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Tanager exhibit in tropical house has no more tanagers in. A pair of swalow tanagers was sent to Berlin zoo. Silver-beaked tanagers moved into cotinga exhibit. Thus the former tanager exhibit got now 3 new species - a pair of purple honeycreepers, male violaceous euphonia and male crimson-hooded manakins.

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Jana said:
A Burmese star tortoise laid 10 eggs yesterday.

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So far 4 Burmese star tortoise babies hatched.

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It was mentioned on a podcast that additional land that was obtaind (last year?) is ca 5 hectares thus the zoo could potentially grow from 1,6 ha today up to 6,5 ha. But it will take many years before any development can start at this extension.
 
Jana said:
New aviary will be unveiled next week, with Bare-necked fruitcrows and Guianan red cotingas.

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I really wonder where this park obtained them from. Must be somewhere from Suriname, of maybe there's some secret breeder around in Europe.

I visited the park a few months ago and saw two male Guianan red cotingas and two male/one female bare-necked fruitcrows. Absolutely stunning species. Hope they have some breeding succes in the future and can obtain some females for the red cotingas.
 
StreptopeliaNL said:
I really wonder where this park obtained them from. Must be somewhere from Suriname, of maybe there's some secret breeder around in Europe.

I visited the park a few months ago and saw two male Guianan red cotingas and two male/one female bare-necked fruitcrows. Absolutely stunning species. Hope they have some breeding succes in the future and can obtain some females for the red cotingas.
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They imported them from Suriname, like all the other south american small birds.
 
The former Caiman blue iguana tank has been rebuilt, it shows a mix of Burmese star tortoises and spotted butterfly lizards (Leiolepis guttata).

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The zoo has released 23 captive-bred grey partridges (Perdix perdix) in the vinicity of the zoo areal to support its local population.
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Grey partridge population crashed in 20th century due to intensive farming practices. Formerly extremely abundant species is now pretty rare with patchy distribution but at least it seems it somehow stabilised itself in last decade or two (on very low level). While it´s now fully protected (can´t be hunted legally), it has seen only few lowkey reintroduction initiatives, uncoordinated and usually led by local hunter clubs. But without de-intensification of farming, it doesnt have much hope of recovery.
 
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