Breeding Egyptian Plovers (Pluvianus aegyptius) at the Denver Zoo.

The Shorebird - The AZA Charadriiformes TAG’S Newsletter 2014: 10-11.

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Egyptian plovers (Pluvianus aegyptius) are currently in two different locations at the Denver Zoo.  One breeding pair resides at our Avian Propagation Center, an off-exhibit location. Another breeding pair is housed in our large public exhibit building, Bird World.  All eggs laid in the exhibits are removed for artificial incubation and replaced with dummy eggs.  Eggs are placed in bowls with moist sand  and partially buried to mimic natural conditions and also to prevent any breaking of these thinly shelled eggs. Dry temperature for the Incubator is 99.5F, 90F on a wet blub. It is preferred to give the chicks back to the parents, but there was also good success in hand rearing these plovers.

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