Birds of Prey in North America

Update: due to large numbers of some species, anything with more than 35 holders will be in spoilers. This is mostly native species that turn up in all kinds of places.


New World Vultures



Coragyps

American Black Vulture (30 holders)

3 Palms
Abilene
African Lion Safari
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Austin Nature and Science Center
Birmingham
Brevard
Buffalo
Caldwell
Carolina Raptor Center
Chattanooga
Cincinnati
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Lehigh Valley
Los Angeles
Maryland
Maymont
National Aviary
Oatland Island Wildlife Center
Phoenix
Pueblo
San Diego Zoo Safari Park (offshow, programs)
Sylvan Heights Bird Park (offshow)
The Creature Conservancy
Toledo
Trailside Museums & Zoo
Turtle Bay Exploration Park
Virginia Living Museum
World Bird Sanctuary
Yellow River Wildlife Sanctuary


Cathartes

Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture (2 holders)

African Lion Safari
Carolina Raptor Center

Turkey Vulture (79 holders)

3 Palms
Abilene
African Lion Safari
Alberta Birds of Prey Foundation
Alexandria
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Austin Nature & Science Center
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
Beardsley
Blandford Nature Center
Buttonwood Park
Caldwell
California Raptor Center
California Science Center
Carolina Raptor Center
Cascades Raptor Center
Cohanzick
Columbian Park
Cosley
CuriOdyssey
Detroit
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Elmwood Park
Folsom
Gabbert Raptor Center
Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center (1.0)
Happy Hollow Park
Henry Vilas
High Desert Museum
Hogle
Howell Nature Center
Idaho Falls
Lee Richardson
Lehigh Valley
Lincoln Park
Lindsay Wildlife Center
Living Coast Discovery Center
Louisville
Maine Wildlife Park
Maryland
MacKenzie Center
McCarthy Wildlife Center
Menominee Park
Micke Grove
North Island Wildlife Recovery Center
Northwest Trek
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orange County
Oregon
O.W.L. Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society
Pana’ewa Rainforest
Philadelphia
Phillips Park
Phoenix
Red Wolf Sanctuary
Rosamond Gifford
Safari Niagara
Saginaw Children’s
San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Scovill
Sulphur Creek Nature Center
Toledo
Topeka
Toronto (offshow, programs)
Tracy Aviary
Trailside Museums & Zoo
Trevor
Turtle Bay Exploration Park
Virginia Living Museum
Western NC Nature Center
Willowbrook Wildlife Center
Woodland Park (1.0) (offshow, programs)
World Bird Sanctuary
Yellow River Wildlife Sanctuary
Zollman
Zoo Montana
ZooAmerica


Gymnogyps

California Condor (9 holders)

California Living Museum
Los Angeles
Oakland
Oregon
Phoenix
San Diego
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Santa Barbara
World Center for Birds of Prey


Vultur

Andean Condor (28 holders)

ABQ Biopark
Akron
Alexandria
Beardsley
Bergen County
Brandywine
Bronx
Brookfield
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Fort Worth
Franklin Park
Fresno Chaffee
Granby
Los Angeles
Louisville (offshow, programs)
Luray
Magnetic Hill
National Aviary
Oklahoma City
Philadelphia
Safari Niagara
San Diego (1.1 on show, plus 0.1 offshow for programs)
San Diego Zoo Safari Park (offshow, programs)
Tracy Aviary
Turtle Back
World Bird Sanctuary
Zoo Miami


Sarcoramphus

King Vulture (32 holders)

African Lion Safari
Alexandria
Audubon
Blank Park
Brevard
Brights
Bronx
Cameron Park
Carolina Raptor Center
Charles Paddock
Claws & Paws
Dallas
Dickerson Park
Fort Worth
Gladys Porter
Great Plains
Honolulu
Keystone Safari
Los Angeles
Metro Richmond
Milwaukee
Point Defiance (1.0)(offshow, programs)
Potter Park
Riverbanks
Roger Williams Park
Sedgwick County
St. Louis
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Tracy Aviary
Virginia Safari Park
Zoo Atlanta
Zoo Miami
 
Elanine Kites


Elanus

White-tailed Kite (2 holders)

Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
Cascades Raptor Center


Honey Buzzards & Kin

Elanoides

Swallow-tailed Kite (4 holders)

Flamingo Gardens
St. Augustine (0.1)
The Center for Birds of Prey (0.1)
World Bird Sanctuary (0.1)


Old World Vultures


Sarcogyps

Pondicherry Vulture (1 holder)

World Bird Sanctuary


Aegypius

Eurasian Black Vulture (Cinereous Vulture) (15 holders)

African Lion Safari
Binder Park
Birmingham
Blank Park
Bronx
Buffalo
Denver
Detroit
Lincoln Park
Living Desert
Milwaukee
Oklahoma City
Pueblo
St. Louis
Virginia


Torgos

Lappet-faced Vulture (9 holders)

ABQ Biopark
Cincinnati
Dallas
Detroit
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Kansas City
Rio Grande
SDZSP
Zoo Atlanta


Trigonoceps

White-headed Vulture (2 holders)

Toledo
Toronto


Gyps

Eurasian Griffon (2 holders)

Cheyenne Mountain (0.1)
North Florida Wildlife Center

White-backed Vulture (4 holders)

Cleveland
Dallas
Fort Worth
Zoo Boise

Cape Griffon (7 holders)

ABQ Biopark
Albuquerque
Brights
Cheyenne Mountain
Los Angeles (offshow but the exhibit is visible)
Memphis
St. Augustine Alligator Farm

Ruppell’s Griffon (13 holders)

Cincinnati
Dallas
Detroit
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Franklin Park
Greenville
Louisville
Metro Richmond
National
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Santa Barbara
Utica
Virginia Safari Park


Necrosyrtes

Hooded Vulture (12 holders)

Cleveland
Dallas
Honolulu
National Aviary
Oakland
Oregon
Roger Williams Park
Safari West
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
St. Augustine Alligator Farm
World Bird Sanctuary
Zoo Atlanta


Gypaetus

Lammergier (1 holder)

World Bird Sanctuary


Neophron

Egyptian Vulture (3 holders)

Cleveland
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
World Bird Sanctuary


Gypohierax

Palm Nut Vulture (4 holders)

Dallas
Fort Worth
National Aviary
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
 
Buteonine Hawks


Buteo

Augur Buzzard (4 holders)

Carolina Raptor Center
National Aviary (offshow, programs)
North Florida Wildlife Center
World Bird Sanctuary

Hawaiian Hawk (2 holders)

Louisville
Pana’ewa Rainforest

Gray Hawk (1 holder)

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Red-shouldered Hawk (13 holders)

Birmingham
California Living Museum
Living Coast Discovery Center
Living Desert
Maine Wildlife Park
Maymont
Oatland Island Wildlife Center
Red Wolf Sanctuary
Sulphur Creek Nature Center
Trevor
Willowbrook Wildlife Center
World Bird Sanctuary
Yellow River Wildlife Sanctuary

Broad-winged Hawk (5 holders)

Audubon Sharon
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
Carolina Raptor Center
Howell Nature Center
Wildwood Wildlife Park

Swainson’s Hawk (17 holders)

Abilene
Alberta Bird of Prey Foundation
Applegate Park
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
Carolina Raptor Center
Cascades Raptor Center
CuriOdyssey
Denver (offshow)
Fort Worth
Grant’s Farm
Hutchinson
Lee Simmons Wildlife Safari
Micke Grove
Navajo Nation
Randall Museum
World Bird Sanctuary
Zoo Montana

Red-tailed Hawk (82 holders)

Abilene
African Lion Safari
Alaska
Alberta Bird of Prey Foundation
Alexandria
Applegate Park
Aquarium of the Americas
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Audubon
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
Birmingham
Brevard
Bronx
Buttonwood Park (offshow, programs)
California Living Museum
Carolina Raptor Center
Cascades Raptor Center
Chattanooga
Claws & Paws
Cleveland
Cohanzick
Cosely
Denver (offshow)
Edmonton Valley
Elmwood Park
Gabbert Raptor Center
Grant’s Farm
High Desert Museum
Hutchinson
Howell Nature Center
Indian Creek
Irvine Park
Kinston Nature Center
Leesburg
Lee Simmons Wildlife Safari
Lehigh Valley
Living Coast Discovery Center
Living Desert
Los Angeles
Maine Wildlife Park
Manitowoc Lincoln Park
Maymont
Miller Park
Milwaukee
Minnesota
National Aviary
National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
Navajo Nation
Oakland
Oatland Island Wildlife Center
Orange County
Oregon
Racine
Red Wolf Sanctuary
Roger Williams Park (offshow, programs)
Rosamond Gifford
Sacramento (1.0) (offshow, programs)
Saginaw Children’s
Santa Barbara
San Diego (offshow, programs)
San Diego Zoo Safari Park (offshow, programs)
Saskatoon Forestry Farm
Scovill
Space Farms
Staten Island
St. Louis
Toledo
Topeka
Toronto (offshow, programs)
Tracy Aviary
Trailside Museum & Zoo
Trevor
Turtle Bay Exploration Park
Western NC Nature Center
Wildlife World
Wildwood
Willowbrook Wildlife Center
Woodland Park (1.0) (offshow, programs)
World Bird Sanctuary (Harlan’s)
Zollman
ZooAmerica
Zoo Boise
Zoo Knoxville

Ferruginous Hawk (8 holders)

African Lion Safari
Alberta Bird of Prey Foundation
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Cascades Raptor Center
Edmonton Valley
Living Coast Discovery Center
San Diego Zoo Safari Park (offshow, programs)
Woodland Park (0.1) (offshow, programs)

Rough-legged Hawk (10 holders)

Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
Calgary
Cascades Raptor Center
Grant’s Farm
Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center (0.2)
Hogle
Safari Niagara
Toledo
Trailside Museums & Zoo
Zollman

Common Buzzard (1 holder)

World Bird Sanctuary


Buteogallus

Great Black Hawk (1 holder)

World Bird Sanctuary


Parabuteo

Harris’ Hawk (31 holders)

African Lion Safari
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Birmingham
Bronx
Brookfield (offshow, programs)
Carolina Raptor Center
Edmonton Valley
El Paso
Greenville
Living Desert
Los Angeles
Maryland (offshow, programs)
Minnesota
National
National Aviary
Oregon
Phillips Park
Rio Grande
Rosamond Gifford
Sacramento (1.0) (offshow, programs)
Safari Niagara
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
San Francisco
St. Louis
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Toledo
Toronto (offshow, programs)
Woodland Park (offshow, programs)
World Bird Sanctuary
ZooAmerica
Zoo Knoxville


True Eagles

Spizaetus

Black-and-White Hawk-Eagle (1 holder)

Dallas World Aquarium

Ornate Hawk-Eagle (3-4 holders)

Central Park
Dallas World Aquarium
San Diego
World Center for Birds of Prey (do they still hold?)

Black Hawk-Eagle (1 holder)

Dallas World Aquarium


Lophaetus

Long-crested Eagle

World Bird Sanctuary (1.0).


Stephanoaetus

Crowned Eagle (2 holders)

Fort Worth
San Diego


Polemaetus

Martial Eagle (2 holders)

National Aviary
Zoo Tampa (offshow, programs)


Aquila

Tawny Eagle (2 holders)

Timbavati Wildlife Park
World Bird Sanctuary

Golden Eagle (40 holders)

ABQ Biopark
African Lion Safari
Alaska
Alberta Bird of Prey Foundation
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary (0.1)
Birmingham
Bronx
Calgary
California Raptor Center
Carolina Raptor Center
Cascades Raptor Center
CuriOdyssey
Elmwood Park
Folsom
Gabbert Raptor Center
Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center (0.1)
High Desert Museum
Idaho Falls
Indianapolis
John Ball
Lehigh Valley
Lindsay Wildlife Experience
Living Coast Discovery Center
Maine Wildlife Park
Micke Grove
Navajo Nation
Northwest Trek
Orange County
Oregon
O.W.L. Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society
Safari Niagara
San Diego Zoo Safari Park (1.0) (offshow, programs)
San Francisco
Sulphur Creek Nature Center
Topeka
Tracy Aviary
Turtle Bay Exploration Park
World Bird Sanctuary
Zollman
Zoo Montana

Steppe Eagle (1 holder)

African Lion Safari

Wedge-tailed Eagle (1 holder)


World Bird Sanctuary
 
Harriers

Circus

Northern Harrier (4 holders)

Alberta Bird of Prey Foundation
California Raptor Center
Cascades Raptor Center
Gabbert Raptor Center


Milvine Kites

Ictinia

Mississipi Kite (3 holders)

Abilene
Possumwood Acres Wildlife Sanctuary
World Bird Sanctuary


Milvus

Black Kite (1 holder)

National Aviary (offshow, programs)


Accipiters

Accipiter

Sharp-shinned Hawk (3 holders)

Alaska
Carolina Raptor Center
Gabbert Raptor Center

Cooper’s Hawk (4 holders)

Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
Maymont
Trevor
Turtleback

Northern Goshawk (2 holders)

Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
Cascades Raptor Center


Snake-Eagles

Terathopius

Bateleur (9-11 holders)

Brookfield?
Fresno Chaffee
Louisville (offshow, programs)
Milwaukee?
National Aviary
Natural Encounters Inc.
Sacramento (0.1)
San Antonio
San Diego
St. Louis
World Bird Sanctuary


Circaetus

Short-toed Snake-Eagle (1 holder)

North Florida Wildlife Center
 
Sea Eagles

Haliaeetus

African Fish Eagle (6 holders)

African Lion Safari
Dallas
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Natural Encounters Inc.
Sylvan Heights Bird Park

Bald Eagle (126 holders)

African Lion Safari
Akron
Alaska
Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
Alberta Bird of Prey Foundation
Alexandria
Assiniboine Park
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary (1.1)
Beardsley
Bergen County
Binder Park
Brandywine
Brevard
Bronx
Brookfield
Buffalo
Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Buttonwood Park
California Living Museum
Cameron Park
Cape May County
Carolina Raptor Center
Cascades Raptor Center
Cheyenne Mountain
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbian Park
Columbus
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
Discovery Wildlife Park
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Edmonton Valley
Elmwood Park
Fort Worth
Gabbert Raptor Center
Grant’s Farm
Greater Vancouver
Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center (2.1)
High Desert Museum
Hogle
Houston
Howell Nature Center
Indian Creek
Indianapolis
John Ball
Lee Richardson
Lee Simmons Wildlife Safari
Lehigh Valley
Lincoln Children’s
Lincoln Park
Little Rock
Living Coast Discovery Center
Los Angeles
Louisville
MacKensie Center
Maine Wildlife Park
Manitowoc Lincoln Park
Maryland
Maymont
Memphis
Metro Richmond
Mill Mountain
Milwaukee
Minnesota
National
National Aviary
National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
NEW
North Carolina Aquarium
Northwest Trek
Oakland
Oatland Island Wildlife Center
Ochsner Park
Oglebay’s Good
Oklahoma City
Oregon
Palm Beach
Philadelphia
Phillips Park
Phoenix
Point Defiance (0.1) (offshow, programs)
Pueblo
Queens
Red Wolf Sanctuary
Roger Williams Park
Rosamond Gifford
Safari Niagara
Salisbury
San Antonio
San Diego
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
San Francisco
Santa Ana
Santa Barbara
Saskatoon Forestry Farm
Scovill
Sedgwick County
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (offshow, programs)
Staten Island
St. Louis
Stone
Toledo
Toronto
Tracy Aviary
Trailside Museum & Zoo
Tulsa
Turtle Back
Utica
Virginia (1.0)
Virginia Living Museum
Wildlife Learning Center
Wildlife Safari
Wildwood
Wildwood Wildlife Park
Willowbrook Wildlife Center
World Bird Sanctuary
Zollman
Zoo Atlanta
Zoo Boise
Zoo Knoxville
Zoo Miami
Zoo Montana
Zoo Tampa
ZooAmerica

White-tailed Eagle (2 holders)

Alexandria
World Bird Sanctuary

Steller’s Sea Eagle (15 holders)

ABQ Biopark
African Lion Safari
Assiniboine Park
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Franklin Park
Los Angeles
Louisville
Metro Richmond
National Aviary
Rosamond Gifford
San Diego
Toronto
Woodland Park (1.1 I believe)
World Bird Sanctuary
 
Harpy Eagles

Morphnus

Guiana Crested Eagle (1 holder)

Dallas World Aquarium


Harpia

Harpy Eagle (8 holders)

Dallas
Dallas World Aquarium
Fort Worth
Los Angeles
Natural Encounters Inc.
San Diego
World Bird Sanctuary
Zoo Miami


Osprey

Pandion

Osprey (5 holders)

Bronx
Cascades Raptor Center
Living Coast Discovery Center
Virginia Aquarium
World Bird Sanctuary


Secretarybird

Sagittarius

Secretarybird (11 holders)

Abilene
Birmingham
Dallas
Denver
Little Rock
Omaha?
Safari West
San Antonio
San Diego
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Toronto?
 
Elanine Kites


Elanus

White-tailed Kite (2 holders)

Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
Cascades Raptor Center


Honey Buzzards & Kin

Elanoides

Swallow-tailed Kite (4 holders)

Flamingo Gardens
St. Augustine (0.1)
The Center for Birds of Prey (0.1)
World Bird Sanctuary (0.1)


Old World Vultures


Sarcogyps

Pondicherry Vulture (1 holder)

World Bird Sanctuary


Aegypius

Eurasian Black Vulture (Cinereous Vulture) (15 holders)

African Lion Safari
Binder Park
Birmingham
Blank Park
Bronx
Buffalo
Denver
Detroit
Lincoln Park
Living Desert
Milwaukee
Oklahoma City
Pueblo
St. Louis
Virginia


Torgos

Lappet-faced Vulture (9 holders)

ABQ Biopark
Cincinnati
Dallas
Detroit
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Kansas City
Rio Grande
SDZSP
Zoo Atlanta


Trigonoceps

White-headed Vulture (2 holders)

Toledo
Toronto


Gyps

Eurasian Griffon (2 holders)

Cheyenne Mountain (0.1)
North Florida Wildlife Center

White-backed Vulture (4 holders)

Cleveland
Dallas
Fort Worth
Zoo Boise

Cape Griffon (7 holders)

ABQ Biopark
Albuquerque
Brights
Cheyenne Mountain
Los Angeles (offshow but the exhibit is visible)
Memphis
St. Augustine Alligator Farm

Ruppell’s Griffon (13 holders)

Cincinnati
Dallas
Detroit
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Franklin Park
Greenville
Louisville
Metro Richmond
National
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Santa Barbara
Utica
Virginia Safari Park


Necrosyrtes

Hooded Vulture (12 holders)

Cleveland
Dallas
Honolulu
National Aviary
Oakland
Oregon
Roger Williams Park
Safari West
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
St. Augustine Alligator Farm
World Bird Sanctuary
Zoo Atlanta


Gypaetus

Lammergier (1 holder)

World Bird Sanctuary


Neophron

Egyptian Vulture (3 holders)

Cleveland
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
World Bird Sanctuary


Gypohierax

Palm Nut Vulture (4 holders)

Dallas
Fort Worth
National Aviary
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Santa Barbara no longer holds Ruppells Griffon.
 
I was going to say that a traveling exhibitor by the name of silly safari keeps a yellow headed vulture, but idk if it is still alive nor if it is greater or lesser.
 
Wildwood Wildlife Park keeps American Black and Turkey Vultures.

Bay Beach might not have Cooper’s anymore, you should probably add a question mark there.
 
Laura Quinn wild bird sanctuary keeps red shouldered hawk, broad winged hawk, Turkey vulture, short tailed hawk, and Harris hawk. I knew I saw some rare stuff but didn’t realize how rare some of these species really are
 
ZooTampa holds American black vulture and had/has turkey vulture BTS
Phoenix Zoo holds golden eagles
 
Sweet Briar Nature Center has Osprey, Long-eared owl, Great-horned owl, Barn owl, Eastern screech owl, Red-tailed hawk, Bald eagle, Black vulture, and turkey vulture
 
African Lion Safari may no longer have African fish eagle.

African Lion Safari now has augur buzzard and black-chested buzzard-eagle (new species for North America?).
 
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