In 2013, a big flock whitecheeked pintails (Anas bahamensis) and whitefaced whistling ducks (Dendrocygna viduata) were transported from the Netherlands to the isles of Trinidad and Tobago. Our goal was to build a new breeding stock at the PointàPierre Wildfowl Trust.

It has been ten years after the tragic loss of the Trust's breeding stock of two of T&T's endangered wild ducks, the whitefaced whistling fuck and the whitecheeked pintails. The ducks were slaughtered by marauding dogs during the period that the Trust was struggling to save the Nariva Wetlands.

Several breeders of Aviornis and some of the Hungarian assosiation of birdkeepers helped to collect these birds. All the birds arrived in perfect condition and now live in large aviairies and swim around in the big natural ponds of the Trust.
Together with a young breeding stock sent by Sylvan Heights Birds Park (USA), the Trust hopes to conitnue its successful "breed and release" programme for these species.

It is, again, a beautiful example of the importance of populations of bird species in avicultural collections (exsitu).

More information: http://www.aviornis.nl