The following year there was no breeding activity, as the pair was settling into new accommodation. She remained sealed in the nest-box for three months, however, no eggs or chicks were ever seen. The pair was finally successfully introduced in 1999, when the male was four years old and had more about him, though the female remained dominant. At other times they were kept in separate aviaries side by side, but the female continued to take no interest in him. The female was never seen to attack him, she simply seemed to ignore him. Sometimes they would stay together for a few months before the male began to lose condition and had to be removed. We first introduced them to each other in 1997, but this and subsequent introductions during the following two years proved unsuccessful. When it arrived here in 1996 it was not yet old enough to place with our female, which arrived in 1986, following a seizure by Customs & Excise. Our male was hatched at Chester Zoo in 1995 and was acquired by Paignton Zoo the following year. In our experience this is a difficult time for young males and care needs to be taken. Getting our two Wrinkled Hornbills to live together successfully was far from straightforward. plicatus, which reared two chicks in 2001, a breeding which I described in the Avicultural Magazine Vol.107, No.4, pp.165-166 The pair receive very similar care to our pair of Papuan Wreathed Hornbill Aceros plicatusPapuan Wreathed or Blyth's Hornbills A. Paignton Zoo Environmental Park succeeded in breeding the Breeding Wrinkled Hornbill Aceros corrugatus during 2002. 2 Copyright © 2003 Avicultural Society, Published with Permission BREEDING THE WRINKLED HORNBILL Aceros corrugatusīy Jo Gregson First Published in The Avicultural Magazine Vol.
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