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My big plan for 2021 is to see all the penguin varieties that I have not yet seen (or have forgotten that I have seen). After analysing ZTL I realised that Madrid would allow me to fill in the most blanks in one trip (I had thought I would have to go to Tenerife LORO Parque). Knowing ZTL is not 100% accurate I wanted to check to see if what they say is there at Faunia is actually there. If I can get the vaccinations and conditions allow travel will I get to see Adelie, Chinstrap and Western rockhopper. Then I just need Folly Farm for Macoroni, Blackpool for Megallanic and Weymouth for Western little.

I was initially puzzled when I could not find the ztl species on the Madrid zoo webpage but then I realised that there were 2 major collections in the city!
 
cliffxdavis said:
Then I just need Folly Farm for Macoroni, Blackpool for Megallanic and Weymouth for Western little.
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Faunia actually still kept a single Magellanic penguin during my visit in December 2018, though that same individual was nowhere to be seen in February 2020 (gone or maybe I just missed it that day?). They definitely still had all the other species you mention in February 2020 though.
 
Mehdi said:
Faunia actually still kept a single Magellanic penguin during my visit in December 2018, though that same individual was nowhere to be seen in February 2020 (gone or maybe I just missed it that day?). They definitely still had all the other species you mention in February 2020 though.
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Thanks for confirming that.
 
I have been recently in the park and my impressions after visit it are much better than last year.

There are some news:

- Veneno: Added new species (some of them very interesting): Trimeresurus mcgregori, Trimeresurus insularis. Some old terrariums were in improving work

- Jungla: Some new fishes species have added (Guianacara geayi, Pseudacanthicus leopardus...) to the small aquariums. The old exhibition for hutias is being improved. The coati exhibition now has armadillos and yncas jays. There is now a terrarium with african bullfrogs Pyxicephalus adspersus. The last black-throated magpie-jay that used to be in the african aviary has been transfered to one of the indoor exhibitions. The andean cock-of-the-rock had nest material and were working in the nest (so great new and hope that this rare subespecies will breed)

- Aviario africano: After Filomena, all the structure felt down and the aviary has been improved, removing the vegetation that was overgrowth. The sensation was of clean. They have lost too some species (for example Lamprotornis chalybaeus, I think that was due to Filomena), but they have now less species, with the sensation that were best controlated.

- Misterios bajo tierra: New species, Ctenosaura bakeri
 
Corby93 said:
I have been recently in the park and my impressions after visit it are much better than last year.

There are some news:

- Veneno: Added new species (some of them very interesting): Trimeresurus mcgregori, Trimeresurus insularis. Some old terrariums were in improving work

- Jungla: Some new fishes species have added (Guianacara geayi, Pseudacanthicus leopardus...) to the small aquariums. The old exhibition for hutias is being improved. The coati exhibition now has armadillos and yncas jays. There is now a terrarium with african bullfrogs Pyxicephalus adspersus. The last black-throated magpie-jay that used to be in the african aviary has been transfered to one of the indoor exhibitions. The andean cock-of-the-rock had nest material and were working in the nest (so great new and hope that this rare subespecies will breed)

- Aviario africano: After Filomena, all the structure felt down and the aviary has been improved, removing the vegetation that was overgrowth. The sensation was of clean. They have lost too some species (for example Lamprotornis chalybaeus, I think that was due to Filomena), but they have now less species, with the sensation that were best controlated.

- Misterios bajo tierra: New species, Ctenosaura bakeri
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Is this the start of the African aviary becoming an African aviary? In general, those are nice news. It's sad that Filomena had such an effect in the aviary, truly a pity.
By the way, do you know where the Kirk's dik-diks are now exhibited? They moved them from the aardvark exhibit or are they still in Sombras Silenciosas?
 
SivatheriumGuy said:
Is this the start of the African aviary becoming an African aviary? In general, those are nice news. It's sad that Filomena had such an effect in the aviary, truly a pity.
By the way, do you know where the Kirk's dik-diks are now exhibited? They moved them from the aardvark exhibit or are they still in Sombras Silenciosas?
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Let's hope... I think its better that they have few species (crowned crane, turacos...) but with control than lots of them without any kind of control

The dik-dik now live with the spurred and Aldabra tortoises
 
I was in faunia yesterday, and bring a bit of news with me:
While in the zoo, I was able to spot an infant Mara and a greater Rhea. The Mara was suckling on its mother, so it is at least 2 months old. The Komodo exhibit is being renovated as well, and the specimens were off-show. While ZTL lists Steller sea lions to be present at the zoo, I was only able to see Brown fur seals present (I sadly wasn’t able to get any good photos as I wasn’t allowed to photograph the specimens for the photo shoots). The zoo overall was a great experience, and I am planning on uploading photos in the near future.
 
First time in a very long while someone gets out of Faunia with a positive mindset! Thanks for the news.
 
Randomname0183 said:
I was in faunia yesterday, and bring a bit of news with me:
While in the zoo, I was able to spot an infant Mara and a greater Rhea. The Mara was suckling on its mother, so it is at least 2 months old. The Komodo exhibit is being renovated as well, and the specimens were off-show. While ZTL lists Steller sea lions to be present at the zoo, I was only able to see Brown fur seals present (I sadly wasn’t able to get any good photos as I wasn’t allowed to photograph the specimens for the photo shoots). The zoo overall was a great experience, and I am planning on uploading photos in the near future.
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Steller's sea lion can only be seen in the seals show...
 
JurassicMax said:
Are you sure it was a Hoffman's two-toed sloth? According to ZTL they only have 1 male...
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I recall seeing a pair specimen on show, but it was rather dark in the nocturnals section so it was hard to tell. The specimen I recall seeing was laying up in an outcrop scratching itself.
 
JurassicMax said:
Are you sure it was a Hoffman's two-toed sloth? According to ZTL they only have 1 male...
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I remember I asked the park via social media because I wanted to give proper information over here, and they replied that the newborn was a Choloepus hoffmanni. I can't find said message sadly, I think they deleted the tweet where the sloth's name got announced or something!
 
SivatheriumGuy said:
I remember I asked the park via social media because I wanted to give proper information over here, and they replied that the newborn was a Choloepus hoffmanni. I can't find said message sadly, I think they deleted the tweet where the sloth's name got announced or something!
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The message on twitter can be found here: https://twitter.com/parquefaunia/status/1362760526321827842

However, I think it is a Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus). The same message was also posted on Facebook, but with images. See here:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1124341837991995

Hoffmann's two-toed sloths usually have a much lighter fur on their head than the animals shown in the images. According to Zootierliste, Faunia Madrid has both sloth species (Choloepus didactylus & Choloepus hoffmanni) in its collection.
 
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