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Chestnut-backed mousebirds 1983

Colius castanotus. Subtropical House (now demolished), Paignton, 3rd August 1983

Chestnut-backed mousebirds 1983
gentle lemur, 26 Sep 2016
    • gentle lemur
      Colius castanotus. Subtropical House (now demolished), Paignton, 3rd August 1983. Scanned from a Kodachrome slide.
    • vogelcommando
      A pitty that this taxon is not kept any more in European zoos ! From the Mousebirds - which are quite easily to keep and breed ( own experience ) only the Speckled and the Blue-naped are still represented in good numbers in European zoos and a single holding ( Hagenbeck ) of the White-headed mousebird....
    • gentle lemur
      I think mousebirds make very good zoo exhibits. They are not colourful, but their sociability and amusing behaviour always catches my eye.
      Zootierliste says that quite a few European zoos kept this species in the past, so it is a great shame that we can't see them any more.

      Alan
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