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Message: <blockquote data-quote="spanishalex" data-source="post: 146836" data-attributes="member: 2029">I suppose the person who will know for sure is the owner of the La Lajita Zoo. If he has had any escapes then that would account for the birds. Most of the records I have seen on the net are close to the zoo and there are definitely birds of this species in captivity on the islands. Aves del Archipelago Canario has records from the island of Fuerteventura at the Parque Holandes at Morro Jable, another at Costa Calma and even one in Corralejos. It also has 3 records from Tenerife between 1980 and 1999. Carle Bolle recorded the species from Fuerteventura in 1857 and Cabrera commented that it was occassional on Tenerife in 1893. The species has been introduced to Australia and possibley Malta. It is interesting that it has started to breed in Morocco where it was previously only an accidental migrant.  If it becomes permenantly established I suppose genetic tests would show where the birds have come from. Lots of species seem to breed for a while here and then disappear or survive only dependant on feeding sites at parks and zoos: Myna birds, various parrots, etc. The ruddy shelduck and sacred ibis populations are also probably descended from escapes/releases. I think that if senegalensis were a natural colonist</blockquote>