Three zoos that, if memory serves, were all first round losers in their Cup debuts. This time one will break their duck, and appropriately for duck-breaking they will do it on birds.
Low turnout for this one so far, folks, which means a well-considered and argued case would probably swing the result.
Ratites Mulhouse: Elegant crested tinamou, lesser rhea Penguins Mulhouse: Jackass penguin Rhenen: Humboldt penguin Herons Mulhouse: Black stork, Madagascan crested ibis, roseate spoonbill, waldrapp Poznan: Eurasian spoonbill, marabou Rhenen: Sacred ibis, saddle-billed stork, western cattle egret Waterfowl Mulhouse: African pygmy goose, Baer’s pochard, Baikal teal, Bernier’s teal, Cape teal, common eider, common pochard, common shelduck, Coscoroba swan, emperor goose, ferruginous duck, lesser white-fronted goose, magpie goose, maned wood duck, northern shoveler, plumed whistling duck, Ross’s goose, ruddy shelduck, white-faced whistling duck, white-winged duck Poznan: Bean goose, mute swan, northern mallard, rosy-billed pochard Rhenen: American wigeon, Bahama pintail, Brazilian teal, common goldeneye, flying steamer duck, hooded merganser, mandarin duck, North American wood duck, smew, West Indian whistling duck, western greylag goose, whooper swan Raptors Mulhouse: Egyptian vulture, Eurasian griffon vulture Poznan: Andean condor, bald eagle, bearded vulture, golden eagle, Steller’s sea eagle, steppe buzzard, steppe eagle, striated caracara, western honey buzzard, white-tailed sea eagle Rhenen: Bataleur eagle, red kite Game birds Mulhouse: Cabot’s tragopan, Edwards’ pheasant, Himalayan monal, Poznan: Blue-eared pheasant, common bronzewing, crested fireback, great curassow, northern helmeted curassow, Palawan peacock pheasant, razor-billed curassow, red jungle fowl, Siamese fireback, Tibetan white-eared pheasant Rhenen: Blue-throated piping guan Cranes Mulhouse: Blue crane, sarus crane, western black-crowned crane Poznan: Eurasian crane, red-legged seriema, west Mediterranean purple swamphen Gulls Mulhouse: Bush thick-knee, masked lapwing, Peruvian thick-knee, southern lapwing Poznan: European golden plover, European thick-knee Rhenen: Inca tern Owls Poznan: European boreal owl, Indian scops owl, little owl, short-eared owl, Ural owl Pigeons Mulhouse: African collared dove, Mindanao bleeding-heart, pink pigeon, Sclater’s crowned pigeon Poznan: Crested pigeon, speckled pigeon Parrots Mulhouse: Black parrot, blue-throated macaw, Deplanche’s lorikeet, double yellow-headed amazon, Fischer’s lovebird, golden-fronted conure, great green macaw, horned parakeet, Jardine’s parrot, Kuhl’s brown-necked parrot, red-fronted macaw, vinaceous amazon, yellow-shouldered amazon Poznan: Cockatiel Rhenen: Blue and yellow macaw, Major Mitchell’s cockatoo Turacos Mulhouse: Fischer’s turaco, Ross’s turaco, southern purple-crested turaco, violet turaco, white-crested turaco Hornbills Poznan: Abyssinian ground hornbill, black hornbill, laughing kookaburra Rhenen: Great hornbill, Javan rhinoceros hornbill, Northern rufous hornbill, Papuan hornbill, Von der Decken’s hornbill, wreathed hornbill, wrinkled hornbill Toucans Rhenen: Green aracari, keel-billed toucan, toco toucan, white-throated toucan Perching birds Mulhouse: Bali mynah, blue-crowned laughing thrush Poznan: Iberian azure-winged magpie, red-billed blue magpie Rhenen: Greater blue-eared glossy starling Groups of unique species only found at 1 zoo Mulhouse 2 (ratites, turacos) Poznan 1 (owls) Rhenen 1 (toucans) A squeaky win for Mulhouse
While I know it probably won't sway a lot of voters, I want to make the case for Rhenen. I did that once before, so copied from the first ZooChat Cup. Very few changes have occured since. The new Snowy owl aviary is indeed very nice, and rainbow lorikeet have been added just next to Ravotapia.
One and a half hours for a zoo to find an absolute majority or we go to extra time, folks. Get voting and debating.
Argh. Yes it would have mattered, but yes you've missed the deadline. This is what's called a pain-in-the-baboon's-colourful-bits result. Because the second and third place getters were still tied, the 'extra time' round will have to once again be all three zoos. Coming shortly.
