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Saddlebill (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) - second brood in Europe

Saddlebill (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) - second brood in Europe
Tomek, 2 Oct 2013
German Zoo World and cuckooduck like this.
    • carlos77
      Nice picture of an interesting bird family
    • IanRRobinson
      Wonderful! Are these birds kept full-winged? And do you have any ideas about their diet?
    • Jana
      A very good success, especially because it is beeing parent reared!
    • Tomek
      Both adult birds of a pair are full-winged. The nest is placed a few feet above the ground, and all three chicks spend the entire time there. At this time, nights in Germany are no longer warm, but the bird keeper told me that they check the temperature inside the nest in the morning and chicks are not cooled down. There are plans to soon gradually move them into the inner enclosures. Birds are fed by freshwater fishes, dead chickens.
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