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They're not ?! I'm quite surprised, as we see this species often in zoos
Wild-caught Chilean flamingos were imported in huge numbers from Argentina to Europe till circa year 1985 (when Argentina baned exports). A part of birds you see today are still these imported birds, slowly getting old and large number of them without any surviving offspring. Deaths are more numerous than reared chicks (within EAZA zoos) but situation is improving.
 
Wild-caught Chilean flamingos were imported in huge numbers from Argentina to Europe till circa year 1985 (when Argentina baned exports). A part of birds you see today are still these imported birds, slowly getting old and large number of them without any surviving offspring. Deaths are more numerous than reared chicks (within EAZA zoos) but situation is improving.
Curiously the Chilean Flamingos are the most frequent Flamingo species in French zoos (26 zoos according to Zootierliste), followed by the Greater (20 zoos) and Americans / Caribbeans (18 zoos if we count the Zoo de Martinique overseas).
But the Americans are probably the more numerous, followed by the Chileans and the Greater (even if it's "our" native Flamingo species in the mainland).
I would add that some zoos like La Palmyre breed tens of Chilean Flamingos every year, that is probably a record in France (and Europe ???).
 
Curiously the Chilean Flamingos are the most frequent Flamingo species in French zoos (26 zoos according to Zootierliste), followed by the Greater (20 zoos) and Americans / Caribbeans (18 zoos if we count the Zoo de Martinique overseas).
But the Americans are probably the more numerous, followed by the Chileans and the Greater (even if it's "our" native Flamingo species in the mainland).
I would add that some zoos like La Palmyre breed tens of Chilean Flamingos every year, that is probably a record in France (and Europe ???).
Interesting !
That's why it seemed to me this species was very common. In my local zoos I see more chilean than greater flamingos (and chilean chicks in 2 this year !)
 
Curiously the Chilean Flamingos are the most frequent Flamingo species in French zoos (26 zoos according to Zootierliste), followed by the Greater (20 zoos) and Americans / Caribbeans (18 zoos if we count the Zoo de Martinique overseas).
But the Americans are probably the more numerous, followed by the Chileans and the Greater (even if it's "our" native Flamingo species in the mainland).
I would add that some zoos like La Palmyre breed tens of Chilean Flamingos every year, that is probably a record in France (and Europe ???).
In many zoos Chileans are breeding nicely and plenty of colonies are growing or at least producing more chicks than they have deaths. It’s a bit the same situation that white rhino’s were in for over 2 decades, the population itself wasn’t at risk with a decent core of good breeders but old animals and poorly designed exhibits caused a net decline in the honestly quite large population. No reason to worry thus.

The total Chilean flamingo population in Europe should be in the thousands, with at least a thousand in decent-breeding colonies. As this number is ever-increasing and as the population has a broad genetic basis with many founders, the future seems not too bad for Chilean flamingoes.
 
This is a great story!

Old, probably thought of as post-reproductive at 27 breeds and produces out of the blue and unknown to animal management staff a baby. On top of that she and her baby are quite important genetically to the European red ruffed lemur population!

Incidentally, her brother Ruo - born at Champrepus in 2018, was chosen by the species coördinator to be part of the reintroduction effort back to Madagascar!
 
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