Waterfowl in North America pt 1: Screamers to Harlequin Duck

Recently got some more info about what waterfowl species Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary holds. Here are a couple updates:

Bay Beach keeps Trumpeter Swan, Tundra Swan, Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Canvasback, Redhead, American Wigeon, and Northern Pintail.
 
An extensive list of species which are also kept by Sylvan Heights:
Magpie-Goose

West Indian Whistling Duck (3-4 holders)
Trumpeter Swan (23 holders)

Barnacle Goose (1 holder)

Snow Goose (5 holders)

Ross’s Goose (2 holders)

Greater White-fronted Goose (1 holder)

Common Goldeneye (2 holders)

Red-breasted Merganser (1-3 holders)

Also, Fort Worth keeps freckled duck and Philadelphia keeps red-breasted goose.
 
I completely forgot to mention these until I though about this zoo again recently:

Glacier Ridge Animal Farm keeps Black Swan, Mute Swan, and Canada Goose.
 
Freckled Duck, Chestnut Teal, and Northern Pintail are kept by Columbus.

Puna Teal and Baikal Teal are kept by Milwaukee.

Bay Beach has a captive Mallard.
 
Toledo keeps Spotted Whistling-Duck, White-headed Duck, Red-breasted Goose, Emperor Goose, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Long-tailed Duck, Spectacled Eider, Smew, Harlequin Duck, Ringed Teal, Mandarin Duck, Baer's Pochard, and Falcated Duck.

The Wilds does not keep Trumpeter Swan.
 
Shalom Wildlife Zoo holds Black Swan, Trumpeter Swan, Wood Duck and Mandarin Duck.

Manitowoc Lincoln Park Zoo holds Tundra Swan.
 
Wildwood Wildlife Park keeps:

Black-necked Swan
Emperor Goose
Cackling Goose
Snow Goose
Mandarin Duck
Andean Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Black Swan
Paradise Shelduck
Barnacle Goose
Canvasback
Redhead
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
Ruddy Shelduck
Wood Duck
Bar-headed Goose
Cape Barren Goose
Hawaiian Goose
Green-winged Teal
White-cheeked Pintail
Red-crested Pochard
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Goose
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Eider
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Cinnamon Teal
Ruddy-headed Goose
Baikal Teal
Puna Teal
Radjah Shelduck
South African Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Baikal Teal
Ruddy Duck
Egyptain Goose
Crested Screamer

Is this North America's largest waterfowl collection?
 
Wildwood Wildlife Park keeps:

Black-necked Swan
Emperor Goose
Cackling Goose
Snow Goose
Mandarin Duck
Andean Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Black Swan
Paradise Shelduck
Barnacle Goose
Canvasback
Redhead
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
Ruddy Shelduck
Wood Duck
Bar-headed Goose
Cape Barren Goose
Hawaiian Goose
Green-winged Teal
White-cheeked Pintail
Red-crested Pochard
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Goose
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Eider
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Cinnamon Teal
Ruddy-headed Goose
Baikal Teal
Puna Teal
Radjah Shelduck
South African Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Baikal Teal
Ruddy Duck
Egyptain Goose
Crested Screamer

Is this North America's largest waterfowl collection?

Doubtful :p It's a good sized collection for sure but some zoos (Bronx, for instance) have equal sized collections and waterfowl zoos (Ripley, Sylvan Heights) easily crack 60+ species.

~Thylo
 
Doubtful :p It's a good sized collection for sure but some zoos (Bronx, for instance) have equal sized collections and waterfowl zoos (Ripley, Sylvan Heights) easily crack 60+ species.

~Thylo

I need to look at my list but Sylvan at any point probably has more than 100 species on display and keeps probably another 15 species off display only in the avian breeding center.
 
I quickly merged my Sylvan Heights lists together. This is from 5 lists from 2017-2020. I probably missed several species though. As well I know their are species off-display only.

1. African pygmy goose
2. Andean goose
3. Argentine ruddy duck
4. Australian Shelduck
5. Australasian shoveler
6. Australian wood duck
7. Baikal teal
8. Bar-headed goose
9. Barnacle goose
10. Barrow's goldeneye
11. Bernier's teal
12. Black swan
13. Black-bellied whistling duck
14. Black-necked swan
15. Blue-winged goose
16. Brant
17. Bufflehead
18. Canada goose,
19. Canvasback
20. Cape Barren goose
21. Cape teal
22. Chiloé wigeon
23. Cinnamon teal
24. Common eider
25. Common pochard
26. Common shelduck
27. Coscoroba
28. Cotton pygmy goose
29. Egyptian Goose
30. Emperor goose
31. Flying steamer duck
32. Freckled duck
33. Fulvous whistling duck
34. Garganey
35. Greater scaup
36. Greylag goose
37. Hartlaub's duck
38. Hawaiian duck
39. Hooded merganser
40. Hottentot teal
41. Indian spot-billed duck
42. Knob-billed duck
43. Laysan duck
44. Lesser scaup
45. Lesser whistling duck
46. Maccoa duck
47. Magpie goose
48. Mallard
49. Mandarin duck
50. Marbled duck
51. Muscovy duck
52. Mute swan
53. Nene
54. New Zealand scaup
55. New World Comb Duck
56. Northern pintail
57. Northern shoveler
58. Orinoco goose
59. Philippine duck
60. Pink-eared duck
61. Plumed whistling duck
62. Puna teal
63. Radjah shelduck
64. Red-billed teal
65. Red-breasted goose
66. Red-breasted merganser
67. Red-crested pochard
68. Redhead
69. Ringed teal
70. Rosy-billed pochard
71. Ross’s goose
72. Ruddy duck
73. Ruddy shelduck
74. Ruddy-headed goose
75. Scaly-sided merganser
76. Silver teal
77. Smew
78. Snow goose
79. Southern pochard
80. Southern scremer
81. Spotted whistling duck
82. Spur-winged goose
83. Sunda teal
84. Swan goose
85. Trumpeter swan
86. Tufted duck
87. Upland goose
88. Wandering whistling duck
89. West Indian whistling duck
90. White-faced whistling duck
91. White-backed duck
92. White-headed duck
93. White-winged duck
94. Wood duck
95. Yellow-billed duck
 
Like I am definitely missing (species they have had in the time period of 2017 to now):
  1. American black duck
  2. Mottled duck
  3. Meller's Duck
  4. Gadwall
  5. Green pygmy goose
  6. Harlequin duck
  7. Maned goose
  8. Common merganser
  9. Bronze-winged duck
  10. American wigeon
  11. Brazilian teal
  12. Yellow-billed teal
  13. Patagonian crested duck
  14. Red shoveler
  15. Bahama pintail
  16. Common goldeneye
  17. Blue-winged teal
  18. Green-winged teal
  19. King eider
  20. Falcated duck
  21. Ferruginous duck
  22. Eastern spot-billed duck
 
Cincinnati has Common Eider (Somateria mollissima), not Spectacled eider
Cincinnati also has Marbled teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris), Australian wood duck (Chenonetta jubata), and Freckled duck (Stictonetta naevosa)

Shedd has White-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata) in addition to the other three
 
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