ZEALANDIA's Takahē Chick | 台北市立動物園資訊網

Werecentlyannouncedthatourresidenttakahē,NioandOrbell,havehatchedachick!...ZEALANDIAEcosanctuary/Wednesday,21November2018.

We recently announced that our resident takahē, Nio and Orbell, have hatched a chick! If you look closely you can see its wee white beak in this video by one of our rangers.

ZEALANDIAs Lead Ranger Conservation, Ellen Irwin, has compiled some common Qs & As around how were responding to this exciting arrival.

Now that the chick has hatched, what happens next?

We give the new parents as much space as possible! Now that the chick is over a week old, it is very mobile, and has been spotted following mum and dad around the lawn. Takahē parents are very protective of their chicks, and when disturbed will hide the chicks away in long grass or under shrubs, which means more stress on the birds and more time that the chick isn’t getting fed. We therefore want to minimise the ...