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And another new passerine species in the Bush. 3.3 Chestnut bellied seed finches were released, the only ones in a European zoo at the moment.
 
Has a species list for the new mangrove hall been mentioned anywhere yet?
 
On zoosite, a member asked Burgers' Zoo for a list of animals that'll be there when it opens (ZooSite Forum • Inloggen):

Translated, it says: various chichlids, swordtails, four-eyed fish, red-eared sliders, honeycreepers (no mention of the species), white-winged pigeons, West Indian manatees, various butterflies, Atlantic horseshoe crabs, fiddler crabs, and upside-down jellyfish.
They'll be adding other species as the hall progresses. Green iguana was mentioned a while ago, but they'll only be added once the plants in the hall have grown sufficiently.

The butterflies, fiddler crabs and manatees are already present in the hall. I suspect they'll have most of the other species off-show or elsewhere in the park already.

I wonder to what degree they'll stick to the theme of Belize!
 
large butterflies barely visible in the background a couple of times, too.
 
Visited today with korhoen and vogelcommando. A very enjoyable visit :)
Here are some news bits:

- I'll cut to the chase, we visited the Mangrove. Though still quite barren (to be expected as it's brand new) we were all immensely satisfied with the exhibit. The theming is just enough to make it feel authentic but it's not in your face, something I've always found Burgers' handles well. The species list, though small, fits the ecodisplay perfectly and we all loved the exhibit design and areas for the animals. For myself the main event was the manatees. Seeing them underwater is something you have to do for yourself, it's truly satisfying that after 30 years they're visible like that at long last. The full species list for Mangrove can be found in the free ranging Burgers' Bush species thread, but I'll put it at the bottom of this post for good measure. The jellyfish aren't there yet.

- Red kites now living with the European black vultures.

- Chimps were split in three groups; Jimmie and Roos in one, Fons, Giambo, Ghineau, Moniek, Gaby, Tesua, Morami, Moni and Raimee in another, and Jing, Tushi, Erika and Geisha offshow in introductions I believe.

- Beisa oryx are mixed with the Safari animals and are doing well.

- Saw 21/37 of the bird species in Bush. Sadly still missing the catbirds, chacalacas and leafbird for my lifers list.

- Saw 11/11 of the bird species in Desert, plus some very active ringtails.

- Pygmy hippo was outside for the first time in ages, she's really starting to show her age.

- Nine sharks in the Ocean tank; five blacktip reefs, one blacktip, two leopard and one scalloped hammerhead.

- Saw the jackal puppies, never realised there were so many jackals!! Including the babies we counted seven or eight.


SPECIES LIST FOR MANGROVE

MAMMALS:

West Indian manatee

BIRDS:

Fulvous whistling duck
White-winged dove
Yellow-legged honeycreeper
Blue-backed grassquit

REPTILES:

Red-eared terrapin

AMPHIBIANS:

None

FISH:

Redhead cichlid
Lowland cichlid
Banded astyanax
Liberty molly
Green swordtail
Four-eyed fish

INVERTEBRATES:

Fiddler crab
Atlantic horseshoe crab
Owl butterfly
Glasswing
Doris longwing
Orange-barred sulphur
Blue morpho
Zebra mosaic
Zebra longwing
Marbled leafwing
Thoas swallowtail
Malachite
Grecian shoemaker
Transandean cattleheart
Red cracker
One-spotted prepona
 
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