- Padfoot the Painting Ocelot
- Unique jaguar makes public debut
- Jaguar gets new smile thanks to Valley team
- Rhinoceros Hornbill Chick
- New Jaguar on Exhibit!
- Zoo Babies! Black Footed Ferrets
- Positive Effects for Andean Bears
- Learn More About Phoenix Zoo Animals
- Budgett's Frog
- Poison Dart Frogs
- Siamang
- Patagonian Cavy
- All About the Desert Tortoise
- The Turkey Vulture
- Meet the Phoenix Zoo Meerkat Family
- The American Bald Eagle, Our Nation's Symbol
- Ruppell's Griffon Vulture Facts
- Facts About the Common Raven
- Undulated and Laced Moray Eels and the Coral Reef
- Giant Vietnamese Centipede
- The Phoenix Zoo's Asian Elephants
- When It Comes to Bird Beaks, Size Does Matter
- Petting Zoo at Harmony Farm
- Wild Dogs
- My Arts Community
Rhinoceros Hornbill Chick
RHINOCEROS HORNBILL CHICK
Keepers are watching the rhinoceros hornbill nest with eager anticipation of this year’s chick emerging soon. Hornbills do not breed readily in captivity, indeed, ours is one of only two hatched this year in North America. We are particularly proud of this, our third, successful breeding. In 2006 we traded males with the El Paso zoo in compliance with the SSP recommendation. While we were reluctant to trade a mature, proven breeder with an unproven young adult, this new male has demonstrated his excellent parenting skills at only 7 years of age! The chick should begin pecking away at the nest wall in the near future. It can take several days to chip a hole large enough to squeeze through. The chick will be almost adult size when it emerges, but can be differentiated from its parents by its blue eyes and lack of a casque on it’s upper bill.
