On behalf of the Avicultural Society's Special Interest Groups, Andrew Owen, Curator of Birds at Chester Zoo, and Ian Edmans, Assistant Curator of Birds at Waddesdon Manor, are undertaking a census of laughingthrushes in the UK.
There are currently 459 laughingthrushes known to be kept in the UK. Several of the 23 species being kept appear to be increasing in numbers, but others are represented by only one ot two individuals.
All keepers of laughingthrushes are asked to complete the census which can be downloaded at: http://www.waddesdon.org.uk/aviary/aviary_publications.html. For more information about the laughingthrush census, please contact Ian Edmans.
Results of the census will be published in the Avicultural Magazine
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