What are the Rarest Birds you've Seen in Zoos.

[FBBird]

Crested Partridge are very common in zoos.

……and in private collections.

 

[Philipine eagle]

Did you mean to include the African golden cat and Coquerel's sifaka, Philipine eagle?

Hm, I only now see that this thread is restricted to birds

 

[Pertinax]

Fortunately, though, years later I subsequently saw grey-necked picathartes in Frankfurt and white-necked picathartes in Antwerp, Rotterdam, Vienna and Frankfurt.

I vaguely remember Grey-necked Picathartes at Frankfurt. Were they at liberty in the Bird Hall?. I think I remember them/one hopping along a low wall...Rather like you there were many other things I was concentrating on at the time.

I think the much more recent Spix Macaws at Paira Daiza would be the outstanding species for me though.

 

[ralph]

Cuckoo roller
Sickle-billed vanga
Sumba hornbill

When l saw these species they were all the last individual in captivity. Now they're gone.

 

[Dassie rat]

I vaguely remember Grey-necked Picathartes at Frankfurt. Were they at liberty in the Bird Hall?. I think I remember them/one hopping along a low wall...Rather like you there were many other things I was concentrating on at the time..

I saw both species of picathartes at Frankfurt on my birthday in the 1980s. I think they were in enclosures and not at liberty in the Bird Hall

 

[Jakub]

I remember seeing the last Grey-necked picathartes in Frankfurt along with Congo peafowl in 2007, both in enclosure.

 

[Tim May]

I vaguely remember Grey-necked Picathartes at Frankfurt. Were they at liberty in the Bird Hall?. I think I remember them/one hopping along a low wall...Rather like you there were many other things I was concentrating on at the time.
I think the much more recent Spix Macaws at Paira Daiza would be the outstanding species for me though.

I saw both species of picathartes at Frankfurt on my birthday in the 1980s. I think they were in enclosures and not at liberty in the Bird Hall

I saw both species of picathartes in Frankfurt Zoo's Bird House on a number of occasions. Rather like "Dassie rat", I remember them housed in glass-fronted aviaries, not at liberty in the walkthrough hall.

I agree with "Pertinax" about the Spix macaw.

 

[Tetzoo Quizzer]

I don’t think I ever saw Picathartes in London, but having visited Ghana and Cameroon I have them both on my wild list!

 

[Tetzoo Quizzer]

As for captive; I did see Mauritius Kestrel in Chester.

 

[FBBird]

As for captive; I did see Mauritius Kestrel in Chester.

There were quite a few about at one time, zoos didn’t persist with them, possibly because of a relatively short natural life span and the need to breed a lot to maintain numbers.
One of the rarest things I’ve seen is Bank Cormorant, at Living Coasts and now at Birdworld; only one outside South Africa

 

[Dassie rat]

I don’t think I ever saw Picathartes in London, but having visited Ghana and Cameroon I have them both on my wild list!

Zootierliste says that London Zoo had a grey-headed rockfowl from 1948-1957 and a white-headed rockfowl from 1954-1960

 

[German Zoo World]

Kaka at Wilhelma and Harpy Eagle at Berlin Tierpark and Nuremburg

 

[Tim May]

Zootierliste says that London Zoo had a grey-headed rockfowl from 1948-1957 and a white-headed rockfowl from 1954-1960

The white-necked picathartes, that London Zoo acquired in 1954, came via the first of David Attenborough's Zoo Quest Expeditions.

 

[Andreaghido]

I think the rarest are: Kagu in berlin zoo, st. Vincent amazon in Pairi, Spix's macaw in Pairi, Screaming piha in burgers and Indian red-headed vulture in Parco natura viva

 

[toastrgophr]

I've seen Hawaiian Crow and Panaewa Rainforest Zoo in Hilo on the island of Hawaii

 

[Il gattopardo]

I saw both species of picathartes at Frankfurt on my birthday in the 1980s. I think they were in enclosures and not at liberty in the Bird Hall

Picathartes at Artis Zoo Amsterdam were at liberty in the Bird House. They nested in the entrance hall above the visitors and loved to "help" the keepers in the kitchen preparing food.

 

[Dr. Wolverine]

The rarest birds I've seen in Captivity include:

Soccoro Dove
Negros Bleeding Heart Dove
Kagu
Madagascar Blue Pigeon
Japanese Crested Ibis
Great Slaty Woodpecker
Eastern White's Thrush
Ruddy Kingfisher
Philippine Eagle

 

[HectOr]

Parco Natura Viva
Red-headed Vulture

Living Coasts Torquay
Common Murre
Macaroni Penguin
Pigeon Guillemot
Tufted Puffin

Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes
Asian Houbara

Oasi di Sant'Alessio
Peruvian Andean Cock-of-the-rock

Zoo Zürich
Madagascar Pond-heron

Zoo Basel
Bay-headed Tanager
Blue-necked Tanager
Orange-bellied Leafbird
Sociable Weaver

Zoo Praha
Blue-fronted Fig-parrot
Brazilian Merganser
Edward's Fig-parrot
Golden-crested Myna
Helmeted Friarbird
Horned Screamer
Javan Green Magpie
Kagu
Large Fig-parrot
Lear's Macaw
Milky Stork
Orange-headed Ground-thrush
Pel's Fishing-owl
Raggiana Bird-of-paradise
Red-cowled Cardinal
Scaly Laughingthrush
Scarlet-headed Blackbird
Shoebill
Tataupa Tinamou
White-faced Ibis

 

[Toki]

The rarest bird I've seen in captivity is the Okinawa Rail (Hypotaenidia okinawae) at the Okinawa Rail Ecology Center. There is only one individual on public display in the whole world.

 

[Dassie rat]

I saw the Nduk eagle owl, when London Zoo was the only zoo in the world with this owl