Found bird: Violet turacho Other bird - Worthing area, West Sussex

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FOUND

Unknown

Name:	Unknown
Breed & Species:	Other bird
Colour:	Violet turacho
SimpleColour:
Found:	4 years ago (30 December 2021 at around 00:00hrs)
Location:	Saint Lawrence Avenue, Worthing BN14 7JF, UK
Health:	Healthy
Age:
Sex:	Unknown
Collar:	No
Microchipped:	Not sure
Other info:	Tropical bird, violet turaco
Our ref:	PR81506
Posted on:	30 December 2021
Posted by:	Jdk16

Saint Lawrence Avenue, Worthing BN14 7JF, UK

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petsreunited

30 December 2021 at 10:56

Found pet report received on Pets Reunited.

petsreunited

30 December 2021 at 14:13

Report approved by Administrator.

petsreunited

30 December 2021 at 14:13

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petsreunited

30 December 2021 at 14:13

Report added to PetWatch™ alert dispatch queue.

petsreunited

30 December 2021 at 14:13

Report added to alert dispatch queue for local Vets and Rescue Centres around Worthing, West Sussex.

petsreunited

30 December 2021 at 14:36

Report dispatched via email to local Vets and Rescue Centres.

petsreunited

30 December 2021 at 16:16

Report dispatched via email to our local PetWatch alert subscribers.

AK2019

30 December 2021 at 18:48

This bird was notified as missing last year on this site too...on a garden in Worthing. I wonder if it is managing to live wild? Figure out what food it would eat in the wild where it comes from and put some out in the tree...also, phone the RSPB.

Jdk16

30 December 2021 at 22:03

Thanks for letting me know, it was eating apples off our tree most of the day, plus some banana we left out.

josswitty

31 December 2021 at 17:30

Spotted this bird on Boxing Day around 1pm in a tree on the South Farm Road side of Walnut Lodge.

Jdk16

01 January 2022 at 09:36

Thanks, I found a local newspaper article from Feb 2019 about same bird so it looks like it's been around here a while

Jdk16

01 January 2022 at 09:42

(it's been in my garden on St Lawrence Avenue last 3 days!)

josswitty

02 January 2022 at 20:25

Wonderful! Apparently it was reported missing according to an earlier comment some time ago. They are social birds that hang out in groups of 10/12. They do not migrate. Guess missing from an aviary?

Jobee62

15 January 2022 at 23:16

That bird was in Chichester two summers ago and in our garden, it likes bananas

Jdk16

16 January 2022 at 13:49

Thanks, sounds like it has travelled around a bit! Must be getting fussy as it prefers grapes/ blueberries to bananas.

Jdk16

16 January 2022 at 13:50

Although will get round to eating them in the end!!

Jdk16

03 February 2022 at 21:13

From emails from others it seems this bird has been living wild locally for last couple of years