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04-01-2009

Not that I remember - until a few years ago those aviaries were almost exclusively of Australian Habitats. I remember the Monal from the Pheasant Aviaries (now long gone) in the 1980's when, as I understand it, the male was the last Monal in Australia. I thought he died in the very early 90's.



Hix

05-01-2009

Without looking at ISIS I am sure there are some exotic pheasants in NZ - monal?

Possibly the green peafowl are in Noumea, New Caledonia? I know they have one of the best exotic bird collections in Oceania.

05-01-2009

Auckland had Green Peafowl about 20 years ago.



Hix

05-01-2009

there's a number of pheasants in NZ: golden, silver, Lady Amherst's, Himalayan monal, ring-necked, Reeves, Swinhoe's, blue peafowl...and probably some others I've forgotten
I remember them at Wellington Zoo too, about 20 years ago. They had them free-ranging. Not sure if there's any left in NZ any more

05-01-2009

Goreg wildlife park in SOuth australia has large numbers of green peafowl and they are failry common in private hands.

06-01-2009

Back to the topic, is this all heresay?

07-01-2009

Back to NZ, whitford has some exotic pheasants I think...

29-01-2009

Adelaide also has a male and two female green peafowl on display in their Asian walk-through aviary.

29-01-2009

Some, if not most, of the Green Peafowl on display and in private hands are hybrids. This makes it very difficult for those of us who would like to breed them true to type.

If anyone knows anyone who is breeding really good Greens in Australia I am all ears.

Same goes for Ruddy Shelduck - we lost a female just before Christmas and are very keen to replace her as well as add more to our holdings of this species.

29-01-2009

I had always been told (by pheasant people) that the gorge ones were pure, when you compare them to the Adelaide ones, the adelaide ones may as well be blues

24-03-2009

Returning to the original topic: who has any info on the future of the Zoo? Yet another CEO (has one been named?), and a lot of attention being directed to Werribee (opportunity) and Healesville (necessity). What's the status of the Seal/Penguin exhibit?