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Buffnecked and/or Blackfaced Ibis

Jul 29 2009
About 10 years ago we saw in zoo's some buff colored ibises. Usually a single bird in a mixed collection. Only a few had a pair of them. As there were few breeding results, no one had a bird to sell. Everybody was waiting to get an extra bird.

Details for recognition Threskiornis

Mar 13 2009
This article shows the differences between the Sacred ibis, the Indian white ibis and the Australian white ibis.

How to build a home for ibises

Apr 12 2009
If we have the idea to keep ibises in a protected environment, we want to make this place as comfortable possible for our birds. Think of it as a nice hotel room, suited for a long and carefree holyday. As a good host you want the best for your guest, don't you?

Mixed aviary

Nov 21 2009
There is a new fashion in the way birds are kept. Even in private collections you can find increasing numbers of great aviaries, even within this small world of aviculture. How to make such an aviary is another issue, and what can be kept in such, is what we are going to talk about.

Reddening in our Ibises - Part 1: Review of carotenoids

Mar 20 2010
Reddening in some of our birds, it is currently a hotly debated topic with many aviculturists of ibises, flamingos, spoonbills and pelicans. On Ibisday 2007, we have already dealt with this topic extensively. We want to give you, on the basis of a number of articles, more information on this subject, in this way we give you the opportunity to become a critical judge on the usefulness of administering colours and the role they play.

Reddening in our Ibises - Part 2: Dose administration carotenes

Apr 12 2010
In Part 1 we learned that carotenes are responsible for the reddening of our birds. That is the reason why we carotenes, in the form of canthaxantine, extra to administer the diet of our birds. What is now the ideal dose to deal with the birds? Nobody knows what the perfect dose is, so we look at what dose zoos feed their animals. Finally, we compare this with the maximum dose that people may have.

Reddening in our Ibises - Part 3: What does a wild red ibis eat to be red?

Jun 21 2010
Wild birds are not administered artificial products. They still have a beautiful red colour. In the four studies that have taken place in the wild, it appears that the birds perfect their colours from crustaceans, insects and fish. Of course it is impossible for us to feed it every day. However, keep in mind that the daily feed what we provide to our many birds also contains carotenes: Maize, linseed, fish (flour), shrimp (flour), spirulinae, ...

Reddening in our Ibises - Part 4: Red ibises in wild, the flying labo

Aug 3 2010
Female birds can select a male partner on a large number of manners to pair. Thus they choose for example males with striking decorations, such as violent coloured and extended feathers. By choosing that splendid males, they are sure the descendants will be born healthy and vital. Because how better the males in condition is, how better their decorative expressie reach, therefore how better their genen.

Reddening in our Ibises - Part 5: Color additives in an aviary

Nov 3 2010
In earlier newsletters we looked at the different mechanisms involved in avian colouration, including various values, important concentrations, etc. The question remains: how to I customize this? There is no aviary that has a biotope so diverse that the birds can decide what to eat in order to fulfill all of their dietary needs...

Southern Bald Ibis

May 2 2009
There are two species of bald ibis in the genus Geronticus. Northern bald ibis, also called Waldrapp or Eremite (Geronticus eremita) and Southern Bald Ibis, also called Cape Ibis (Geronticus calvus). Much information has already been discussed on Waldrapp ibis during our ibisday in Paradisio, along with the project to release them in Austria.