Category Archives: Captive breeding

Loro Parque reports bumper breeding season for its parrots

Posted on October 4, 2010 by kpsupport

A face only a mother could love? A palm cockatoo chick. Photograph courtesy of Loro Parque. Loro Parque‘s bumper breeding season has produced more than 1,000 chicks so far – with some hatchings proving to be a bit of a … Continue reading →

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Kiwi hatches safely after egg survives earthquake

Posted on September 27, 2010 by kpsupport

A kiwi egg that survived the devastating earthquake that hit its incubator in Christchurch, New Zealand on September 4 has hatched safely — and the chick has been named Richter in memory of its great escape. The Okarito kiwi (Apteryx rowi) … Continue reading →

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Paradise Park celebrates birth of a white-crested turaco

Posted on September 20, 2010 by kpsupport

This ugly duckling of a chick will eventually grow into a beautiful adult turaco. Photograph courtesy of Paradise Park. Paradise Park has a new arrival that might not be much to look at right now but will soon be one … Continue reading →

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Three Chilean flamingo chicks hatch at Edinburgh Zoo

Posted on September 13, 2010 by kpsupport

That's my boy! Parents admire the smallest flamingo at Edinburgh Zoo. Photograph courtesy of Edinburgh Zoo. Edinburgh Zoo is celebrating the arrival of three flamingo chicks in what has been an extremely successful breeding season – despite some colourful breeding … Continue reading →

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Fancier seeks to establish a Cape dove breeding pool

Posted on September 6, 2010 by kpsupport

A Devon-based fancier who keeps Cape doves (Oena capensis), from Africa, has called on fanciers to create a UK breeding pool of the species. This species is common in the wild, but is close to extinction in European aviculture. So … Continue reading →

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Fairy bluebird fledges at Paradise Park, Cornwall

Posted on August 31, 2010 by kpsupport

The first in 15 years: a fairy bluebird chick. Photograph courtesy of Paradise Park.The first fairy bluebird chick to fledge at Paradise Park, Cornwall, since 1995 has delighted park staff. David Woolcock, curator of the collection, near Hayle, said that … Continue reading →

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Loro Parque replaces small aviaries with seven big ones

Posted on August 30, 2010 by kpsupport

Red-collared lory: now shown in groups, rather than single pairs. Photograph courtesy of Loro Parque. Tenerife’s Loro Parque has completed work on its new lory aviaries, which will transform the way it keeps and displays these handsome birds. The park … Continue reading →

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Birdkeepers hand-rear Humboldt penguin chick at Dudley Zoo

Posted on August 16, 2010 by kpsupport

Birdkeeper Nicola Wright with the four-week-old Humboldt penguin chick, which is being reared on sprats A four-week-old Humboldt penguin chick at Dudley Zoological Gardens is being hand-reared by keepers after its mum bypassed the nest-boxes put out for her and … Continue reading →

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Parrot Zoo plans £500,000 tropical attraction for 2011

Posted on August 10, 2010 by kpsupport

A new tropical bird and primate house will open in summer 2011 at the Parrot Zoo near Boston, Lincs, at a cost of £500,000. Zoo founder Steve Nichols said he drew the first rough draft of the Rainforest Experience “on … Continue reading →

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Most birds are harmless…then there’s the Cassowary!

Posted on August 2, 2010 by kpsupport

I met a girl last weekend who was telling me how much she hated birds. As I told her how amazing I thought they were and how beautiful and harmless, it was clear that she was actually really scared of … Continue reading →

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