I love to see more species of hornbill in captivity.Many zoo holds great hornbill or others, some are very rare in captivity.So, what is the status of different hornbills species in captivity?
Not sure about the individual statuses, but here is a list of the species currently kept in Europe according to ZTL, and how many zoos each species is found in: Abyssinian ground = 39 Southern ground = 98 Piping = 5 Trumpeter = 56 Black-and-white casqued = 12 Silvery-cheeked = 52 White-crested = 4 Northern red-billed = 7 Red-billed (hybrid/unknown species) = 37 Eastern yellow-billed = 14 Von der Decken's = 58 Crowned = 9 West African pied = 1 African pied (hybrid/unknown species) = 4 African grey = 25 Oriental pied = 8 Black = 17 Palawan = 3 Rhinoceros = 20 Great = 22 Luzon rufous = 12 Mindanao rufous = 3 Luzon tarictic = 5 Visayan tarictic = 13 Samar tarictic = 1 Sulawesi tarictic = 4 White-crowned = 3 Wrinkled = 20 Writhed = 4 Knobbed = 3 Wreathed = 16 Papuan = 26 Black-casqued wattled = 14 So the most common species in Europe is the southern ground hornbill, and the least common is the Samar tarictic hornbill.
Interestingly, having looked at this list I have realised that I have seen 24 of the 33 types listed above, missing the piping, eastern yellow-billed, west African pied, non-subspecific African pied, Palawan, Luzon tarictic, Samar tarictic, knobbed and black-casqued wattled...
... and I realised I've taken care for 23 of the 33 types listed above, maybe even more because in the time I took care for them, the Red-billed hornbill was still seen as a single species.
Oke, have some more time now so here we go : Abyssianian ground * Southern ground Piping Trumpeter * Black and white casqued Silvery-cheeked White-crested Red-billed ( most prop. several (sub)species ) * ( Eastern ) Yellow-billed * Von der Deckens * Crowned African grey * Oriental pied Black Rhinoceros ( several subspecies ) Great * Rufous ( several (sub)species ) ( Luzon ) Tarictic White-crowned Wrinkled Knobbed Wreathed * Papuan The species with * have been bred succesfully under mine care .
Old breeding article about the breeding of the Tarictic hornbill at the Los Angeles Zoo : breeding tarictic hornbills | Jennings | AFA Watchbird
Old article about the breeding of the Red-billed hornbill : Captive Breeding and Rearing of the Red Billed Dwarf Hornbill | Martin | AFA Watchbird
Old ( but intresting ) article about hand-raising Southern yellow-billed hornbills : Hand Rearing Southern Yellow-billed Hornbills | Heston | AFA Watchbird
Intresting article about the breeding of Jackson's hornsbills : Captive Breeding and Management of the Jackson's Hornbill | Heston | AFA Watchbird
Another ( old ) article about the breeding of the Jackson's hornbill - at San Antonio Zoo : An Inside Look at Nesting Hornbills at the San Antonio Zoo | Healy | AFA Watchbird
Hornbill-collection at Wisbroek Breeding Center ( privat breeding center in the Netherlands ) as seen on Sept. 23 2017 : - Rhinoceros hornbill - at least 2 young bred during 2017 - Palawan hornbill - 1 pair seen - Writhed hornbill - several pairs seen - Luzon tarictic hornbill - several pairs kept and bred succesfull during 2017 - Knobbed hornbill - Blyth's hornbill - several pairs - Wreathed hornbill - White-crested hornbill - several, among them a very young one, however not sure if captive-bred at Wisbroek, at another place or wild-caught.... - Philippine brown hornbill - 2 subspecies ( hydrocorax and mindanensis ), from both several pairs - Asian pied hornbill - several pairs - Sunda wrinkled hornbill ( will upload photos of these species later in the Wisbroek Gallery )
Hornbill-collection of Avifauna - the Netherlands as noted during my visit on Oct.7. Because parts of the park were closed ( Pheasantery ) and the weather was not very good and some species prop. were moved behind the scenes into the winter-enclosures, I'm sure there are more hornbills as I could see : Southern ground hornbill - 1 seen in the large vulture-aviary Rufous hornbill - 1 pair seen in an aviary in the Philippine hall Great Indian hornbill - 1 pair seen in the Tropical house, signed on an outside aviary ( bird(s) themself not seen ) and one bird was use in an education-talk ( bird-show was canceled because of the bad weather ) Silvery-cheeked hornbill - 1 pair seen in the Tropical House Southern Sulawesi hornbill - 1 pair with a young in the Tropical House and a single female in an aviary at the Philippine Hall White-crowned hornbill - sign but not seen on an outdoor-aviary Wrinkled hornbill - 1 female seen in one of the outdoor-aviaries Wreathed hornbill - signed but not seen on an outdoor-aviary Rhinoceros hornbill - signed but not seen on an outdoor-aviary
Article about the breeding of the Papua hornbill : The Avicultural Society » BREEDING THE PAPUAN WREATHED HORNBILL Aceros plicatus
Several years ago I read an interesting hornbill fact in this book: https://www.amazon.com/Kicked-Bitte...2&sr=1-1&keywords=kicked+bitten+and+scratched. It stated that Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion had a private zoo with its own curator who was very successful in raising hornbills that are very rare in captivity. If I remember correctly they had at least a dozen species. Not sure where they all ended up.
