Woodpeckers and Barbets in North American Zoos

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Here I have attempted to make a complete list of woodpeckers and barbets present in American and Canadian collections. Only information 2017 or newer was used. Information on missing holders or species, as well as information on subspecies or populations is welcomed.

Black-Spotted Barbet (4 holders)
Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
San Antonio Zoo
San Diego Zoo
Zoo Miami

Versicolored Barbet (1 holder)
Dallas World Aquarium

Bearded Barbet (8 holders)
Bronx Zoo
Franklin Park Zoo
Milwaukee County Zoo
Oregon Zoo
San Diego Zoo
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
Tracy Aviary

Fire-Tufted Barbet (1 holder)
San Diego Zoo

Yellow-Rumped Tinkerbird (1 holder)
San Diego Zoo

Double-Toothed Barbet (1 holder)
San Diego Zoo

Red-And-Yellow Barbet (5 holders)
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
Henry Vilas Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo
San Antonio Zoo
San Diego Zoo

Puerto Rican Woodpcker (1 holder)
Dallas World Aquarium

Red-Headed Woodpecker (1 holder)
Possumwood Acres Wildlife Sanctuary

Acorn Woodpecker (2 holders)
California Living Museum
Dallas World Aquarium (striatipectus)

Red-Bellied Woodpecker (1 holder)
Fort Worth Zoo

Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker (1 holder)
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary

Downy Woodpecker (3 holders)
Akron Zoo
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
Minnesota Zoo

Hairy Woodpecker (1 holder)
Cosley Zoo

Greater Yellownape Woodpecker (1 holder)
San Diego Zoo

Pileated Woodpecker (1 holder)
Minnesota Zoo

Northern Flicker (1 holder)
Cosley Zoo (auratus)
 
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Is it possible to add scientific names to your list? I'm not that familiar with the English names of barbets, so with scientific names it's more clear to me (and maybe others) at a glance if it's a neotropical or a Old World species.
 
AWP said:
Is it possible to add scientific names to your list? I'm not that familiar with the English names of barbets, so with scientific names it's more clear to me (and maybe others) at a glance if it's a neotropical or a Old World species.
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Black-Spotted Barbet = Capito niger
Versicolored Barbet = Eubucco versicolor
Bearded Barbet = Lybius dubius
Fire-Tufted Barbet = Psilopogon pyrolophus
Yellow-Rumped Tinkerbird = Pogoniulus bilineatus
Double-Toothed Barbet = Lybius bidentatus
Red-And-Yellow Barbet = Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
Puerto Rican Woodpecker = Melanerpes portoricensis
Red-Headed Woodpecker = Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Acorn Woodpecker = Melanerpes formicivorus
Red-Bellied Woodpecker = Melanerpes carolinus
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker = Sphyrapicus varius
Downy Woodpecker = Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker = Dryobates villosus
Greater Yellownape Woodpecker = Chrysophlegma flavinucha
Pileated Woodpecker = Dryocopus pileatus
Northern Flicker = Colaptes auratus
 
DWA's barbet is E. glaucogularis, a species split off from versicolor.

Dallas and LA both have Red-and-Yellow Barbet (bts at the latter). Prospect Park and SDZSP also keep Bearded Barbet.

Does San Diego really have Double-Toothed still? I saw no signs of the species when I visited. Off-show?

The subspecies of woodpecker at SDZ is pierrei. Both CALM and Living Desert keep bairdi Acorn Woodpecker.

~Thylo
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Does San Diego really have Double-Toothed still? I saw no signs of the species when I visited. Off-show?
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I had the same question about Red-and-Yellow Barbet for the same reason. Anteaterman did not have it listed in his compilation either, although Erythrogaster said it was present in Scripps. Anyone have more information?

And I thought I heard somewhere that Zoo Miami has Greater Yellownape?
 
Great Argus said:
I had the same question about Red-and-Yellow Barbet for the same reason. Anteaterman did not have it listed in his compilation either, although Erythrogaster said it was present in Scripps. Anyone have more information?
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I didn't see any in Scripps, and of all the signed birds in the aviary I only missed the thrush and lapwing (present elsewhere in the zoo and at the safari park).

~Thylo
 
Great Argus said:
I had the same question about Red-and-Yellow Barbet for the same reason. Anteaterman did not have it listed in his compilation either, although Erythrogaster said it was present in Scripps. Anyone have more information?

And I thought I heard somewhere that Zoo Miami has Greater Yellownape?
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They’re in Scripps, just unsigned. Saw at least two birds in July 2018.

Miami no longer has greater yellownapes.
 
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Black-Spotted Barbet (4 holders)
Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
San Antonio Zoo
San Diego Zoo
Zoo Miami

Versicolored Barbet (1 holder)
Dallas World Aquarium (glaucogularis)

Bearded Barbet (10 holders)
Bronx Zoo
Franklin Park Zoo
Milwaukee County Zoo
Oregon Zoo
Prospect Park Zoo
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
Tracy Aviary

Fire-Tufted Barbet (1 holder)
San Diego Zoo

Yellow-Rumped Tinkerbird (1 holder)
San Diego Zoo

Red-And-Yellow Barbet (8 holders)
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
Dallas Zoo
Henry Vilas Zoo
Honolulu Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo
Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Garden
San Antonio Zoo
San Diego Zoo

Puerto Rican Woodpcker (1 holder)
Dallas World Aquarium

Red-Headed Woodpecker (1 holder)
Possumwood Acres Wildlife Sanctuary

Acorn Woodpecker (3 holders)
California Living Museum (bairdi)
Dallas World Aquarium (striatipectus)
The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens (bairdi)

Red-Bellied Woodpecker (1 holder)
Fort Worth Zoo

Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker (1 holder)
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary

Downy Woodpecker (3 holders)
Akron Zoo
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
Minnesota Zoo

Hairy Woodpecker (1 holder)
Cosley Zoo

Greater Yellownape Woodpecker (1 holder)
San Diego Zoo (pierrei)

Pileated Woodpecker (2 holders)
Buttonwood Park Zoo
Minnesota Zoo

Northern Flicker (1 holder)
Cosley Zoo (auratus)
 
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Saint Louis had Bearded Barbet recently and it is still listed on their website. Lee Richardson, Birmingham, Creation Kingdom, Charles Paddock, and Hattiesburg all list that species on their website as well. I found a video of them at Denver, but it's from 2013. A wiki also lists them as being in the Flight Connection Aviary at Reid Park; perhaps @Arizona Docent could verify that one.

Topeka and Tautphaus Park list as holding Red-and-Yellow Barbet, as do Tulsa and Oklahoma City (the latter is home to the current SSP coordinator for this species).
 
Coelacanth18 said:
Saint Louis had Bearded Barbet recently and it is still listed on their website. Lee Richardson, Birmingham, Creation Kingdom, Charles Paddock, and Hattiesburg all list that species on their website as well. I found a video of them at Denver, but it's from 2013. A wiki also lists them as being in the Flight Connection Aviary at Reid Park; perhaps @Arizona Docent could verify that one.

Topeka and Tautphaus Park list as holding Red-and-Yellow Barbet, as do Tulsa and Oklahoma City (the latter is home to the current SSP coordinator for this species).
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None at Saint Louis in my last visit? @jayjds2 any info on this? Anyone else?
 
Coelacanth18 said:
Saint Louis had Bearded Barbet recently and it is still listed on their website. Lee Richardson, Birmingham, Creation Kingdom, Charles Paddock, and Hattiesburg all list that species on their website as well. I found a video of them at Denver, but it's from 2013. A wiki also lists them as being in the Flight Connection Aviary at Reid Park; perhaps @Arizona Docent could verify that one.

Topeka and Tautphaus Park list as holding Red-and-Yellow Barbet, as do Tulsa and Oklahoma City (the latter is home to the current SSP coordinator for this species).
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I can personally attest that Creation Kingdom does not have bearded barbet.
 
According to their website's species list, Hogle Zoo has Gila Woodpecker.

Also Lee Richardson Zoo lists Bearded Barbet.
 
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Black-Spotted Barbet (4 holders)
Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
San Antonio Zoo
San Diego Zoo
Zoo Miami

Versicolored Barbet (1 holder)
Dallas World Aquarium (glaucogularis)

Bearded Barbet (14 holders)
Birmingham Zoo
Bronx Zoo
Charles Paddock Zoo
Franklin Park Zoo
Hattiesburg Zoo
Lee Richardson Zoo
Milwaukee County Zoo
Oregon Zoo
Prospect Park Zoo
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
Tracy Aviary

Fire-Tufted Barbet (1 holder)
San Diego Zoo

Red-And-Yellow Barbet (12 holders)
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
Dallas Zoo
Henry Vilas Zoo
Honolulu Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo
Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Garden
Oklahoma City Zoo
San Antonio Zoo
San Diego Zoo
Tautphaus Park Zoo
Topeka Zoo
Tulsa Zoo

Puerto Rican Woodpcker (1 holder)
Dallas World Aquarium

Red-Headed Woodpecker (1 holder)
Possumwood Acres Wildlife Sanctuary

Acorn Woodpecker (3 holders)
California Living Museum (bairdi)
Dallas World Aquarium (striatipectus)
The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens (bairdi)

Gila Woodpecker (1 holder)
Utah's Hogle Zoo

Red-Bellied Woodpecker (1 holder)
Fort Worth Zoo

Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker (1 holder)
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary

Downy Woodpecker (3 holders)
Akron Zoo
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
Minnesota Zoo

Hairy Woodpecker (1 holder)
Cosley Zoo

Greater Yellownape Woodpecker (1 holder)
San Diego Zoo (pierrei)

Pileated Woodpecker (2 holders)
Buttonwood Park Zoo
Minnesota Zoo

Northern Flicker (1 holder)
Cosley Zoo (auratus)
 
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