The first of the Santa Cruz ground-doves chicks; this little one hatched in Jurong Bird Park on 31 December 2018. The Santa Cruz ground-dove is listed as endangered under the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List.
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A Santa Cruz ground-dove father nurturing his days-old chick. Given the volatile environment of this species’ native homeland—the Solomon Islands—there is not much data recorded on this species. This means that all the information that can be collected from the birds under human care is extremely valuable and may help better understand the species and its needs in the wild.
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A Straw-headed bulbul chick having a lazy day in the park’s Breeding and Research Centre. With the first hatching in 2017, Jurong Bird Park became the first in over a decade to breed these songbirds under human care and for the first time as part of a conservation breeding program, which is led by the Bird Park.
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A young adult Straw-headed bulbul in the park’s Wings of Asia exhibit. Songbirds like the Straw-headed bulbul face threats such as the illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade, contributing to the ‘silent forest’ syndrome.
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