Zurich Zoo Zurich Zoo invites you to "chick spotting"
Zurich Zoo is currently inviting visitors to "chick spotting" in the Masoala Hall. Several endangered bird species have hatched offspring there. The zoo's bird expert has to intervene to help with the offspring.
10.07.2024, 11:06
SDA
The young of the endangered Madagascar ducks, Bernier's ducks and maned ibises are under the watchful eye of bird expert Nicolai Becker. The zookeeper regularly keeps an eye on the Masoala hall with his binoculars.
He does get nervous from time to time, writes the zoo in a press release on Wednesday. Sometimes the chicks lose their parents in the dense rainforest of the Masoala Hall. Then the zookeeper sometimes has to intervene to help and reunite parents and offspring.
Nests on display, parents well camouflaged
It is more difficult for visitors to see the chicks. Although the nests of the maned ibis can be found, the parents are very well camouflaged due to their brownish plumage. This highly endangered species from Madagascar has already hatched or will hatch five times.
The chicks of five pairs of Bernier's ducks have already hatched and six are still breeding. They are among the rarest ducks in the world. Their population is estimated at only 1900 animals.
