Kinds of Birds Not Seen in Captivity

I think there's a lot of birds down in Oceania that aren't regularly exhibited. I'd love to see a pitohui but I've never heard any evidence of them ever being kept in captivity; unless I didn't research fully enough....

 

London in 1935, according to zootierliste.

 

I thought there might have been one of the older ones like the Bronx or London that kept one. How did that bird turn out?

 

You have even closer ones, at Santillana del Mar zoo, becoming from the same source than Beauval's ones

 

Here is a thread that will answer your question:
Hoatzin in captivity

 

Scoters remain difficult to keep and breed in captivity. They are very susceptible to fungal infections. Aspergillus infections are repeatedly associated with stressful conditions for the birds, such as new pens, new feeding regimes, transport, competition for mates, nest defense and moulting. In addition, it has recently been shown that scoters are susceptible to malaria and Usutu virus. As mentioned earlier, breeding with scoters is not easy. It takes at least two years for the birds to reach sexual maturity, but in practice we usually only see successful reproduction at the age of six.

 

Yes, there is a self-sustaining population of them. Good breeding results are achieved in private collections over the years. Despite this, it remains an uncommon species in captivity, mainly due to unfamiliarity with the species.

 

As it is monotypic I assume it applies to this thread, the tooth billed pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris).

This bird is not kept in captivity anywhere as far as I'm aware and really should be too as it would benefit enormously from ex-situ.

 

Are gannets kept in captivity anywhere? I never heard about them being kept.

 

Yes. Some European zoo holds Northern gannets, just check ztl for the list.

 

Artis breeds them regularly.

 

There are a lot of them, indeed. I would absolutely love to see a kakapo someday...

 

Are there any grebes currently in the US or Canada?

 

A photo of a Red-Necked Grebe at the Montreal Biodome was posted in January by TheGerenuk, so if that bird is still alive, then it is probably one of the few (if not the only) grebe in captivity in the U.S. or Canada.

 

The aforementioned Red-necked Grebe at the Biodome is the most recent/current one I'm aware of. Aquarium of the Pacific had a Pied-billed Grebe in the not too distant past.

 

Wishing I hadn't asked, since I was there in October Thanks!

Edit: I SAW THE GREBE. Never IDed the photo!

 

Lucky! Very much a bird I've wanted to see in captivity for a while. Hoping they start to become more common as they're very entertaining to watch in the wild.

 

Now I want to go back and see it again! It's a neat looking species Biodome is lovely but has no signs whatsoever, other than the name of each section of the place on the doors.

 

I'm not sure how the Biodome got their grebe, but regardless grebes are not a family that's likely to show up more in captivity. There is little interest in keeping them and they very rarely turn up as unreleasable rescues. They tend to be rare treats as far as zoos go; a few places in Europe and Asia keep Little Grebe with some success but that's pretty much it. A bit of a pity as they are very interesting birds.

 

Inokashira Zoo has these in their aquarium Tank, and they also live right next to the zoo, In the lake in Inokashira Park.