Extremely rare bird is born at Bristol Zoo...with a face only
it's mother could love
An extremely rare bird has been born at a UK zoo for the first
ever time — with a face only its mother could love.
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The Philippine cockatoo chick, which has not yet been named,
hatched last week weighing a tiny 0.207 lbs.
But the chick quickly became a contender for the ugliest bird
in the world with its saggy, featherless skin and crusting, undeveloped beak.
It will, however, find comfort in the fact that one day he
will grow up to be a beautiful white bird, with bright orange and yellow tail
feathers on its underside.
This extremely rare chick has been hatched at Bristol Zoo
Gardens for the first ever time.
The chick’s arrival at Bristol Zoo gardens is particularly
significant because the breed of bird is on the International Union for
Conservation of Nature’s red list.
The critically endangered species has seen a rapid population
reduction owing to extensive loss of its lowland habitats and trapping for the
cagebird trade.
The chick’s family is now being kept under close surveillance
because the parents have never reared any young before.
Its parents were brought to Bristol Zoo in 2004 and have since
divided their time between there and the Wild Place Project near Cribbs
Causeway.
Bristol Zoo Gardens team leader of birds, Trevor Franks, said
during his ten years at he had only previously seen one egg from this pair of
Philippine cockatoos – and that had been broken.
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