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Hi guys, I’m new here on ZC but I was wondering, is there a way to have a species list of the animals kept bts in San Diego? (Both from the Zoo and Safari Park) Thanks a lot :)
 
Nile Hippo Expert said:
Here is a species list for the Safari Park as of April 28th: San Diego Zoo Safari Park Field Exhibit Species List - 28 April 2023 [San Diego Zoo Safari Park]
This is a species list for the zoo as of last year, not that much has changed since then: San Diego Zoo Species List 7/29/22 [San Diego Zoo]
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The Safari Park list you’ve cited is for the field exhibits only — it does not include the species in the walkabout portion of the park. They were also asking specifically about animals kept behind-the-scenes, which neither of those lists provide — because it’s practically impossible to know that as a member of the general public.
 
Nile Hippo Expert said:
This is the Safari Park FULL species list as of last July:
San Diego Zoo Safari Park Species List 7/30/22 [San Diego Zoo Safari Park]
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See:

Kudu21 said:
The Safari Park list you’ve cited is for the field exhibits only — it does not include the species in the walkabout portion of the park. They were also asking specifically about animals kept behind-the-scenes, which neither of those lists provide — because it’s practically impossible to know that as a member of the general public.
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Kudu21 said:
The Safari Park list you’ve cited is for the field exhibits only — it does not include the species in the walkabout portion of the park. They were also asking specifically about animals kept behind-the-scenes, which neither of those lists provide — because it’s practically impossible to know that as a member of the general public.
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Oh ok, thank you man :) It is a shame though, since I know they have so many unique species kept bts.
 
Does anyone who's been to the zoo in the last couple of years know if the following signed birds are still alive and present? I've tried looking through the media gallery and recent posts, but can't find any evidence of them being seen recently.

Burnished-buff Tanager - Hummingbird Habitat
African Golden Oriole and Black Crake - Scripps Aviary
Fire-tufted Barbet - Parker Aviary
Orange-bellied Leafbird and Golden-fronted Leafbird - Owens Aviary / Tiger River
Bearded Parrotbill - Arctic Aviary
White-throated Bee-Eater - Woodland Acacia Aviary
 
Coelacanth18 said:
Does anyone who's been to the zoo in the last couple of years know if the following signed birds are still alive and present? I've tried looking through the media gallery and recent posts, but can't find any evidence of them being seen recently.

Burnished-buff Tanager - Hummingbird Habitat
African Golden Oriole and Black Crake - Scripps Aviary
Fire-tufted Barbet - Parker Aviary
Orange-bellied Leafbird and Golden-fronted Leafbird - Owens Aviary / Tiger River
Bearded Parrotbill - Arctic Aviary
White-throated Bee-Eater - Woodland Acacia Aviary
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The only ones I’ve seen in the last couple years are the Black Crake and White Throated Bee Eater. The Black Crake was in the lower portion of the aviary but I would say that the White Throated Bee Eaters seemed to have been replaced by Carmine Bee Eaters maybe more than a year ago.
 
Coelacanth18 said:
Does anyone who's been to the zoo in the last couple of years know if the following signed birds are still alive and present? I've tried looking through the media gallery and recent posts, but can't find any evidence of them being seen recently.

Burnished-buff Tanager - Hummingbird Habitat
African Golden Oriole and Black Crake - Scripps Aviary
Fire-tufted Barbet - Parker Aviary
Orange-bellied Leafbird and Golden-fronted Leafbird - Owens Aviary / Tiger River
Bearded Parrotbill - Arctic Aviary
White-throated Bee-Eater - Woodland Acacia Aviary
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The burnished-buff tanager, fire-tufted barbet, and bearded parrotbill are gone.

There is still one female African golden oriole in the Scripps. She is very difficult to pick out -- I last saw her in June. As @Julio C Castro has said, there are still black crake in the Scripps as well as in one of the aviaries along Aviary Trail.

There should still be an orange-bellied leafbird in the Owens Aviary; however, I have yet to see it. The golden-fronted leafbird is readily seen in the aviary in Tiger River.

There is still one white-throated bee-eater in the Woodland Acacia Aviary. I finally saw him for the first and only time last month.

In other news, the male spot-necked otter has been moved from the Ituri Forest to the former fishing cat exhibit in Tiger River, which is interesting because the Zoo just brought in a new fishing cat not too long ago.
 
wild boar said:
Do you know if they're breeding them, or any other facility, for that matter?
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They are not, and I do not believe any other facilities are either. Both of San Diego's females are between 15 and 20 years old. The male was born in 2019 at Omaha, and he was the last SNO born in North America. The population is aging rapidly -- there are only three animals under the age of 10.
 
Kudu21 said:
They are not, and I do not believe any other facilities are either. Both of San Diego's females are between 15 and 20 years old. The male was born in 2019 at Omaha, and he was the last SNO born in North America. The population is aging rapidly -- there are only three animals under the age of 10.
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Talked to the main keeper at SeaWorld San Antonio this weekend -- they still have a pair of African spotted-neck otters, but she said their female was too old to breed. She also said that only about 8 other North American facilities had the species, but she did not know of any that were breeding them.
 
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What areas need renovating after the wildlife explorers base camp, There is the rest of Bear Canyon, Urban Jungle, and Northern Frontier?
 
I was just reading through a lovely San Diego Zoo guidebook from the year 2000, I believe, that a family member brought back from their North American travels. What struck me was how many rare and endangered species, particularly birds, were mentioned in said guidebook. I was wondering if any members could tell me how many of the following species are still held at the zoo:

- Anegada Rock Iguana
- Hairy-nosed Wombat
- Bengal Slow Loris
- Pacarana
- Northern Douc Langur
- Tiger Quoll
- Bornean Bearded Pig
- Capuchinbird
- Kagu
- Long-wattled Umbrellabird
- Crimson Fruitcrow
- American Sparkling Violetear
- Anna’s Hummingbird
- Oasis Hummingbird
- Indian Pond Heron
- Reinwardt’s Blue-tailed Trogon
- Great Blue Turaco
- African Crowned Eagle
- Micronesian Kingfisher
- Tahitian Blue Lowry
- Superb Bird-of-paradise
- Magnificent Bird-of-paradise
- Greater Yellow-named Woodpecker
- Comb-crested Jacana

Sorry if it is a long list, but thank you to anybody who can help provide further information. :)
 
I've bolded what they still keep:

Kalaw said:
Anegada Rock Iguana
- Hairy-nosed Wombat
- Bengal Slow Loris
- Pacarana
- Northern Douc Langur
- Tiger Quoll
- Bornean Bearded Pig
- Capuchinbird
- Kagu
- Long-wattled Umbrellabird
- Crimson Fruitcrow
- American Sparkling Violetear
- Anna’s Hummingbird
- Oasis Hummingbird
- Indian Pond Heron
- Reinwardt’s Blue-tailed Trogon
- Great Blue Turaco
- African Crowned Eagle
- Micronesian Kingfisher
- Tahitian Blue Lowry
- Superb Bird-of-paradise
- Magnificent Bird-of-paradise
- Greater Yellow-named Woodpecker
- Comb-crested Jacana
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