BioParque do Rio Species list for Bioparque do Rio

David Matos Mendes said:
That's great! Do you think it's already a result of the improvements of the exhibit?
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Onychorhynchus coronatus said:
Did they post this on their social media or how do you know this ?
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David, probably not, because the zoo had already bred sakis before. @Onychorhynchus coronatus , do you remember that guy whom I talked about here (André Sebastião, the Rio de Janeiro zoo's non-official blog owner)? So, he frequently visits the institution and chats with the staff, even managing to talk to the institution's director. This is how I get most of the zoo's news (other than the zoo's official pages on various social media platforms).
 
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Enzo said:
@David Matos Mendes , Probably not, because the zoo had already bred sakis before. @Onychorhynchus coronatus , do you remember that guy whom I talked about here (André Sebastião, the Rio de Janeiro zoo's non-official blog owner)? So, he frequently visits the institution and chats with the staff, even managing to talk to the institution's director. This is how I get most of the zoo's news (other than the zoo's official pages on various social media platforms).
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I see, well thats great news that the species has bred there !
 
David Matos Mendes said:
That's great! Do you think it's already a result of the improvements of the exhibit?
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If it's the same long-term female then she has fallen pregnant several times before, with babies born in the previous enclosures. They're technically species hybrids unless the breeding pair have been replaced.
 
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Here's the list:

Bioparque do Rio:

On show:

Imersão tropical/Tropical immersion:

Exhibit 1:

Mammals:
-Mico-leão-dourado/Golden lion tamarin - (Leontopithecus rosalia);

Exhibit 2:

Birds:
-Arara-azul-grande/Hyacinth macaw - (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus);

Exhibit 3:

Birds:
-Jacutinga/Black fronted piping guan - (Pipile jacutinga);
-Mutum-do-sudeste/Red-billed curassow - (Crax blumenbachii);
-Papagaio-chauá/Red browed amazon - (Amazona rhodocorytha);
-Papagaio-do-peito-roxo/Vinaceous-breasted amazon - (Amazona vinacea);

Exhibit 4:

Birds:
-Gaivotão/Kelp gull - (Larus dominicanus);
-Guará/Scarlet ibis - (Eudocimus ruber);

Exhibit 5 (the big walkthrough aviary):

Mammals:
-Preguiça-real ou unau/Linnaeus's two-toed sloth - (Choloepus didactylus);
-Cutia-de-dorso-vermelho/Red-rumped agouti - (Dasyprocta leporina);
-Ouriço-cacheiro-brasileiro/Brazilian porcupine - (Coendou prehensilis);
-Ouriço-cacheiro-paraguaio/Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine - (Coendou spinosus);

Birds:
-Mutum-de-penacho/Bare-faced curassow - (Crax fasciolata);
-Jacuaçu/Dusky-legged guan - (Penelope obscura);
-Jacupemba/Rusty-margined guan - (Penelope superciliaris);
-Pomba-asa-branca/Picazuro pigeon - (Patagioenas picazuro);
-Tucano-de-bico-preto/Channel-billed toucan - (Ramphastos vitellinus);
-Tucano-de-bico-verde/Red-breasted toucan - (Ramphastos dicolorus);
-Tucano-toco/Toco toucan - (Ramphastos toco);
-Seriema-da-perna-vermelha/Red-legged seriema - (Cariama cristata);
-Caturrita/Monk or quaker parakeet - (Myiopsitta monachus);
-Periquito-verde ou periquito-rico/Plain parakeet - (Brotogeris tirica);
-Periquito-de-encontro-amarelho/Yellow-chevroned parakeet - (Brotogeris chiriri)
-Maritaca-de-cabeça-azul/Blue-headed parrot - (Pionus menstruus);
-Maritaca-verde/Scaly-headed parrot - (Pionus maximiliani);
-Papagaio-do-mangue/Orange-winged-amazon - (Amazona amazonica);
-Papagaio-verdadeiro/Turquoise-fronted amazon - (Amazona aestiva);
-Papagaio-campeiro/Yellow-crowned amazon - (Amazona ochrocephala);
-Periquito-de-cabeça-vermelha/Red-masked parakeet - (Psittacara erythrogenys);
-Periquitão-maracanã/White-eyed parakeet - (Psittacara leudophthalmus);
-Maracanã-nobre/Red-shouldered macaw - (Diopsittaca nobilis);
-Ararajuba/Golden parakeet - (Guaruba guarouba);
-Periquito-rei/Peach-fronted parakeet - (Eupsittula aurea);
-Jandaia-de-testa-vermelha/Golden-capped parakeet - (Aratinga auricapillus);
-Periquito-de-cabeça-preta ou príncipe-negro/Nanday parakeet - (Aratinga nenday);
-Maracanã-do-buriti/Red-bellied macaw - (Orthopsittaca manilatus);
-Maracanã-verdadeira/Blue-winged macaw - (Primolius maracana);
-Maracanã-de-colar/Yellow-collared macaw - (Primolius auricollis);
-Arara-canindé/Blue-and-gold macaw - (Ara ararauna);
-Aracanga/Scarlet macaw - (Ara macao);
-Arara-vermelha-grande/Red-and-green macaw macaw - (Ara chloropterus);
-Ararinha-de-testa-vermelha/Red-fronted macaw - (Ara rubrogenys);
-Papagaio-negro-grande/Greater vasa parrot - (Coracopsis vasa);
-Gralha-do-campo/Curl-crested jay - (Cyanocorax cristatellus);
-Gralha-picaça/Plush-crested jay - (Cyanocorax chrysops);
-Gralha-cancã/White-napped jay - (Cyanocorax cyanopogon);

Exhibit 6:

Birds:
-Arara-azul-de-lear/Lear's macaw - (Anodornorhynchus leari);

Aldeia dos répteis/Reptile village:

Exhibit 7:

Reptiles:
-Cágado-de-barbicha/Geoffroy's side necked-turtle - (Phrynops geoffroanus);
-Cágado-de-lagoa/Hilaire's toadhead turtle - (Phrynops hilarii);
-Tracajá/Yellow-spotted river turtle - (Podocnemis unifilis);
-Tigre-d'água-de-orelha-amarelha/D'Orbigny's slider - (Trachemys dorbigni);

Exhibit 8:

Reptiles:
-Jacaré-do-papo-amarelo/Broad-snouted caiman - (Caiman latirostris);

Exhibit 9:

Reptiles:
-Píton-birmanesa/Burmese python - (Python bivittatus);
-Píton-reticulada/Reticulated python - (Malayopython reticulatus);

Jardim Burle Marx:

Exhibit 10:

Birds:
-Flamingo-chileno/Chilean flamingo - (Phoenicopterus chilensis);

Reis da Selva/Kings of the jungle:

Exhibit 11:

Mammals:
-Leão/Lion - (Panthera leo);

Exhibit 12:

Mammals:
-Tigre/Tiger - (Panthera tigris);

Exhibit 13:

Mammals:
-Urso-de-óculos/Andean or spectacled bear - (Tremarctos ornatus);

Ásiaticos/Asiatics:

Exhibit 14:

Mammals:
-Elefante-asiático/Asian elephant - (Elephas maximus);

Carnívoros ou Centro de Conservação de Carnívoros/Carnivores or Carnivore conservation center):

Exhibit 15:

Mammals:
-Onça-pintada/Jaguar - (Panthera onca);

Exhibit 16:

Mammals:
-Jaguatirica/Ocelot - (Leopardus pardalis);

Exhibit 17:

Mammals:
-Puma/Cougar - (Puma concolor);

Exhibit 18:

Mammals:
-Gato-do-mato-pequeno/Oncilla - (Leopardus tigrinus);

Exhibit 19:

Mammals:
-Irara or papa-mel/Tayra - (Eira barbara);

Fazendinha/Petting zoo or little farm:

Exhibit 20:

Mammals:
-Vaca/Cow - (Bos taurus);

Exhibit 21:

Birds:
-Avestruz/Ostrich - (Struthio camelus);

Exhibit 22:

Mammals:
-Cavalo/Horse - (Equus ferus);

Exhibit 23:

Mammals:
-Coelho-doméstico/Domestic rabbit - (Oryctolagus cuniculus);

Birds:
-Galinha-doméstica/Domestic chicken - (Gallus gallus);
-Pato-real/Mallard - (Anas platyrhynchos);

Exhibit 24:

Mammals:
Pônei/Pony - (Equus ferus);

Exhibit 25:

Mammals:

-Bode/Domestic goat - (Capra aegargus);

Ilhas dos primatas/Primate islands:

Exhibit 26:

Mammals:
-Parauacu-do-rio-tapajós/Gray's bald-faced saki - (Pithecia irrorata);
-Cuxiú-de-uta-hick/Uta Hick's bearded saki - (Chiropotes utahickae);
-Mico-de-cheiro-comum/Common squirrel monkey - (Saimiri sciureus);

Exhibit 27:

Mammals:
-Macaco-aranha-da-testa-branca/White-cheeked spider monkey - (Ateles marginatus);

Both exhibits 26 and 27, as well as the lake these 2 islands are located in:

Reptiles:
-Cágado-da-amazônia/Arrau turtle - (Podocnemis expansa);
-Tracajá/Yellow-spotted river turtle - (Podocnemis unifilis);

Exhibit 28:

Mammals:
-Lobo-guará/Maned wolf - (Chrysocyon brachyurus);

Exhibit 29:

Mammals:
-Macaco-caranguejeiro/Crab-eating macaque - (Macaca fascicularis);
-Orangotango-de-sumatra/Sumatran orangutan - (Pongo abelli);

Cerrado:

Exhibit 30:

Mammals:
-Tamanduá-bandeira/Giant anteater - (Myrmecophaga tetradactyla);
-Capivara/Capybara - (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris);
-Catitu/Collared peccary - (Tajacu peccari);
-Anta-brasileira/Brazilian tapir - (Tapirus terrestris);

Birds:
-Ema-comum/Greater rhea - (Rhea americana);

Savana africana/African savanna:

Exhibit 31:

Mammals:
-Hipopótamo-comum/Common hippopotamus - (Hippopotamus amphibius);

Exhibit 32*:

Mammals:
-Sambar-das-ilhas-sunda/Javan rusa - (Rusa timorensis);
-Cobo-de-meia-lua/Waterbuck - (Kobus ellipsiprymnus);
-Carneiro-da-barbária/Barbary sheep - (Ammotragus lervia);

Birds:
-Avestruz/Ostrich - (Struthio camelus);

Exhibit 33*:

Mammals:
-Carneiro-da-barbária/Barbary sheep - (Ammotragus lervia);

Exhibit 34*:

Birds:
-Avestruz/Ostrich - (Struthio camelus);

Exhibit 35:

Mammals:
-Antílope-cervicapra ou simplesmente cervicapra/Blackbuck - (Antilope cervicapra);

Exhibits 32, 33 and 34*:

Birds:
-Ganso-do-nilo/Egyptian goose - (Alopochen aegyptiaca).

*I'm not sure if the Barbary sheep and ostriches live in different exhibits or if all animals live in the same one. The sambars could be from the mainland species (Rusa unicolor).
-Another observation: I did not see one of the two porcupines, the Uta Hick's bearded sakis, common squirrel monkeys, waterbucks, oncillas, bare-faced curassows, Egyptian geese and the green-billed and toco toucans.

Species that I'm 100% sure are being kept off-show:

Mammals:
-Macaco-prego-vermelho/Crested capuchin - (Sapajus robustus);
-Macaco-prego-do-peito-amarelo/Yellow-breasted-capuchin - (Sapajus xanthosternos);
-Babuíno-da-guiné, mas o animal pode ser um híbrido/Guinea baboon, but the animal could be a hybrid - (Papio papio, possibly Papio spp.);
-Babuíno-amarelo/Yellow baboon - (Papio cynocephalos);
-Mandril/Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx);
-Onça-pintada/Jaguar - (Panthera onca);
-Urso-marrom/Brown bear - (Ursos arctos).

Planned, but not acquired yet:

Reptiles:
-Píton/Python - (Pythonidae spp.);*
-Sucuri, possivelmente verde ou amarela/ Anaconda, possibly green or yellow - (Eunectes spp., possibly Eunectes murinus or notaeus);*

Mammals:
-Lêmure, possivelmente de-cauda-anelada/Lemur, possibly ring-tailed ones (Lemuroidea spp., possibly Lemur catta);
-Girafa possivelmente sul-africana/Giraffe, possibly Transvaal ones - (Giraffa spp., possibly Giraffa giraffa);
-Impala/Impala - (Aepyceros melampus);
-Zebra, possivelmente da-planície/Zebra, possibly plains ones - (Equus spp. (Hippotigris subgenus), possibly Equus quagga);
-Suricato/Meerkat - (Suricattta suricatta);
-Ariranha/Giant river otter - (Pteronura brasiliensis);
-Lobo-marinho, possivelmente do-peito-branco/Fur seal, possibly Subantartic ones - (Arctocephalinae spp., possibly Arctocephalus tropicalis);

Birds:
-Galinha-d'angola/Guineafowl - (Numididade spp.)
-Grou-coroado/Crowned crane - (Balearica spp.);
-Pinguim, possivelmente de-magalhães/Penguin, possibly magellanic ones - (Sphenisciformes spp., possibly Spheniscus magellanicus).

*They also plan to bring some anacondas (Eunectes spp.) and pythons (Pythonidae spp.). However, I believe some are already at the zoo, but I heard a zookeeper saying they'd be brought to the institution.

Wild/free-roaming:

Reptiles:
-Teiú-comum/Argentine black and white tegu - (Salvator merianae);

Birds:
-Pato-mudo/Muscovy duck - (Cairina moschata);
-Irerê/White-faced whistling duck - (Dendrocygna viduata);
-Quero-quero-do-sul/Southern lapwing - (Vanellus chilensis);
-Pomba-asa-branca/Picazuro pigeon - (Patagioenas picazuro);
-Pombo-comum/Rock dove - (Columba livia);
-Rolinha-roxa/Ruddy ground dove - (Columbina talpacoti);
-Biguá/Neotropic cormorant - (Phalacrocorax brasilianus);
-Garça-branca-grande/Great egret - (Ardea alba);
-Garça-moura/Cocoi heron - (Ardea cocoi);
-Garça-branca-pequena/Snowy egret - (Egretta thula);
-Caturrita/Monk or quaker parakeet - (Myiopsitta monachus);
-Periquito-verde ou periquito-rico/Plain parakeet - (Brotogeris tirica);
-Periquitão-maracanã/White-eyed parakeet - (Psittacara leucophthalmus);
-Periquito-rei/Peach-fronted parakeet - (Eupsittula aurea);
-João-de-barro/Rufous hornero - (Furnarius rufus);
-Neinei/Boat-billed flycatcher - (Megarynchus pitangua);
-Bem-te-vi-comum/Great kiskadee - (Pitangus sulphuratus);
-Lavadeira-mascarada/Masked water tyrant - (Fluvicola nengeta);
-Sabiá-laranjeira/Rufous-bellied thrush - (Turdus rufiventris);
-Bico-de-lacre-comum/Common waxbill - (Estrilda astrild);
-Chupim/Shiny cowbird - (Molothrus bonariensis);
-Canário-da-terra-verdadeiro/Saffron finch - (Sicalis flaveola).
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Thanks for this list! What a surprise to see so many major/rare species missing - this is a fraction of the old bird and primate collections, at least!
 
i'm here to say that the bioparque now got recently 2 male pelicans, they came from parque dois irmãos in Recife, and one day the lion simba will get 2 females coming from chile, and the bioparque will get a couple of white tigers.
 
i also have good news, the bear zé colméia will be exposed again, they will build a new enclosure and he doesn't show any signal of stress, he will live in a big enclosure just for him.
 
BetoYoung said:
i'm here to say that the bioparque now got recently 2 male pelicans, they came from parque dois irmãos in Recife, and one day the lion simba will get 2 females coming from chile, and the bioparque will get a couple of white tigers.
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What species of pelican?
 
BetoYoung said:
i'm here to say that the bioparque now got recently 2 male pelicans, they came from parque dois irmãos in Recife, and one day the lion simba will get 2 females coming from chile, and the bioparque will get a couple of white tigers.
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Nice to know about the pelicans. Recife is "giving away" a lot of it's collection due to the new population plan, and it's great that they are finding homes for the animals that will not be included in the plan.
Hope the Bioparque gets to breed the lions in the future. Do you know if the lionesses are coming from Buin zoo?
About the white tigers, it's a shame due to the impossibility of developing conservation with them... I hope the institution develops good educational activities with the individuals.
 
David Matos Mendes said:
Nice to know about the pelicans. Recife is "giving away" a lot of it's collection due to the new population plan, and it's great that they are finding homes for the animals that will not be included in the plan.
Hope the Bioparque gets to breed the lions in the future. Do you know if the lionesses are coming from Buin zoo?
About the white tigers, it's a shame due to the impossibility of developing conservation with them... I hope the institution develops good educational activities with the individuals.
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i don't know exactly, but they might be from santiago zoo. and about the white tigers, i hope so.
 
and guess what? the bioparque will get a couple of gaurs, and i think it's an interesting choice because it will be the only zoo in america to hold this specie. i'm friend of andré sebastião and he told me the bioparque should be able to get them.
 
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BetoYoung said:
and guess what? the bioparque will get a couple of gaurs, and i think it's an interesting choice because it will be the only zoo in america to hold this specie. i'm friend of andré sebastião and he told me the bioparque should be able to get them.
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Well, that's one nice species indeed. Gaurs are one of my favorite bovids, for sure. I have a feeling that the Bioparque is somehow trying to restore the former "glory" of Rio's collection in the last decades of XX century, with a considerable amount of exotic species. Not sure if bringing many exotics would be great for conservation itself though. Hope they have good managing plans in mind for these species.
 
David Matos Mendes said:
Well, that's one nice species indeed. Gaurs are one of my favorite bovids, for sure. I have a feeling that the Bioparque is somehow trying to restore the former "glory" of Rio's collection in the last decades of XX century, with a considerable amount of exotic species. Not sure if bringing many exotics would be great for conservation itself though. Hope they have good managing plans in mind for these species.
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i hope so, and i'm really missing the old animals like penguins, chimpanzees, birds of prey, baboons.
 
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