What zoo has the best display/# species of North American animals?

[Vision]

I have no details on species numbers, but surely Dallas World Aquarium must be a good competitor when one looks at species totals, just due to their sheer amount of Central American bird species? The big aquaria (Georgia, Monterey, Shedd...) probably all have very significant North and Central American collections as well.

 

[elefante]

Living Desert is another good one. The collection is split half Africa and half North America. Like ASDM, though, the collection is based on desert species but from a more general Southwest region. They have fantastic gardens to go along with it and the best Caprine enclosure I've ever seen as well.

@elefante pretty sure SeaWorld Orlando still has a Harp Seal.

~Thylo

I didn't know Sea World Orlando had a harp seal. Is theres a rescue like in Detroit? If I remember correctly the one in Detroit is blind.

 

[jayjds2]

I didn't know Sea World Orlando had a harp seal. Is theres a rescue like in Detroit? If I remember correctly the one in Detroit is blind.

Yes, it is a rescue and has been there for many years (I saw it on one of my first visits). Detroit no longer has a harp seal to my knowledge, based on a friend’s visit.

 

[elefante]

Yes, it is a rescue and has been there for many years (I saw it on one of my first visits). Detroit no longer has a harp seal to my knowledge, based on a friend’s visit.

I went on the site yesterday and you are correct the harp seal is no longer there. The blind seal is a different species.

 

[d1am0ndback]

The Dallas World Aquarium is indeed a force to be reckoned with here, dedicating almost half of their facility to Mundo Maya, a fully Mexican themed exhibit area. Mundo Maya alone bolsters an impressive array of North American Species, but throughout the aquarium more species can be found. Some of these North American species include-
-Roseate Spoonbill
-Scarlet Ibis
-Yellow Rumped Cacique
-Crested Oropendula
-Puerto Rican Woodpecker
-Black Bellied Whistling Duck
-Antillean Euphonia
-Little Tinamou
-Scaled Pigeon
-Golden Headed Manakin
-Golden Collared Manakin
-Red Capped Manakin
-Wattled Jacana
-Giant Anteater
-Yellow Crowned Night Heron
-Boat Billed Heron
-Montezuma Oropendula
-Fiery Billed Aracari
-Purple Throated Fruit Crow
-Ruddy Ground Dove
-Chiriqui Quail Dove
-Blue Ground Dove
-Black Tailed Trogon
-Blue Crowned Motmot
-Brown Throated 3 Toed Sloth
-Two Toed Sloth
-Keel Billed Toucan
-Green and Black Poison Frog
-Antillean Manatee
-Yellow Headed Amazon
-Vampire Bat
-Brown Baskilisk
-Cane Toad
-Humphead Lizard
-Abronia sp.
-Blue Spiny Lizard
-Mexican Leaf Frog
-Desert Cottontail
-Eastern Screech Owl
-Burrowing Owl
-Axolotl
-Red Eared Slider
-Fer De Lance
-Eyelash Viper
-Middle American Rattlesnake
-Beaded Lizard
-Barred Owl
-Red Eyed Treefrog
-Morelet's Crocodile
-Ornate Wood Turtle
-Ornate Hawk Eagle
-Ocelot
-Crested Eagle
-Tyrant Hawk Eagle
-Harpy Eagle
-American Flamingo
-Jabiru
-Central American Agouti
-Occelated Turkey
-Spectacled Owl
-Blue Dacnis
-Flame Rumped Tanager
-Blue Gray Tanager
-Acorn Woodpecker
-Red Legged Honeycreeper
-Broadbilled Hummingbird
-Giant Hummingbird
-Black Chinned Hummingbird
-Rufous Hummingbird
-Anna's Hummingbird

This is excluding fish, which only add quite a bit more to this list. If we were to include off exhibit species as well, resplendent quetzal, black and white hawk eagle, and horned guan are among many that could be added (according to their website).

 

[ThylacineAlive]

Is the euphonia actually present? Also they have Red-Rumped Agouti, not Central American. I'm pretty sure they have Abronia graminea, too, but not 100% certain.

~Thylo

 

[d1am0ndback]

Is the euphonia actually present? Also they have Red-Rumped Agouti, not Central American. I'm pretty sure they have Abronia graminea, too, but not 100% certain.

~Thylo

Graham's Alligator lizard has been off exhibit for some time now (Mexican leaf frogs replaced them), there is an unsigned one next to the old yapok enclosure which looks mixtecan (I can guarantee it's not graham's anymore) to me. I haven't seen the euphonia in a while (though the sign is still up for it, lasting longer than other species signage that have since gone off exhibit), but I have seen it in it's exhibit before, it's fairly tricky to spot. You are right about the agouti, their website is outdated.