Riverbanks Zoo and Garden Riverbanks Zoo species list (January 2023)

[SusScrofa]

Here is the species list for Riverbanks Zoo based on my visit in late January.

Aquarium & Reptile House was still closed for renovations, Discovery Center was closed to public, some aviaries under construction and tortoises were off-exhibit due to weather.


FRONT CARNIVORE/PRIMATE ROW

• Northern River Otter (Lontra canadensis)

• Grizzly Bear (Ursus americanus horribilis)

• Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)

• Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas)

• Diana Monkey (Cercopithecus diana)

• Lion (Panthera leo)

KOALA KNOCKABOUT

• Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

• Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis) - OFF EXHIBIT

LORIKEET AVIARY

• Coconut Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)

• Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)

*Need to pay extra to enter aviary, but can easily see birds from outside


KOMODO DRAGON/SIAMANG/NEARBY AVIARIES

• Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis)

• Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)

• Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus)

• Chestnut-backed Thrush (Geokichla dohertyi)
• Vietnamese Pheasant (Lophura edwardsi)

• Indian Shama (Kittacincla malabarica)
• Chinese Hwamei (Leucodioptron canorus
• Common Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)
• Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
• Temminck’s Tragopan (Tragopan temmincki) - NOT SEEN

BIRDHOUSE (OUTDOORS)

• American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)

• Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides)

BIRDHOUSE (INDOORS)

• King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
• Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
• Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)

• Red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis)
• Turquoise Tanager (Tangara mexicana)
• Venezuelan Troupial (Icterus icterus)
• American Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
• Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias)

• Snowy-crowned Robin Chat (Cossypha niveicapilla)
• Golden-breasted Starling (Lamprotornis regius)
• African Green Pigeon (Treron calvus)
• Spotted Thick-knee (Burhinus capensis)
• Hammerkop (Scopus umbretta) - Unsigned

• Bali Myna (Leucopsar rothschildi)
• Asian Green Broadbill (Calyptomena viridis)
• Black-naped Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus)

• Chestnut-backed Thrush (Geokichla dohertyi)
• Indian Shama (Kittacincla malabarica)
• Scarlet-faced Liocichla (Liocichla ripponi)
• Common Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)
• Green-naped Pheasant Pigeon (Otidiphaps nobilis nobilis)
• Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) - NOT SEEN
• Cotton Pygmy Goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)

• Indian Shama (Kittacincla malabarica)
• Blue-crowned Laughingthrush (Garrulax courtoisi)
• Chinese Hwamei (Leucodioptron canorus)
• Common Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)
• Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria)
• Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)

• Wreathed Hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus)

AVIARIES NEAR DISCOVERY CENTER*

• Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco)
• Blue-knobbed Curassow (Crax alberti) - NOT SEEN

• Venezuelan Troupial (Icterus icterus)
• King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)

*A couple of other aviaries in vicinity that were under construction. No signage, but construction signs did have picture of Vulturine Guineafowl and I think a hornbill as well.


DISCOVERY CENTER*

• Naked Mole Rat (Heterocephalus glaber) - OFF EXHIBIT

*Discovery Center was closed to guests, but confirmed Naked Mole Rats still in there


ALLIGATOR + FRONT OF AQUARIUM/REPTILE HOUSE

• American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

• Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) - OFF EXHIBIT

• Black Asian Giant Tortoise (Manouria emys phayrei) - OFF EXHIBIT

SAVANNA/UNGULATE AREA

• Grant's Zebra (Equus burchelli boehmi)
• Ostrich (Struthio camelus)

• Reticulated Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata)

• African Spurred Tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata) - OFF EXHIBIT

• White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)

• Meerkat (Suricata suricata)

• Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus)

• Babirusa (Babyrousa celebensis)

• Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis niger) - OFF EXHIBIT

RIVERBANKS CONSERVATION OUTPOST

• Binturong (Arctictis binturong) - NOT SEEN

• Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)

• Northern Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)

• Southern Three-banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus)

• Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)

• Yellow-faced Saki (Pithecia pithecia)

• Common Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciurus)

• Ringtail Lemur (Lemur catta)

GORILLA BASE CAMP

• Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)

KANGAROO WALKABOUT + NEARBY AVIARIES

• Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
• Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus)

• Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
• Pied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bicolor)

• Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica)
• Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
• Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)

SEA LION LANDING

• Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)
• California Sea Lion (Zalophus californicus)

 

[biggest_dreamer]

No red-ruffed lemur or black-footed cat in the Conservation Outpost? They'll frequently shift around and co-exhibit the New World species or have certain ones off exhibit on certain days (taking down their signage as well), but I've never seen either of those not on display. If I recall correctly there's 11 exhibits in the cave, so I assume three of them were empty on your visit?

Glad they're bringing the armadillo back out, at least. I think it's been over a year since I've seen him.

 

[SusScrofa]

No red-ruffed lemur or black-footed cat in the Conservation Outpost? They'll frequently shift around and co-exhibit the New World species or have certain ones off exhibit on certain days (taking down their signage as well), but I've never seen either of those not on display. If I recall correctly there's 11 exhibits in the cave, so I assume three of them were empty on your visit?

Glad they're bringing the armadillo back out, at least. I think it's been over a year since I've seen him.

Looking at photos I took, there were actually 2 separate Golden Lion Tamarin enclosures, and I believe 2 Saki ones as well. I should also note that the Binturong enclosure was largely covered up with non-transparent plastic as it looked like it is/was under construction, and its at least possible that part of the covered up area that I thought was the Binturong habitat might have actually been a totally different enclosure. In either event, whatever may have been inside was definitely not on exhibit nor was there any signage for it. That doesn't necessarily mean its gone from the collection, just that it wasn't there on my visit.

 

[biggest_dreamer]

The binturong enclosure is probably twice the size of any of the others in the cave, so you probably gauged it right. And two saki and tamarin enclosures (sometimes shared with each other and/or the sloths) is pretty much the norm, I think, at least since they freed up space when they lost their tree kangaroo and Brazilian porcupine.

The black-footed cats are typically about halfway down, and the red-ruffs would be on the far end opposite the binturong. The zoo used to be really good about promptly removing species from their website, but as of it looks like last September they've removed just about everything besides their most ABC species... I'm really curious now. Maybe I can swing a trip this weekend, it's been a while.

 

[Gilgamesh]

The binturong enclosure is probably twice the size of any of the others in the cave, so you probably gauged it right. And two saki and tamarin enclosures (sometimes shared with each other and/or the sloths) is pretty much the norm, I think, at least since they freed up space when they lost their tree kangaroo and Brazilian porcupine.

The black-footed cats are typically about halfway down, and the red-ruffs would be on the far end opposite the binturong. The zoo used to be really good about promptly removing species from their website, but as of it looks like last September they've removed just about everything besides their most ABC species... I'm really curious now. Maybe I can swing a trip this weekend, it's been a while.

They could be off breeding,they still had howler monkeys after they werent on display. Its crazy to think though that binturong habitat held nd even bred jaguar plus servals in the past.

 

[Gilgamesh]

The binturong enclosure is probably twice the size of any of the others in the cave, so you probably gauged it right. And two saki and tamarin enclosures (sometimes shared with each other and/or the sloths) is pretty much the norm, I think, at least since they freed up space when they lost their tree kangaroo and Brazilian porcupine.

The black-footed cats are typically about halfway down, and the red-ruffs would be on the far end opposite the binturong. The zoo used to be really good about promptly removing species from their website, but as of it looks like last September they've removed just about everything besides their most ABC species... I'm really curious now. Maybe I can swing a trip this weekend, it's been a while.

what happened to the porcupine and tree kanagaroo?