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Here is a list of the bird species which have been successfully bred at the Centre

 

 

 

New world vultures

Turkey vulture       Cathartes aura

American Black Vulture    Coragyps atratus

 

Kites

Red Kite   Milvus milvus

Yellow-billed Kite   Milvus migrans parasitus

Brahminy Kites   Haliastur indus*

 

Sea Eagles

White-bellied Sea Eagle  Haliaeetus leucogaster*

African Fish Eagle   Haliaeetus vocifer

White-tailed Sea Eagle   Haliaeetus albicilla*

Bald Eagle   Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Steller's Sea Eagle  Haliaeetus pelagicus

 

Vultures

Egyptian Vulture   Neophron percnopterus

Ruppells Vulture   Gyps rueppellii*

African White-backed Vulture   Gyps africanus*

Eurasian Griffon Vulture   Gyps fulvus

 

Gymnogene

African Harrier Hawk Polyboroides typus

 

Hawks

Lizard Buzzard   Kaupifalco monogrammicus*

Gabar Goshawk   Micronisus gabar

Chanting Goshawk   Melierax canorus poliopterus*

 

Accipiters

Goshawk   Accipiter gentilis

European Sparrowhawk   Accipiter nisus

Black Sparrowhawk   Accipiter melanoleucus

 

Sub butonines

Harris Hawk   Parabuteo unicinctus

 

Buteos

Common Buzzard   Buteo buteo

Red-tailed Buzzard   Buteo jamaicensis

Ferruginous Buzzard   Buteo regalis

Red-shouldered Buzzard   Buteo lineatus

 

Aquilas

Tawny Eagle  Aquila rapax

Golden Eagle  Aquila chrysaetos

Verreaux Eagle  Aquila verreauxii

Steppe Eagle  Aquila nipalensis

African Hawk Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus spilogaster* Blyth’s Hawk Eagle  Spizaetus alboniger

Martial Eagle  Polemaetus bellicosus*

 

Secretary Bird

Secretary Bird  Sagittarius serpentarius

 

 

 

 

Burrowing Owl Chick

 

Caracaras

Common Caracara   Polyborus plancus

Striated Caracara   Phalcoboenus australis

 

Pygmy Falcons

African Pygmy   Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus

 

Falcons

Kestrel   Falco tinnunculus

American Kestrel   Falco sparvarius

Lesser Kestrel   Falco naumanni*

Greater Kestrel   Falco rupicoloides

Mauritius Kestrel   Falco punctatus

Merlin   Falco columbarius

Red-headed Merlin   Falco chicquera*

Eleonora’s Falcon   Falco eleonori*

Aplomado Falcon   Falcon femoralis

Peregrine   Falco peregrinus p

African Peregrine   Falco peregrinus minor

Saker   Falco cherrug

Prairie Falcon  Falco mexicanus

Lugger Falcon  Falco jugger

Lanner Falcon  Falco biarmicus

Peregrine x Barbary Falcon

Peregrine x Lanner

Peregrine x Saker

 

Owls

Barn Owl  Tyto alba

Tawny Owl  Strix aluco

Great Gray Owl   Strix nebulosa

Asian Brown Wood Owl   Strix leptogrammica

Rufous-thighed Owl   Strix rufipes

Ural Owl   Strix uralensis

Little Owl   Athene noctua

Ferruginous Pygmy Owl   Glaucidium brasilium*

Snowy Owl   Nyctea scandiaca

Spectacled Owl   Pulsatrix perspicillata

European Eagle Owl   Bubo bubo

Indian Eagle Owl   Bubo bengalensis

Great Horned Owl   Bubo virginianus

Mackinder’s Eagle Owl   Bubo capensis

African Spotted Eagle Owl   Bubo africanus

Savigny’s Eagle Owl   Bubo ascalaphus

Abyssinian Eagle Owl   Bubo cinerascens

Iranian Eagle Owl   Bubo nikolski

White-faced Scops Owl   Otus leucotis

European Scops Owl   Otus scops

Tropical Screech Owl   Otus choliba

Collared Scops Owl   Otus lempiji

Boobook Owl   Ninox novaeseelandiae

Burrowing Owl   Speotyto cunnicularia

Striped Owl   Rhinoptynx clamator

Hawk Owl   Surnia ulula

 

 

 

Most of these are produced from just one pair. We consider that our brief when we were at the National Birds of Prey Centre and now the International Centre for Birds of Prey, has never been to produce large quantities of young from a small number of species, as in a specific captive and release programme, but rather to produce small quantities, consistently, from many species.

Sustained captive breeding and with particular emphasis on producing F2 and F3 birds is important to us. Thereby we gain tremendous amount of knowledge whilst sharing an interesting collection with the visiting public, who not only enjoy it, but at the same time learn a great deal.

However we do feel that a one-off breeding has little value and can often be put down to luck rather than judgement and hard work, so we try to breed from the birds on a regular basis until we hope we have gained a fair degree of knowledge of the species involved. We have been lucky enough to be able to share that knowledge with groups who are starting specific captive and release programmes and are involved with two that are producing Egyptian Vultures for release to the wild over a long period.

We are also advising on the Spanish Imperial Eagle breeding programme, and working with the various groups BNHS, RSPB, ZSL and NBPT on the captive breeding programme for Indian sub continent Gyps vultures.