Jan Dams Weltvogelpark Walsrode

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Jan Dams
Weltvogelpark Walsrode
Black grouse
Lyurus tetrix
•
IUCN Redlist status
– Least concern
•
Population (2013)
– 8.6.0 = 14 total
•
Problems
– High mortality
•
Increase profile
– Tame birds
– Easiest grouse species
– Beautiful display
•
Black grouse lekking
– Good species for an European mixed-exhibit
•
How to decrease mortality
– Wing clipping
– “Escape branches“
– Male agression
• One male with several females
• Provide escape hatch for the female
– Obesitas
• Lundi raufußhühn pellets
– Check feaces every month
• Provide clean soil (river sand discourages earthworms)
– Provide fresh branches weakly
– Cover the top of the aviary
• Prevents moist aviary floor
• No feaces from wild birds can fall in the aviary
Black grouse
Lyurus tetrix
Brown eared pheasant
Crossoptilon mantchuricum
• IUCN redlist status:
– Vulnerable
• Population (2013)
– 14.9.0 = 23 total
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Problems
– Destroy vegetation
– Agressive
• Increase profile
– Genetically pure
– Very hardy birds
Brown eared pheasant
Crossoptilon mantchuricum
•
Brown eared pheasant
• How to protect vegetation
– Cover roots with rocks or wire
– Provide greens
• A small with suspended wire covered area allows gras to grow
•
Handling agressive birds
– Feed and give water from the outside of the aviary
– Seperate into extra enclosure, loor inside with peanuts
– Big buckets
Chukar partridge
Alectoris chukar
• IUCN redlist status
– Least concern
• Population (2013)
– 3.2.8 = 13 total
• Problems
– Many different
subspecies
• Increase profile
– Hardy species
– Easy to mix
• Chukar patridge
• Ideal for arid Asian exhibits
• Easy in husbandry
Chukar partridge
Alectoris chukar
– Make sure enclosure is well drained
– Rock structures will give the male a place to call
from
Cochin-chinese red junglefowl
Gallus gallus gallus
• IUCN redlist status
– Least concern
• Population (2013)
– 10.15.15 = 40 total
• Problems
– Identification
– Pure birds are very
sensitive for disease and
are difficult to breed
– Not Hardy
• Increase profile
– High educational value
Cochin-chinese red junglefowl
Gallus gallus gallus
• Red junglefowl
• Good bird to keep in an aviary inside a tropical
house
– No problems with feaces from wild birds
– Surface can be kept dry
– Above freezing temperature
European quail
Coturnix coturnix
• IUCN redlist status
– Least concern
• Population (2013)
– 6.5.3 = 14 total
• Problems
– Brown..
• Increase profile
– Hardy species
– Easy to mix with
other birds
• Common Quail
• Ideal species to mix
with small seedeaters
– Will eat spilled seeds
– Peacefull, only
whatch out with
fledglings
European quail
Coturnix coturnix
Kenya crested guineafowl
Guttera pucherani
• IUCN red list status
– Least concern
• Population (2013)
– 35.25.51 = 111 total
• Problems
– Identification
– Many unsexed birds
– Not hardy
•
Increase profile
– Peacefull birds
– Ideal species for an
African walk through
aviary
Kenya crested guineafowl
Guttera pucherani
• Crested guineafowl
• Big groups are possible
– For breeding keep as pairs (behind the scenes)
Crested wood partridge
Rollulus rouloul
• IUCN redlist status
– Near threatened
• Population (2013)
– 191.157.139 = 487 total
• Problems
– High mortality
– Many unsexed birds
• Increase profile
– THE free flight bird for
tropical houses
– Can be kept in groups
– Very attractive
• Roulroul
Crested wood partridge
Rollulus rouloul
• High mortality probably due to high chick
mortality?
– Predation risk in tropical houses
• Very easy to breed as pairs in behind the scenes enclosures
Germain's peacock pheasant
Polyplectron germaini
• IUCN redlist status
– Near threatened
• Population size (2013)
– 5.9.0 = 14 total
• Problems
– Not hardy
• Increase profile
– Peacefull
• Germain's
Germain's peacock pheasant
peacock pheasant Polyplectron germaini
• If you allready have Palawan, Rotschild and
Malayan peacock pheasants, the Germain is a
nice species to add to your allready
outstanding collection!
Green peafowl
Pavo muticus
• IUCN redlist status
– Endangered
• Population data (2013)
– 18.20.9 = 47 total
• Problems
– Identification
– Big bird with special
needs
• Increase profile
– Beautiful species
• Green peafowl
Green peafowl
Pavo muticus
• Identification
– WPA imported pure birds  cooperation?
• Needs a big enclosure with a heated shetler
• Not a good free ranging bird (+more agressive)
Grey partridge
Perdix perdix
• IUCN redlist status
– Least concern
• Population size (2013)
– 10.6.33 = 49 total
• Problems
– Many unsexed birds
• Inscrease profile
– Hardy species
– Very good in European
mixed exhibits
• Grey partridge
Grey partridge
Perdix perdix
• Peacefull species
• If feaces is checked regularly they are easy to
keep in a marshland exhibit
Himalayan monal
Lophophorus impejanus
• IUCN redlist status
– Least concern
• Population size (2013)
– 69.56.19 = 144 total
• Problems
– Male agression
– Destroys vegetation
• Increase profile
– Hardy species
• Himalayan monal
Himalayan monal
Lophophorus impejanus
• Decreasing male agression
– Provide cover
– Pairing outside the breeding
season
– Old females for old males
– Males to females
– Clipping primary feathers
– Place a wooden board in the
corner on 4 stones, the stones
should be high enough for the
female to fit underneath the
board, the male won‘t be able to
follow
Bar-tailed pheasant
Syrmaticus humiae
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IUCN redlist status
– Near threatened
• Population size (2013)
– 11.11.2 = 24 total
• Problems
– Very similar to Elliot‘s
pheasant
• Crossbreds
• Space competition
– No other region with stable
population
•
Increase profile
– Hardy species
– Peacefull
Bar-tailed pheasant
Syrmaticus humiae
• Urgently needs more holders if we want to
uphold a healthy population
Ocellated turkey
Meleagris ocellata
• IUCN redlist status
– Near threatened
• Population size (2013)
– 6.4.3 = 13 total
• Problems
– Inbreeding
• Import AZA birds
– Difficult husbandry
• Increase profile
– Special looking bird
• Ocellated turkey
Ocellated turkey
Meleagris ocellata
• Very interesting species for Central- and South-America exhibits
• Birds tend to be quite sensitive and very stressfull
– Provide a well drained aviary in a calm place in your zoo
• There are surplus birds in the AZA region which could boost the
EAZA population
Reeves's pheasant
Syrmaticus reevesii
• IUCN redlist status
– Vulnerable
• Population size
– 50.48.30 = 128
total
• Increase profile
– Beautifull long tail
– Hardy
• Reeves's pheasant
Reeves's pheasant
Syrmaticus reevesii
• Very easy, low maintenance bird
Satyr tragopan
Tragopan satyra
• IUCN redlist status
– Near threatened
• Population status
– 29.26.14 = 69 total
• Problems
– Hybridisation
• WPA DNA research
• Increase profile
– Peacefull species
– Hardy
– Unbelievable displays
• Satyr tragopan
Satyr tragopan
Tragopan satyra
• Because tragopans eat lot‘s of fruits it‘s optimal to
place fruit bearing trees or bushes inside the aviary
• They are very gentle and will become very tame which
makes health checks very easy
Tibetan white eared pheasant
Crossoptilon crossoptilon drouynii
• IUCN redlist status
– Near threatened
• Population size (2013)
– 5.5.0 = 10 total
• Problems
– Captive population keeps
decreasing
– Destroys vegetation
• Increase profile
– Hardy
– Beautifull white plumage
with bright red facial skin
Tibetan white eared pheasant
Crossoptilon crossoptilon drouynii
• White eared pheasant
• If we want to uphold a safetynet population,
more holders will be needed
Vulturine guineafowl
Acryllium vulturinum
• IUCN redlist status
– Least concern
• Population size
– 62.48.30 = 140 total
• Problems
– Sensitive species
• Increase profile
– Beautifull species for
an African mixed
exhibit
Vulturine guineafowl
Acryllium vulturinum
• Vulturine guineafowl
Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallus
• IUCN redlist status
– Least concern
• Population size (2013)
– 20.20.2 = 42 total
• Problems
– Very sensitive species
– Agressive males
• Increase profile
– Very impressive birds
• Capercaillie
Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallus
• With the right food, clean aviary and escape
hatches for the females the Capercaillie is not
a difficult species to keep and breed
• For more info we can talk over a good beer