ZooChat Challenge UK 2019

Chester - 1/1/2019

1) Andean Bear
2) Brazilian Tapir
3) Giant Anteater
4) Capybara
5) Humboldt Penguin
6) Emporer Tamarin
7) Golden Headed Lion Tamarin
8) Pied Tamarin
9) Pygmy Marmoset
10) Black Howler
11) Columbian Black Spider Monkey
12) Jaguar
13) Two-Toed Sloth
14) Bush Dog
15) Chilean Flamingo
16) Yellow Cardinal
17) Spectacled Caiman
18) Leaf Cutter Ant
 
Chester Zoo- 01/01/2019

1) Colombian Spider Monkey (Ateles fusciceps rufiventris)
2) Seba's Short-tailed Bat (Carollia perspicillata)
3) Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
4) Eastern Pygmy Marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea niveiventris)
5) Emperor Tamarin (Saguinus imperator)
6) Golden-headed Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)
7) Pied Tamarin (Saguinus bicolor)
8) White-faced Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
9) Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
10) Black-and-gold Howler Monkey (Alouatta caraya)
11) Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
12) Giant Owl (Caligo memnon)
13) Blue Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
14) Golden Poison Frog (Phyllobates terribilis)
15) Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)
16) Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias)
17) Green Aracari (Pteroglossus viridis)
18) Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris)
19) Caiman Lizard (Dracaena guianensis)
20) Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus)
21) Rio Cauca Caecilian (Typhlonectes natans)
22) Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
23) Brazilian Salmon Pink Tarantula (Lasiodora parahybana)
24) Linne's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus didactylus)
25) Diamond Tetra (Moenkhausia pittieri)
26) Sven's Eartheater (Geophagus sveni)
27) Blueberry Tetra (Hyphessobrycon wadai)
28) Cardinal Tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi)
29) Emperor Tetra (Nematobrycon palmeri)
30) Bleeding Heart Tetra (Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma)
31) Twig Catfish (Farlowella vittata)
32) Kissing Prochilodus (Semaprochilodus insignis)
33) Hatchetfish (Gasteropelecus sternicla)
34) Leaf-cutter Ant (Atta cephalotes)
35) Jaguar (Panthera onca)
36) Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis)
37) American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
38) Bristle-nose Catfish (Hemiancistrus dolichopterus)
39) Cory Catfish (Corydoras sterbai)
40) Black Bar Corydoras (Corydoras duplicareus)
41) Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
42) Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)
43) Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)
44) Yellow Cardinal (Gubernatrix cristata)
45) Bush Dog (Speothos venaticus)
46) Chilean Pudu (Pudu puda)
47) Brazilian Tanager (Ramphocelus bresilius)
 
Amazonia - 02.01.19

1. Argentine Horned Frog
2. Brazilian White Knee Tarantula
3. Panama Blonde Tarantula
4. Yellow Anaconda
5. Red-Bellied Piranha
6. Blue & Gold Macaw
7. Penguin Tetra
8. Bolivian Ram Cichlid
9. Catfish (Corydoras panda)
10. Silver Dollar
11. Amazon Tree Boa
12. Common Marmoset
13. Goeldi's Monkey
14. Dyeing Poison Dart Frog
15. South American Cockroach
16. Pinktoe Tarantula
17. Chilean Rose Tarantula
18. Orange-winged Amazon Parrot
19. Red-footed Tortoise
20. Veined Tree Frog
21. Poison Dart Frog (Green & Black)
22. Blue & Black Poison Dart Frog
23. Black Tailed Marmoset
24. Leaf Cutter Ants
25. Kinkajou
26. Boa Constrictor
27. Amazon Milk Frog
28. Seba's Fruit Bat
29. Ringed Teal
30. White Lipped Tamarin
31. Emperor Tamarin
32. Owl Butterfly
 
Shorts said:
Good (i.e. difficult question). My thoughts were that butterflies wouldn't prove a problem as most are imported from farms in Asia and therefore I assumed most will be of Asian origin (someone correct me if I'm wrong).

Marine species, lets say coastal out to a five mile limit (given fish species are restricted to twenty five I can't see this having a significant bearing on someone's score).

Thinking about it again, re inverts they're probably not as potentially disruptive as they're reasonably spread about and, unlike fish, most can be seen in general zoos -keeping the challenge (out of Sealife centres and) fun.
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Thanks for the clarification, apologies for the questions!

I think Bristol Zoo brings their butterflies in from a farm in Costa Rica which is fairly close to South America. I'm not sure on their current species list, but owl (Caligo memnon) and postman (Heliconius melpomene) are both common in captivity and from SA.
 
Will be getting in on this next week - not currently in the UK! Looking forward to another fun year :)
 
Sounds fun!

Hamerton - 03/01/19
1. Chelonoidis carbonarius Red-footed tortoise
2. Rhea americana Greater rhea
3. Crax rubra Great curassow
4. Crax daubentoni Yellow-knobbed curassow
5. Aramides ypecaha Giant wood rail
6. Eudocimus ruber Scarlet ibis
7. Athene cunicularia Burrowing owl
8. Cariama cristata Crested seriema
9. Ara ararauna Blue-and-gold macaw
10. Amazona amazonica Orange-winged amazon
11. Myrmecophaga tridactyla Giant anteater
12. Choloepus didactylus Linne’s two-toed sloth
13. Carollia perspicillata Seba’s short-tailed bat
14. Callithrix geoffroyi Geoffroy’s marmoset
15. Callimico goeldii Callimico
16. Saguinus oedipus Cottontop tamarin
17. Saguinus labiatus Red-bellied tamarin
18. Herpailurus yagouaroundi Jaguarundi
19. Eira barbara Tayra
20. Pudu puda Southern pudu

Four South American no shows as well but I’ll try and catch them on the next trip.
 
BeakerUK said:
Continuing my tradition of visiting Twycross Zoo on New Year's Day, I shall attempt to kick off my list for the year (with major apologies if I make any errors - do let me know and I shall correct as needed!)

Twycross Zoo 1.1.19
1. Vicuna
2. Lowland tapir
3. Variegated spider monkey
4. Pygmy marmoset
5. Black and gold howler monkey
6. Black headed spider monkey
7. Orange winged amazon
8. Scarlet ibis
9. Red legged seriema
10. Glossy ibis
11. Chilean flamingo
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The Living Rainforest 5.1.19
12. Green iguana
13. Goeldi's monkey
14. Channel-billed toucan
15. Blue poison dart frog
16. Yellow-knobbed curassow
17. Emerald tree boa
18. Geoffroy's side-necked turtle
19. Guppy (FISH 1)
20. Yellow-footed tortoise
21. Pacu (Colossoma macropomum according to ztl) (FISH 2)
 
MagpieGoose said:
Chester Zoo- 01/01/2019

1) Colombian Spider Monkey (Ateles fusciceps rufiventris)
2) Seba's Short-tailed Bat (Carollia perspicillata)
3) Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
4) Eastern Pygmy Marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea niveiventris)
5) Emperor Tamarin (Saguinus imperator)
6) Golden-headed Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)
7) Pied Tamarin (Saguinus bicolor)
8) White-faced Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
9) Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
10) Black-and-gold Howler Monkey (Alouatta caraya)
11) Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides)
12) Giant Owl (Caligo memnon)
13) Blue Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
14) Golden Poison Frog (Phyllobates terribilis)
15) Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)
16) Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias)
17) Green Aracari (Pteroglossus viridis)
18) Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris)
19) Caiman Lizard (Dracaena guianensis)
20) Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus)
21) Rio Cauca Caecilian (Typhlonectes natans)
22) Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
23) Brazilian Salmon Pink Tarantula (Lasiodora parahybana)
24) Linne's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus didactylus)
25) Diamond Tetra (Moenkhausia pittieri)
26) Sven's Eartheater (Geophagus sveni)
27) Blueberry Tetra (Hyphessobrycon wadai)
28) Cardinal Tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi)
29) Emperor Tetra (Nematobrycon palmeri)
30) Bleeding Heart Tetra (Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma)
31) Twig Catfish (Farlowella vittata)
32) Kissing Prochilodus (Semaprochilodus insignis)
33) Hatchetfish (Gasteropelecus sternicla)
34) Leaf-cutter Ant (Atta cephalotes)
35) Jaguar (Panthera onca)
36) Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis)
37) American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
38) Bristle-nose Catfish (Hemiancistrus dolichopterus)
39) Cory Catfish (Corydoras sterbai)
40) Black Bar Corydoras (Corydoras duplicareus)
41) Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
42) Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)
43) Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)
44) Yellow Cardinal (Gubernatrix cristata)
45) Bush Dog (Speothos venaticus)
46) Chilean Pudu (Pudu puda)
47) Brazilian Tanager (Ramphocelus bresilius)
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Welsh Mountain Zoo- 05/01/2019

48) Red-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonaria)
49) Phantasmal Dart Frog (Epipedobates tricolor)
50) Chilean Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
51) Red-faced Spider Monkey (Ateles paniscus)
52) Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus)
53) Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
54) Black-faced Ibis (Theristicus melanopis)
55) Azara's Agouti (Dasyprocta azarae)
56) Giant Wood Rail (Aramides ypecaha)
57) Cotton-top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)
58) Goeldi's Monkey (Callimico goeldii)
59) Blue-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva)
60) Orange-winged Amazon (Amazona amazonica)
61) Yellow-fronted Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala)
62) Green-winged Macaw (Ara chloropterus)
63) Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna)
64) Military Macaw (Ara militaris)
65) Darwin's Rhea (Rhea pennata)
66) Greater Rhea (Rhea americana)
67) Rosy-billed Pochard (Netta peposaca)
68) Chilean Teal (Anas flavirostris flavirostris)
69) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
70) Ringed Teal (Callonetta leucophrys)
71) White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
72) Striated Caracara (Phalcoboenus australis)
73) Red-fronted Macaw (Ara rubrogenys)
74) Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum)
75) Margay (Leopardus wiedii)
 
Shorts said:
Wow, I didn't know they had both species -are they near each other (I love a bit of compare and contrast)?
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They are a fair distance from each other, the 2 Darwin's are in the paddock by the Snow Leopards, whereas the single Greater is kept mixed with the Swamp Wallabies :)
 
(I thought 3 Darwin's rhea were sent to them)

Bird Gardens Scotland:
1 - Rhea, Greater (Rhea americana)
2 - Goose, Andean (Neochen melanoptera)
3 - Ringed teal (Callonetta leucophrys)
4 - Southern red-billed whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis autumnalis)
5 - White-faced whistling-duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
6 - Flamingo, Chilean (Phoenicopterus chilensis)

Not the greatest start but the collection is small.
 
pipaluk said:
To kick off the New Year(though I don't think I have a prayer of making it 3 in a row!) :

Linton Zoo

1 Scarlet Macaw
2 Blue-throated Macaw
3 Blue & Gold Macaw
4 Blue fronted Amazon
5 Mealy Amazon
6 Yellow headed Amazon
7 Blue cheeked Amazon
8 Festive Amazon
9 Yellow shouldered Amazon
10 Red-lored Amazon
11 Pale-billed Aracari
12 Striated Caracara
13 Red-footed tortoise
14 Hercules beetle
15 Pink Zebra Beauty spider
16 Goliath bird eating spider
17 Azara's Agouti
18 Cotton-top tamarin
19 Brazilian Tapir
20 Six-banded Armadillo
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Colchester Zoo 6/1/19

21 Ornate horned frog
22 Green Iguana
23 Yellow - footed tortoise
24 Geoffroy's marmoset
25 Linne's two toed sloth
26 Golden-headed lion tamarin
27 Salmon pink tarantula
28 Coppery Titi
29 Buffy headed capuchin
30 Pied Tamarin
31 green anaconda
32 Southern Tamandua
33 golden lion tamarin
34 Humboldt Penguin
35 Common Squirrel monkey
36 Blue poison dart frog
37 green & black poison dart frog
38 yellow banded poison dart frog
39 Red-backed Saki
40 South American Sealion
41 Giant Anteater
42 Blue Morpho
43 Owl butterfly
44 Chilean flamingo
45 Darwin 's Rhea
46 Bush dog
47 Andean condor
48 King Vulture
49 Colombian Black Spider Monkey
50 Leafcutter ant
51 Delphax Cory
52 Ocellate River stingray
53 Pacu
54 Ripsaw catfish
55 Red-bellied piranha
56 Freshwater angelfish
57 Silver Dollar
58 Red Gibbiceps
59 Pearl cichlid
60 peppered corydoras
61 bronze corydoras

Fish total 11
 
Quincey said:
Amazonia - 02.01.19

1. Argentine Horned Frog
2. Brazilian White Knee Tarantula
3. Panama Blonde Tarantula
4. Yellow Anaconda
5. Red-Bellied Piranha
6. Blue & Gold Macaw
7. Penguin Tetra
8. Bolivian Ram Cichlid
9. Catfish (Corydoras panda)
10. Silver Dollar
11. Amazon Tree Boa
12. Common Marmoset
13. Goeldi's Monkey
14. Dyeing Poison Dart Frog
15. South American Cockroach
16. Pinktoe Tarantula
17. Chilean Rose Tarantula
18. Orange-winged Amazon Parrot
19. Red-footed Tortoise
20. Veined Tree Frog
21. Poison Dart Frog (Green & Black)
22. Blue & Black Poison Dart Frog
23. Black Tailed Marmoset
24. Leaf Cutter Ants
25. Kinkajou
26. Boa Constrictor
27. Amazon Milk Frog
28. Seba's Fruit Bat
29. Ringed Teal
30. White Lipped Tamarin
31. Emperor Tamarin
32. Owl Butterfly
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Camperdown Wildlife Centre - 06.01.19

33. Red-Handed Tamarin
34. Pygmy Marmoset
35. Hyacinth Macaw
36. Greater Rhea
 
pipaluk said:
Colchester Zoo 6/1/19

21 Ornate horned frog
22 Green Iguana
23 Yellow - footed tortoise
24 Geoffroy's marmoset
25 Linne's two toed sloth
26 Golden-headed lion tamarin
27 Salmon pink tarantula
28 Coppery Titi
29 Buffy headed capuchin
30 Pied Tamarin
31 green anaconda
32 Southern Tamandua
33 golden lion tamarin
34 Humboldt Penguin
35 Common Squirrel monkey
36 Blue poison dart frog
37 green & black poison dart frog
38 yellow banded poison dart frog
39 Red-backed Saki
40 South American Sealion
41 Giant Anteater
42 Blue Morpho
43 Owl butterfly
44 Chilean flamingo
45 Darwin 's Rhea
46 Bush dog
47 Andean condor
48 King Vulture
49 Colombian Black Spider Monkey
50 Leafcutter ant
51 Delphax Cory
52 Ocellate River stingray
53 Pacu
54 Ripsaw catfish
55 Red-bellied piranha
56 Freshwater angelfish
57 Silver Dollar
58 Red Gibbiceps
59 Pearl cichlid
60 peppered corydoras
61 bronze corydoras

Fish total 11
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A quick detour off the A1 broke up my 350 mile round trip to West Yorkshire today and added a few more:

62 Giant Otter
63 Ring-tailed Coati
64 Common marmoset
65 Capybara
66 Mara

Fish still 11
 
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ZSL London Zoo
  1. Giant anteater
  2. Emperor tamarin
  3. Golden-headed lion tamarin
  4. Red titi monkey
  5. Linnaeus’ two-toed sloth
  6. Southern tamandua
  7. Pied tamarin
  8. Goeldi’s monkey
  9. Red-faced spider monkey
  10. Black-capped squirrel monkey
  11. South American coati
  12. Northern helmeted curassow
  13. Humboldt penguin
  14. Hyacinth macaw
  15. Blue-throated macaw
  16. Scarlet ibis
  17. Red-billed toucan
  18. Sunbittern
  19. Brazilian tanager
  20. Ultramarine grosbeak
  21. Pope cardinal
  22. Red-footed tortoise
  23. Caiman lizard
  24. Emerald tree boa
  25. Green anaconda
  26. Cayenne caecilian
  27. Blue poison frog
  28. Marbled headstander
  29. Pictus catfish
  30. Redstriped eartheater
  31. Black ghost knifefish
  32. Red-bellied piranha
  33. Giant hatchetfish
  34. Mangrove killifish
  35. Pirapitinga
  36. Dusky narrow hatchetfish
  37. Y-striped leporinus
  38. Black-barred silver dollar
  39. Three spot leporinus
  40. Brown acara
  41. Jaraqui
  42. Lipstick leporinus
  43. Black-winged hatchetfish
  44. American lungfish
  45. Shovelnose catfish
  46. Midget suckermouth catfish
  47. Garnet tetra
  48. Flag tetra
  49. Green neon tetra
  50. Emperor tetra
  51. Golden tetra
  52. Colombian red-finned tetra
  53. Whiteknee tarantula
  54. Salmon pink bird-eating spider
All 25 fish ticked off - lucky the aquarium is still open at London for now...though admittedly the back hall that was Amazon themed is closed off permanently now!
 
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Birmingham - 12/1/2019

1.Azara's agouti Dasyprocta azarae
2.Capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
3.Patagonian mara Dolichotis patagonum
4.Scarlet macaw Ara Macao
5. Greater rhea Rhea americana
6.Caiman lizard Dracaena guianensis (Off-show but seen from a public area by being nosy)
7.Red-footed tortoise Chelonoidis carbonarius
8.Yellow-footed tortoise Chelonoidis denticulatus
9.Ocelot Leopardus pardalis
10.Large hairy armadillo Chaetophractus villosus
11.Linne's two-toed sloth Choloepus didactylus
12.Grey-handed night monkey Aotus lemurinus griseimembra
13. Goeldi's monkey Callimico goeldii
14.Colombian black spider monkey Ateles fusciceps rufiventris (Brief view of an arm and tail but I'm counting it!)
15. Golden lion tamarin Leontopithecus rosalia
16. Golden-headed lion tamarin Leontopithecus chrysomelas
17.Bearded emperor tamarin Saguinus imperator subgrisescens
18.Pygmy marmoset Cebuella pygmaea
19.White-faced saki Pithecia pithecia
20. Yellow-breasted capuchin Sapajus xanthosternos
21.Red titi Plecturocebus cupreus
22.Common squirrel monkey Saimiri sciureus

Don't think I'll do too well but thought I'd at least have a go this year. :)
And 22, with pied tamarin as a miss (and if they still have cavy with the Goeldi's then another miss.) is not a bad haul for a small non-specialist collection.
 
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I'd just like to point out that I took a child with me, which made trying to see everything easier and harder in equal measures. There were only so many times she was willing to go back and look at the spider monkey enclosure, but, on the plus side she made spotting some of the smaller primates easier as she was looking up at a different angle! ;)
 
ShonenJake13 said:
ZSL London Zoo
  1. Giant anteater
  2. Emperor tamarin
  3. Golden-headed lion tamarin
  4. Red titi monkey
  5. Linnaeus’ two-toed sloth
  6. Southern tamandua
  7. Pied tamarin
  8. Goeldi’s monkey
  9. Red-faced spider monkey
  10. Black-capped squirrel monkey
  11. South American coati
  12. Northern helmeted curassow
  13. Humboldt penguin
  14. Hyacinth macaw
  15. Blue-throated macaw
  16. Scarlet ibis
  17. Red-billed toucan
  18. Sunbittern
  19. Brazilian tanager
  20. Ultramarine grosbeak
  21. Pope cardinal
  22. Red-footed tortoise
  23. Caiman lizard
  24. Emerald tree boa
  25. Green anaconda
  26. Cayenne caecilian
  27. Blue poison frog
  28. Marbled headstander
  29. Pictus catfish
  30. Redstriped eartheater
  31. Black ghost knifefish
  32. Red-bellied piranha
  33. Giant hatchetfish
  34. Mangrove killifish
  35. Pirapitinga
  36. Dusky narrow hatchetfish
  37. Y-striped leporinus
  38. Black-barred silver dollar
  39. Three spot leporinus
  40. Brown acara
  41. Jaraqui
  42. Lipstick leporinus
  43. Black-winged hatchetfish
  44. American lungfish
  45. Shovelnose catfish
  46. Midget suckermouth catfish
  47. Garnet tetra
  48. Flag tetra
  49. Green neon tetra
  50. Emperor tetra
  51. Golden tetra
  52. Colombian red-finned tetra
  53. Whiteknee tarantula
  54. Salmon pink bird-eating spider
All 25 fish ticked off - lucky the aquarium is still open at London for now...though admittedly the back hall that was Amazon themed is closed off permanently now!
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Chester Zoo

55. Capybara
56. Brazilian tapir
57. Pygmy marmoset
58. Bush dog
59. Ecuadorian amazon
60. Yellow cardinal
61. Spectacled owl
62. Giant otter
63. Chilean flamingo
64. Caribbean flamingo
65. Spectacled bear
66. Leaf-cutter ant
67. Jaguar
68. Golden poison frog
69. Marañon poison frog
70. Rio Cauca caecilian
71. Spectacled caiman
72. Green aracari
73. Collared trogon
74. Black howler monkey
75. Colombian black spider monkey
 
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