BioParque do Rio Species list for Bioparque do Rio

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

I have some news for you, guys. I forgot to mention that there is a wild/escaped blue-and-gold macaw (arara-canindé - (Ara ararauna) in the surroundings of the zoo, which visits the institution simply to "date". The specimen has been doing this for more than ten years. Then, we have the Barbary sheep. According to the zoo's director, one of the ewes had a lamb last week. Lastly, I have some unfortunate news: Tanga, the orangutan who gave birth to both females currently living at the zoo has passed away.

What you mention the blue and gold macaw doing in Rio I've seen happen with wild brown howler monkeys which live in the forest fragment within the Sorocaba zoo and those that are captive.

It is quite interesting to watch the interaction which can be either territorial and sometimes friendly.

I always used to worry about one of these falling into the chimp enclosure though or being caught by him as they would use the trees alongside "Black's" old enclosure and chimps are predators that will hunt smaller primates naturally.

Sad to hear that Tanga has passed, how old was she ?

 

[Enzo]

What you mention the blue and gold macaw doing in Rio I've seen happen with wild brown howler monkeys which live in the forest fragment within the Sorocaba zoo and those that are captive.

It is quite interesting to watch the interaction which can be either territorial and sometimes friendly.

I always used to worry about one of these falling into the chimp enclosure though or being caught by him as they would use the trees alongside "Black's" old enclosure and chimps are predators that will hunt smaller primates naturally.

I remember watching a video where some chimpanzees were playing with a raccoon which fell into their exhibit. Do you remember ever watching this?

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

I remember watching a video where some chimpanzees were playing with a raccoon which fell into their exhibit. Do you remember ever watching this?

It sounds familiar so I imagine I saw it once, yes, doesn't suprise me either as they are very efficient predators.

I think if "Black" had ever got hold of one of those howlers he would have disembowelled it in a heartbeat.

 

[David Matos Mendes]

I have some news for you, guys. I forgot to mention that there is a wild/escaped blue-and-gold macaw (arara-canindé - (Ara ararauna) in the surroundings of the zoo, which visits the institution simply to "date". The specimen has been doing this for more than ten years. Then, we have the Barbary sheep. According to the zoo's director, one of the ewes had a lamb last week. Lastly, I have some unfortunate news: Tanga, the orangutan who gave birth to both females currently living at the zoo has passed away.

Oh, first of all I gotta say it's pretty sad that "Tanga" has died... She was quite a symbol of the zoo. Was she the one living at the Beto Carrero? Cause for what I know, "Else" is the one living with "Xuxorango" nowadays, right?
Great news about the aoudads. I really like this species, although I preffered they were kept somewhere else where they could climb, but I have the feeling that they might be temporary held in there. Do you think the zoo will renovate that "mountain" exhibit behind the present elephant paddock? It would be a great improvement.
Oh, I remember having heard about this macaw in "Fantástico" a few years ago. Has it continued visiting the zoo during the renovation? Is it nowadays visiting the tropical immersion?

 

[David Matos Mendes]

What you mention the blue and gold macaw doing in Rio I've seen happen with wild brown howler monkeys which live in the forest fragment within the Sorocaba zoo and those that are captive.

It is quite interesting to watch the interaction which can be either territorial and sometimes friendly.

I always used to worry about one of these falling into the chimp enclosure though or being caught by him as they would use the trees alongside "Black's" old enclosure and chimps are predators that will hunt smaller primates naturally.

Sad to hear that Tanga has passed, how old was she ?

Oh yes, I remember seeing it in BH various times, but used to happen with toucans, jays and some parakeets. The jays of the bird plaza are particularly communicative, and are always hanged on the fence to interact with the others inside.

Oh, indeed it would be a danger if these guys fell into Black's exhibit. I have the impression that chimps are naturally a little mean when it comes to interact with smaller species.

 

[David Matos Mendes]

I remember watching a video where some chimpanzees were playing with a raccoon which fell into their exhibit. Do you remember ever watching this?

Hmm I remember watching this too. At the end, the racoon tries to get into a pipe, but the chimps get him for the tail and trow him on the air. Pretty sad situation...

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Oh yes, I remember seeing it in BH various times, but used to happen with toucans, jays and some parakeets. The jays of the bird plaza are particularly communicative, and are always hanged on the fence to interact with the others inside.

Oh, indeed it would be a danger if these guys fell into Black's exhibit. I have the impression that chimps are naturally a little mean when it comes to interact with smaller species.

The howlers at Sorocaba ( they have diminished in number because of yellow fever) at certain times of the day will come out from the forest and move around the zoo using the trees as pathways and there are also invasive common marmosets that do the same too.

But when they can't use trees because of breaks in the tree cover they will walk along the walls or fences of enclosures and they would do this very close to "black's" enclosure though as far as I know none of them ever fell in.

Yes, I think chimps have an innate predatory drive and they naturally hunt smaller primates like monkeys and galagos in their wild state in Africa.

I think any New world monkeys would similarly be prey if the opportunity to catch them arose and though marmosets might be quick enough to escape I don't think howlers would as they are quite slow so I can't imagine them surviving an encounter.

 

[David Matos Mendes]

The howlers at Sorocaba ( they have diminished in number because of yellow fever) at certain times of the day will come out from the forest and move around the zoo using the trees as pathways and there are also invasive common marmosets that do the same too.

But when they can't use trees because of breaks in the tree cover they will walk along the walls or fences of enclosures and they would do this very close to "black's" enclosure though as far as I know none of them ever fell in.

Yes, I think chimps have an innate predatory drive and they naturally hunt smaller primates like monkeys and galagos in their wild state in Africa.

I think any New world monkeys would similarly be prey if the opportunity to catch them arose and though marmosets might be quick enough to escape howlers are quite slow and I can't imagine them surviving an encounter.

Now that you said, I remembered about the huge marmoset group living in fromt of the chimp exhibit at BH... There's not an actual way for them to get into the exhibit, but who knows... Anyway, I don't think mr. Serafim will have energy to hunt anything at this point.

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Now that you said, I remembered about the huge marmoset group living in fromt of the chimp exhibit at BH... There's not an actual way for them to get into the exhibit, but who knows... Anyway, I don't think mr. Serafim will have energy to hunt anything at this point.

I think they probably would try to get inside the exhibit if there was an opportunity to steal food and they certainly attempt to do this at Sorocaba in some of the enclosures.

The chimp is called "Mr Serafim" ?

 

[David Matos Mendes]

I think they probably would try to get inside the exhibit if there was an opportunity to steal food and they certainly attempt to do this at Sorocaba in some of the enclosures.

The chimp is called "Mr Serafim" ?

Sorry, accidentaly deleted my previous post.
The marmosets would find a little difficulty to get into the chimp exhibit, once the moat at BH is around 8 meters deep, but being as sneaky as they are, they could find a way to get in through the handling area...

Yes, the only chimp left in BH is "mr. Serafim" and his hair is almost completely light gray now.

 

[Enzo]

Cassowaries at Jardim Burle marx? I'm considering they will make a separated exhibit for them in there, right?
About Imersão tropical, it already holds something around 50 species if I'm not wrong, right? Are they gonna add more or is 120 a previous number that will be no longer achieved?
About the howlers, it's really great that they will be part of the Ilha dos primatas. I actually consider those exhibits pretty well formulated. They fixed a problem me and @Onychorhynchus coronatus talked about some time ago, wich is the lack of handling area in many island like exhibits. In this case, besides they adding this issue I mentioned, they did a great work with the climbing structures and circulation area.
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Oh yes, I remember seeing it in BH various times, but used to happen with toucans, jays and some parakeets. The jays of the bird plaza are particularly communicative, and are always hanged on the fence to interact with the others inside.

Oh, indeed it would be a danger if these guys fell into Black's exhibit. I have the impression that chimps are naturally a little mean when it comes to interact with smaller species.

Yes, the cassowaries will live in a different exhibit and I'd say they're going to expand the accessible area at the Macaco Tião avenue to make this happen. I think the institution hasn't achieved the 120 species goal yet because the company behind its administration (Grupo Cataratas) wanted to inaugurate and open the zoo as soon as possible, mostly because of the complaints about the time the reformations were taking to be completed. I believe the zoo has enough species of birds to achieve this goal, including some not very known by Brazilians. At the Volta Redonda zoo, I have seen and heard lots of different wild bird species, like dusky-legged guans, toco toucans and curl-crested jays. At the Itatiba zoopark, my mom took pictures of the wild howler monkeys which roam the surroundings of the institution.

 

[David Matos Mendes]

Yes, the cassowaries will live in a different exhibit and I'd say they're going to expand the accessible area at the Macaco Tião avenue to make this happen. I think the institution hasn't achieved the 120 species goal yet because the company behind its administration (Grupo Cataratas) wanted to inaugurate and open the zoo as soon as possible, mostly because of the complaints about the time the reformations were taking to be completed. I believe the zoo has enough species of birds to achieve this goal, including some not very known by Brazilians. At the Volta Redonda zoo, I have seen and heard lots of different wild bird species, like dusky-legged guans, toco toucans and curl-crested jays. At the Itatiba zoopark, my mom took pictures of the wild howler monkeys which roam the surroundings of the institution.

Oh yes, I see. The zoo had to open soon due to the many complaints indeed. I hope they keep going with the renovations with the same speed... They surely have enough species of bird to achieve that, but I'm in doubt because some are exotic, and probably won't be held in the big vivariums.
Dusky-legged guans are also common in BH zoo, specially in the area of the aquarium. brazilian squirrels, tegus, guira cuckoos and crested caracaras also inhabit the zoo's area. This is one of the advantages of brazilian zoos, once most of them are located in considerably large forest areas, wich makes wildlife quite common on the trails. Itatiba has already registred even maned wolves roaming among the exhibits...

 

[Enzo]

Oh yes, I see. The zoo had to open soon due to the many complaints indeed. I hope they keep going with the renovations with the same speed... They surely have enough species of bird to achieve that, but I'm in doubt because some are exotic, and probably won't be held in the big vivariums.
Dusky-legged guans are also common in BH zoo, specially in the area of the aquarium. brazilian squirrels, tegus, guira cuckoos and crested caracaras also inhabit the zoo's area. This is one of the advantages of brazilian zoos, once most of them are located in considerably large forest areas, wich makes wildlife quite common on the trails. Itatiba has already registred even maned wolves roaming among the exhibits...

Really? I didn't know about these maned wolves.

 

[David Matos Mendes]

Really? I didn't know about these maned wolves.

Yes, I got pretty surprised. I even asked the zoo about safety issues for some species, but they told me all their enclosures are wolf proof.

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

I think another big advantage of Brazilian zoos being located within forested areas or on the edge of these is that the institutions effectively conserve forest fragments and prevent these being destroyed by urbanization / development.

For example, the fragment of Atlantic rainforest I've mentioned within the Sorocaba zoo is home to agoutis, guans, toucans, numerous egrets and herons and of course the brown howler monkeys.

Without the zoo there this habitat would have been destroyed long ago to make suites and apartments for the rich (or knowing Sorocaba city and Sorocabanos a shopping mall ).

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Sorry, accidentaly deleted my previous post.
The marmosets would find a little difficulty to get into the chimp exhibit, once the moat at BH is around 8 meters deep, but being as sneaky as they are, they could find a way to get in through the handling area...

Yes, the only chimp left in BH is "mr. Serafim" and his hair is almost completely light gray now.

They would have to be very daring / adventurous marmosets to get over that moat and into the enclosure and I think you are right that there is little risk of that occurring.

I'll have to visit BH zoo someday and see what the zoo is like as a whole.

 

[David Matos Mendes]

They would have to be very daring / adventurous marmosets to get over that moat and into the enclosure and I think you are right that there is little risk of that occurring.

I'll have to visit BH zoo someday and see what the zoo is like as a whole.

You definitely should come. I'm sure you won't regret. Even after visiting many of the country's major zoos, none of them beat BH in general to me. The amount of nature in and out the exhibits is one of the strongest points of the zoo. You'll hardly find a bare exhibit here... I'm gonna make a complete review of the zoo too and post in the next days, so you and other zoochatters will be able to have a better view of the zoo.

 

[David Matos Mendes]

I think another big advantage of Brazilian zoos being located within forested areas or on the edge of these is that the institutions effectively conserve forest fragments and prevent these being destroyed by urbanization / development.

For example, the fragment of Atlantic rainforest I've mentioned within the Sorocaba zoo is home to agoutis, guans, toucans, numerous egrets and herons and of course the brown howler monkeys.

Without the zoo there this habitat would have been destroyed long ago to make suites and apartments for the rich (or knowing Sorocaba city and Sorocabanos a shopping mall ).

That's indeed great too. Imagine what would be left in SP or BH if the zoos didn't exist? Surely buildings just like you predicted for Sorocaba. Such big fragments of nature that would go away...

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

That's indeed great too. Imagine what would be left in SP or BH if the zoos didn't exist? Surely buildings just like you predicted for Sorocaba. Such big fragments of nature that would go away...

Yes, I dont know about BH but SP zoo (and the neighbouring botanical garden) also contains significant fragments of Atlantic rainforest which are home to brown howler monkeys, sloths and numerous bird and reptile species.

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

You definitely should come. I'm sure you won't regret. Even after visiting many of the country's major zoos, none of them beat BH in general to me. The amount of nature in and out the exhibits is one of the strongest points of the zoo. You'll hardly find a bare exhibit here... I'm gonna make a complete review of the zoo too and post in the next days, so you and other zoochatters will be able to have a better view of the zoo.

Yes, definitely will do, I will be going to Minas more frequently in the future for work related things which will most probably involve the zoo so I am looking forward to getting to know it and the staff and animals kept there.