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NEWS & VIEWS



Jewels area, with sunbirds and hummingbirds, orchids and bromeliads.

Individual aviaries will house female hummingbirds. Hummingbirds have

not been kept at the zoo since the late 1970s and ZSL London Zoo will be

the only zoo in the UK keeping these birds.



ANOTHER GOOD BREEDING SEASON


Paradise Park Wildlife Sanctuary at Hayle, here in Cornwall, enjoyed

another good breeding season. Species bred included Humboldt Penguin

Spheniscus humboldti , Black-cheeked Lovebird Agapornis nigrigenis ,

Yellow-shouldered Amazon Amazona barbadensis, Roseate Cockatoo or

Galah Eolophus roseicapillus , Black-headed Caique Pionites melanocephalus ,

Green-naped Lorikeet Trichoglossus h. haematodus , Swainson’s Lorikeet

T. h. moluccanus and Northern White-faced Scops Owl Ptilopsis (formerly

Otus) leucotis.


Other species bred included a Military Macaw Ara militaris , two

Grey-necked Crowned Cranes Balearica regulorum gibbericeps, an



Photo Kir sty Jenkin



Bali Starling at 15 days old. It hatched on August 14th 2007.



Argus Pheasant Argusianus argus , two Temminck’s Tragopans Tragopan

temminckii , four Roulrouls or Red-crested Wood Partridges Rollulus roulroul ,

five Chiloe Wigeon Anas sibilatrix , a Baikal Teal A.formosa , seven Avocets



