Bertie Ferns

Busy morning updating the @CikanangaF website. Almost finished adding content from @FernsBertie about the species at Cikananga Conservation Breeding Centre. I’m learning lots about website editing! #wordpress #Indonesia #Wildlife

Have you seen @CikanangaF 2022Report yet? Check it out to learn about their latest achievements in conservation breeding of the Javan Green Magpie, Black-winged #Myna, Javan Pied #Starling, Rufous-fronted, Spectacled &Sumatran Laughingthrushes silentforest.eu/news-from-cika… 📸:J.Beilby

The two challenges that make @CikanangaF's work necessary are continued habitat loss and the capture of wild songbirds for the bird trade. Both of these issues have tangible solutions, despite their size, and we can turn the situation around 👇 chesterzoo.org/what-we-do/our…

At @CikanangaF, West Java, you can find a vital hub of conservation breeding for four of the planet's most threatened songbirds 🐦 The achievements here mean that when safe habitat is available once more, we will be able to return birdsong to the silent forests of Indonesia 🎶

1/2 Today we want to share a very special photo of the Mount Slamet sub-species (Garrulax rufifrons slamatensis) of Rufous-fronted #Laughingthrush at @CikanangaF. This chick represents the first time successful ex-situ #conservation #breeding of this subspecies!

2/2 This taxon is shy, sensitive and challenging to breed. Nevertheless, @CikanangaF professional team was able to breed it in their facility. Since leaving its nest, the bird has become stronger and is now very active around the aviary with its parents. photos by @CikanangaF

3/3 Although conservation breeding of Rufous-fronted Laughingthrushes is challenging, @CikanangaF continue making progress. During the last breeding season, 8 chicks hatched from 2 different pairs, while multiple pairs built nests and incubated for the first time. photo: J.Beilby

2/2 Rufous-fronted Laughingthrushes' very sensitive nature to the surrounding #environment and other factors (e.g., proximity to other #species, diet and human disturbance) are likely to cause this significant challenge: asiansongbirdtradesg.com/astsg-publicat… (pp33-34)

1/2 Rufous-fronted Laughingthrush is a critically endangered #songbird endemic to Java. @CikanangaF has worked with this bird for almost a decade, but its breeding remains challenging. photo by J.Beilby

#natureismetal @ Cikananga Wildlife Rescue Center instagram.com/p/CbP9TAqrc4V/…

Really well produced newsletter highlighting the holistic conservation approach of the IUCN ASTSG.

📢New📢Emerging contradictions in the enforcement of bird #hunting regulations in #Malta conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… We use government statistics, court cases and interviews to look at how⬆️enforcement has likely led to⬇️in crime but also⬆️distrust and leakage 1/X🧵