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Chester Zoo Births at Chester Zoo

Discussion in 'United Kingdom' started by bongorob, 21 May 2007.

  1. bongorob

    bongorob Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    FISHES
    Lake Victoria Cichlid Yssichromis 'argens'
    Puffer Fish
    Cuming's Barb 42
    Denison's Barb 205
    Black Ruby Barb 48
    Cherry Barb 37
    Allotoca goslinei 208
    Butterfly Goodeid 744
    Bold Charocodon 78
    Charocodon 'Abraham Gonzales' 172
    Crescent Zoe 118
    Powderblue Panchax 105
    Pachypanchax sakaramyi 123
    Common Swordtail 161
    Lake Kutubu Rainbow Fish 43
    Knysna Seahorse 25
    Dusky Seahorse 299
    Estuary Seahorse 237
    Long-snouted Seahorse 530

    AMPHIBIANS
    Red-eyed Tree Frog 5
    Blue Poison Frog 13
    Red-backed Poison Frog 19
    Dyeing Poson Frog 2
    Rancho Redondo Frog 2

    REPTILES
    Radiated Tortoise 4
    British Sand Lizard 33
    Komodo Dragon 1.0

    BIRDS
    Humboldt's Penguin 20 all parent reared, 100% success for the first time
    Little Egret 1
    Black Stork (1) DNS, survived to 10 days, 8 days longer than the last chick
    Waldrapp Ibis 8
    Black-necked Swan 2
    Black-billed Whistling Duck 1
    Lesser White-fronted Goose 1
    Hawaiian Goose 4
    Marbled Teal 1
    European Eider 6
    Baer's Pochard 2
    Red-crested Pochard 5(4)
    Mandarin Duck 31
    Roulroul Partridge 8
    Himalayan Monal Pheasant 2
    Malayan Crestless Fireback Pheasant 1
    Vietnamese Pheasant 2
    Palawan Peacock Pheasant 2
    Luzon Bleeding Heart Pigeon 4
    Mindanao Bleeding Heart Pigeon 1
    Pied Imperial Pigeon 1
    White-naped Pheasant Pigeon 1 first successful rearing at Chester
    Yellow-backed Lory 2
    Greater Vasa Parrot 2
    Derbyan Parakeet 1
    Hyacinth Macaw 1
    Lilacine Amazon Parrot 1
    Red-crested Turaco 2
    Fischer's Turaco 1
    Spectacled Owl 4
    Tawny Frogmouth 1
    White-collared Kingfisher 1
    Wrinkled Hornbill 1
    White-headed Hornbill 1
    Visayan Tarictic Hornbill 3(1)
    White-rumped Shama 3(1)
    Blue-crowned Laughing Thrush 7
    Pekin Robin 14
    Java Sparrow 82
    Timor Sparrow 9
    Scissor-billed Starling 11
    Philippine Glossy Starling 2
    African Pied Starling 8
    Superb Starling 3

    MAMMALS
    Western Grey Kangaroo 2
    Ring-tailed Lemur 6
    Red Ruffed Lemur 2
    Geoffroy's Marmoset 2
    Colombian Black Spider Monkey 1
    Buffy-headed Capuchin 1
    Lion-tailed Macaque 1
    Sumatran Orang Utan 0.1
    Himalayan Red Panda 2
    Asian Lion 1
    Negros Warty Pig 3(1) plus 2nd litter DNS
    Red River Hog (DNS)
    Sulawesi Babirusa 1.0
    Philippine Spotted Deer 2
    Scimitar-horned Oryx 4.0
    Western Sitatunga 5
    Eastern Bongo 1
    Rothschild's Giraffe 0.2(1)
    Azara's Agouti 2
    Mount Kulal Spiny Mouse
    Turkish Spiny Mouse
    Spotted Grass Mouse 6
    Mesic Four-striped Grass Mouse 11
    Woodland Dormouse
    Water Vole 18
    Neumann's Grass Rat
    Acacia Rat (Thallomys sp) 5

    Zoogiraffe reported the breeding of Yellow Mongoose also.

    There may be other species which have bred this year e.g. bats,mice which I haven't yet recorded.
     
  2. bongorob

    bongorob Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Yes, but the zoo are still trying to get a natural breeding and the pair are regularly put together.