Belo Horizonte Zoo Belo Horizonte Zoo, species list

[David Matos Mendes]

*Updated list: (update number 3)
Belo Horizonte zoo updated species list

This list was made based on the zoo’s old visitation app and official informations from the zoo’s staff.The institution does not let their official species list available online like other institutions in Brazil, but anyway, it was possible for me to bring this list, wich is the most accurate that I could make. In my last visit, (in October 11th 2020) I took notes of all the species that I could, to compare with their app’s information. This list shows all the species of animals you can see in a visit to the Belo Horizonte zoo and aquarium, but species located in the restricted areas of the zoo won’t be added here yet. Gotta do a deeper research to discover those.


Example of how the names of the species are listed:

English name / Brazilian name - Scientific name


Mammals (36 species): The zoo’s mammals collection is divided between: the big cats area, african area, south american area, hoofstock corridor, primate area I, primate area II, and some other spread exhibits around the institution.


African elephant / Eleante-africano - (Loxodonta africana)

African lion / Leão-africano - (Panthera leo)

Amazonian wooly monkey / Macaco-barrigudo - (Lagothrix cana)

Bactrian camel / Camelo-bactriano - (Camelus bactrianus)

Black howler monkey / Bugio-preto - (Alouatta caraya)

Brazilian agouti / Cutia - (Dasyprocta azarae)

Brazilian porcupine / Ouriço-cacheiro - (Coendou prehensilis)

Brazilian tapir / Anta brasileira - (Tapirus terrestris)

Collared pecari / Caititu - (Pecari tajacu)

Common chimpanzee / Chimpanzé comum - (Pan troglodytes)

Common hippopotamus / Hipopótamo comum - (Hipopotamus amphibius)

Elipsen waterbuck / Cobo-de-meia-lua - (Kobus ellipsiprymnus)

Emperor tamarin / Sagui-imperador - (Saguinus imperator)

European fallow deer / Cervo-dama - (Dama dama)

Feline night monkey / Macaco-da-noite - (Aotus azarae infulatus)

Gabon talapoin / Macaco-talapoin - (Miopithecus ogouensis)

Gemsbok / Órix - (Oryx gazella)

Giant anteater / Tamanduá-bandeira - (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)

Golden-belied capuchin monkey / Macaco-prego-de-peito-amarelo - (Sapajus

Golden-headed lion tamarin / Mico-leão-de-cara-dourada - (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)

Golden-lion tamarin / Mico-leão-dourado - (Leontopithecus rosalia)

Gray brocket deer / Veado-catingueiro - (Mazama gouazoubira)

Gray's bald faced saki / Parauacu - (Pithecia irrorata)

Lesser anteater/southern tamandua / Tamanduá-mirim - (Myrmecophaga tetradactyla)

Llama / Lhama - (Lama glama)

Maned wolf / Lobo-guará (Crysocion brachyrus)

Marsh deer / Cervo-do-pantanal - (Blastocerus dichotomus)

Ocelot / Jaguatirica - (Leopardus pardalis)

Paca /Paca - (Agouti paca)

Pampas cat (colocolo) / Gato-palheiro - (Leopardus colocolo)

Plains zebra / Zebra-da-planície - (Equus burchelli)

Puma / Onça-parda/suçuarana/puma - (Puma concolor)

Red deer / Cervo-nobre - (Cervus elaphus)

South-american jaguar / Onça-pintada - (Panthera onca)

Southern white rhinoceros / Rinoceronte-branco-do-sul - (Ceratotherium simum)

Western lowland gorilla / Gorila-da-planície-ocidental - (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)




Reptiles (24 species): The zoo exhibits most of it’s reptiles in the main reptile house, built in 1998. This structure keeps all the snakes of the institution, a few sliders and iguanas, in some indoor and outdoor exhibits. There are four separated reptile exhibits in the South american area of the zoo, two holding broad-snouted-caimans, (one of them houses a few species of freshwater turtles among the caimans) and the last two only holds chelonians (one for tortoises, and the other for freshwater turtles).



Amazon turtle / arrau turtle / tartaruga-da-Amazônia - (Podocnemis expansa)

Amazonian boa / Jiboia-amazônica - (Boa constrictor)

Amazonian tree boa / Suaçuboia - (Corallus hortulanus)

Ball python / Píton-bola - (Python regius)

Bearded dragon lizard / Dragão-barbudo - (Pogona vitticeps)

Black-and-White tegu lizard / Teiú - (Tupinambis merianae

Broad snouted caiman / Jacaré-do-papo-amarelo - (Caiman latirostris)

Burmese python / Píton-birmanesa - (Python bivittatus)

Corn snake / Cobra-do-milho - (Pantherophis guttatus)

Emerald tree boa / Cobra-papagaio/periquitamboia - (Corallus caninus)

Geoffroy's Toadhead Turtle / Cágado-de-barbicha - (Phrynops geoffroanus)

Green iguana / Iguana verde - (Iguana iguana)

Leopard gecko / Lagartixa-leopardo - (Eublepharis macularius)

Marbled lancehead / Jararaca-pintada/jararaca-marmorizada - (Bothrops marmoratus)

Nile monitor / Lagarto-monitor-do-nilo - (Varanus niloticus)

Red-eared slider / Tartaruga tigre d’água americana - (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Red-footed tortoise / Jabuti-piranga - (Chelonoidis carbonaria)

Reticulated python / Píton-reticulada - (Python reticulatus)

Scorpion Mud Turtle / Muçuã/Jurará - (Kinosternon scorpioides)

South American rattlesnake / Cascavel - (Crotalus durissus)

Spotted-legged Turtle / Aperema - (Rhinoclemmys punctularia)

Yellow anaconda / Sucuri-amarela - (Eunectes notaeus)

Yellow eared slider / tartaruga tigre-d’água - (Trachemys dorbigni)

Yellow-footed tortoise / Jabuti-tinga - (Chelonoidis denticulata)


Fish (19 species): The zoo keeps a big thematic aquarium, built in 2010, wich is nowadays the largest freshwater aquarium under activity in the country. It represents the brazilian river of São Francisco, housing only species that can be found in this river, and representes several parts of this huge watercourse.


Annual killifish / Peixe anual - (Cynolebias perforatus)

Barrigudinho* - (Phalloceros uai)

Canivete* - (Apareiodon sp.)

Chameleon cichlid / Acará-camaleão - (Australoheros facetus)

Darter characin / Mocinha - (Characidium fasciatum)

Joaninha/jacundá* - (Crenicichla lepidota)

Koi fish / Carpa asiática - (Cyprinus carpio)

Lambari bocarra* / Lambari bocarra - (Oligosarcus argenteus)

Mandir chorão/bagre pintado* - (Pimelodella sp.)

Manjuba* - (Curimatella lepidura)

Mussum* - (Synbranchus marmoratus)

Piaba facão* - (Triportheus guentheri)

Piabinha* - (Psellogrammus kennedyi)

Piau-três-pintas* - (Leporinus reinhardti)

Pirá-tamanduá* - (Conorhynchos conirostris)

Serpae tetra / Mato-grosso - (Hyphessobrycon eques)

Tamboatá* - (Hoplosternum littorale)

Timboré* - (Leporinus taeniatus)

Trairão* - (Hoplias intermedius)


*Animals with no common name translation to english



Birds (97 species): Three bird squares house the zoo’s birds. The largest one houses the ratites, psitacides and birds of prey, the second largest keeps the passerines and has some vivariums with other some native birds; and the smallest square, wich is the first thing you see when you enter the zoo, has four aviaries with some macaws and pheasants.


Alagaos currasow / Mutum-do-nordeste/Mutum-de-Alagoas - (Mitu mitu)

Alexandrine parakeet / Rei-alexandrino - (Psittacula eupatria)

Amazonian currasow / Mutum-do-amazonas - (Mitu tomentosa)

American kestrel / Gavião-quiri-quiri - (Falco sparverius)

Australian wood duck / Ganso-maned - (Chenonetta jubata)

Barn owl / Coruja-da-torre - (Tyto alba)

Black curassow / Mutumporanga - (Crax alector)

Black-throated grossbeak / Bico-de-pimenta - (Saltator atricollis)

Blue and yellow macaw / Arara-canindé - (Ara ararauna)

Blue-winged Macaw / Arara-maracanã - (Primolius maracana)

Brazilian tanager / Tiê-sangue - (Ramphocellus bresilius)

Buff-necked Ibis / Curicaca - (Theristicus caudatus)

Caatinga parakeet / Jandaia-do-cerrado - (Aratinga cactorum)

Campo oriole / Sofrê - (Icterus jamacaii)

Cape Barren goose / Ganso-australiano - (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)

Carolina duck/wood duck / Marreco-carolina - (Aix sponsa)

Chattering Lory / Lóris-amor-amor - (Loris garrulus)

Cinammon tanager / Bico-de-veludo - (Schistochlamys ruficapillus)

Coconut lorikeet / Lóris-arco-iris - (Trichoglossus haematodus)

Common ostrich / Avestruz - (Strutio camelus)

Common Starling / Estorninho - (Sturnus vulgaris)

Crested Orpendola / Japu - (Psarocollus decumanus)

Curl-crested jay / Gralha-do-campo - (Cyanocorax cristatellus)

Egyptian goose / Ganso-do-egito - (Alopochen aegyptiacus)

Festive amazon / Papagaio-papa-cacau - (Amazona festiva)

Giant cowbird / Graúna - (Gnorimopsar chopi)

Gilt-edged tanager / Saíra-dourada - (Tangara cyanoventris)

Golden parakeet / Ararajuba - (Guaruba guarouba)

Golden pheasant / Faisão-dourado - (Chrysolophus pictus)

Golden-capped parakeet / Jandaia-mineira - (Aratinga auricapilla)

Gray crowned crane / Grou-coroado - (Balearica pavonina)

Great horned owl / Corujão-orelhudo - (Bubo virginianus)

Greater blue eared Starling / Melro-metálico - (Lamprotornis purpureus)

Greater rhea / Ema - (Rhea americana)

Green-billed toucan / Tucano-do-bico-verde - (Ramphastos dicolorus)

Green-cheeked parakeet / Tiriba-de-cara-suja - (Pyrrhura cruentata)

Green-winged saltator / Trinca-ferro - (Saltator similis)

Grey cowled wood rail / Saracura-três-potes - (Aramides cajanea)

Half collared sparrow / Tico-tico-da-mata - (Arremon flavirostris)

Harpy eagle / Harpia - (Harpia harpia)

Hooded siskin / Pintassilgo - (Carduelis magellanicus)

Horned screamer / Inhuma - (Anhima cornuta)

Hyacinth macaw / Arara-azul-grande - (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)

Indian peafowl / Pavão-azul/pavão indiano - (Pavo cristatus)

Kalij pheasant / Faisão-do-nepal - (Lophura leucomelana)

King vulture / Urubu-rei - (Sarcoramphus papa)

Lear’s macaw / Arara-azul-de-lear - (Anodorhynchus leari)

Little corella / Cacatua corella (Cacatua sanguinea)

Luzon bleeding heart dove / Pomba-apunhalada - (Galicolumba luzonica)

Magpie tanager / Tiê-tinga - (Cissopis leveriana)

Mandarin duck / Marreco-mandarim - (Aix galericulata)

Nocturnal currasow / Urumutum - (Nothocrax urumutum)

Orange-fronted yellow finch / Canário-do-amazonas - (Sicalis columbiana)

Orange-winged amazon / Papagaio-do-mangue - (Amazona amazonica)

Plush-crested Jay / Gralha-picaça - (Cyanocorax chrysops)

Razor billed currasow / Mutum-cavalo - (Mitu tuberosa)

Red and green macaw / Arara-vermelha - (Ara chloropterus)

Red billed currasow / Mutum-do-sudeste - (Crax blumenbachii)

Red crested pochard / Marreco-colorado - (Netta rufina)

Red tanager / Sanhaço-de-fogo - (Piranga flava)

Red-browed amazon / Papagaio-chauá - (Amazona rhodocorytha)

Red-cowled cardinal / Galo-de-campina - (Paroaria dominicana)

Red-fan Parrot / Anacã - (Deroptyus accipitrinus)

Red-winged-tinamou / Perdiz - (Rhynchotus rufescens)

Ringed teal / Marreco-de-anel - (Calloneta leucoprhys)

Rose-ringed parakeet / Periquitão-de-anel - (Psittacula krameri)

Ruddy shelduck / Tadorna-ferrugem - (Tadorna ferruginea)

Rufescent tiger heron / Socó-boi - (Tigrisoma lineatum)

Rufous collared sparrow / Tico-tico-argentino - (Lophospingus pusillus)

Rufous-bellied thrush / Sabiá-laranjeira - (Turdus rufiventris)

Saffron finch / Canário-da-terra - (Sicalis flaveola)

Savanna hawk / Gavião-caboclo - (Buteogallus meridionalis)

Scaly-headed parrot / Curica-esfumaçada - (Pionus maximilianii)

Scarlet ibis / Guará - (Endocimous ruber)

Scarlet macaw / Arara-piranga - (Ara macao)

Southern cassowary / Casuar-australiano (Casuarius casuarius)

Striped owl / Coruja-de-chifre - (Asio clamator)

Swallow tanager / Saíra-andorinha - (Tersina viridis)

Toco toucan / Tucano-toco - (Ramphastos toco)

Tui parakeet / Periquito-testinha - (Brotogeris sanctithomae)

Turquoise-fronted amazona / Papagaio-verdadeiro - (Amazona aestiva)

Ultramarine grossbeak / Azulão - (Passerina brissonii)

Variable oriole / Pega - (Icterus cayanensis)

Vinaceous-breasted amazon / Papagaio-do-peito-roxo - (Amazona vinacea)

Vulturine guinea fowl / Vulturina - (Acryllium vulturinum)

Whistling heron / Garça-faceira - (Syrigma sibilatrix)

White cheeked pintail duck / Marreco-toucinho - (Anas bahamensis)

White-Bellied parrot / Marianinha - (Pionites leucogaster)

White-cheecked turaco / Turaco-de-orelha-branca - (tauraco leucotis)

White-eared parakeet / Tiriba-de-orelha-branca - (Pyrrhura leucotis)

White-naped-jay / Gralha-cancã - (Cyanocorax cyanopogan)

Yellow faced siskin / Pintassilgo-do-nordeste - (Sporophila yarreli)

yellow-chevroned parakeet / Periquito-de-encontro-amarelo - (Brotogeris chiriri)

Yellow-collared Macaw / Arara-de-colar - (Primolius auricollis)

Yellow-crowned amazon / Papagaio-campeiro - (Amazona ochrocephala)

Yellow-faced parrot / Papagaio-galego - (Amazona xanthops)

Yellow-legged Tinamou / Zabelê - (Crypturellus noctivagus zabele)

Yellow-rumped marshbird / Chopim-do-brejo - (Pseudoleistes guirahuro)



Invertebrates (12 species): The zoo keeps a butterfly house with 11 species of butterflies and moths. Probably, the zoo rotates different species from time to time, once no information about the names of the species can be found online. Besides the butterflies, there is a considerable amount of stick insects being kept at the environmental education house. Not completely sure about the species though.

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Not sure about the origin of the individuals. Much probably did came from the illegal pet trade. Many (if not most) of the passerines at BH zoo have this origin, if I'm not wrong...

Yeah, maybe the keeper confused... There's always the possibility that the zoo held the species for a tiny period, like after a rescue, and then sent it to the definitive destiny very quick. Maybe the Sorocaba keeper knew this at the time, but BH never got to actually expose the animal... Many possibilities...

Yes, very true, most birds do come as rescues from the illegal trade, all the zoos in Brazil house at least some of these individuals.

My colleague (who you know too) Cristina Harumi at the NGO Mata Ciliar receives a truly colossal amount of birds every week rescued by the environmental police from the illegal pet trade and they have had some bellbirds come to them before if I remember correctly.

Yes, I think he was definitely confused about these snakes, I think a lot of animals at Sorocaba originally came from BH and this could be why he said this.

 

[David Matos Mendes]

Yes, very true, most birds do come as rescues from the illegal trade, all the zoos in Brazil house at least some of these individuals.

My colleague (who you know too) Cristina Harumi at the NGO Mata Ciliar receives a truly colossal amount of birds every week rescued by the environmental police from the illegal pet trade and they have had some bellbirds come to them before if I remember correctly.

Yes, I think he was definitely confused about these snakes, I think a lot of animals at Sorocaba originally came from BH and this could be why he said this.

Yes, unfortunately, the illegal pet rade is still very present...

Oh yes, mrs Cristina is awesome! Mata Ciliar is an incredible institution that helps so many animals...

Yeah, between many, the keeper could be confused. I've indeed heard about BH and Sorocaba exchanging animals...

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Yes, unfortunately, the illegal pet rade is still very present...

Oh yes, mrs Cristina is awesome! Mata Ciliar is an incredible institution that helps so many animals...

Yeah, between many, the keeper could be confused. I've indeed heard about BH and Sorocaba exchanging animals...

Yep and it is about to get much worse with the removal of legislation prohibiting the private ownership of endangered species by Bolsonaro.

Zoos and my colleagues who work in these are fighting hard against the administration now / this year to try to get those laws reinstated.

Yes she is awesome indeed and very much still continuing the fight against the illegal pet trade in SP state.

Definitely have been many animal exchanges between Sorocaba and BH zoos over the years, for example the pampas cats at Sorocaba came from there.

 

[Enzo]

*Updated list: (update number 3)
Belo Horizonte zoo updated species list

This list was made based on the zoo’s old visitation app and official informations from the zoo’s staff.The institution does not let their official species list available online like other institutions in Brazil, but anyway, it was possible for me to bring this list, wich is the most accurate that I could make. In my last visit, (in October 11th 2020) I took notes of all the species that I could, to compare with their app’s information. This list shows all the species of animals you can see in a visit to the Belo Horizonte zoo and aquarium, but species located in the restricted areas of the zoo won’t be added here yet. Gotta do a deeper research to discover those.


Example of how the names of the species are listed:

English name / Brazilian name - Scientific name


Mammals (36 species): The zoo’s mammals collection is divided between: the big cats area, african area, south american area, hoofstock corridor, primate area I, primate area II, and some other spread exhibits around the institution.


African elephant / Eleante-africano - (Loxodonta africana)

African lion / Leão-africano - (Panthera leo)

Amazonian wooly monkey / Macaco-barrigudo - (Lagothrix cana)

Bactrian camel / Camelo-bactriano - (Camelus bactrianus)

Black howler monkey / Bugio-preto - (Alouatta caraya)

Brazilian agouti / Cutia - (Dasyprocta azarae)

Brazilian porcupine / Ouriço-cacheiro - (Coendou prehensilis)

Brazilian tapir / Anta brasileira - (Tapirus terrestris)

Collared pecari / Caititu - (Pecari tajacu)

Common chimpanzee / Chimpanzé comum - (Pan troglodytes)

Common hippopotamus / Hipopótamo comum - (Hipopotamus amphibius)

Elipsen waterbuck / Cobo-de-meia-lua - (Kobus ellipsiprymnus)

Emperor tamarin / Sagui-imperador - (Saguinus imperator)

European fallow deer / Cervo-dama - (Dama dama)

Feline night monkey / Macaco-da-noite - (Aotus azarae infulatus)

Gabon talapoin / Macaco-talapoin - (Miopithecus ogouensis)

Gemsbok / Órix - (Oryx gazella)

Giant anteater / Tamanduá-bandeira - (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)

Golden-belied capuchin monkey / Macaco-prego-de-peito-amarelo - (Sapajus

Golden-headed lion tamarin / Mico-leão-de-cara-dourada - (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)

Golden-lion tamarin / Mico-leão-dourado - (Leontopithecus rosalia)

Gray brocket deer / Veado-catingueiro - (Mazama gouazoubira)

Gray's bald faced saki / Parauacu - (Pithecia irrorata)

Lesser anteater/southern tamandua / Tamanduá-mirim - (Myrmecophaga tetradactyla)

Llama / Lhama - (Lama glama)

Maned wolf / Lobo-guará (Crysocion brachyrus)

Marsh deer / Cervo-do-pantanal - (Blastocerus dichotomus)

Ocelot / Jaguatirica - (Leopardus pardalis)

Paca /Paca - (Agouti paca)

Pampas cat (colocolo) / Gato-palheiro - (Leopardus colocolo)

Plains zebra / Zebra-da-planície - (Equus burchelli)

Puma / Onça-parda/suçuarana/puma - (Puma concolor)

Red deer / Cervo-nobre - (Cervus elaphus)

South-american jaguar / Onça-pintada - (Panthera onca)

Southern white rhinoceros / Rinoceronte-branco-do-sul - (Ceratotherium simum)

Western lowland gorilla / Gorila-da-planície-ocidental - (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)




Reptiles (24 species): The zoo exhibits most of it’s reptiles in the main reptile house, built in 1998. This structure keeps all the snakes of the institution, a few sliders and iguanas, in some indoor and outdoor exhibits. There are four separated reptile exhibits in the South american area of the zoo, two holding broad-snouted-caimans, (one of them houses a few species of freshwater turtles among the caimans) and the last two only holds chelonians (one for tortoises, and the other for freshwater turtles).



Amazon turtle / arrau turtle / tartaruga-da-Amazônia - (Podocnemis expansa)

Amazonian boa / Jiboia-amazônica - (Boa constrictor)

Amazonian tree boa / Suaçuboia - (Corallus hortulanus)

Ball python / Píton-bola - (Python regius)

Bearded dragon lizard / Dragão-barbudo - (Pogona vitticeps)

Black-and-White tegu lizard / Teiú - (Tupinambis merianae

Broad snouted caiman / Jacaré-do-papo-amarelo - (Caiman latirostris)

Burmese python / Píton-birmanesa - (Python bivittatus)

Corn snake / Cobra-do-milho - (Pantherophis guttatus)

Emerald tree boa / Cobra-papagaio/periquitamboia - (Corallus caninus)

Geoffroy's Toadhead Turtle / Cágado-de-barbicha - (Phrynops geoffroanus)

Green iguana / Iguana verde - (Iguana iguana)

Leopard gecko / Lagartixa-leopardo - (Eublepharis macularius)

Marbled lancehead / Jararaca-pintada/jararaca-marmorizada - (Bothrops marmoratus)

Nile monitor / Lagarto-monitor-do-nilo - (Varanus niloticus)

Red-eared slider / Tartaruga tigre d’água americana - (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Red-footed tortoise / Jabuti-piranga - (Chelonoidis carbonaria)

Reticulated python / Píton-reticulada - (Python reticulatus)

Scorpion Mud Turtle / Muçuã/Jurará - (Kinosternon scorpioides)

South American rattlesnake / Cascavel - (Crotalus durissus)

Spotted-legged Turtle / Aperema - (Rhinoclemmys punctularia)

Yellow anaconda / Sucuri-amarela - (Eunectes notaeus)

Yellow eared slider / tartaruga tigre-d’água - (Trachemys dorbigni)

Yellow-footed tortoise / Jabuti-tinga - (Chelonoidis denticulata)


Fish (19 species): The zoo keeps a big thematic aquarium, built in 2010, wich is nowadays the largest freshwater aquarium under activity in the country. It represents the brazilian river of São Francisco, housing only species that can be found in this river, and representes several parts of this huge watercourse.


Annual killifish / Peixe anual - (Cynolebias perforatus)

Barrigudinho* - (Phalloceros uai)

Canivete* - (Apareiodon sp.)

Chameleon cichlid / Acará-camaleão - (Australoheros facetus)

Darter characin / Mocinha - (Characidium fasciatum)

Joaninha/jacundá* - (Crenicichla lepidota)

Koi fish / Carpa asiática - (Cyprinus carpio)

Lambari bocarra* / Lambari bocarra - (Oligosarcus argenteus)

Mandir chorão/bagre pintado* - (Pimelodella sp.)

Manjuba* - (Curimatella lepidura)

Mussum* - (Synbranchus marmoratus)

Piaba facão* - (Triportheus guentheri)

Piabinha* - (Psellogrammus kennedyi)

Piau-três-pintas* - (Leporinus reinhardti)

Pirá-tamanduá* - (Conorhynchos conirostris)

Serpae tetra / Mato-grosso - (Hyphessobrycon eques)

Tamboatá* - (Hoplosternum littorale)

Timboré* - (Leporinus taeniatus)

Trairão* - (Hoplias intermedius)


*Animals with no common name translation to english



Birds (97 species): Three bird squares house the zoo’s birds. The largest one houses the ratites, psitacides and birds of prey, the second largest keeps the passerines and has some vivariums with other some native birds; and the smallest square, wich is the first thing you see when you enter the zoo, has four aviaries with some macaws and pheasants.


Alagaos currasow / Mutum-do-nordeste/Mutum-de-Alagoas - (Mitu mitu)

Alexandrine parakeet / Rei-alexandrino - (Psittacula eupatria)

Amazonian currasow / Mutum-do-amazonas - (Mitu tomentosa)

American kestrel / Gavião-quiri-quiri - (Falco sparverius)

Australian wood duck / Ganso-maned - (Chenonetta jubata)

Barn owl / Coruja-da-torre - (Tyto alba)

Black curassow / Mutumporanga - (Crax alector)

Black-throated grossbeak / Bico-de-pimenta - (Saltator atricollis)

Blue and yellow macaw / Arara-canindé - (Ara ararauna)

Blue-winged Macaw / Arara-maracanã - (Primolius maracana)

Brazilian tanager / Tiê-sangue - (Ramphocellus bresilius)

Buff-necked Ibis / Curicaca - (Theristicus caudatus)

Caatinga parakeet / Jandaia-do-cerrado - (Aratinga cactorum)

Campo oriole / Sofrê - (Icterus jamacaii)

Cape Barren goose / Ganso-australiano - (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)

Carolina duck/wood duck / Marreco-carolina - (Aix sponsa)

Chattering Lory / Lóris-amor-amor - (Loris garrulus)

Cinammon tanager / Bico-de-veludo - (Schistochlamys ruficapillus)

Coconut lorikeet / Lóris-arco-iris - (Trichoglossus haematodus)

Common ostrich / Avestruz - (Strutio camelus)

Common Starling / Estorninho - (Sturnus vulgaris)

Crested Orpendola / Japu - (Psarocollus decumanus)

Curl-crested jay / Gralha-do-campo - (Cyanocorax cristatellus)

Egyptian goose / Ganso-do-egito - (Alopochen aegyptiacus)

Festive amazon / Papagaio-papa-cacau - (Amazona festiva)

Giant cowbird / Graúna - (Gnorimopsar chopi)

Gilt-edged tanager / Saíra-dourada - (Tangara cyanoventris)

Golden parakeet / Ararajuba - (Guaruba guarouba)

Golden pheasant / Faisão-dourado - (Chrysolophus pictus)

Golden-capped parakeet / Jandaia-mineira - (Aratinga auricapilla)

Gray crowned crane / Grou-coroado - (Balearica pavonina)

Great horned owl / Corujão-orelhudo - (Bubo virginianus)

Greater blue eared Starling / Melro-metálico - (Lamprotornis purpureus)

Greater rhea / Ema - (Rhea americana)

Green-billed toucan / Tucano-do-bico-verde - (Ramphastos dicolorus)

Green-cheeked parakeet / Tiriba-de-cara-suja - (Pyrrhura cruentata)

Green-winged saltator / Trinca-ferro - (Saltator similis)

Grey cowled wood rail / Saracura-três-potes - (Aramides cajanea)

Half collared sparrow / Tico-tico-da-mata - (Arremon flavirostris)

Harpy eagle / Harpia - (Harpia harpia)

Hooded siskin / Pintassilgo - (Carduelis magellanicus)

Horned screamer / Inhuma - (Anhima cornuta)

Hyacinth macaw / Arara-azul-grande - (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)

Indian peafowl / Pavão-azul/pavão indiano - (Pavo cristatus)

Kalij pheasant / Faisão-do-nepal - (Lophura leucomelana)

King vulture / Urubu-rei - (Sarcoramphus papa)

Lear’s macaw / Arara-azul-de-lear - (Anodorhynchus leari)

Little corella / Cacatua corella (Cacatua sanguinea)

Luzon bleeding heart dove / Pomba-apunhalada - (Galicolumba luzonica)

Magpie tanager / Tiê-tinga - (Cissopis leveriana)

Mandarin duck / Marreco-mandarim - (Aix galericulata)

Nocturnal currasow / Urumutum - (Nothocrax urumutum)

Orange-fronted yellow finch / Canário-do-amazonas - (Sicalis columbiana)

Orange-winged amazon / Papagaio-do-mangue - (Amazona amazonica)

Plush-crested Jay / Gralha-picaça - (Cyanocorax chrysops)

Razor billed currasow / Mutum-cavalo - (Mitu tuberosa)

Red and green macaw / Arara-vermelha - (Ara chloropterus)

Red billed currasow / Mutum-do-sudeste - (Crax blumenbachii)

Red crested pochard / Marreco-colorado - (Netta rufina)

Red tanager / Sanhaço-de-fogo - (Piranga flava)

Red-browed amazon / Papagaio-chauá - (Amazona rhodocorytha)

Red-cowled cardinal / Galo-de-campina - (Paroaria dominicana)

Red-fan Parrot / Anacã - (Deroptyus accipitrinus)

Red-winged-tinamou / Perdiz - (Rhynchotus rufescens)

Ringed teal / Marreco-de-anel - (Calloneta leucoprhys)

Rose-ringed parakeet / Periquitão-de-anel - (Psittacula krameri)

Ruddy shelduck / Tadorna-ferrugem - (Tadorna ferruginea)

Rufescent tiger heron / Socó-boi - (Tigrisoma lineatum)

Rufous collared sparrow / Tico-tico-argentino - (Lophospingus pusillus)

Rufous-bellied thrush / Sabiá-laranjeira - (Turdus rufiventris)

Saffron finch / Canário-da-terra - (Sicalis flaveola)

Savanna hawk / Gavião-caboclo - (Buteogallus meridionalis)

Scaly-headed parrot / Curica-esfumaçada - (Pionus maximilianii)

Scarlet ibis / Guará - (Endocimous ruber)

Scarlet macaw / Arara-piranga - (Ara macao)

Southern cassowary / Casuar-australiano (Casuarius casuarius)

Striped owl / Coruja-de-chifre - (Asio clamator)

Swallow tanager / Saíra-andorinha - (Tersina viridis)

Toco toucan / Tucano-toco - (Ramphastos toco)

Tui parakeet / Periquito-testinha - (Brotogeris sanctithomae)

Turquoise-fronted amazona / Papagaio-verdadeiro - (Amazona aestiva)

Ultramarine grossbeak / Azulão - (Passerina brissonii)

Variable oriole / Pega - (Icterus cayanensis)

Vinaceous-breasted amazon / Papagaio-do-peito-roxo - (Amazona vinacea)

Vulturine guinea fowl / Vulturina - (Acryllium vulturinum)

Whistling heron / Garça-faceira - (Syrigma sibilatrix)

White cheeked pintail duck / Marreco-toucinho - (Anas bahamensis)

White-Bellied parrot / Marianinha - (Pionites leucogaster)

White-cheecked turaco / Turaco-de-orelha-branca - (tauraco leucotis)

White-eared parakeet / Tiriba-de-orelha-branca - (Pyrrhura leucotis)

White-naped-jay / Gralha-cancã - (Cyanocorax cyanopogan)

Yellow faced siskin / Pintassilgo-do-nordeste - (Sporophila yarreli)

yellow-chevroned parakeet / Periquito-de-encontro-amarelo - (Brotogeris chiriri)

Yellow-collared Macaw / Arara-de-colar - (Primolius auricollis)

Yellow-crowned amazon / Papagaio-campeiro - (Amazona ochrocephala)

Yellow-faced parrot / Papagaio-galego - (Amazona xanthops)

Yellow-legged Tinamou / Zabelê - (Crypturellus noctivagus zabele)

Yellow-rumped marshbird / Chopim-do-brejo - (Pseudoleistes guirahuro)



Invertebrates (12 species): The zoo keeps a butterfly house with 11 species of butterflies and moths. Probably, the zoo rotates different species from time to time, once no information about the names of the species can be found online. Besides the butterflies, there is a considerable amount of stick insects being kept at the environmental education house. Not completely sure about the species though.

Nile monitors are unfortunately out of the list. The zoo's only individual, a twenty-year-old female, passed away last year.

 

[David Matos Mendes]

Interesting additions to the zoo's collection have been made recently. Emu, black-necked swan and black-fronted piping guan are now part of the zoo's bird sector. From these three, only the emus are already on show, in an exhibit that was being built for them since the beginning of the year. Eight individuals of these ratites where received from Zooparque Itatiba, making the zoo's collection of these flightless birds complete (considering only the "basic" species of each representant: Greater rhea, common ostrich, southern cassowary and emu).

Emus in their new exhibit:
Emus in their new exhibit - Belo Horizonte zoo - ZooChat

Still on the new additions, but now to the reptile sector, a male and a female smooth-fronted caiman, who were rescued from the animal traffic a few weeks ago, are already enjoying their on show pond. They are the first ones of their kind to ever inhabit the institution. Still on reptiles, a spectacled caiman, with similar provenance, has made it's way to the zoo, although being still kept in the off show area.

Smooth-fronteds:
Smooth-fronted caiman - Belo Horizonte zoo - ZooChat

Smooth-fronted caiman exhibit - Belo Horizonte zoo - ZooChat

 

[Velas]

Belo Horizonte zoo updated species list

Due to the previous list on this thread being around for more than three years and slightly outdated with the zoo's collection, I've decided to update it together with some help from @David Matos Mendes and @Enzo (thank you guys!) in order to show all the available species to see in a visit to Belo Horizonte's zoo and aquarium. The following list will remain with the same form as the previous ones, and any species that are kept in off-show areas that aren't of public knowledge won't be present in here.

Example of how the names of the species are listed:

English name / Portuguese name - Scientific name

Mammals (32 species): The zoo's mammal collection is subdivided between the following areas: African plaza, National plaza, Hoofstock corridor, Primate section I and Primate section II, as well as some other spread exhibits around the institution.


African lion / Leão-africano - (Panthera leo)

Black howler monkey / Bugio-preto - (Alouatta caraya)

Black lion tamarin / Mico-leão-preto (Leontopithecus chrysopygus)

Brazilian porcupine / Ouriço-cacheiro - (Coendou prehensilis)

Brazilian tapir / Anta brasileira - (Tapirus terrestris)

Buffy-tufted marmoset / Sagui-da-serra-escuro (Callithrix aurita)

Collared pecari / Caititu - (Dicotyles tajacu)

Cougar / Onça-parda/Suçuarana/Puma - (Puma concolor)

Central chimpanzee / Chimpanzé-central - (Pan troglodytes troglodytes)

Common hippopotamus / Hipopótamo - (Hippopotamus amphibius)

Emperor tamarin / Sagui-imperador - (Saguinus imperator)

European fallow deer / Cervo-dama - (Dama dama)

Feline night monkey / Macaco-da-noite - (Aotus azarae infulatus)

Gemsbok / Órix - (Oryx gazella)

Giant anteater / Tamanduá-bandeira - (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)

Golden-belied capuchin monkey / Macaco-prego-de-peito-amarelo - (Sapajus xanthosternos)

Golden-headed lion tamarin / Mico-leão-de-cara-dourada - (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)

Golden-lion tamarin / Mico-leão-dourado - (Leontopithecus rosalia)

Gray brocket deer / Veado-catingueiro - (Subulo gouazoubira)

Gray's bald faced saki / Parauacu - (Pithecia irrorata)

Grey wooly monkey / Macaco-barrigudo - (Lagothrix lagoritcha cana)

Lesser grison / Furão-pequeno - (Gallictis cuja)

Llama / Lhama - (Lama glama)

Lowland paca / Paca - (Cunniculus paca)

Maned wolf / Lobo-guará (Chrysocyon brachyrus)

Marsh deer / Cervo-do-pantanal - (Blastocerus dichotomus)

Pantanal cat / Gato-palheiro - (Leopardus braccatus)

Paraguayan hairy dwarf porcupine/ Porco-espinho-anão-paraguaio - (Coendou spinosus)

Red deer / Cervo-nobre - (Cervus elaphus)

South african bush elephant / Elefante-africano - (Loxodonta africana africana)

Southern tamandua / Tamanduá-mirim - (Tamandua tetradactyla)

Western lowland gorilla / Gorila-da-planície-ocidental - (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)



Reptiles (22 species): Almost all of the zoo's reptiles are kept on its Reptile House, in terrariums and exhibits in both the inside and outside of the complex, with the exceptions being the tortoises, large crocodilians and some freshwater turtles, that are houses on the National plaza area.


Argentine black and white tegu / Teiú-gigante - (Salvator merianae)

Amazon river turtle/Arrau turtle / Tartaruga-da-Amazônia - (Podocnemis expansa)

Ball python / Píton-bola - (Python regius)

Boa constrictor / Jibóia do cerrado - (Boa constrictor amarali)

Brazilian rainbow boa / Jibóia arco-íris da Amazônia/Salamanta da Amazônia - (Epichrates cenchria)

Broad snouted caiman / Jacaré-do-papo-amarelo - (Caiman latirostris)

Burmese python / Píton-birmanesa - (Python bivittatus)

Corn snake / Cobra-do-milho - (Pantherophis guttatus)

Caatinga rainbow boa / Jibóia arco-íris da Caatinga/Salamanta da Caatinga - (Epichrates assisi)

D'orbigny's slider / Tartaruga tigre-d’água - (Trachemys dorbigni)

Emerald tree boa / Cobra-papagaio - (Corallus caninus)

Geoffroy's side-necked turtle / Cágado-de-barbicha - (Phrynops geoffroanus)

Red-eared slider / Tigre d’água americano - (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Red-footed tortoise / Jabuti-piranga - (Chelonoidis carbonaria)

Red-tailed boa/Boa constrictor / Jibóia-constritora - (Boa constrictor constrictor)

Reticulated python / Píton-reticulada - (Python reticulatus)

Scorpion mud turtle / Muçuã - (Kinosternon scorpioides)

Smooth-fronted caiman / Jacaré-coroa - (Paleosuchus trigonatus)

South American rattlesnake / Cascavel - (Crotalus durissus)

Spotted-legged wood turtle / Aperema - (Rhinoclemmys punctularia)

Yellow anaconda / Sucuri-amarela - (Eunectes notaeus)

Yellow-footed tortoise / Jabuti-tinga - (Chelonoidis denticulata)



Birds (93 species): Most of the zoo's bird collection is kept in two different plazas. The first and largest one houses ratites, birds of prey, psittacines and some other species, and the second one houses passerines, native birds and waterfowl. There's also a group of four aviaries right by the zoo's main entrance that keeps macaws and owls.


African grey / Papagaio-do-congo - (Psittacus erithacus)

Alagoas currasow / Mutum-de-Alagoas - (Pauxi mitu)

Alexandrine parakeet / Rei-alexandrino - (Psittacula eupatria)

Amazonian currasow / Mutum-do-amazonas - (Pauxi tomentosa)

Australian wood duck / Ganso-maned - (Chenonetta jubata)

Bare-faced curassow / Mutum-de-penacho - (Crax fasciolata)

Barn owl / Suindara - (Tyto furcata)

Black curassow / Mutum-do-norte/Mutumporanga - (Crax alector)

Black crowned crane / Grou-coroado - (Balearica pavonina)

Black-throated grossbeak / Bico-de-pimenta - (Saltator atricollis)

Black swan / Cisne-negro - (Cygnus atratus)

Blue dacnis / Saí-azul - (Dacnis cayana)

Blue and yellow macaw / Arara-canindé - (Ara ararauna)

Blue-headed parrot / Curica-de-cara-roxa - (Pionus menstruus)

Blue-winged macaw/Illiger's macaw / Arara-maracanã - (Primolius maracana)

Brazilian tanager / Tiê-sangue - (Ramphocellus bresilius)

Brazilian teal / Marreca-ananaí (Amazonetta brasiliensis)

Buff-necked ibis / Curicaca - (Theristicus caudatus)

Buff-throated saltator / Tempera-viola (Saltator maximus)

Caatinga parakeet / Periquito-da-caatinga/Jandaia-do-cerrado - (Eupsitulla cactorum)

Campo oriole / Sofrê - (Icterus jamacaii)

Cape Barren goose / Ganso-australiano - (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)

Chattering Lory / Lóris-amor-amor - (Loris garrulus)

Chestnut-backed tanager / Saíra-preciosa (Tangara preciosa)

Chopi blackbird / Graúna - (Gnorimopsar chopi)

Cinammon tanager / Bico-de-veludo - (Schistochlamys ruficapillus)

Coconut lorikeet / Lóris-arco-iris - (Trichoglossus haematodus)

Common ostrich / Avestruz - (Strutio camelus)

Curl-crested jay / Gralha-do-campo - (Cyanocorax cristatellus)

Egyptian goose / Ganso-do-egito - (Alopochen aegyptiacus)

Emu / Emu - (Dromaius novahollandieae)

Festive amazon / Papagaio-papa-cacau - (Amazona festiva)

Golden parakeet / Ararajuba - (Guaruba guarouba)

Golden pheasant / Faisão-dourado - (Chrysolophus pictus)

Golden-capped parakeet / Jandaia-mineira - (Aratinga auricapillus)

Golden-billed saltator / Bico-duro - (Saltator aurantiirostris)

Great-billed seed finch / Bicudo - (Sporophila maximiliani)

Greater rhea / Ema - (Rhea americana)

Green-billed toucan / Tucano-do-bico-verde - (Ramphastos dicolorus)

Green-cheeked parakeet / Tiriba-de-cara-suja - (Pyrrhura cruentata)

Green-winged saltator / Trinca-ferro - (Saltator similis)

Half collared sparrow / Tico-tico-da-mata - (Arremon flavirostris)

Harpy eagle / Harpia - (Harpia harpia)

Hooded siskin / Pintassilgo - (Spinus magellanicus)

Horned screamer / Anhuma - (Anhima cornuta)

Hyacinth macaw / Arara-azul-grande - (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)

Indian peafowl / Pavão-azul/Pavão indiano - (Pavo cristatus)

Indian spot-billed duck / Marreco-spott-bill - (Anas poecilorhyncha)

Kalij pheasant / Faisão-do-nepal - (Lophura leucomelana)

King vulture / Urubu-rei - (Sarcoramphus papa)

Lear’s macaw / Arara-azul-de-lear - (Anodorhynchus leari)

Little corella / Cacatua-sanguínea (Cacatua sanguinea)

Luzon bleeding heart dove / Pomba-apunhalada - (Galicolumba luzonica)

Orange-winged amazon / Papagaio-do-mangue - (Amazona amazonica)

Palm tanager / Sanhaço-do-coqueiro - (Thraupis palmarum)

Plum-headed parakeet / Periquito-cabeça-de-ameixa - (Psittacula cyanocephala)

Plush-crested Jay / Gralha-picaça - (Cyanocorax chrysops)

Purple glossy starling / Melro-metálico - (Lamprotornis purpureus)

Razor billed currasow / Mutum-cavalo - (Pauxi tuberosa)

Red and green macaw / Arara-vermelha - (Ara chloropterus)

Red billed currasow / Mutum-do-sudeste - (Crax blumenbachii)

Red-browed amazon / Papagaio-chauá - (Amazona rhodocorytha)

Red-cowled cardinal / Galo-de-campina - (Paroaria dominicana)

Red-crested cardinal / Cardeal - (Paroaria coronata)

Red-fan parrot / Anacã - (Deroptyus accipitrinus)

Red-legged honeycreeper / Saíra-beija-flor (Cyanerpes cyaneus)

Red-necked tanager / Saíra-militar - (Tangara cyanocephala)

Ringed teal / Marreco-de-anel - (Calloneta leucoprhys)

Rose-ringed parakeet / Periquitão-de-anel - (Psittacula krameri)

Ruddy shelduck / Tadorna-ferrugem - (Tadorna ferruginea)

Rufous-bellied thrush / Sabiá-laranjeira - (Turdus rufiventris)

Saffron finch / Canário-da-terra - (Sicalis flaveola)

Sayaca tanager / Sanhaçu-cinzento - (Thraupis sayaca)

Scaly-headed parrot / Curica-esfumaçada - (Pionus maximilianii)

Scarlet ibis / Guará - (Endocimous ruber)

Scarlet macaw / Arara-piranga - (Ara macao)

Southern cassowary / Casuar-australiano (Casuarius casuarius)

Striped owl / Coruja-de-chifre - (Asio clamator)

Toco toucan / Tucano-toco - (Ramphastos toco)

Turquoise-fronted amazon / Papagaio-verdadeiro - (Amazona aestiva)

Ultramarine grossbeak / Azulão - (Passerina brissonii)

Vinaceous-breasted amazon / Papagaio-do-peito-roxo - (Amazona vinacea)

Violaceous euphonia / Gaturamo-verdadeiro - (Euphonia violacea)

Whistling heron / Garça-faceira - (Syrigma sibilatrix)

White cheeked pintail duck / Marreco-toucinho - (Anas bahamensis)

White-Bellied parrot / Marianinha - (Pionites leucogaster)

White-cheecked turaco / Turaco-de-orelha-branca - (Tauraco leucotis)

White-eared parakeet / Tiriba-de-orelha-branca - (Pyrrhura leucotis)

Yellow-bellied seedeater / Papa-capim - (Sporophila nigricollis)

Yellow-chevroned parakeet / Maritaca - (Brotogeris chiriri)

Yellow-crowned amazon / Papagaio-campeiro - (Amazona ochrocephala)

Yellow-faced parrot / Papagaio-galego - (Amazona xanthops)

Yellow-legged Tinamou / Zabelê - (Crypturellus noctivagus zabele)



Fish (52 species): Built inside the zoo grounds in 2010, the São Francisco river Aquarium is the largest freshwater aquarium under activity in the country. Being themed around the aftermentioned river's fauna, it only keeps species that are found throughout its basin. There's also some exotic species housed in the institution's lagoons and exhibits.



Annual tropical killifish / Peixe anual - (Ophtalmolebias constanciae)

Anteater catfish / Pirá-tamanduá - (Conorhynchos conirostris)

Anujá* - (Trachelyopterus galeatus)

Bagre-pintado* - (Pimelodus maculatus)

Banded astyanax/ Piaba-do-rabo-vermelho - (Astyanax fasciatus)

Banded knifefish / Sarapó - (Gymnotus carapo)

Barbeled catfish / Mandi - (Pimellodela sp)

Barbeled catfish / Mandi - (Pimelodus sp)

Biruba* - (Steindachnerina elegans)

Candiru-açu* - (Cetopsis gobioides)

Curimatã-pacu* - (Prochilodus argenteus)

Curimba* - (Prochilodus costatus)

Dorado / Dourado - (Salminus franciscanus)

Giant trahira / Trairão - (Hoplias intermedius)

Knodus moenkhausii*

Lambari* - (Bryconamericus stramineus)

Lambari-do-rabo-amarelo* - (Astyanax lacustris)

Lambari-prata* - (Serrapinus heterodon)

Marbled swamp eel / Mussum - (Synbranchus marmoratus)

Neotropical pacman catfish / Pacamã - (Lophiosilurus alexandri)

Nile tilapia / Tilápia-do-nilo - (Oreochromis niloticus)

One-spot toothcarp / Barrigudinho - (Phalloceros uai)

Pacu / Pacu - (Myleus micans)

Pacu / Caranha/Pacu - (Piaractus mesopotamicus)

Pearl cichlid / Acará-topete - (Geophagus brasiliensis)

Piaba* - (Astyanax rivularis)

Piaba* - (Piabina argentea)

Piaba-branca* - (Astyanax taeniatus)

Piaba-facão* - (Triportheus guenther)

Piabinha* - (Serrapinnus piaba)

Piapara* - (Leporinus obtusidens)

Piau* - (Leporinus marcgravii)

Piau-de-cheiro* - (Schizodon knerii)

Piau-três-pintas* - (Leporinus reinhardti)

Piracicaba characin / Canivete - (Apareiodon piracicabae)

Pleco / Acari/Cascudo - (Hypostomus alatus)

Pleco / Cascudo - (Hypostomus sp)

Pleco / Cascudo - (Otocinclus xakriaba)

Pleco / Cascudo - (Parotocinclus prata)

San Francisco piranha / Piranha-amarela - (Pygocentrus piraya)

Silver dollar / Pacu-peva - (Metynnis maculatus)

Silvertip tetra / Tetra-cobre - (Hasemania nana)

Snow pleco / Cascudo - (Pterygoplichthys ambrosettii)

Spotted sorubim / Surubim - (Pseudoplatystoma corruscans)

Tetra / Tetra pitanga - (Hyphessobrycon micropterus)

Timboré*- (Leporinus taeniatus)

Thorny catfish / Serrudo/Cumbaca - (Franciscodoras marmoratus)

White piranha / Pirambeba - (Serrasalmus brandti)


*Species with no common name translation to english and/or portuguese.



Insects (12 species): As previously mentioned by David, the zoo keeps a Butterfly House with eleven different species of butterflies and moths, but since they are swapped from time to time, I wasn't able to get any informations about the species kept there. There's also some stick insects being kept at the environmental education house, but I couldn't discover their species either.

 

[Velas]

Belo Horizonte zoo updated species list

Due to the previous list on this thread being around for more than three years and slightly outdated with the zoo's collection, I've decided to update it together with some help from @David Matos Mendes and @Enzo (thank you guys!) in order to show all the available species to see in a visit to Belo Horizonte's zoo and aquarium. The following list will remain with the same form as the previous ones, and any species that are kept in off-show areas that aren't of public knowledge won't be present in here.

Example of how the names of the species are listed:

English name / Portuguese name - Scientific name

Mammals (32 species): The zoo's mammal collection is subdivided between the following areas: African plaza, National plaza, Hoofstock corridor, Primate section I and Primate section II, as well as some other spread exhibits around the institution.


African lion / Leão-africano - (Panthera leo)

Black howler monkey / Bugio-preto - (Alouatta caraya)

Black lion tamarin / Mico-leão-preto (Leontopithecus chrysopygus)

Brazilian porcupine / Ouriço-cacheiro - (Coendou prehensilis)

Brazilian tapir / Anta brasileira - (Tapirus terrestris)

Buffy-tufted marmoset / Sagui-da-serra-escuro (Callithrix aurita)

Collared pecari / Caititu - (Dicotyles tajacu)

Cougar / Onça-parda/Suçuarana/Puma - (Puma concolor)

Central chimpanzee / Chimpanzé-central - (Pan troglodytes troglodytes)

Common hippopotamus / Hipopótamo - (Hippopotamus amphibius)

Emperor tamarin / Sagui-imperador - (Saguinus imperator)

European fallow deer / Cervo-dama - (Dama dama)

Feline night monkey / Macaco-da-noite - (Aotus azarae infulatus)

Gemsbok / Órix - (Oryx gazella)

Giant anteater / Tamanduá-bandeira - (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)

Golden-belied capuchin monkey / Macaco-prego-de-peito-amarelo - (Sapajus xanthosternos)

Golden-headed lion tamarin / Mico-leão-de-cara-dourada - (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)

Golden-lion tamarin / Mico-leão-dourado - (Leontopithecus rosalia)

Gray brocket deer / Veado-catingueiro - (Subulo gouazoubira)

Gray's bald faced saki / Parauacu - (Pithecia irrorata)

Grey wooly monkey / Macaco-barrigudo - (Lagothrix lagoritcha cana)

Lesser grison / Furão-pequeno - (Gallictis cuja)

Llama / Lhama - (Lama glama)

Lowland paca / Paca - (Cunniculus paca)

Maned wolf / Lobo-guará (Chrysocyon brachyrus)

Marsh deer / Cervo-do-pantanal - (Blastocerus dichotomus)

Pantanal cat / Gato-palheiro - (Leopardus braccatus)

Paraguayan hairy dwarf porcupine/ Porco-espinho-anão-paraguaio - (Coendou spinosus)

Red deer / Cervo-nobre - (Cervus elaphus)

South african bush elephant / Elefante-africano - (Loxodonta africana africana)

Southern tamandua / Tamanduá-mirim - (Tamandua tetradactyla)

Western lowland gorilla / Gorila-da-planície-ocidental - (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)



Reptiles (22 species): Almost all of the zoo's reptiles are kept on its Reptile House, in terrariums and exhibits in both the inside and outside of the complex, with the exceptions being the tortoises, large crocodilians and some freshwater turtles, that are houses on the National plaza area.


Argentine black and white tegu / Teiú-gigante - (Salvator merianae)

Amazon river turtle/Arrau turtle / Tartaruga-da-Amazônia - (Podocnemis expansa)

Ball python / Píton-bola - (Python regius)

Boa constrictor / Jibóia do cerrado - (Boa constrictor amarali)

Brazilian rainbow boa / Jibóia arco-íris da Amazônia/Salamanta da Amazônia - (Epichrates cenchria)

Broad snouted caiman / Jacaré-do-papo-amarelo - (Caiman latirostris)

Burmese python / Píton-birmanesa - (Python bivittatus)

Corn snake / Cobra-do-milho - (Pantherophis guttatus)

Caatinga rainbow boa / Jibóia arco-íris da Caatinga/Salamanta da Caatinga - (Epichrates assisi)

D'orbigny's slider / Tartaruga tigre-d’água - (Trachemys dorbigni)

Emerald tree boa / Cobra-papagaio - (Corallus caninus)

Geoffroy's side-necked turtle / Cágado-de-barbicha - (Phrynops geoffroanus)

Red-eared slider / Tigre d’água americano - (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Red-footed tortoise / Jabuti-piranga - (Chelonoidis carbonaria)

Red-tailed boa/Boa constrictor / Jibóia-constritora - (Boa constrictor constrictor)

Reticulated python / Píton-reticulada - (Python reticulatus)

Scorpion mud turtle / Muçuã - (Kinosternon scorpioides)

Smooth-fronted caiman / Jacaré-coroa - (Paleosuchus trigonatus)

South American rattlesnake / Cascavel - (Crotalus durissus)

Spotted-legged wood turtle / Aperema - (Rhinoclemmys punctularia)

Yellow anaconda / Sucuri-amarela - (Eunectes notaeus)

Yellow-footed tortoise / Jabuti-tinga - (Chelonoidis denticulata)



Birds (93 species): Most of the zoo's bird collection is kept in two different plazas. The first and largest one houses ratites, birds of prey, psittacines and some other species, and the second one houses passerines, native birds and waterfowl. There's also a group of four aviaries right by the zoo's main entrance that keeps macaws and owls.


African grey / Papagaio-do-congo - (Psittacus erithacus)

Alagoas currasow / Mutum-de-Alagoas - (Pauxi mitu)

Alexandrine parakeet / Rei-alexandrino - (Psittacula eupatria)

Amazonian currasow / Mutum-do-amazonas - (Pauxi tomentosa)

Australian wood duck / Ganso-maned - (Chenonetta jubata)

Bare-faced curassow / Mutum-de-penacho - (Crax fasciolata)

Barn owl / Suindara - (Tyto furcata)

Black curassow / Mutum-do-norte/Mutumporanga - (Crax alector)

Black crowned crane / Grou-coroado - (Balearica pavonina)

Black-throated grossbeak / Bico-de-pimenta - (Saltator atricollis)

Black swan / Cisne-negro - (Cygnus atratus)

Blue dacnis / Saí-azul - (Dacnis cayana)

Blue and yellow macaw / Arara-canindé - (Ara ararauna)

Blue-headed parrot / Curica-de-cara-roxa - (Pionus menstruus)

Blue-winged macaw/Illiger's macaw / Arara-maracanã - (Primolius maracana)

Brazilian tanager / Tiê-sangue - (Ramphocellus bresilius)

Brazilian teal / Marreca-ananaí (Amazonetta brasiliensis)

Buff-necked ibis / Curicaca - (Theristicus caudatus)

Buff-throated saltator / Tempera-viola (Saltator maximus)

Caatinga parakeet / Periquito-da-caatinga/Jandaia-do-cerrado - (Eupsitulla cactorum)

Campo oriole / Sofrê - (Icterus jamacaii)

Cape Barren goose / Ganso-australiano - (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)

Chattering Lory / Lóris-amor-amor - (Loris garrulus)

Chestnut-backed tanager / Saíra-preciosa (Tangara preciosa)

Chopi blackbird / Graúna - (Gnorimopsar chopi)

Cinammon tanager / Bico-de-veludo - (Schistochlamys ruficapillus)

Coconut lorikeet / Lóris-arco-iris - (Trichoglossus haematodus)

Common ostrich / Avestruz - (Strutio camelus)

Curl-crested jay / Gralha-do-campo - (Cyanocorax cristatellus)

Egyptian goose / Ganso-do-egito - (Alopochen aegyptiacus)

Emu / Emu - (Dromaius novahollandieae)

Festive amazon / Papagaio-papa-cacau - (Amazona festiva)

Golden parakeet / Ararajuba - (Guaruba guarouba)

Golden pheasant / Faisão-dourado - (Chrysolophus pictus)

Golden-capped parakeet / Jandaia-mineira - (Aratinga auricapillus)

Golden-billed saltator / Bico-duro - (Saltator aurantiirostris)

Great-billed seed finch / Bicudo - (Sporophila maximiliani)

Greater rhea / Ema - (Rhea americana)

Green-billed toucan / Tucano-do-bico-verde - (Ramphastos dicolorus)

Green-cheeked parakeet / Tiriba-de-cara-suja - (Pyrrhura cruentata)

Green-winged saltator / Trinca-ferro - (Saltator similis)

Half collared sparrow / Tico-tico-da-mata - (Arremon flavirostris)

Harpy eagle / Harpia - (Harpia harpia)

Hooded siskin / Pintassilgo - (Spinus magellanicus)

Horned screamer / Anhuma - (Anhima cornuta)

Hyacinth macaw / Arara-azul-grande - (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)

Indian peafowl / Pavão-azul/Pavão indiano - (Pavo cristatus)

Indian spot-billed duck / Marreco-spott-bill - (Anas poecilorhyncha)

Kalij pheasant / Faisão-do-nepal - (Lophura leucomelana)

King vulture / Urubu-rei - (Sarcoramphus papa)

Lear’s macaw / Arara-azul-de-lear - (Anodorhynchus leari)

Little corella / Cacatua-sanguínea (Cacatua sanguinea)

Luzon bleeding heart dove / Pomba-apunhalada - (Galicolumba luzonica)

Orange-winged amazon / Papagaio-do-mangue - (Amazona amazonica)

Palm tanager / Sanhaço-do-coqueiro - (Thraupis palmarum)

Plum-headed parakeet / Periquito-cabeça-de-ameixa - (Psittacula cyanocephala)

Plush-crested Jay / Gralha-picaça - (Cyanocorax chrysops)

Purple glossy starling / Melro-metálico - (Lamprotornis purpureus)

Razor billed currasow / Mutum-cavalo - (Pauxi tuberosa)

Red and green macaw / Arara-vermelha - (Ara chloropterus)

Red billed currasow / Mutum-do-sudeste - (Crax blumenbachii)

Red-browed amazon / Papagaio-chauá - (Amazona rhodocorytha)

Red-cowled cardinal / Galo-de-campina - (Paroaria dominicana)

Red-crested cardinal / Cardeal - (Paroaria coronata)

Red-fan parrot / Anacã - (Deroptyus accipitrinus)

Red-legged honeycreeper / Saíra-beija-flor (Cyanerpes cyaneus)

Red-necked tanager / Saíra-militar - (Tangara cyanocephala)

Ringed teal / Marreco-de-anel - (Calloneta leucoprhys)

Rose-ringed parakeet / Periquitão-de-anel - (Psittacula krameri)

Ruddy shelduck / Tadorna-ferrugem - (Tadorna ferruginea)

Rufous-bellied thrush / Sabiá-laranjeira - (Turdus rufiventris)

Saffron finch / Canário-da-terra - (Sicalis flaveola)

Sayaca tanager / Sanhaçu-cinzento - (Thraupis sayaca)

Scaly-headed parrot / Curica-esfumaçada - (Pionus maximilianii)

Scarlet ibis / Guará - (Endocimous ruber)

Scarlet macaw / Arara-piranga - (Ara macao)

Southern cassowary / Casuar-australiano (Casuarius casuarius)

Striped owl / Coruja-de-chifre - (Asio clamator)

Toco toucan / Tucano-toco - (Ramphastos toco)

Turquoise-fronted amazon / Papagaio-verdadeiro - (Amazona aestiva)

Ultramarine grossbeak / Azulão - (Passerina brissonii)

Vinaceous-breasted amazon / Papagaio-do-peito-roxo - (Amazona vinacea)

Violaceous euphonia / Gaturamo-verdadeiro - (Euphonia violacea)

Whistling heron / Garça-faceira - (Syrigma sibilatrix)

White cheeked pintail duck / Marreco-toucinho - (Anas bahamensis)

White-Bellied parrot / Marianinha - (Pionites leucogaster)

White-cheecked turaco / Turaco-de-orelha-branca - (Tauraco leucotis)

White-eared parakeet / Tiriba-de-orelha-branca - (Pyrrhura leucotis)

Yellow-bellied seedeater / Papa-capim - (Sporophila nigricollis)

Yellow-chevroned parakeet / Maritaca - (Brotogeris chiriri)

Yellow-crowned amazon / Papagaio-campeiro - (Amazona ochrocephala)

Yellow-faced parrot / Papagaio-galego - (Amazona xanthops)

Yellow-legged Tinamou / Zabelê - (Crypturellus noctivagus zabele)



Fish (52 species): Built inside the zoo grounds in 2010, the São Francisco river Aquarium is the largest freshwater aquarium under activity in the country. Being themed around the aftermentioned river's fauna, it only keeps species that are found throughout its basin. There's also some exotic species housed in the institution's lagoons and exhibits.



Annual tropical killifish / Peixe anual - (Ophtalmolebias constanciae)

Anteater catfish / Pirá-tamanduá - (Conorhynchos conirostris)

Anujá* - (Trachelyopterus galeatus)

Bagre-pintado* - (Pimelodus maculatus)

Banded astyanax/ Piaba-do-rabo-vermelho - (Astyanax fasciatus)

Banded knifefish / Sarapó - (Gymnotus carapo)

Barbeled catfish / Mandi - (Pimellodela sp)

Barbeled catfish / Mandi - (Pimelodus sp)

Biruba* - (Steindachnerina elegans)

Candiru-açu* - (Cetopsis gobioides)

Curimatã-pacu* - (Prochilodus argenteus)

Curimba* - (Prochilodus costatus)

Dorado / Dourado - (Salminus franciscanus)

Giant trahira / Trairão - (Hoplias intermedius)

Knodus moenkhausii*

Lambari* - (Bryconamericus stramineus)

Lambari-do-rabo-amarelo* - (Astyanax lacustris)

Lambari-prata* - (Serrapinus heterodon)

Marbled swamp eel / Mussum - (Synbranchus marmoratus)

Neotropical pacman catfish / Pacamã - (Lophiosilurus alexandri)

Nile tilapia / Tilápia-do-nilo - (Oreochromis niloticus)

One-spot toothcarp / Barrigudinho - (Phalloceros uai)

Pacu / Pacu - (Myleus micans)

Pacu / Caranha/Pacu - (Piaractus mesopotamicus)

Pearl cichlid / Acará-topete - (Geophagus brasiliensis)

Piaba* - (Astyanax rivularis)

Piaba* - (Piabina argentea)

Piaba-branca* - (Astyanax taeniatus)

Piaba-facão* - (Triportheus guenther)

Piabinha* - (Serrapinnus piaba)

Piapara* - (Leporinus obtusidens)

Piau* - (Leporinus marcgravii)

Piau-de-cheiro* - (Schizodon knerii)

Piau-três-pintas* - (Leporinus reinhardti)

Piracicaba characin / Canivete - (Apareiodon piracicabae)

Pleco / Acari/Cascudo - (Hypostomus alatus)

Pleco / Cascudo - (Hypostomus sp)

Pleco / Cascudo - (Otocinclus xakriaba)

Pleco / Cascudo - (Parotocinclus prata)

San Francisco piranha / Piranha-amarela - (Pygocentrus piraya)

Silver dollar / Pacu-peva - (Metynnis maculatus)

Silvertip tetra / Tetra-cobre - (Hasemania nana)

Snow pleco / Cascudo - (Pterygoplichthys ambrosettii)

Spotted sorubim / Surubim - (Pseudoplatystoma corruscans)

Tetra / Tetra pitanga - (Hyphessobrycon micropterus)

Timboré*- (Leporinus taeniatus)

Thorny catfish / Serrudo/Cumbaca - (Franciscodoras marmoratus)

White piranha / Pirambeba - (Serrasalmus brandti)


*Species with no common name translation to english and/or portuguese.



Insects (12 species): As previously mentioned by David, the zoo keeps a Butterfly House with eleven different species of butterflies and moths, but since they are swapped from time to time, I wasn't able to get any informations about the species kept there. There's also some stick insects being kept at the environmental education house, but I couldn't discover their species either.

I forgot to add, but there's also another area of the zoo that houses mammals: the Big Cat plaza, which is home to the zoo's Lions and Cougars.

 

[Velas]

Belo Horizonte zoo updated species list

Due to the previous list on this thread being around for more than three years and slightly outdated with the zoo's collection, I've decided to update it together with some help from @David Matos Mendes and @Enzo (thank you guys!) in order to show all the available species to see in a visit to Belo Horizonte's zoo and aquarium. The following list will remain with the same form as the previous ones, and any species that are kept in off-show areas that aren't of public knowledge won't be present in here.

Example of how the names of the species are listed:

English name / Portuguese name - Scientific name

Mammals (32 species): The zoo's mammal collection is subdivided between the following areas: African plaza, National plaza, Hoofstock corridor, Primate section I and Primate section II, as well as some other spread exhibits around the institution.


African lion / Leão-africano - (Panthera leo)

Black howler monkey / Bugio-preto - (Alouatta caraya)

Black lion tamarin / Mico-leão-preto (Leontopithecus chrysopygus)

Brazilian porcupine / Ouriço-cacheiro - (Coendou prehensilis)

Brazilian tapir / Anta brasileira - (Tapirus terrestris)

Buffy-tufted marmoset / Sagui-da-serra-escuro (Callithrix aurita)

Collared pecari / Caititu - (Dicotyles tajacu)

Cougar / Onça-parda/Suçuarana/Puma - (Puma concolor)

Central chimpanzee / Chimpanzé-central - (Pan troglodytes troglodytes)

Common hippopotamus / Hipopótamo - (Hippopotamus amphibius)

Emperor tamarin / Sagui-imperador - (Saguinus imperator)

European fallow deer / Cervo-dama - (Dama dama)

Feline night monkey / Macaco-da-noite - (Aotus azarae infulatus)

Gemsbok / Órix - (Oryx gazella)

Giant anteater / Tamanduá-bandeira - (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)

Golden-belied capuchin monkey / Macaco-prego-de-peito-amarelo - (Sapajus xanthosternos)

Golden-headed lion tamarin / Mico-leão-de-cara-dourada - (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)

Golden-lion tamarin / Mico-leão-dourado - (Leontopithecus rosalia)

Gray brocket deer / Veado-catingueiro - (Subulo gouazoubira)

Gray's bald faced saki / Parauacu - (Pithecia irrorata)

Grey wooly monkey / Macaco-barrigudo - (Lagothrix lagoritcha cana)

Lesser grison / Furão-pequeno - (Gallictis cuja)

Llama / Lhama - (Lama glama)

Lowland paca / Paca - (Cunniculus paca)

Maned wolf / Lobo-guará (Chrysocyon brachyrus)

Marsh deer / Cervo-do-pantanal - (Blastocerus dichotomus)

Pantanal cat / Gato-palheiro - (Leopardus braccatus)

Paraguayan hairy dwarf porcupine/ Porco-espinho-anão-paraguaio - (Coendou spinosus)

Red deer / Cervo-nobre - (Cervus elaphus)

South african bush elephant / Elefante-africano - (Loxodonta africana africana)

Southern tamandua / Tamanduá-mirim - (Tamandua tetradactyla)

Western lowland gorilla / Gorila-da-planície-ocidental - (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)



Reptiles (22 species): Almost all of the zoo's reptiles are kept on its Reptile House, in terrariums and exhibits in both the inside and outside of the complex, with the exceptions being the tortoises, large crocodilians and some freshwater turtles, that are houses on the National plaza area.


Argentine black and white tegu / Teiú-gigante - (Salvator merianae)

Amazon river turtle/Arrau turtle / Tartaruga-da-Amazônia - (Podocnemis expansa)

Ball python / Píton-bola - (Python regius)

Boa constrictor / Jibóia do cerrado - (Boa constrictor amarali)

Brazilian rainbow boa / Jibóia arco-íris da Amazônia/Salamanta da Amazônia - (Epichrates cenchria)

Broad snouted caiman / Jacaré-do-papo-amarelo - (Caiman latirostris)

Burmese python / Píton-birmanesa - (Python bivittatus)

Corn snake / Cobra-do-milho - (Pantherophis guttatus)

Caatinga rainbow boa / Jibóia arco-íris da Caatinga/Salamanta da Caatinga - (Epichrates assisi)

D'orbigny's slider / Tartaruga tigre-d’água - (Trachemys dorbigni)

Emerald tree boa / Cobra-papagaio - (Corallus caninus)

Geoffroy's side-necked turtle / Cágado-de-barbicha - (Phrynops geoffroanus)

Red-eared slider / Tigre d’água americano - (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Red-footed tortoise / Jabuti-piranga - (Chelonoidis carbonaria)

Red-tailed boa/Boa constrictor / Jibóia-constritora - (Boa constrictor constrictor)

Reticulated python / Píton-reticulada - (Python reticulatus)

Scorpion mud turtle / Muçuã - (Kinosternon scorpioides)

Smooth-fronted caiman / Jacaré-coroa - (Paleosuchus trigonatus)

South American rattlesnake / Cascavel - (Crotalus durissus)

Spotted-legged wood turtle / Aperema - (Rhinoclemmys punctularia)

Yellow anaconda / Sucuri-amarela - (Eunectes notaeus)

Yellow-footed tortoise / Jabuti-tinga - (Chelonoidis denticulata)



Birds (93 species): Most of the zoo's bird collection is kept in two different plazas. The first and largest one houses ratites, birds of prey, psittacines and some other species, and the second one houses passerines, native birds and waterfowl. There's also a group of four aviaries right by the zoo's main entrance that keeps macaws and owls.


African grey / Papagaio-do-congo - (Psittacus erithacus)

Alagoas currasow / Mutum-de-Alagoas - (Pauxi mitu)

Alexandrine parakeet / Rei-alexandrino - (Psittacula eupatria)

Amazonian currasow / Mutum-do-amazonas - (Pauxi tomentosa)

Australian wood duck / Ganso-maned - (Chenonetta jubata)

Bare-faced curassow / Mutum-de-penacho - (Crax fasciolata)

Barn owl / Suindara - (Tyto furcata)

Black curassow / Mutum-do-norte/Mutumporanga - (Crax alector)

Black crowned crane / Grou-coroado - (Balearica pavonina)

Black-throated grossbeak / Bico-de-pimenta - (Saltator atricollis)

Black swan / Cisne-negro - (Cygnus atratus)

Blue dacnis / Saí-azul - (Dacnis cayana)

Blue and yellow macaw / Arara-canindé - (Ara ararauna)

Blue-headed parrot / Curica-de-cara-roxa - (Pionus menstruus)

Blue-winged macaw/Illiger's macaw / Arara-maracanã - (Primolius maracana)

Brazilian tanager / Tiê-sangue - (Ramphocellus bresilius)

Brazilian teal / Marreca-ananaí (Amazonetta brasiliensis)

Buff-necked ibis / Curicaca - (Theristicus caudatus)

Buff-throated saltator / Tempera-viola (Saltator maximus)

Caatinga parakeet / Periquito-da-caatinga/Jandaia-do-cerrado - (Eupsitulla cactorum)

Campo oriole / Sofrê - (Icterus jamacaii)

Cape Barren goose / Ganso-australiano - (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)

Chattering Lory / Lóris-amor-amor - (Loris garrulus)

Chestnut-backed tanager / Saíra-preciosa (Tangara preciosa)

Chopi blackbird / Graúna - (Gnorimopsar chopi)

Cinammon tanager / Bico-de-veludo - (Schistochlamys ruficapillus)

Coconut lorikeet / Lóris-arco-iris - (Trichoglossus haematodus)

Common ostrich / Avestruz - (Strutio camelus)

Curl-crested jay / Gralha-do-campo - (Cyanocorax cristatellus)

Egyptian goose / Ganso-do-egito - (Alopochen aegyptiacus)

Emu / Emu - (Dromaius novahollandieae)

Festive amazon / Papagaio-papa-cacau - (Amazona festiva)

Golden parakeet / Ararajuba - (Guaruba guarouba)

Golden pheasant / Faisão-dourado - (Chrysolophus pictus)

Golden-capped parakeet / Jandaia-mineira - (Aratinga auricapillus)

Golden-billed saltator / Bico-duro - (Saltator aurantiirostris)

Great-billed seed finch / Bicudo - (Sporophila maximiliani)

Greater rhea / Ema - (Rhea americana)

Green-billed toucan / Tucano-do-bico-verde - (Ramphastos dicolorus)

Green-cheeked parakeet / Tiriba-de-cara-suja - (Pyrrhura cruentata)

Green-winged saltator / Trinca-ferro - (Saltator similis)

Half collared sparrow / Tico-tico-da-mata - (Arremon flavirostris)

Harpy eagle / Harpia - (Harpia harpia)

Hooded siskin / Pintassilgo - (Spinus magellanicus)

Horned screamer / Anhuma - (Anhima cornuta)

Hyacinth macaw / Arara-azul-grande - (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)

Indian peafowl / Pavão-azul/Pavão indiano - (Pavo cristatus)

Indian spot-billed duck / Marreco-spott-bill - (Anas poecilorhyncha)

Kalij pheasant / Faisão-do-nepal - (Lophura leucomelana)

King vulture / Urubu-rei - (Sarcoramphus papa)

Lear’s macaw / Arara-azul-de-lear - (Anodorhynchus leari)

Little corella / Cacatua-sanguínea (Cacatua sanguinea)

Luzon bleeding heart dove / Pomba-apunhalada - (Galicolumba luzonica)

Orange-winged amazon / Papagaio-do-mangue - (Amazona amazonica)

Palm tanager / Sanhaço-do-coqueiro - (Thraupis palmarum)

Plum-headed parakeet / Periquito-cabeça-de-ameixa - (Psittacula cyanocephala)

Plush-crested Jay / Gralha-picaça - (Cyanocorax chrysops)

Purple glossy starling / Melro-metálico - (Lamprotornis purpureus)

Razor billed currasow / Mutum-cavalo - (Pauxi tuberosa)

Red and green macaw / Arara-vermelha - (Ara chloropterus)

Red billed currasow / Mutum-do-sudeste - (Crax blumenbachii)

Red-browed amazon / Papagaio-chauá - (Amazona rhodocorytha)

Red-cowled cardinal / Galo-de-campina - (Paroaria dominicana)

Red-crested cardinal / Cardeal - (Paroaria coronata)

Red-fan parrot / Anacã - (Deroptyus accipitrinus)

Red-legged honeycreeper / Saíra-beija-flor (Cyanerpes cyaneus)

Red-necked tanager / Saíra-militar - (Tangara cyanocephala)

Ringed teal / Marreco-de-anel - (Calloneta leucoprhys)

Rose-ringed parakeet / Periquitão-de-anel - (Psittacula krameri)

Ruddy shelduck / Tadorna-ferrugem - (Tadorna ferruginea)

Rufous-bellied thrush / Sabiá-laranjeira - (Turdus rufiventris)

Saffron finch / Canário-da-terra - (Sicalis flaveola)

Sayaca tanager / Sanhaçu-cinzento - (Thraupis sayaca)

Scaly-headed parrot / Curica-esfumaçada - (Pionus maximilianii)

Scarlet ibis / Guará - (Endocimous ruber)

Scarlet macaw / Arara-piranga - (Ara macao)

Southern cassowary / Casuar-australiano (Casuarius casuarius)

Striped owl / Coruja-de-chifre - (Asio clamator)

Toco toucan / Tucano-toco - (Ramphastos toco)

Turquoise-fronted amazon / Papagaio-verdadeiro - (Amazona aestiva)

Ultramarine grossbeak / Azulão - (Passerina brissonii)

Vinaceous-breasted amazon / Papagaio-do-peito-roxo - (Amazona vinacea)

Violaceous euphonia / Gaturamo-verdadeiro - (Euphonia violacea)

Whistling heron / Garça-faceira - (Syrigma sibilatrix)

White cheeked pintail duck / Marreco-toucinho - (Anas bahamensis)

White-Bellied parrot / Marianinha - (Pionites leucogaster)

White-cheecked turaco / Turaco-de-orelha-branca - (Tauraco leucotis)

White-eared parakeet / Tiriba-de-orelha-branca - (Pyrrhura leucotis)

Yellow-bellied seedeater / Papa-capim - (Sporophila nigricollis)

Yellow-chevroned parakeet / Maritaca - (Brotogeris chiriri)

Yellow-crowned amazon / Papagaio-campeiro - (Amazona ochrocephala)

Yellow-faced parrot / Papagaio-galego - (Amazona xanthops)

Yellow-legged Tinamou / Zabelê - (Crypturellus noctivagus zabele)



Fish (52 species): Built inside the zoo grounds in 2010, the São Francisco river Aquarium is the largest freshwater aquarium under activity in the country. Being themed around the aftermentioned river's fauna, it only keeps species that are found throughout its basin. There's also some exotic species housed in the institution's lagoons and exhibits.



Annual tropical killifish / Peixe anual - (Ophtalmolebias constanciae)

Anteater catfish / Pirá-tamanduá - (Conorhynchos conirostris)

Anujá* - (Trachelyopterus galeatus)

Bagre-pintado* - (Pimelodus maculatus)

Banded astyanax/ Piaba-do-rabo-vermelho - (Astyanax fasciatus)

Banded knifefish / Sarapó - (Gymnotus carapo)

Barbeled catfish / Mandi - (Pimellodela sp)

Barbeled catfish / Mandi - (Pimelodus sp)

Biruba* - (Steindachnerina elegans)

Candiru-açu* - (Cetopsis gobioides)

Curimatã-pacu* - (Prochilodus argenteus)

Curimba* - (Prochilodus costatus)

Dorado / Dourado - (Salminus franciscanus)

Giant trahira / Trairão - (Hoplias intermedius)

Knodus moenkhausii*

Lambari* - (Bryconamericus stramineus)

Lambari-do-rabo-amarelo* - (Astyanax lacustris)

Lambari-prata* - (Serrapinus heterodon)

Marbled swamp eel / Mussum - (Synbranchus marmoratus)

Neotropical pacman catfish / Pacamã - (Lophiosilurus alexandri)

Nile tilapia / Tilápia-do-nilo - (Oreochromis niloticus)

One-spot toothcarp / Barrigudinho - (Phalloceros uai)

Pacu / Pacu - (Myleus micans)

Pacu / Caranha/Pacu - (Piaractus mesopotamicus)

Pearl cichlid / Acará-topete - (Geophagus brasiliensis)

Piaba* - (Astyanax rivularis)

Piaba* - (Piabina argentea)

Piaba-branca* - (Astyanax taeniatus)

Piaba-facão* - (Triportheus guenther)

Piabinha* - (Serrapinnus piaba)

Piapara* - (Leporinus obtusidens)

Piau* - (Leporinus marcgravii)

Piau-de-cheiro* - (Schizodon knerii)

Piau-três-pintas* - (Leporinus reinhardti)

Piracicaba characin / Canivete - (Apareiodon piracicabae)

Pleco / Acari/Cascudo - (Hypostomus alatus)

Pleco / Cascudo - (Hypostomus sp)

Pleco / Cascudo - (Otocinclus xakriaba)

Pleco / Cascudo - (Parotocinclus prata)

San Francisco piranha / Piranha-amarela - (Pygocentrus piraya)

Silver dollar / Pacu-peva - (Metynnis maculatus)

Silvertip tetra / Tetra-cobre - (Hasemania nana)

Snow pleco / Cascudo - (Pterygoplichthys ambrosettii)

Spotted sorubim / Surubim - (Pseudoplatystoma corruscans)

Tetra / Tetra pitanga - (Hyphessobrycon micropterus)

Timboré*- (Leporinus taeniatus)

Thorny catfish / Serrudo/Cumbaca - (Franciscodoras marmoratus)

White piranha / Pirambeba - (Serrasalmus brandti)


*Species with no common name translation to english and/or portuguese.



Insects (12 species): As previously mentioned by David, the zoo keeps a Butterfly House with eleven different species of butterflies and moths, but since they are swapped from time to time, I wasn't able to get any informations about the species kept there. There's also some stick insects being kept at the environmental education house, but I couldn't discover their species either.

A small correction: the Emerald tree boa at the zoo is not a Corallus caninus, but instead a Corallus batesii, also known as the Amazon Basin emerald tree boa. The portuguese name for the species is still the same though.