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Old 31-05-2007

Zooish has pointed out that Jurong has taken their helmeted hornbills off display. Zooish, Do you know which other zoos have the species. They are really wierd, and quite hard to see in zoos and I've heard hard to see in the wild.
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Old 02-06-2007

I'm pretty sure some zoos in thailand and malaysia have this species, but they're not reported on ISIS.
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Old 13-07-2007

Any news with this species at Jurong?
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Old 16-07-2007

i emailed the birdpark about it, but they haven't replied.
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Old 22-07-2007

Thanks. Any new species or births at Jurong? I'm desperatly trying to get my parents to take me. Do you have any more pictures of Jurong?
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Old 23-07-2007

Jurong brought in several new species of waterfowl in the past months. The ones i know of are:

whistling swan
whooper swan
barnacle goose
ruddy-headed goose
ruddy shelduck
cape shelduck
rosybill pochard
red pochard
common pochard

Jurong usually gets its birds in bulk from breeders in Europe, particularly the Netherlands. I'll post more pics of Jurong soon.
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Old 27-07-2007

Hi Zooish, have you any new Hornbill pics to make our mouths water again, pls
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Old 27-07-2007

I've posted 2 on the gallery. They were taken at Kuala lumpur bird park.
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Old 27-07-2007

Nice pics mate,easy to see you like your hornbills
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Old 27-07-2007

I fed lots on wednesday when I did keeper for a day at Chester zoo. Tarictic, Writhed, rhinoceros, great and wrinkled. In fact I fed the whole hornbill collection at Chester zoo!!!!

I do have more hornbill pictures an I'll upload them when there's time.
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Old 27-07-2007

yer more hornbills would be nice, good work
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Old 31-07-2007

Sorry mark, haven't had the time to go Jurong lately. How i wish it were right next to the Zoo so i can drop by daily...
Posted the last 2 hornbill (rhino + white-crowned) photos i have in my gallery.


In the meantime, Jonathan should be able to keep hornbill fans occupied

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Old 31-07-2007

We are thinking about coming to Singapore next year. Would the Helmeted hornbills be on show, or would I be able to see them in any way?
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Old 02-08-2007

I really don't know. If they're still being held at the breeding complex, then its off-limits to public.
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Cheers Zooish
 


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