestic Sumatra chickens. While this might seem random, the chicken run is connected to the Indonesian wood building near the exit. This building is "inspired" by an Indonesian chicken farmer's house, or something like that, as evidenced by the carved chickens on the roof.
 
Last weekend I visited the park and I saw the following species, seems to be a new addition:
- Patagonian crested duck (Lophonetta specularioides)

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Yes you are right, they are new. Two other additions that I noticed during today's visit are Mikado pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado) and Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica).

They have also received a partner for their lonely Great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus), so there is right now a pair on show again.
 
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