Thai zoo successfully breeds Asian king vulture for the first time in Thailand in 30 years

Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo in the Isaan region of Thailand announced that their team has successfully bred a red-headed vulture, commonly known as the Asian king vulture. This is an important milestone as it signifies the first successful breeding of this species in Thailand in the last 30 years, and only the second instance worldwide.

Korat Zoo announced today that a female vulture named Nui and a male vulture named Jack have successfully bred, resulting in an egg that hatched into a red–headed vulture chick.

The zoo’s team closely monitored the pair after Nui laid the first egg on January 17 and placed the egg in an incubator for about 50 days to ensure a higher survival rate. The baby vulture was born on March 8.

Another egg was laid by Nui on February 26, and this time, the team allowed the…