FEATURE
the Amazonas, the white-winged trumpeter among the southwestern part and the green-winged trumpeter among the southeastern part of the Amazonas. The Weltvogelpark Walsrode keeps two of the three species: The grey-winged trumpeter and the white-winged trumpeter. In the big rainforest hall of the Weltvogelpark Walsrode visitors get an insight into the fascinating world of trumpeters. At authentic tropical climate with a humidity of ~85% they get the chance to watch the social behavior and listen to the fascinating calls of trumpeters. Last year the Weltvogelpark Walsrode
achieved a very special breeding success: 22 juvenile grey-winged trumpeters first saw the light of the world in Walsrode.
Most important groundwork of such a magnificent breeding success is of course a harmonic breeding pair. The pair combination, but also the subsequent rearing of juveniles, requires a great instinctive feeling and was, under the supervision of Andreas Frei and Jan Dams, veterinary and biologist of Weltvogelpark Walsrode, perfectly mastered by the hand rearing-team. It was one male trumpeter, which already fertilized in the previous year, at a young age of only 10 month, the first clutch, who ensured that also the following year numerous eggs were fertilized. The clutches contained 4-5 eggs each. They were exchanged by artificial eggs and incubated in a forced air incubator. The artificial eggs were unfortunately not incubated till hatching
BIRD SCENE 27
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48