Rare species in European zoos

Writhedhornbill

Writhedhornbill

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Many species of animals are common in zoos such as the asian elephant. But what about the more rare species such a the lesser adjutant and the red bird of Paradise. There was a male lesser adjutant at blackbrook until he was moved to germany, probably to pair up with a female. The red bird of paradise is probably not going to expand it's population in europe. Chester zoo had a male and a female. They bred and the female returned to bronx zoo. The male Stayed at Chester with the 2 male chicks. There is only hope to expand the species in Europe if a female is brought into Chester or a pair to another European zoo.
 
Some of the Leaf monkeys at Port Lympne zoo are the only ones of there species out side Asia.
 
Since Writhedhornbill declared "less then 3 holders" to be rare, here's my list, anyone for some more ideas?
- Saiga Antilope (only held at Cologne Zoo 2.0)
- Douc Langur (only held at Cologne Zoo 1.3.1.1)
- Orinoco River Dolphin (only held at Duisburg 1.0)
- Pangolin (only held at Paris ... think Jardin des Plantes with 1.0)
- Black Saki (only held at Mullhouse Zoo 0.1)
- Panay Cloudrunner (afaik only held at ZSL)
- Kaka (only held at Stuttgart Zoo, think 1.3.0.0)
- Baird's Tapir (only held at Wuppertal Zoo, think 2.3.0.2)
- Birds of Paradise (a few species held at Cologne, Bird-park Walsrode and chester)
- Kiwi (think 2, Frankfurt & Berlin Zoo)
- Four-horned Antilope (Berlin Zoo & Paris Jardin)
- Little Fairy Pinguin (afaik Cologne, is there still a colony in England?)
- Steller sea-lion (afaik 2, Harderwijk & Moscow)
- Walrus (afaik, Harderwijk & Moscow)
- Yellow-backed Duiker (Wuppertal & Nurnberg)
- Tayra (afaik 2, Berlin & Praha)
- Cape hartebeest (Hannover & Arnhem)
- Mountain Paca (afaik Antwerp & Zoo Dvur Kralove)
- Giant Panda (Berlin Zoo & Vienna)
- Gharial (afaik only 1 in Denmark, maybe one or two more in france?)
- Beluga Whale (Valencia & Moscow)
- Killer Whale (Tenerife & Marineland Antibes)
- Chinstrap Pinguin (Madrid.. & Tenerife?)
- Japanese giant salamander (Antwerp)
- Mountain Anoa (Wuppertal & Decin)
- Weddel's Tamarin (Epe)
- Agile Mangabey (Epe)
- Blue-faced mangabey (Gelsenkirchen)
- Bighorn Sheep (Arnhem)
- Black-faced Impala (Barcelona & Lisbon)
- Crab-eating Raccoon (Usti)
- Tuatara (Chester & Berlin Zoo)

Birdpark Walsrode, the biggest birdpark has such an incredible collection with so so many rarities that i would estimate that park to have at least 20 birdspecies that are only held at that park, same with Loro Parc Tenerife (MANY rare parrots in their breeding facility, like the Spix' Macaw)...

Also many subspecies are kept at only one or two institutions for example golden takins, south-east asian leopard, Javan Leopard, Nubian giraffes, northern tamandua, Northern White Rhino, Eastern Lowland gorilla, Red howler monkeys, and some species of spider monkey...

The list could probably be a lot bigger with reptile and amphibian species...
 
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Kiwis are kept at Antwerp and recently Cologne aquired some Open bills( african ones). I also hear that birdpark walsrode has Asian openbills. Is this true?
 
After the death of the female kiwi in Antwerp last year their remaining male returned to Frankfurt Zoo...

Just found out that African open-billed storks are also kept at Niendorf and Walsrode, the Asian open-billed storks are kept at Walsrode but only behind the scenes.
 
That isn't fair. Iknow it is good for the species but i would really like to see one. Does walsrode have any other storks/ hornbills?
 
Dear me... quite a few... i'll try and make a list of the ones I'm pretty sure off...

- Whale-billed stork
- Abdim's stork
- African Marabu
- Yellow-Billed Stork
- Saddel-Billed Stork
- Oriental white Stork (behind the scenes)

- Rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros borneoensis)
- Great Indian hornbill (Buceros bicornis)
- Von der Decken's hornbill (Tockus deckeni)
- Temminck's hornbill (Penelopides exarhatus sanfordi)
- Yellow-casqued hornbill (Ceratogymna elata)
- Wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)
- Crowned hornbill (Tockus alboterminatus)
- White-crested hornbill (Berenicornis comatus)
- Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill (Aceros cassidix)
- White-crested Hornbill (Tockus albocristatus)

Basically, you might be able to navigate this site even if your german isn't up to scratch
Tierbestände in Zoos und Tierparks
 
Kiwis in Europe

Although kiwis are still "rare" , they are not endangered .
There are numerous places where they can be seen in captivity in NZ , and several zoos have a breed and release programme .
( They are next to impossible to see in the wild -- the only exception would be the Stewart Island kiwis which are quite easily spotted . I have heard many wild kiwis , but have only seen them in captivity )
I know that San Diego has a couple .
Does anyone know which zoos in Europe have them ?
Frankfurt has already been mentioned , and I am sure that Berlin also .
I am curious to find out how far they spread around other countries , and their numbers
They can be quite picky eaters , which is my guess as to why there are not alot of them outside NZ
 
On isis, There is

1 female at Antwerp
5 males 4 females at Frankfurt
16 in North America, San Diego has the biggest group
Osaka has a pair
And 3 zoos in New Zealand

Does that help?
 
Nigel said:
Does anyone know which zoos in Europe have them ?
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99.9% sure only Frankfurt and Berlin Zoo. I'm certain Antwerp Zoo does NOT have any kiwi's anymore.

Writhedhornbill said:
Thanks Jwer. Is there a website I could go on for a species list at walsrode?
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Not really, there's a VERY nice report with a LOT of foto's and i suspect an almost complete list of species (latin names as well) on the german zoo forum. I'm sure you would be able to comprehend the basics but afaik you need to register first to be able to acces the thread...

Other then that you can use the link i gave you to check which animals are at Walsrode...
 
Don't forget that less than half the world's zoos are ISIS members (around 770). There are many more kiwi in captivity in New Zealand than what is shown on ISIS, in fact most of the captive kiwi there are not held by ISIS members.
 
There are several 'Kiwi Houses' in New Zealand which give people a chance to see these amazing birds under nocturnal conditions. These facilities often aren't zoos and don't keep other species.
 
Oh. Do you know of any zoos that keep Tuatara. I only know of Chester. It is the only place in the Uk ( and maybe Europe) that keeps the species.
 
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