I would like to know if any members have ever visited Waddesdon Manor Aviary in Aylesbury at Waddesdon Hall as I have noticed that the collection looks rather interesting as they have a few birds I have yet to see in the UK and according to Zootierliste they also have some Grosbeak Starlings. I would also like to know if the Zootierliste is up to date and if not, which species are no longer at the collection and which of any have been added to the collection. Asian Fairy-bluebird Bali mynah Bearded barbet Blue-crowned laughingthrush Blue-grey tanager Bornean peacock-pheasant Brahminy starling Brown-breasted barbet Cape robin-chat Chestnut-backed ground-thrush Cinnamon ground-dove/Goldenheart Collared partridge Crested wood partridge/Roul-roul Emei Shan/Mount Omei liocichla Emerald/Green-winged pigeon Emerald/Iris glossy-starling Fischer's turaco Golden-breasted starling Green-naped pheasant-pigeon Grey peacock-pheasant Grosbeak/Scissor-billed starling Luzon bleeding-heart Mindanao bleeding-heart Mountain peacock-pheasant Moustached laughingthrush Orange-headed ground-thrush Painted bunting Red-billed leiothrix/Peking robin Red-necked Sulawesi ground-dove Rufous-bellied niltava Scarlet-faced liocichla Silver-eared mesia 1 Silver-eared mesia 2 Snowy-crowned robin-chat Socorro dove Spectacled laughingthrush Spotted laughingthrush Sumatran/Black-and-white laughingthrush Temminck's tragopan West Indian whistling duck White-collared yuhina White-crested turaco White-crowned robin-chat White-rumped shama I'm hoping to make this part of my March Birding captive collection month along with Birdworld (Farnham), Birdland park & gardens, Cotswold falconry centre, Slimbridge WWT, Cotswold wildlife park, London Zoo & Chester zoo as there will be a slow month for birding.
It’s not a bad collection, not very large on footprint though. When we visited, they were doing talks and feeds. Big emphasis placed on their Bali mynah breeding programs too.
I'm afraid they don't have many of these, most of them are apparently on a different site. The site consists of 8 aviaries, 2 big one on each end and 6 smaller ones with one or two less species in there. The only rarity I saw was the painted buntings and robin chats, which were life ticks for me. It would be really nice if they had all these rarities on show.
Everything I remember being present were the following: Bali mynah Painted bunting Brahminy starling Fischer's turaco Cape robin chat Peking robin Cinnamon ground dove Emerald green dove Crested wood partridge Collared partridge Luzon bleeding heart Soccoro dove Chestnut backed ground thrush And a couple of laughingthrushes.
Many thanks folks I think I will still make a visit in March and I will add a full list of species on here again many thanks all for the info.
Remember that the Bali mynah is Leucospar rothschildi, aka Rothschild's mynhah/grackle, and that Waddesdon Manor was the country house of the English branch of the Rothschild family.
