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Asian openbill (Anastomus oscitans)

Asian openbill (Anastomus oscitans)
Sicarius, 21 Feb 2022
Pigeon, JurassicMax, KevinB and 14 others like this.
    • Unenlagia90
      WOW! Asian openbills in private European collection? If more people can breed them in aviculture then this should be a resource for European zoos to get this species.

      This species has NEVER been seen in zoos outside Asia in 2015…
      21 Feb 2022
    • TeaLovingDave
      Very nice indeed - I saw the group at Blackbrook Zoo here in the UK around a decade ago, which unfortunately fell victim to exposure and fox predation not long before the collection closed. To my frustration, I didn't manage to get photographs at the time.... and to my greater frustration, the entire group at Walsrode were then killed by foxes not long before my first visit *there* :p
      21 Feb 2022
    • Unenlagia90
      @TeaLovingDave I hope the private-held population can keep growing so it can be a resource for European zoos to get.
      21 Feb 2022
    • TeaLovingDave
      @Unenlagia90

      Unlikely; I believe the ageing group at the private collection where Jo took this photograph represents the last survivors of the privately-held population :(
      21 Feb 2022
    • Sicarius
      They are indeed the very last ones in Europe, and from what I have heard only one or two birds remain...
      21 Feb 2022
    • Unenlagia90
      I’ve seen Vietnamese websites selling live Asian openbills
      22 Feb 2022
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