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lintworm said:
That would make most sense, given the Haussa genet also left the zoo.
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I had hoped so, too, but it's not the case. The former genet enclosure is now home to a narrow-striped mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata). When I visited yesterday, the animal seemed stressed however, it didn't seem to have much space to hide and had even lost (bitten off?) some fur on it's tail, so I wonder if it's the best choice there...
Other news from my visit: The Regenwaldhaus is still very empty after the fire. The only free-ranging species I saw where crowned pigeon (Goura sclateri), Edward's pheasant, Chinese Water Dragon (Physignathus cocincinus) and several species of whistling ducks. Only the whistling ducks where signed. All the seperate enclosures where empty, with the exception of the former gibbon enclosure holding a pair of ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) and the python exhibit. The enclosures in the row formerly housing the tree-kangaroo are being worked on right now (they still held animals in March), so I'm quite interested what they're gonna do with the house.
There is also one new aviary with tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) in the hall, which also held solitary tinamou (Tinamus solitarius) yesterday, not signed.
The enclosure of the Philippine scops owl seems to hold the remaining Lyle's flying foxes at the moment, don't know if the owls are still there.
The free-flight aviary which was basically empty on my last visit has been restocked a bit (or it was too cold back then, though still no signs yet), I saw a green peafowl, a milky stork, some ducks (don't remember which exactly) and one of the young brahminy kites (Haliastur indus intermedius) which used to be behind the scenes until recently.
 
In May, two Siberian Cranes (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) hatched. One is being hand-raised, the other one is being raised by the red-crowned cranes, so that hopefully the pair will produce another clutch of eggs this year.

Source: Facebook
 
JoJo22 said:
In May, two Siberian Cranes (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) hatched. One is being hand-raised, the other one is being raised by the red-crowned cranes, so that hopefully the pair will produce another clutch of eggs this year.

Source: Facebook
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Great news! Which zoos other have recently breed this critically endangered specie in Europe?
 
Soon I want to visit the zoo in Cologne. As a bird lover I would like to see as many of the ducks and geese as possible. Does anyone have a list of which species are kept where in the zoo? This would help me very much!

And further; are there any closed buildings or things that are not able to visit?
 
rick04 said:
Soon I want to visit the zoo in Cologne. As a bird lover I would like to see as many of the ducks and geese as possible. Does anyone have a list of which species are kept where in the zoo? This would help me very much!

And further; are there any closed buildings or things that are not able to visit?
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I don't have a list of which duck is kept exactly where, but fortunately signage is pretty good, so by following that you wouldn't miss much. The enclosures are generally ordered by continent/ region for the ducks and are all around the middle section of the zoo. Some of the more fickle species are kept in the pheasantry area. A notable unsigned species is the american black duck (at least in 2022) in the walkthrough aviary next the the Asian rainforest house. The mottled duck should be in the pheasantry with the avocets if I remember correctly. If you follow all main paths, you shouldn't miss any enclosure.

Be aware that the aquarium-terrarium entrance is separate from the main zoo and you can visit the building only once, no revisits allowed anymore... So my advice would be to start the day there and then move to the main zoo.
 
rick04 said:
Soon I want to visit the zoo in Cologne. As a bird lover I would like to see as many of the ducks and geese as possible. Does anyone have a list of which species are kept where in the zoo? This would help me very much!

And further; are there any closed buildings or things that are not able to visit?
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I don't have a list either, it would be hard anyway, since the species change enclosures every now and then. Back in March, most animals where in some of the aviaries due to bird flu, but that has changed again luckily. The signage is mostly good, but as mentioned, some species aren't signed. If you are interested in whistling ducks, almost all species should be free-roaming in the rainforest house at the moment.
 
ZTL lists the following species of waterfowl:
Black, Coscoroba, trumpeter and black-necked swans
African comb duck
African, common, red-crested, rosy-billed and Baer's pochards
American, Eurasian and Chiloe wigeons
Australian, paradise, Radjah, South Africanand common shelducks
Bufflehead
Canvasback
Cape, northern, red and New Zealand shovelers
Chilean, white-cheeked and northern pintails
Barrow's and Eurasian goldeneyes
Eurasian goosander
European and spectacled eiders
European, New Zealand and lesser scaups
Gadwall
Hardhead
Hooded, scaly-sided and red-breasted mergansers
Fulvous, Northern black-bellied, plumed, South African black-bellied, spotted, wandering, West Indian, white-faced and lesser whistling ducks
Baikal, blue-winged, Brazilian, chestnut, cinnamon, marbled, Puna, Madagascar, red-billed, ringed, sharp-winged, silver, speckled, Sunda and blue-billed teals
Bar-headed, ashy-headed, magpie, bar-headed, Lesser white-fronted, Hawaiian, northern spur-winged, Cape Barren, Orinoco. Pacific Brent, blue-winged, emperor, red-breasted, Ross's, ruddy-headed, swan and Andean geese
African white-backed, American black, falcated, ferruginous, freckled, Florida, Chinese spot-billed, black-headed, Atlantic harlequin, Mandarin, maned, Meller's, Muscovy, New Zealand black, Maccoa, Hawaiian, lake, LaysanIndian spot-billed, Philippine, pink-eared, Patagonian crested, ring-necked, South African black, spectacled, tufted, white-headed, white-winged, wood, yellow-billed and Hartlaub's ducks
Magellanic steamer duck
Redhead
Smew
Southern screamer
 
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