A White-bellied Heron chick hatched artificially in 2024 (IMAGE)

Hosei University

A White-bellied Heron chick hatched artificially in 2024

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White-bellied Heron eggs were collected from the wild, artificially incubated, and hatched at the White-bellied Heron Conservation Center, the Royal Society for Protection of Nature in Bhutan, Bhutan.

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Dr. Yoshihiko Takaki, Director from the Omiya Park Small Zoo, Japan, and Mr. Yukihiro Takahashi, Curator from the Ueno Zoological Gardens, Japan.

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