Do we deduce Birdland still have the same 3 females or more than that now? According to the Mail article, six eggs were laid, of which three are fertile. Do Kings lay a single egg, or can they lay two?
Evening all. We have 8.4 adult birds at present. All 4 females paired and laid, with two pairs producing a second clutch. Both chicks from the same pair. A 3rd egg was fertile (first for both adults) but started hatching 10 days early and mispositioned and didn't survive. Both chicks are being hand reared and so far so good. Lots of pics and video on one of our penguins facebook page, check out Spike the King Penguin
Hi, are the Birdland King penguins still part of the ESB? If so, what is Birdland's relationship to the recommendations agreed in the article below?: http://www.eaza.net/News/EAZA_Magazine/EAZA NEWS Magazine/ZQ84.pdf It would be a shame if the chicks are male, as has been the trend in the wider captive population in recent years, but it is a very encouraging sign that two have hatched this year.
We are part of the ESB, whether we are thought of as a core breeding institution is unknown. Our birds have always paired differently each year (except for one pair) and all but one young male have attempted to breed so not convinced on the one to one ratio theory.
Hope to re-visit Birdland in the next couple of weeks but after looking at Zootierliste I noticed a large influx of new species so I would be very grateful if anyone can confirm the list below as being the correct species for the collection – African spoonbill Ambon red lory Axolotl Bali mynah (Rothschild's mynah) Bare-faced curassow Bearded Barbet Bernier's teal (Madagascar teal) Black swan Black-breasted thrush Black-necked swan Blacksmith lapwing Black-throated laughingthrush (No Subspecific status) Black-winged ground-dove* Black-winged stilt Blue crane (Paradise crane) (Stanley crane) Blue-and-yellow macaw Blue-bellied roller Brown-breasted barbet Burrowing Owl (No Subspecific status) Central bearded dragon Chestnut teal Chilean flamingo Cinnamon teal Common bronzewing Common eider duck (European eider duck) Common redshank Congo Grey Parrot Corn snake Coscoroba swan Crested dove Crested wood partridge (Crested Partridge) (Roul-roul) Crowned hornbill Crowned lapwing Demoiselle crane Desert finch Diamond dove Eastern grey-crowned crane (East African crowned crane) Edwards's pheasant Egyptian plover Emerald dove (Green-winged pigeon) (No Subspecific status) Emu European Eagle-owl European harvest mouse (Eurasian harvest mouse) European thick-knee European Turtle dove European white stork Fulvous whistling duck Golden conure Golden pheasant Greater flamingo Greater Hill Mynah Greater rhea (American rhea) Green and black poison dart frog Green anole Green aracari Grey Peacock-Pheasant (no subspecific status) Grey treepie (Himalayan treepie) (No Subspecific status)* Hamerkop (Hammerhead) Humboldt penguin Indian spot-billed duck Iris glossy-starling (Emerald starling) Japanese quail (domestic) (Japanese laying quail) Java sparrow King penguin Laughing Kookaburra Lesser kiskadee flycatcher Light-vented bulbul (Chinese bulbul) Lilac-breasted roller Luzon bleeding-heart (Bleeding-heart pigeon) Marabou stork Masked Lapwing Mexican green military macaw Mindanao bleeding-heart Moluccan cockatoo Moluccan rainbow lorikeet Nicobar pigeon Northern Carmine bee-eater (Blue-throated carmine bee-eater) (Nubian Bee-eater) Northern Helmeted curassow Northern white-faced scops-owl Orange-headed ground-thrush (subspecies: melli) Palawan Peacock-Pheasant Peking robin (Red-billed leiothrix) Pied avocet Pied Imperial-Pigeon Pink-backed pelican Puna ibis Red flamingo (Caribbean flamingo) Red turtle dove (No Subspecific status) Red-billed Blue Magpie (Blue Magpie) (no subspecific status) Red-billed starling (Silky starling) Red-crested Cardinal Red-crested Pochard Red-crested turaco Red-fronted macaw Red-legged seriema (Crested seriema) Red-necked Sulawesi ground-dove Red-tailed laughingthrush Red-winged laughingthrush Red-winged starling Ross's goose Ruff Sacred ibis Scaled quail Scarlet macaw (Red-and-yellow macaw) Scarlet-chested parrot (Splendid grass-parakeet) Scarlet-fronted conure Senegal turaco (Buffon`s turaco) Siamese fireback pheasant Silver-beaked tanager (Maroon tanager) Snowy Owl Southern Cassowary (Double-wattled Cassowary) Southern ground hornbill Southern lapwing (Chilean lapwing) Southern masked-weaver (African masked-weaver)* Spectacled Owl (No Subspecific status) Spix's guan Splendid glossy-starling Striated caracara (Forster's caracara) Sunda Green Imperial-Pigeon* Tarictic hornbill (no species or subspecies status) Tawny frogmouth (Freckled frogmouth) Temminck's tragopan Timneh Grey Parrot Timor zebra finch Trumpeter hornbill Victoria crowned-pigeon Violet plantain-eater (Violet turaco) Von der Decken's hornbill Waldrapp (Northern bald ibis) Wattled starling Western grey plantain-eater White cockatoo White-faced whistling duck White-lined tanager White-naped crane (Japanese white-necked crane) White-throated laughingthrush White-throated orange-headed ground-trush* Yellow-shouldered amazon
Edited the list so up to date (I think!). Hope you enjoy your day Abyssian ground hornbill African spoonbill Ambon red lory Azure wing magpie Axolotl Bare-faced curassow Bernier's teal (Madagascar teal) black-breasted thrush Black-necked swan Blacksmith lapwing Black-throated laughingthrush (No Subspecific status) Blue crane (Paradise crane) (Stanley crane) Blue Wing Minla Blue-and-yellow macaw Budgets Frog Burrowing Owl (No Subspecific status) Cape Teal Cattle Egret Central bearded dragon Comb duck Common bronzewing Common redshank Corn snake Coscoroba swan Crested wood partridge (Crested Partridge) (Roul-roul) Crowned hornbill Crowned lapwing Demoiselle crane Desert finch Eastern grey-crowned crane (East African crowned crane) Edwards's pheasant Emerald dove (Green-winged pigeon) (No Subspecific status) Emu European Eagle-owl European harvest mouse (Eurasian harvest mouse) European thick-knee European Turtle dove European white stork Fulvous whistling duck Golden conure Golden pheasant Greater flamingo Greater rhea (American rhea) Grey Peacock-Pheasant (no subspecific status) Hamerkop (Hammerhead) Hawaiian Goose Humboldt penguin Japanese quail (domestic) (Japanese laying quail) Java sparrow King penguin Laughing Kookaburra Light-vented bulbul (Chinese bulbul) Little Egret Luzon bleeding-heart (Bleeding-heart pigeon) Marabou stork Masked Lapwing Mexican green military macaw Mindanao bleeding-heart Moluccan cockatoo Moluccan rainbow lorikeet Nicobar pigeon Northern Carmine bee-eater (Blue-throated carmine bee-eater) (Nubian Bee-eater) Northern Helmeted curassow Northern white-faced scops-owl Orange-headed ground-thrush (subspecies: melli) Palawan Peacock-Pheasant Peking robin (Red-billed leiothrix) Pied avocet Pied Imperial-Pigeon Pink-backed pelican Puna ibis Red flamingo (Caribbean flamingo) Red turtle dove (No Subspecific status) Red-billed Blue Magpie (Blue Magpie) (no subspecific status) Red-billed starling (Silky starling) Red-crested Cardinal Red Rumped Parakeet Red-crested turaco Red-fronted macaw Red-necked Sulawesi ground-dove Red-winged starling Royal Python Ruff Sacred ibis Scaled quail Scarlet macaw (Red-and-yellow macaw) Scarlet-fronted conure Siamese fireback pheasant Silver-beaked tanager (Maroon tanager) Snowy Owl Southern Cassowary (Double-wattled Cassowary) Southern ground hornbill Southern lapwing (Chilean lapwing) Southern masked-weaver (African masked-weaver)* Spectacled Owl Striated caracara (Forster's caracara) Sulcata Tortoise Sunda Green Imperial-Pigeon* Tawny frogmouth (Freckled frogmouth) Temminck's tragopan Timneh Grey Parrot Timor zebra finch Trumpeter hornbill Violet plantain-eater (Violet turaco) Waldrapp (Northern bald ibis) Western grey plantain-eater White cockatoo White Bellied Go Away bird White-faced whistling duck White-naped crane (Japanese white-necked crane) White-throated orange-headed ground-trush* Yellow-shouldered amazon[/QUOTE]
I was wondering many thanks for the updated list so I take it the following are no longer within the collection - Axolotl Bali mynah (Rothschild's mynah) Bearded Barbet Black swan Black-winged ground-dove* Black-winged stilt Blue-bellied roller Brown-breasted barbet Chestnut teal Chilean flamingo Cinnamon teal Common eider duck (European eider duck) Congo Grey Parrot Crested dove Egyptian plover Greater Hill Mynah Green and black poison dart frog Green anole Green aracari Grey treepie (Himalayan treepie) (No Subspecific status)* Indian spot-billed duck Iris glossy-starling (Emerald starling) Lesser kiskadee flycatcher Lilac-breasted roller Red-crested Pochard Scarlet-chested parrot (Splendid grass-parakeet) Senegal turaco (Buffon`s turaco) Spix's guan Splendid glossy-starling Tarictic hornbill (no species or subspecies status) Victoria crowned-pigeon Von der Decken's hornbill White-lined tanager White-throated laughingthrush any ideas as where or why they are no longer in the collection as there are some beautiful species here mind you there are so many still in the collection.
Very sad news indeed - glad I got to see the species one last time in April this year I doubt I ever shall again. A lot of treasures gone overall - although some of the species on that list have been gone for some years I suspect! In any case, I have now edited the ZTL page to reflect this information so it is now accurate.
Bali and axolotyl still here. As tealovingdave has said, many of these have not been with us for quite some time (green aracari was about 10 years ago). Some species have died, others moved on. Should be getting lilac breasted rollers, black swan and Ross goose again soon
An update on last year's King Penguin chick King Penguin chick has gone from just a few inches tall to over two and a half feet | Daily Mail Online
The King Penguin chick (hatched in 2014) has now been DNA sexed - It's a female, the first since 2006
Had a very nice visit yesterday, the UK has been very hot in the last few days my car said it was 31 degrees . -A few lifers for me like the Western Grey Plantain Eaters, White-Lined Tanager, Red-Billed Starling, Siamese Fireback Pheasant and Black-Throated Laughingthrush -Also, saw King Penguin for the first time since I was last at Edinburgh (2014) -A lot of species in the zoo where unlabeled including the Desert Finch, which I assumed had gone so didn't bother spend time looking for it but it wasn't till I messaged the zoo asking if they still has them that they confirmed 2 are still about in the Desert House! -The 'Birds of Africa' section was by far my favorite part especially the aviary housing the Ground Hornbill (Southern and Abyssinian) side by side making it easy for visitors to make comparisons. -Both the Avocets and Edward's Pheasants had chicks, the Edward's were especially tiny -The zoo also had some very nice Lapwing and Plover species as well as Hornbills with the glimpse I got of the Crowned Hornbill. All I will say is that the zoo isn't in the location I thought it would be- I thought it was in just a small town where not many people visited but the town was packed! Bourton-on-the-Water is a lot more touristy than I thought it would be but it is arguably one of the prettiest and beautiful towns in England and the last place I would expect to find a zoo!
