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Remembering Dr. Arthur Risser by Josef Lindholm III, it stayed that way through the rest of the 1960’s. On Dec. 31, Senior Aviculturist, The Dallas World Aquarium 1969, it reached an all-time high of 1,126 and of (and 3,465 specimens). Then it dropped. At the end of Art Risser’s death following a stroke on the day after Christ- 1970 there were 1,097 taxa. On Jan. 1, 1972, there were 917. A mas 2008, was entirely unexpected. But many of his saddened later there were 856. And on Jan1., 1974, the number stood friends were also startled to learn he was 70. I think most of us at 772. I found this deeply disturbing. thought he was far younger. When I first met him, shortly after At the same time, my own small avicultural world had also his arrival at the San Diego Zoo, as Assistant Curator of Birds, become much smaller. In 1972, I was, with much effort, able to in 1974, I thought he was in his late twenties. He was, in fact, 35 convince my parents to buy me Red-eared Waxbills at Wool- when he thus entered the zoo profession, having previously been worth’s and Strawberry and Cut-throats at the White involved in mammalogy. Front, all for $3.95 a pair. In 1974, I found the prices for all of He earned his Master’s in Wildlife Management from the these were now $40 a pair. University of Arizona, in 1963, conducting field research on In answer to the question that all young zoo enthusiasts ask: White-nosed Coatis. Prior to earning his Ph.D. from UC Davis “Why don’t you get some (fill in the blank)?” Art told me all in 1970, he collected mammals in Namibia for the Smithsonian about the Newcastle’s Quarantine imposed in 1973, a subject Institution and studied the hosts for scrub typhus in Pakistan, of which till that point I had been blissfully unaware. Being for the University of Maryland’s School of Medicine. thus enlightened was a pivotal point in my development toward Even though my perceptions at our first meeting were some- becoming an aviculturist and an avicultural historian. In one what distorted, as I was 14 old, Art’s trademark game-show- conversation, my entire perception of birds in American avicul- host-good-looks, with his perfectly styled head of carroty hair ture in general, and U.S. zoos in particular had shifted, and from and famous “1,000-Watt grin,” coupled with a boyish enthusi- that point everything took on a different context. asm and sometimes startling sense of humor, certainly conveyed Art’s evangelical zeal in facing the Newcastle’s crisis was youthfulness. This was appropriate for a man who was in the a reflection of his newly attained responsibilities as Assistant forefront among a generation of curators who completely Curator of Birds to the largest collection in the Western Hemi- reshaped American zoo in the ’70s and ’80s. sphere (and until a very short time before, the world). His first When I was 14, I was obsessed with the San Diego Zoo the several years at the zoo were made difficult by one quarantine way other kids were with sports teams or rock bands. The year station crisis after another. before, I got to make four separate visits from Berkeley, and He enumerated several of these in a paper presented at a the second of my 1974 visits lasted several days, thanks to fam- regional conference of what was then the AAZPA, in 1976 (Ris- ily friends. I impatiently anticipated the arrival of each month’s ser, 1976): Ten South African , for whose quarantine the ZooNooz, the Zoological Society of San Diego’s magazine, and zoo paid $1,000, were destroyed, along with all the other birds in spent any time I could reading back issues in the library of the a commercial station, when a tested positive for Newcas- San Francisco Zoo and the California Academy of Sciences. tle’s on their 29th day there. A compatible pair of Double-wat- So, when on the last of my several day’s visit, I recognized Ron tled Cassowaries had to be sent back to Holland (where they were Gordan Garrison, the long-time photographer of the Zoolog- sold elsewhere) when a at the same station died 20 days ical Society, I was delighted. Ron was standing in front of the after their arrival. Attempts to pair up San Diego’s Great Horn- great community aviary for birds of prey. I, of course, wanted to bill and White-tailed Black Cockatoo were thwarted over hap- know what his next ZooNooz project would be. He was photo- penstance of one kind and another. The particularly nightmarish graphing all the zoo’s . It quickly developed that the arti- logistics involved in bringing a shipment of Birds of Paradise and cle these pictures would illustrate would be written by the man other birds from Papua New Guinea in 1977, were the subject of holding up a reflector made from foil-wrapped cardboard, San another painfully detailed article by Art (Risser, 1977) Diego’s brand new Assistant Curator of Birds. For the next hour The following pages offer a history of some of the avian species at least, I asked questions. Thirty years later, I found Art found that were in his care during his tenure at the San Diego Zoo. this experience somewhat alarming. But that conversation left Risser, A.C. (1976) Avian quarantine problems: Decision me far wiser, if sadder. from dilemma. AAZPA Regional Conferences—Proceedings. Up to that day, there were things that puzzled and concerned 1975–1976: 279–285. me, abut for which I had no explanation. During 1965, the num- . (1977) From the four corners of the world. ZooNooz ber of bird taxa at the San Diego Zoo went over a thousand. And 50 (no. 9): 4–9.

AFA Watchbird 7 74 taxa of birds hatched at San Diego Zoo in 1959, compiled from vol. 1 of International Zoo Yearbook (Morris & Jarvis, 1960)

Greater Rhea (Rhea americana) Ring-necked Swainson’s Lorikeet American Black-crowned Night Heron ( colchicus torquatus) ( haematodus moluccanus) (Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli) Reeve’s Pheasant ( reevesi) Red-collared Lorikeet Caribbean (Phoenicopterus r. ruber) Elliott’s Pheasant (Syrmaticus ellioti) (Trichoglossus haematodus rubritorquis) Horned (Anhima cornuta) Lady Amherst Pheasant ( amherstiae) Red-sided (Eclectus roratus polychloros) Mute (Cygnus olor) (Chrysolophus pictus) Queen Alexandra’s Parakeet (Polytelis alexandrae) Blue (Lesser Snow) Palawan Peacock Pheasant King (Alisterus scapularis scapularis) (Anser coerulescens coerulescens) (Polyplectron emphanum) Peach-faced Lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis) (Branta canadensis) Green ( muticus) Masked Lovebird (Agapornis p. personatus) Cape Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) Blue Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) Eastern (Platycrcus eximus eximus) Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos) Helmeted (Numida meleagris) (Platycrcus venustus) Black (Anas rubripes) Wild (Meleagris gallopavo) Western Rosella (Platycrcus icterotis icterotis) Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca carolinensis) Black-necked Stilt Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) Northern Pintail (Anas acuta acuta) (Himantopus himantopus mexicanus) Quaker Parrot (Myiopsitta monachus) Redhead (Aythya americana) Double-striped Thick-knee Lineolated Parakeet (Bolborhynchus lineola) Gambel’s ( gambeli) (Burhinus bistriatus vocifer) White-winged Parakeet Texas Bob-White ( virginianus texanus) African Spotted Pigeon (Columba guinea) (Brotoeris veriscolurus versicolurus) Chukar ( graeca) Collared Dove (Streptopelia deaaocto decaocto) Lavender Waxbill (Estrilda caerulescens) Gray ( pondicerianus) Chinese Spotted Dove Red-browed (Neochmia temporalis) Erckel’s Francolin (Francolinus erckeli) (Streptopelia chinensis chinensis) Crimson Finch (Neochmia p. phaeton) Abyssinian Clapperton’s Francolin White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Australian Zebra Finch (Poephila guttata castanotis) (Francolinus clappertoni sharpii) Galapagos Dove (Zenaida galapagoensis) Finch (Poephila bichenovii) Yellow-necked Spurfowl (Francolinus leucoscepus) Victoria (Goura victoriae) Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda) Japanese Quail ( japonica) Northern Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Gouldian Finch (Chloebia gouldiae) African Harlequin Quail (Coturnix delegorguei) (Calyptorhynchus banksii banksii) Plum-headed Finch (Aidemosyne modesta) Chinese Partridge Eastern Little Corella African Silverbill (Lonchura malabarica cantans) (Bambusicola t. thoracica) (Cacatua sanguinea sanguinea) Chestnut-breasted Finch Red (Gallus gallus) Long-billed Corella (Cacatua teniurostris) (Lonchura castaneothorax castaneothorax) Chinese Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus) Java Sparrow (Padda oryzivora) (Lophura nycthemerus nycthemerus) Kea (Nestor notabilis) Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivacea)

44 taxa of birds (and a ) hatched at San Diego Zoo in 1970, compiled from vol. 12 of International Zoo Yearbook (Lucas, et al, 1972)

Parentheses indicate mortalities. Asterisk indicates at least one captive-bred parent.

Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) 20(18) Swainson’ Lorikeet 2(1) Malabar Parakeet ( columboides) 2 (Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus) Caribbeann Flamingo 1 Red-vented Blue-bonnet Parakeet 5 (Phoenicopterus ruber. ruber) Red-collared Lorikeet 9(5) (Psephotus haematogaster haematorrhus) (Trichoglossus haematodus rubritorquis) Hybrid Flamingo (Phoenicopterus r, 1 Mulga Parakeet (Psephotus varius) 3 ruber/P.ruber roseus X P. ruber roseus) Scaly-breasted Lorikeet 1(1) (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus) Black-necked Swan 1(1) Yellow-fronted Kakariki 8 Perfect Lorikeet (Trichoglossus euteles) 8(3) (Cygnus melanocoryphus) (Cynamoramphus auriceps) Iris Lorikeet (Trichoglossus iris) 2(1) Red-fronted Kakariki 3 Cape Barren Goose 5 (Cynamoramphus novaeseelandiae) (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) Blue-thighed Black-capped Lory 6(4) ( lory erythrothorax) (Lathamus discolor) 3 Roulroul Partridge (Rollulus roulroul) 6(6) Yellow-backed Lory 5(1) Elegant Grass Paraket 2 Swinhoe’s Pheasant (Lophura swinhoei) 1(1) (Lorius garrulous flavopalliatus) (Neophema elegans) Indo-Chinese 1(1) Double-eyed Fig Parrot 1(1) Turquoisine Grass Parakeet 5 (Pavo muticus imperator) (Cyclopsitta diophthalma) (Neophema pulchella) Black-necked Stilt 1 African Gray Parrot 6(6) Brown Violet-eared 4(4) (Himantopus himantopus mexicanus) ( erithacus erithacus) (Colibri delphinae) Scheepmaker’s Crowned Pigeon 2(1) Grand Eclectus (Eclectus roratus roratus) 1 Sparkling Violet-eared Hummingbird 2(1) (Goura scheepmakeri) (Colibri coruscans) Madagascar Lovebird (Agapornis cana) 2 Black Lory ( atra atra) 1 Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) 2 Fischer’s Lovebird 5 Rothschild’s 7(6) (Agapornis personatus fischeri) Bali Mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi) 2 ( bornea rothschildi) Black-cheeked Lovebird 5 Ruby-crowned 2 (Trichoglossus ornatus) 18(9) (Agapornis personatus nigrigenis) (Tachyphonus coronatus) Forsten’s Lorikeet 1(1) Indian Ring-necked Parakeet 3 Orange-bellied Euphonia 2(2) (Trichoglossus haematodus forsteni) (Psittacula krameri manillensis) (Euphonia xanthogaster) Black-throated Lorikeet 3 Northern Plum-headed Parakeet 7 Golden Tanager 2(2) (Trichoglossus haematodus nigrogularis) (Psittacula cyanocephala bengalensis) (Tangara arthus palmitae)

8 Volume XXXVI • number 4 • 2009 75 taxa of birds (and a hybrid) hatched at San Diego Zoo in 1974, from vol. 16 of International Zoo Yearbook (Olney, et al, 1976)

Parentheses indicate mortalities. Asterisk indicates at least one captive-bred parent. N/S = Not Specified

South African Ostrich 2(2)* Gray Peacock Pheasant 2(1) Grand Eclectus (Eclectus r. roratus) 2(2) (Strutio camelus australis) (Polyplectron bicalcaratum) Peach-faced Lovebird 7* Darwin’s Rhea 59(32) Indo-Chinese Green Peafowl 2* (Agapornis roseicollis) (Pterocnemia pennata) (Pavo muticus imperator) Masked Lovebird 6* Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) 44(22) Guam (Gallirallus owstoni) 9(7) (Agapornis p. personatus) Elegant Crested 10(10) Southern Stone Curlew 1(1) Fischer’s Lovebird 5* (Eudromia elegans) (Burhinus magnirostris) (Agapornis personatus fischeri) African (Ardeola i. ibis) 7(1)* Palestine Rock Dove 8* Nyassa Lovebird 6* (Columba livia palaestinae) (Agapornis personatus lilianae) American Black-crowned 2 Night Heron Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata) 2* Indian Ring-necked Parakeet 6(4)* (Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli) Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus) 9* (Psittacula krameri manillensis) Little Blue Heron 2 Black Lory (Chalcopsitta a. atra) 1* Northern Moustached Parakeet 1* (Hydranassa caerulea) (Psittacula alexandrei fasciata) Bernstein’s Black Lory 2(1) Derbyan Parakeet 1 Chilean Flamingo 2 (Chalcopsitta atra bernsteini) (Phoenicopterus chilensis) (Psittacula derbiana) Ornate Lorikeet 2* Rock Pebbler Parakeet 4 Caribbeann Flamingo 1 (Trichoglossus ornatus) (Phoenicopterus r. ruber) (Polytelis anthopeplus) Mitchell’s Lorikeet 2 Barraband’s Parakeet 3 Hybrid Flamingo (Phoenicopterus r, 1 (Trichoglossus haematodus (Polytelis swainsonii) ruber X P. ruber roseus) mitchellii) Red Shining Parrot 2(2) Black-necked Swan 2* Forsten’s Lorikeet 1 (Prosopeia tabuensis splendens) (Cygnus melanocoryphus) (Trichoglossus haematodus forsteni) Red-rumped Parakeet N/S Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus) 6(1)* Black-throated Lorikeet 2 (Psephotus haematonotus) Giant Canada Goose 2* (Trichoglossus haematodus (Branta canadensis mazima) nigrogularis) Mulga Parakeet (Psephotus varius) N/S Cape Barren Goose 6* Red-collared Lorikeet 5* Yellow-fronted Kakariki 2* (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) (Trichoglossus haematodus (Cynamoramphus auriceps) rubritorquis) Texas Bob-White 18* Red-fronted Kakariki 2* (Colinus virginianus texanus) Scaly-breasted Lorikeet 3 (Cynamoramphus novaeseelandiae) (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus) (Alectoris graeca) 11* Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor) 1 Perfect Lorikeet 2 Turquoisine Grass Parakeet N/S Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica) 50(4)* (Trichoglossus euteles) (Neophema pulchella) Philippine Painted Quail 2* Meyer’s Lorikeet 4(1) Bourke’s Parakeet N/S (Coturnix chinensis lineata) (Trichoglossus flavoviridis meyeri) (Neophema bourkii) Satyr (Tragopan satyra) 1(1)* Mount Apo Lorikeet 2 Quaker Parrot (Myiopsitta monachus) 1 Temminck’s Tragopan 1(1) (Trichoglossus johnstoniae) Great Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) 2 (Tragopan temminckii) Blue-thighed Black-capped Lory 2 Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) 3* Indian 30* (Lorius lory erythrothorax) (Gallus gallus murghi) Salvadori’s Black-capped Lory 2(2) Western Raven 3 (Corvus corone sinuatus) Sri Lankan Junglefowl 12(12) (Lorius lory salvadorii) (Gallus lafayettei) Yellow-backed Lory 1* Blue-eared Glossy Starling 2 (Lamprotornis chalybaaeus) Swinhoe’s Pheasant N/S (Lorius garrulous flavopalliatus) (Lophura swinhoei) Blue-crowned Lory ( australis) 2 Superb Starling (Spreo superbus) 2 Kirghiz Pheasant 4* 2 Bali Mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi) 4(2)* (Phasianus colchicus mongolicus) (Glossopsitta concinna) Java Sparrow (Padda oryzivora) 25* Lady Amherst Pheasant 6* Yellow-vented Senegal Parrot 1 Cut-throat Finch 4* (Chrysolophus amherstiae) (Poicephalus s. senegalus) (Amadina erythrocephala)

AFA Watchbird 9 75 taxa of birds hatched at San Diego Zoo in 1985, from vol. 16 of International Zoo Yearbook (Olney, et al, 1976)

Parentheses indicate mortalities. Asterisk indicates at least one captive-bred parent.

North Island Brown 1(1) Leadbeater’s Cockatoo 4(1) Blue-and-Gold Macaw 8(4) (Apteryx australis mantelli) (Cacatua leadbeateri) (Ara ararauna) Ringed Teal (Callonetta leucophrys) 3 Citron-crested Cockatoo 1 Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) 2 (Cacatua sulphurea citrinocristata) Northern Black 2(1) Green-winged Macaw 3(1) (Corogyps a. atratus) Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo 2 (Ara chloropterus) (Cacatua galerita) Northern Bald Eagle 1(1) Golden 10(2) (Haliaeetus leucocephalus Black Lory (Chalcopsitta a. atra) 7(4)* (Aratinga guarouba) alascensis) Duyvenbode’s Lory 4 Celestial Parrotlet (Forpus coelestis) 15(1) 3* (Chalcopsitta duyvenbodei) (Agriocharis ocellata) Ross’s Turaco (Musophaga rossae) 4 Yellow-streaked Lory 3 Chinese 35(17) (Chalcopsitta sintillata) Speckled 1(1)* (Colius striatus) (Bambusicola thoracica) (Pseudoeos fuscata) 2 Temminck’s Tragopan 29(1) Blue-crowned Motmot 2(2) Mitchell’s Lorikeet 1* (Momotus momota) (Tragopan temminckii) (Trichoglossus haematodus Himalayan 7(2) mitchellii) Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) 5(1) (Lophophorus impeyanus) Forsten’s Lorikeet 3* Satin Bowerbird 1(1) Malay 1(1) (Trichoglossus haematodus forsteni) (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) (Lophura e. erythrophthalma) Perfect Lorikeet 2(2) Lesser Superb Bird of Paradise 1 Brown 6(5) (Trichoglossus euteles) (Lophorina superba feminina) (Crossoptilon mantchuricum) Iris Lorikeet (Trichoglossus iris) 3 Plush-capped Jay 2 (Cyanocorax chrysops) Elliot’s Pheasant (Syrmaticus ellioti) 24(1) Goldei’s Lorikeet 6 Mikado Pheasant 4 (Trichoglossus goldiei) Long-billed Scimitar Babbler 3(3) (Pomatarhinus bypoleucos) (Syrmaticus mikado) Black-capped Lory (Lorius lory) 1 Crimson-winged 14(3) Palawan Peacock Pheasant 11(4) Tahiti Lory (Vini peruviana) 2(1) (Polyplectron emphanum) Laughing Thrush (formosus) Central Stella’s Lorikeet 11(3) Malay Pheasant 5 Peking Robin (Leiothrix argentauris) 8(3) ( papou goliathina) (Argusianus argus) Bali Mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi) 11(1) Timneh Gray Parrot 4 3(1) (Psittacus erithacus timneh) Coleto Mynah (Sarcops calvus) 2(1) (Afropavo congensis) Yellow-vented Senegal Parrot 2 3 Yellow-tufted Honeyeater 4(1) (Poicephalus s. senegalus) (Acryllium vulturinum) (Meliphaga melanops) Pesquet’s Parrot 2 Black-breasted Hemipode 2(2)* Black-rumped Parson Finch 1* (Psitrichus fulgidus) (Turnix melanogaster) (Poephila cincta atropygialis) Stanley Crane 3* Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot 6(1) Gouldian Finch (Chloebia gouldiae) 5* (Anthropoides paradisea) (Loriculus galgulus) Orange-bellied Euphonia 3(2) Gray-winged Trumpeter 5(1) Indian Ring-necked Parakeet 7 (Euphonia xanthiogaster) (Psophia crepitans) (Psittacula krameri manillensis) Western Raven 3 Blacksmith Plover 1 Derbyan Parakeet 9 (Corvus corone sinuatus) (Vanellus armatus) (Psittacula derbiana) Blue-eared Glossy Starling 2 African Spotted Pigeon 1* Rock Peplar Parakeet 4 (Lamprotornis chalybaaeus) (Columba guinea ) (Polytelis anthopeplus) Superb Starling (Spreo superbus) 2 2* Barraband’s Parakeet 1 (Caloenas nicobarica) (Polytelis alexandrae) Bali Mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi) 4(2)* Red-tailed Black Cockatoo 1 Red Shining Parrot 1 Java Sparrow (Padda oryzivora) 25* (Calyptorhynchus magnificus) (Prosopeia tabuensis splendens) Cut-throat Finch 4* Gang-Gang 2 Scarlet-chested Grass Parakeet 6* (Amadina erythrocephala) (Callocephalon fimbriatum) (Neophema spendida)

10 Volume XXXVI • number 4 • 2009 95 taxa of birds hatched at San Diego Zoo in 1996, from vol. 36 of International Zoo Yearbook (Olney, et al, 1976)

Parentheses indicate mortalities. Asterisk indicates at least one captive-bred parent.

North Island Brown Kiwi 1(1) Partridge Bronzewing 10(1) Eurasian Roller (Coracias garrulous) 1 (Apteryx australis mantelli) (Petrophassa scripta) Sulawesi Tarictic Hornbill 1 White-breasted Cormorant 3 Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) 5(1)* (Penelopides exarhatus sanfordi) (Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus) Green-naped 1 Eastern Papuan Hornbill 3 Honduran Boatbill 11(4) (Otidiphaps n. nobilis) (Aceros plicatus jungei) (Cochlearius cochlearius ridgwayi) Pink-necked 2(2) Trumpeter Hornbill (Bycanistes bucinator) 2 Whistling Heron (Syrigma sibilator) 5(5) (Ptilinopus porphyrea) Silvery-cheeked Hornbill 3 African Spoonbill (Platalea alba) 3 Yellow-breasted Fruit Dove 1(1) (Bycanistes brevis) (Ptilinopus occipitalis) Caribbean Flamingo 10(3) Panay Coppersmith 1 (Phoenicopterus r. ruber) Jambu Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus jambu) 7(1) (Megalaima haemcephala intermedia) Crested Screamer ( torquata) 5(4) Magnificent Fruit Dove (Wompoo 3(2) Double-toothed Barbet 2 Pigeon) (Ptilinopus magnificus) (Lybius bidentatus) White-faced 41(26) (Dendrocygna viduata) Pink-spotted Fruit Dove 3(3) Blue-winged Pitta (Pitta brachyura) 2(2) (Ptilinopus perlatus) Falcated Teal (Anas falcata) 7(2) Himalayan Fairy 3(2) Lilac-capped Fruit Dove 2(2) (Irena puella sikkemensis) Yellow-billed Duck (Anas undulatus) 4(2) (Ptilinopus coronulatus trigeminus) Barbary Shrike (Laniarius b. barbarus) 6(5) Marbled Teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris) 16 Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus puchellus) 5(3) Long-tailed Fiscal Shrike (Lanius cabanisi) 3(1) Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus) 1 Orange-bellied Fruit Dove 4 (Ptilinopus iozonus humeralis) Snowy-headed Robin-Chat 5(1) Northern Helmeted 2 (Cossypha niveicapilla) (Pauxi pauxi) Black-naped Fruit Dove 3 (Ptilinopus melanopsila) White-crowned Robin-Chat 5(2) Hey’s 7(5) (Cossypha albicapilla) ( heyi imtermedia) White Nutmeg Pigeon (Ducula bicolor) 2 White-rumped Shama 14(8) Ferruginous Wood Partridge 3(2) Red-tailed Black Cockatoo 1 (Copsychus malabaricus) (Caloperdix oculea) (Calyptorhynchus banksii naso) White-throated Laughing Thrush 4(4) Roulroul Partrige (Rollulus roulroul) 13(4) Long-billed Corella (Cacatua tenuirostris) 2(1) (Garrulax albogularis) Cabot’s Tragopan (Tragopan caboti) 1 Black-winged Lory (Eos cyanogenia) 5(1) Greater Necklaced Laughing Thrush 2(2) (Garrulax pectoralis) Rothschild’s Peacock Pheasant 2 Red-collared Lorikeet 3 (Polyplectron inopinatum) (Trichoglossus haematodus rubritorquis) Blue-crowned Laughing Thrush 21(12) (Dryonastes courtoisi simaoensis) Palawan Peacock Pheasant 5 Goldei’s Lorikeet (Trichoglossus goldiei) 13(4) (Polyplectron emphanum) Red-tailed Minla (Minla ignotincta) 5(5) Black-capped Lory (Lorius lory) 6(1) Malay Argus Pheasant (Argusianus argus) 9(1) Oriole Warbler (Hypergerus atriceps) 7(2) (Phigys solitarius) 7(4) Rufous-crested (Lophotis ruficrista) 1 Large Niltava (Niltava grandis) 4(2) Blue-crowned Lory (Vini australis) 18(6) Cream-colored Courser 9(8) Empress of Germany’s Bird of Paradise 5 (Cursorius c. cursor) Red-flanked Lorikeet 5(2) (Paradisaea raggiana augustaevictoriae) (Charmosyna p. placentis) White-crowned Wattled Lapwing 4(2) Bali Mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi) 4(4) (Vanellus albicepsr) Central Stella’s Lorikeet 2(2) (Charmosyna papou goliathina) Sulawesi Magpie Starling 3(2) Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles) 8(1) (Streptocitta albicollis) Double-eyed Fig Parrot 1(1) Chestnut-bellied 5(4) (Cyclopsitta d. diophthalma) Grosbeak Starling (Scissirostrum dubium) 1(1) (Pterocles alchata) Edward’s Fig Parrot 4(4) Bamboo Parrot Finch 4 Olive Pigeon (Columba arquatrix) 3 (Psittaculirostris edwardsi) (Erythrura hyperythra intermedia) Ashy Wood Pigeon (Columba pulchricollis) 1(1) Abyssinian Lovebird (Agapornis taranta) 2(1) Gouldian Finch (Chloebia gouldiae) 5(5) Indo Pacific White-throated Pigeon 1(1) Hawk-headed Parrot 4 Black-faced Tanager 4 (Columba vitiensis halmaheira) (Deroptyus accipitrinus) (Schistoclamys melanopis grisea) White-headed Pigeon 1(1) Violet Plaintain-eater (Musophaga violacea) 5(3) Turquoise Tanager (Tangara mexicana) 13(9) (Columba leucomela) Red-billed Malcoha 6(5) Silver-throated Tanager 1(1) Red-eyed Dove (Streptopelia semitorquata) 2(1) (Zanclostomus javanicus) (Tangara icterocephala frantzii) Large Brown Dove 2 Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus) 1 Golden-masked Tanager (Tangara larvata) 6(3) (Macropygia phasianella) Guam Kingfisher 2 Purple Honeycreeper 4(2) White-faced Pigeon (Turcoena manadensis) 1 (Todiramphus cinnamomina cinnamomina) (Cyanerpes caeruleus)

AFA Watchbird 11 73 taxa of birds hatched at San Diego Zoo in 2009, from vol. 36 of International Species Information System

Parentheses indicate mortalities. Asterisk indicates at least one captive-bred parent.

Hammerkop (Scopus u. umbretta) 2 Jambu Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus jambu) 1 Guam Kingfisher Todiramphus( 4 cinnamomina cinnamomina) Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) 1 Magnificent Fruit Dove (Wompoo 1 Oriental Dollarbird 7 Caribbean Flamingo 18 Pigeon) (Ptilinopus magnificus puella) (Eurystomus o. orientalis) (Phoenicopterus r. ruber) Beautiful Fruit Dove 1 Bearded Barbet (Lybius dubius) 1 African Pintail 4(2) (Ptilinopus puchelluspuchellus) (Anas erythrorhyncha) Marianas Fruit Dove 1 Green Aracari (Pteroglossus viridis) 4 Marbled Teal 10 (Ptilinopus roseicapilla) Collared Finch-billed Bulbul 3 (Marmaronetta angustirostris) Sulawesi Green Imperial Pigeon 5 (Spizixos semitorques semitorques) Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) 2 (Ducula aenea paulina) Himalayan Fairy Bluebird 5 (Irena puella puella) Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 18 Rufous-bellied Nutmeg Pigeon 1 (Ducula rufigaster rufigaster) Snowy-headed Robin-Chat 1 Smew (Mergus albellus) 5 Black-collared Nutmeg Pigeon 1 (Cossypha niveicapilla) Chestnut-bellied Tree Partridge 1 (Ducula mullerii) White-crowned Robin-Chat 4 ( javanica javanica) New Guinea Bare-eyed 1 (Cossypha albicapilla) Fytch’s Bamboo Partridge 9 Mountain Pigeon Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis) 3 (Bambusicolaf. fytchii) (Gymnophaps albertisii albertisii) White-rumped Shama 3 Roulroul Partrige (Rollulus roulroul) 1 Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo 1 (Copsychus malabaricus) Western Blyth’s Tragopan 1 (Calyptorhynchus banksii naso) Chestnut-backed Scimitar 3 (Tragopan blythii blythii) Kea (Nestor notabilis) 2 Babbler (Pomatorhinus montanus montanus) Rothschild’s Peacock Pheasant 2 Talaud Red-and-Blue Lory 1 (Polyplectron inopinatum) (Eos histrio talautensis) Medious Laughing Thrush 6 (Leucodioptron canorum canorum) Malay Argus Pheasant 1 Mt. Apo Lorikeet 3 (Argusianus argus) (Trichoglossus johnstoniae) Oriole Warbler (Hypergerus atriceps) 3 Madagascar Hemipode 4 Blue-thighed Black-capped Lory 2 Raggiana Bird of Paradise 2 (Turnix nigricollis) (Lorius lorry erythrothorax) (Paradisaea raggiana) Red-crowned Crane 1 Collared Lory (Phigys solitarius) 7 New Guinea Shining Starling 12 ( japonensis) (Aplonis metallicus metallicus) Central Stella’s Lorikeet 5 Grosbeak Starling 20 Kagu (Rhynchetos jubatus) 1 (Charmosyna papou goliathina) (Scissirostrum dubium) White-crowned Wattled Lapwing 2 Double-eyed Fig Parrot 4 Purple Grenadier 3 (Vanellus albiceps) (Cyclopsitta d. diophthalma) (Uraeginthus iathinogaster) Olive Pigeon (Columba arquatrix) 1 Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot 19 Blue-breasted Parrot Finch 2 (Loriculus galgulus) Indian Green-winged Dove 5 (Erythrura tricolor) (Chalcophaps indica indica) Black-cheeked Lovebird 2 White-headed Buffalo Weaver 4 (Agapornis personata nigrigenis) Nicobar Pigeon 3 (Dinemellia dinemelli) (Caloenas nicobarica) Long-tailed Parakeet 2 Sociable Weaver 5 (Psitticula longicaudas longicauda) Bartlett’s Bleeding-heart Pigeon 1 (Philetairus socius socius) ( criniger) 2 Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) 8 Buff-hooded Ground Dove 2 (Corythaeola cristata) Central American 1 (Gallicolumba xanthonura) Crested (Coua cristata) 1 Black-striped Sparrow White-naped Pheasant Pigeon 1 Chesnut-breasted Malcoha 8 (Arremonops conirostris richmondi) (Otidiphaps nobilis aruensis) (Rhamphococcyx curvirostris Blue-necked Tanager (Tangara 3 Insular Blue Crowned Pigeon 1 singularis) cyanicollis caeruleocephala) (Goura cristata minor) Red-billed Malcoha 1 Turquoise Tanager 2 Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria) 2 (Zanclostomus javanicus) (Tangara mexicana)

Lieberman, A. 1988. Breeding activities at the San Diego Zoo, California during 1987. Avicultural Magazine. 94(3): 154-157. Lieberman, A.; Toone, W. And C. Kuehler. 1989. Breeding record for the Zoological Society of San Diego, California, in 1988. Avicultural Magazine. 95(3):103-110. Lieberman, A. Toone, W. And C. Kuehler. 1990. Bird species bred at the Zoological Society of San Diego, 1989. Avicultural Magazine. 96(4):189-200. Lieberman, A.; Kuehler, C.; Toone; W. And D. Rimlinger. 1992. Breeding activities in the bird collection of the Zoological Society of San Diego, 1991. Avicultural Magazine. 98(4):183-193.

12 Volume XXXVI • number 4 • 2009 Goodbye to Andrew Bosman

Summarized by Rick Jordan Born in 1964 in Johannesburg, South , Andrew Bos- man grew up with a love of as so many of us do. He explored parks and creeks near his home, and began to turn his love for wild animals and birds into his lifelong passion: aviculture. From a young age, Andrew kept mice, rabbits, guinea pigs, canaries, budgies, , , tropical fish, and soft-billed birds. Andrew established and ran a business in South Africa called “Easy Talk Clothing” which is probably where he got his unending supply of “Goofy” pajama bottoms. Easy Talk Clothing manufactured predominantly women’s clothing and Andrew actually designed his sister-in-law’s wedding dress. During his time with the clothing factory, Andrew saved his money for his later adventures that would eventually take him to the to work and learn more about the birds he loved so much. His first “training” job started in April 1993 when he moved to Miami to work at Luv Them Birds Inc., owned by Kathleen Szabo. While employed at Luv Them Birds, it was not unusual to see Andrew walking about in his Goofy PJs checking on the babies in the nursery, or the birds in the aviary. Andrew was a bright and valuable member of the staff at Luv Them Birds. He maintained his own collection of soft- billed birds while working with the parrots of the business. He always said, “Anyone can breed parrots, it’s the soft-billed birds that are the real challenge.” His keen eye for detail made him successful with many difficult species of soft-billed birds. Petsmart and the Gabriel Foundation. Earlier in 2009 he After his tenure with Luv Them Birds, Andrew rented a decided to return to school to earn his certification as a Veter- house and set up an incubation and hand-rearing consultation inary Technician. School was going well and he loved learning service called Exotic Hatches, Inc. He remained good friends about animals. His death was sudden and unexpected. with Kathleen Szabo and the entire staff of Luv Them Birds. Anyone who has met Andrew Bosman at any avicultural From Miami, Andrew moved to Gainesville, Florida, and function will remember his gentle and kind ways, and his established a farm of his own where he bred exotic birds and quick wit and sense of humor. He was a great asset to orga- Dachshunds; showing his dogs to their championship in many nized aviculture and was very recently developing an inter- cases. est in legislative matters concerning the keeping of birds in In 2003, Andrew’s health began to decline, forcing him captivity. to sell his farm in Gainesville and move back to Miami. He Andrew will be missed. We will never know the potential remained in south Florida until 2005, when he relocated to this man harbored with his keen insight into captive birds and Colorado to be near his parents, June and Peter Bosman. their needs. The avicultural community has been dealt a seri- Andrew stayed close to the birds by working part-time for ous blow through the taking of this much-loved man.

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