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  1. Maguari

    Maguari Never could get the hang of Thursdays. 15+ year member Premium Member

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    The Livingstone's signage has been replaced with another in the same style as the existing ones for Rodrigues/Seba's - the new sign specifically refers to there being two species in the exhibit.

    Good to see oryx still knocking about, though sadly I think this species is being run down at Chester.
     
  2. Nisha

    Nisha Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    The remaining Livingstone Bats (they were down to 3.0) were moved to France towards the end of 2015
     
  3. bongorob

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    All but 0.2 elderly female scimitar-horned oryx have been exported, the zoo is going out of the species.
     
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    That's a pity.
     
  5. Waddi

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    Anyone know what is currently living in the old warty pig enclosure?

    It was described to me as a donkey deer, lol.
     
  6. Javan Rhino

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    It is Philippine spotted [Prince Alfred's] deer
     
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    Cheers JR.
     
  8. Adrian k

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    Can anyone help with what species of Birds are currently free flying in the Tropical House and what bird species are there in the Islands Exhibit will be visiting within the next week with a group of disabled children many thanks in advance.
     
  9. bongorob

    bongorob Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    The chevrotains have moved to the aviary housing the orioles in Dragons in Danger.

    Monsoon forest has

    scissorbilled starling
    white-naped pheasnt pigeon
    superb fruit dove
    Victoria crowned pigeon
    emerald dove

    and some I can't remember

    in the aviary you will see
    Rothschild's mynah (Bali starling)
    Java sparrow
    pied imperial pigeon
    yellow-backed lory

    in the cassowary enclosure there are cassowary.
     
  10. Maguari

    Maguari Never could get the hang of Thursdays. 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Also Chestnut-backed Ground Thrush, Fairy Bluebird and White-rumped Shama (all seen last Wednesday).
     
  11. MagpieGoose

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    From the board opposite the Spectacled Caiman in the Tropical Realm:

    Royal Starling
    Red-cowled Cardinal
    Sunbittern
    Black-Necked Weaver
    Asian Glossy Starling
    Emerald Starling
    Amethyst Starling
    Orange-Headed Thrush
    African Montane White-eye
    Crested Wood Partridge
    Red-Whiskered Bulbul
    Java Sparrow
    Pied Imperial Pigeon
    Victoria Crowned Pigeon
    African Pied Starling
    Madagascar Red Fody
    Brazilian Tanager
    Pekin Robin
    Blue-Crowned Laughing Thrush
    Nicobar Pigeon
    Mindanao Bleeding-Heart Dove
    Emerald Dove
    Violet Turaco
     
  12. Adrian k

    Adrian k Well-Known Member

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    Many thanks for the replies -

    I have been checking one or two other sites for info on the bird species at Chester and their locations are around the collection I have yet to find the locations for the following birds –

    African white backed duck
    Baer’s pochard
    Black naped fruit dove
    Blue crowned hanging parrot
    Blue headed macaw
    Brazilian grey breasted conure
    Brown breasted barbet
    Cabot’s tragopan
    Collared grosbeak
    Congo peacock
    Fischer’s turaco
    Garganey
    Golden conure
    Green naped pheasant pigeon
    Grey winged blackbird
    Himalayan monal
    Hooded merganser
    Hottentot teal
    Inca jay
    Indian red billed magpie
    Javan green magpie
    Johnstone’s lorikeet
    Lady amherst’s pheasant
    Lesser Sulphur crested cockatoo
    Lilanine amazon
    Luzon bleeding heart
    Mindanao wrinkled hornbill
    Montserrat oriole
    Old world comb duck
    Palawan peacock pheasant
    Philippine scops owl
    Pink pigeon
    Red billed curassow
    Red billed teal
    Red crested turaco
    Red crowned amazon
    Red tailed laughingthrush
    Red vented cockatoo
    Rock pigeon
    Ruddy shelduck
    Schalow’s turaco
    Talaud red & blue lory
    Tawny frogmouth
    Temminck’s tragopan
    Timor sparrow
    Timor zebra finch
    Vietnamese pheasant
    Visayan tarictic hornbill – Dragons in danger
    White crested Turaco – Tropical house
    White faced whistling duck
    White headed duck
    White necked pheasant pigeon
    White necklaced partridge
    White tailed jay

    Are the following correct please?


    Aviary in islands

    Bali mynah, Yellow-backed chattering lory, Java sparrow, Pied imperial pigeon.

    In their own exhibits –

    Asian azure-winged magpie, Derbyan parakeet, Southern cassowary, Blue crane, Eastern grey-crowned crane, Wattled crane, Western black-crowned crane, Caribbean flamingo, Chilean flamingo, Humboldt penguin, Brown wood owl, Great grey owl, Northern hawk owl, Northern white faced scops owl, Spectacled owl, Ural owl,

    Condor aviary –

    American black vulture & Andean condor

    Europe on the edge –

    Black stork, Red-billed chough, Cape teal, Eurasian black vulture, Green winged teal, Eurasian spoonbill, Ferruginous duck, Lesser white fronted goose, Little egret, Marble teal, Red breasted goose, Red crested pochard, Smew, Tufted duck, Waldrapp & Western eurasian griffon vulture.

    Monsoon Forest –

    Asian fairy-bluebird, Chestnut-backed ground thrush, Scissor-billed starling, Superb fruit dove, White rumped shama, White naped pheasant pigeon, Emerald dove & Victoria crowned pigeon

    Tropical house

    Emerald dove, Victoria crowned pigeon, African pied starling, Amethyst starling, Asian glossy starling, Black necked weaver, Blue-crowned laughingthrush, Brazilian tanager, Cinnamon ground dove, Crested wood partridge, Emerald starling, Golden breasted starling/royal, Great hornbill, Javan rhinoceros hornbill, Kilimanjaro or African montane white eye, Madagascan fody, Mindanao bleeding heart, Nicobar pigeon, Peking robin, Red whiskered bulbul, Snowy crowned robin chat, Socorro dove, Violet turaco, White throated orange headed ground thrush, White winged duck, Wrinkled hornbill, Sunbittern, Green aracari, Pink headed fruit dove & Red cowled cardinal

    Aviary outside tropical house

    Salvadori’s pheasant & Sumatran Laughingthrush

    Tsavo aviary

    Hamerkop, Lilac breasted roller, Red winged starling, Von der decken’s hornbill, Superb starling & Western Village weaver

    Which species are currently in the Realm of the Red Ape please?
     
  13. bongorob

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    FROM MEMORY

    African white backed duck TSAVO AVIARY
    Baer’s pochard WETLAND AVIARY
    Black naped fruit dove REALM OF THE RED APE
    Blue crowned hanging parrot REALM OF THE RED APE
    Blue headed macaw NOT KEPT AT CHESTER
    Brazilian grey breasted conure OFF SHOW
    Brown breasted barbet TSAVO AVIARY
    Cabot’s tragopan OFF SHOW
    Collared grosbeak OFF SHOW
    Congo peacock TROPICAL HOUSE
    Fischer’s turaco RAINBOW AVIARY
    Garganey EUROPE ON THE EDGE
    Golden conure OFF SHOW
    Green naped pheasant pigeon
    Grey winged blackbird OFF SHOW
    Himalayan monal RAINBOW AVIARY
    Hooded merganser OFF SHOW
    Hottentot teal TSAVO AVIARY
    Inca jay OFF SHOW
    Indian red billed magpie AVIARY BY BUSH DOGS, ELEPHANT HOUSE
    Javan green magpie OFF SHOW
    Johnstone’s lorikeet OFF SHOW
    Lady amherst’s pheasant ELEPHANT HOUSE
    Lesser Sulphur crested cockatoo OFF SHOW
    Lilanine amazon PARROT BREEDING CENTRE
    Luzon bleeding heart TROPICAL HOUSE
    Mindanao wrinkled hornbill TROPICAL HOUSE
    Montserrat oriole DRAGONS IN DANGER
    Old world comb duck OFF SHOW
    Palawan peacock pheasant DRAGONS IN DANGER
    Philippine scops owl TROPICAL HOUSE
    Pink pigeon OFF SHOW
    Red billed curassow AVIARY BEAR SAND LIZARDS
    Red billed teal OFF SHOW
    Red crested turaco NOT KEPT AT CHESTER
    Red crowned amazon OFF SHOW
    Red tailed laughingthrush RAINBOW AVIARY
    Red vented cockatoo OFF SHOW
    Rock pigeon EUROPE ON THE EDGE
    Ruddy shelduck OFF SHOW
    Schalow’s turacoTSAVO AVIARY
    Talaud red & blue lory OFF SHOW
    Tawny frogmouth NOT KEPT AT CHESTER
    Temminck’s tragopan NOT KEPT AT CHESTER
    Timor sparrow REALM OF THE RED APE
    Timor zebra finch OFF SHOW
    Vietnamese pheasant OFF SHOW
    Visayan tarictic hornbill – Dragons in danger AND TROPICAL HOUSE
    White crested Turaco – Tropical house
    White faced whistling duck TSAVO AVIARY, WETLANDS AVIARY
    White headed duck EUROPE ON THE EDGE
    White necked pheasant pigeon DRAGONS IN DANGER
    White necklaced partridge OFF SHOW
    White tailed jay OFF SHOW
     
  14. threeple61

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    Temminck's tragopan are kept offshow.
    White-tailed Jay are not kept at the zoo.
     
  15. Adrian k

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    Many thanks folks this is a great help

    Do they still have the Great Argus Pheasant?
     
  16. Swampy

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    Yes, they're in Dragons in Danger
     
  17. Adrian k

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    Thank you for your help
     
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    New arrivals = Yellow-faced Mynahs (Mino dumontii).
     
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    Wow! On show?

    A report has been received that the zoo no longer has Andean condor.
     
  20. wayne4swfc

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    I was there today and I couldn't see them. It looked like an ibis was in there although I was only looking from on the bridge.
     
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