We're celebrating a double conservation success as two of the world’s rarest bird species, a pair of Mauritian pink pigeon, now classed as Vulnerable, and a pair of Endangered Visayan tarictic hornbill, have bred at the zoo.
The male hornbill chick, which hatched in May, has now fledged, enabling its mother to leave the nest box and resume normal activities. During the first two months of the new hatchling’s life, the mother must remain with them in the nest box, relying on the father to carry protein-rich food to feed her and the chick.
Read more at www.bristolzoo.org.uk/news/bird-breeding-success-at-bristol-zoo-project