RARE large birds with one of the most impressive calls in the bird world that hatched at a Cotswold wildlife park have been named after a famous singer.

The crested screamers are the first to hatch at the Cotswold Wildlife Park and have all been given a name relating to another songbird - Taylor Swift.

Senior mammal keeper Jenni Mexwell said: "Our first-time parents shared the duty of incubating the eggs for 44 days, although the male did a lot more than the female and took it very seriously.

"When all four chicks hatched, they resembled bright yellow tennis balls.

"Now that they're older, they are starting to look and act just like their formidable parents.

"In the wild they are known as 'guard birds' where they will alert all other animals in their habitat of any threat nearby by a very loud tandem call, hence why they get their name 'screamer'.

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"Due to them having a very impressive powerful call, we have named our chicks after Taylor Swift as we are big fans here at the Park.

"The chicks, named Taylor, Alison, Swift and Red, are now all getting their own personalities and have started helping build the nests and trying to join in with the alarm calls.

"These four chicks will have increased the captive UK population by almost 20 per cent so they are very important to the breeding programme."