picathartes

[Birdman7487]

is it true?
i read on here someplace that san diego was trying to import picathartes but that it failed.

what species were they trying to get?

 

[Chlidonias]

for the benefit of those who were about to ask...

The still living picathartes at the Frankfurt Zoow as the last one which hatched there, that was in 1984. San Diego tried to import them a few years ago, but it failed.

from http://www.zoochat.com/2/zoo-s-keep-s-18227/index6.html

 

[Birdman7487]

what year and what species were they tryin to get? white-necked or gray necked?

 

[Chlidonias]

you could try messaging Zebraduiker and see if he knows