Hornbills,pheasants, Birds of Paradise and those odd looking parrots » Jurong Bird Park

Hornbills,pheasants, Birds of Paradise and those odd looking parrots
04-05-2007

This thread is mainly a question for zooish... but I don't know.. You might know something.

There seem to be many species of Exotic birds At jurong and As an avid bird fan I'd like to know a bit more.
Do you know the sex of the helmeted hornbills?
There are really rare in zoos and I think Jurong is the only zoo to hold it.
Are there any Bulwer's pheasants?
They are wonderful birds but are also really rare in Captivity. I know San Diego zoo has them and the Khao kheow open zoo has a few.

I have many more Questions but I don't want to flood the forum with them

( yet.....(No I'm Joking))

endangered birds held at Jurong Bird park
04-05-2007

: : : Jurong BirdPark : : :

I found this on their website -- it might be of interest to avians out there

This bird park is really something else . I have been there twice and both times I was amazed at the huge numbers of species they have -- and its located right in the middle of a heavy industrial area !

04-05-2007

Thanks Nigel.

Another question I was going to ask was do they keep pesqet's parrot and that just answred it. Thanks.

04-05-2007

Hi Jonathan,

There are no Bulwer's pheasants at the Jurong at present although i believe they used to have it many years ago.

The helmeted hornbills are a male and female pair if i'm not mistaken but they've never bred before.

Pesquet's parrots have been breeding well at Jurong and there are several pairs.

As for birds of paradise, these are the species at Jurong:
- Lesser
- Wilson's
- King
- Red
- Twelve-wired
- Magnificent Riflebird (not sure about the status of this one as there was only one individual the last time i checked; probably confiscated by the authorities and donated to the park)

Feel free to ask questions jonathan. I'll try to answer them.

04-05-2007

Do they have Cassowaries? I believe that they had the single wattled about 3 years ago.

05-05-2007

Yup they still have single-wattled and double-wattled. I believe they have a dwarf (Bennett's) as well.

05-05-2007

Oh. I'm confused. It's not registered with ISIS. I shaln't rely on them too much in the future.

What pheasant species are there?

05-05-2007

Jurong doesn't update its ISIS records, so they aren't accurate.

Pheasant species (those on display at least):
-Golden
-Silver
-Lady Amherst's
-Green
-Swinhoe's
-Malay Crestless Fireback
-Vieillot's Crested Fireback
-Bornean Crested Fireback
-Temminck's Tragopan
-Great Argus
-Malay Peacock
-Mountain (Rothchild's) Peacock
-Germain's Peacock
-Bronze-tailed Peacock
-Reeve's

05-05-2007

What species of Storks do they have?

05-05-2007

Storks:

-Saddle-billed
-Marabou
-Yellow-billed
-Painted
-Milky

Also Hammerkop and Shoebill (commonly referred to as storks, though technically not)

06-05-2007

Are there any paticularly unusual species that aren't kept in many other zoos?

07-05-2007

Hmm... probably the most prized species is the Black-winged Starling. According to Birdlife International, Jurong houses the only viable captive population of this endangered species. An intensive breeding program has been set up recently with the support of Birdlife to greatly expand the population.

Other than that, probably species like the shoebill, 12-wired BoP, Wilson's BoP, spot-billed pelican, great blue turaco, etc.. are less common in zoos.

07-05-2007

Oh yes... jurong holds the only captive group of wilson's Bop doesn't it.

What Hornbills do they have?

11-06-2007

How many Red lories do they have? Do they keep Blue and Red Lories? I only know of Chester to keep them in the UK.

13-06-2007

Nope, Jurong doesn't have Blue n Red lories (eos histrio).

Exactly how many red lories there are, probably even Jurong can't give an accurate figure. My estimate is around 200 to 300 individuals.