Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) Fact Sheet: Managed Care

Enrichment (from Galama et al. 2002 unless otherwise noted)

• Encourage "wild" behaviors
• Novel objects encourage play (Galama et al. 2002; Kemp and Kemp 1980)
• Rope and hose to pull and tug
• Kong® pet toys filled with food items
• Balls

Europe

• Early records
  • < 1901: Exhibited at the London Zoo (The Gardens and Menagerie of the Royal Society) (Beddard 1901)

North America

• Early records
  • 1922: first Southern Ground Hornbill exhibited at the Philadelphia Zoo (Sweeney 2012)
    • 2 adult females
• Notable records
  • Oldest individual
    • A male > 54 years old, housed at the Honolulu Zoo (Sweeney 2012; ZIMS 2015)
      • First acquired by the Los Angeles Zoo in 1961
      • Alive, as of February 2015
  • First successful breeding in managed care
    • 1981: a female chick born at Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Zoo (Sweeney 2012; ZIMS 2015)

Historical notes

• First individuals housed at the zoo
  • 1956: first Southern Ground Hornbill on exhibit (Sweeney 2012)
    • Pair of adults; 1 male and 1 female
• First birth in managed care
  • 1988: a male, Cleo, born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    • Cleo is alive and well living at the Philadelphia Zoo, as of 15 January 2015 (ZIMS 2015)

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Beddard (1901)
Galama et al. (2002)
Kemp and Kemp (1980)
Sweeney (2012)
ZIMS (2015)