AnActualFan
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When I was there 2 weeks ago, the flamingos were out, so it seems you just got unlucky.
Bronx Zoo Bronx Zoo News 2025
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Very cool! I'm glad the Javan langur will remain on display for now then, as I'm really hoping to see the species when I make it to Bronx next year.
CMTM
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Likely a Rhaebo gutattus (unsure of which common name WCS uses). They also keep (or kept) them with the anaconda.
Mary
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Thank you! That makes sense!
The Common Names are Smooth-sided Toad or Spotted Toad.
Could it have been a Smooth-sided Toad? They were mixed with the Anacondas on my visit.
Edit: Got ninja'd while I was typing this up.
On September 3rd, the zoo announced they acquired a large group of Seba's short-tailed bats from another unspecified facility, which are now on display in World of Darkness.
37K views · 754 reactions | Enjoy this behind the scenes look at our team releasing a colony of short-tailed fruit bats into their exhibit in the World of Darkness for the first time. The bats were transported from another accredited zoo earlier in the day in small mesh-lined containers that provided a safe, dark, and quiet environment for the bats during shipment. Insider tip: While we do not allow phone flashlights or other bright lights in this area, your cell phone can help you see the animals safely. Activate your phone camera’s night mode by holding the phone up to the window and wait for it to switch to infrared automatically. Now you can watch and photograph our nocturnal animals without disturbing them! | Bronx Zoo
On September 5th, it was announced that the zoo acquired 6 giant horned lizards from Los Angeles Zoo in California.
https://lazoo.org/wp-content/upload...nsaction-Commission-Report-September-2025.pdf
On September 12th, the zoo announced that 12+ Inca terns hatched, which are on display in the Sea Bird Aviary.
7.7K views · 330 reactions | Next time you visit the Sea Bird Aviary, see if you can spot the Inca tern chicks. Currently, there are over a dozen chicks, ranging in age from a few days to 1 month old. The two chicks you can see in this video are at different stages of development. The chick in the upper left corner has dark feathers coming in, which indicate that it will soon be ready to fly. The fuzzy chick on the right is around 2 weeks old and still a couple of weeks away from developing its flight feathers. We hope you can stop by soon to see them. : Keeper Leela | Bronx Zoo
On September 18th, the zoo announced that 6 pygmy geese hatched, which are now on display in World of Birds.
Also on September 18th, it was mentioned that the zoo transferred a male (1.0) Sulawesi babirusa to Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Ohio.
Bronx Zoo
* Information provided by @zoo fan55 in the Cincinnati Zoo News 2025 thread (Page 13 Post #257), and @Austin the Sengi in the Babirusas of the United States thread (Page 4 Post #63).
37K views · 754 reactions | Enjoy this behind the scenes look at our team releasing a colony of short-tailed fruit bats into their exhibit in the World of Darkness for the first time. The bats were transported from another accredited zoo earlier in the day in small mesh-lined containers that provided a safe, dark, and quiet environment for the bats during shipment. Insider tip: While we do not allow phone flashlights or other bright lights in this area, your cell phone can help you see the animals safely. Activate your phone camera’s night mode by holding the phone up to the window and wait for it to switch to infrared automatically. Now you can watch and photograph our nocturnal animals without disturbing them! | Bronx Zoo
On September 5th, it was announced that the zoo acquired 6 giant horned lizards from Los Angeles Zoo in California.
https://lazoo.org/wp-content/upload...nsaction-Commission-Report-September-2025.pdf
On September 12th, the zoo announced that 12+ Inca terns hatched, which are on display in the Sea Bird Aviary.
7.7K views · 330 reactions | Next time you visit the Sea Bird Aviary, see if you can spot the Inca tern chicks. Currently, there are over a dozen chicks, ranging in age from a few days to 1 month old. The two chicks you can see in this video are at different stages of development. The chick in the upper left corner has dark feathers coming in, which indicate that it will soon be ready to fly. The fuzzy chick on the right is around 2 weeks old and still a couple of weeks away from developing its flight feathers. We hope you can stop by soon to see them. : Keeper Leela | Bronx Zoo
On September 18th, the zoo announced that 6 pygmy geese hatched, which are now on display in World of Birds.
Also on September 18th, it was mentioned that the zoo transferred a male (1.0) Sulawesi babirusa to Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Ohio.
Bronx Zoo
* Information provided by @zoo fan55 in the Cincinnati Zoo News 2025 thread (Page 13 Post #257), and @Austin the Sengi in the Babirusas of the United States thread (Page 4 Post #63).
USZOOfan42
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Should of been at the zoo mid August, as they were signed on the 31st.
The zoo has had the species for some years now, these new lizards will be supplementary stock.
~Thylo
Andrew Mazza
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I visited the zoo yesterday with a bunch of my coworkers! Most of whom have never visited the zoo before! We managed to see almost everything in the zoo from opening time to 5 pm (skipping the Budgie Landing).
Honestly, not too many updates or noteworthy developments that haven’t been said recently imo, but there are a handful. And mostly just some additional context and questions. I was also pretty distracted/focused with my coworkers.
-The Guam rails were with the titi monkeys in the world of birds.
-At the World of Birds there was a sign for South American Cane Toads in the exhibit with Nicobar pigeons and mandarin ducks. Apparently Cane toads are now mixed with these birds! Although I never actually saw one. There was netting covering the exhibit which didn’t help.
-Dholes weren’t out today sadly. They still have them right?
-Saw at least 3 Rock Hyrax babies!
-Are all the new Nubian Ibex males?
-The ringtail (northern cacomistle) and even the Texas blind salamanders were no shows at World of Darkness. Definitely a blow that neither showed. I at least saw the salamanders the first time I saw the new Word of Darkness, but also didn’t see the ringtail that time. Visiting again next weekend, so hopefully third time’s the charm!
-Visited JungleWorld after noon and only saw more of the small clawed otters in the Javan langur space.
-There was 1 tapir sleeping on its side.
-The clouded leopard signage is there, but it’s only one panel with most of the railing being blank white. Still didn’t see the clouded leopard though, unfortunately.
-The fire bellied toad exhibit was drained/emptied.
-Hyenas were no shows.
-The Chilean Flamingo pond was completely drained again and no flamingoes again.
-Finally saw the Pouched rat active at the Mouse House! Helps that there was a keeper interacting with it at that moment.
-The Buttefly Garden was seemingly closed by 2 pm? There was a sign saying the exhibit was closed at the entrance even though I saw a guide there just minutes before and I saw people leaving the exhibit several minutes after. I don’t know if was for Boo at The Zoo or if it was just the guide putting the sign there to discourage people from coming in at the moment while he was away from his station on a break or busy doing something else.
-Saw the baby horned lizards!
-The Kihansi spray toad exhibit was emptied and being maintained, which was disappointing.
-Doed anyone know how many prairie dogs they have? At the children’s zoo I only saw one prairie dog and for almost 2 years I saw no prairie dogs in the exhibit.
-Guam rails were no shows at Aquatic Bird House. No anhingas either. Anyone have a guess as to what happened to their anhinga?
-There was a Roseate Spoonbill chick recently! Never saw it though.
-Just for context, the 2 new Turkey Vultures are in the now former burrowing owl exhibit. Very disappointed that they no longer have burrowing owls, but at least they put a species that’s more appropriate for that exhibits theme.
Very happy I got to show my coworkers the zoo for their first time! I definitely ended up being more of a casual guest just to facilitate them, so I couldn’t notice details too much and took less photos then I would have otherwise. But still great and can’t wait to take them back again!
Honestly, not too many updates or noteworthy developments that haven’t been said recently imo, but there are a handful. And mostly just some additional context and questions. I was also pretty distracted/focused with my coworkers.
-The Guam rails were with the titi monkeys in the world of birds.
-At the World of Birds there was a sign for South American Cane Toads in the exhibit with Nicobar pigeons and mandarin ducks. Apparently Cane toads are now mixed with these birds! Although I never actually saw one. There was netting covering the exhibit which didn’t help.
-Dholes weren’t out today sadly. They still have them right?
-Saw at least 3 Rock Hyrax babies!
-Are all the new Nubian Ibex males?
-The ringtail (northern cacomistle) and even the Texas blind salamanders were no shows at World of Darkness. Definitely a blow that neither showed. I at least saw the salamanders the first time I saw the new Word of Darkness, but also didn’t see the ringtail that time. Visiting again next weekend, so hopefully third time’s the charm!
-Visited JungleWorld after noon and only saw more of the small clawed otters in the Javan langur space.
-There was 1 tapir sleeping on its side.
-The clouded leopard signage is there, but it’s only one panel with most of the railing being blank white. Still didn’t see the clouded leopard though, unfortunately.
-The fire bellied toad exhibit was drained/emptied.
-Hyenas were no shows.
-The Chilean Flamingo pond was completely drained again and no flamingoes again.
-Finally saw the Pouched rat active at the Mouse House! Helps that there was a keeper interacting with it at that moment.
-The Buttefly Garden was seemingly closed by 2 pm? There was a sign saying the exhibit was closed at the entrance even though I saw a guide there just minutes before and I saw people leaving the exhibit several minutes after. I don’t know if was for Boo at The Zoo or if it was just the guide putting the sign there to discourage people from coming in at the moment while he was away from his station on a break or busy doing something else.
-Saw the baby horned lizards!
-The Kihansi spray toad exhibit was emptied and being maintained, which was disappointing.
-Doed anyone know how many prairie dogs they have? At the children’s zoo I only saw one prairie dog and for almost 2 years I saw no prairie dogs in the exhibit.
-Guam rails were no shows at Aquatic Bird House. No anhingas either. Anyone have a guess as to what happened to their anhinga?
-There was a Roseate Spoonbill chick recently! Never saw it though.
-Just for context, the 2 new Turkey Vultures are in the now former burrowing owl exhibit. Very disappointed that they no longer have burrowing owls, but at least they put a species that’s more appropriate for that exhibits theme.
Very happy I got to show my coworkers the zoo for their first time! I definitely ended up being more of a casual guest just to facilitate them, so I couldn’t notice details too much and took less photos then I would have otherwise. But still great and can’t wait to take them back again!
Mary
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-This is upsetting to hear, as I haven't seen them in several visits as well now. My hope is that their access door is just open and that they are choosing to be in their indoor space a lot. I would hate to think of losing this species.
-There is one Javan langur left [Dayuki] and she has recently been paired with a male silvered leaf langur named Slate. They are still a fairly new pair, so they are really only out for a little bit after opening and then they switch over to the otters. I'm sure they'll be more visible and out for longer as they become more familiar with each other.
-Clouded leopard is apparently being let out in very tiny increments, like from a little before the zoo opens until just a little bit after opening [maybe 15 minutes or so?]. This is what I've heard from my handful of friends who have seen him. I'm yet to see him either, and went at 10:15 the other day only to see an empty habitat.
-There is one hyena left [a male named Robie], so he can sometimes be tough to see. Usually later in the day, you'll see him laying near the lower viewing windows.
AnActualFan
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I've seen that the few times I've been in August and September and it's very weird, I have no idea where they are.
I have seen some of them, but usually later in the day, it might be too hot right now?
I'm pretty sure their last Anhinga died a few years ago now. The Guam Rails were moved from the ABH to where you saw them in World of Birds.
The ibex should be all males, yes. I believe the set up they have is that San Diego breeds ibex and then Bronx holds a bachelor herd until a male is needed for more breeding in San Diego.
~Thylo
The ibex should be all males, yes. I believe the set up they have is that San Diego breeds ibex and then Bronx holds a bachelor herd until a male is needed for more breeding in San Diego.
~Thylo
Mary
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Makes sense. I have been a regular at Bronx for close to 4 years now, and I can't recall ever seeing one since I started going.
Andrew Mazza
Active Member
Makes sense about the ibex herd. San Diego is the only other zoo I’m aware of that has Nubian Ibex. Anyone know of any other AZA zoos that have them? I’m aware Fort Worth Zoo no longer has any.
I acknowledged the Guam rails were in the WOB now. I meant to say that the Guam KINGFISHERS were no shows at ABH. Perhaps they were just in their nest boxes in the exhibit, but still.
I’m fairly certain I’ve seen an anhinga within the last 4 years, but I’d have to check through my photos over these last 4 years.
Other than the Bronx and the SDZSP, the Baton Rouge Zoo is the only other AZA facility that houses Nubian ibex currently.
That likely depends on whether SDZSP continues breeding them and enough females are born to keep things going. There are some outside the AZA, not sure what the purity status is. The population is fairly low though, so combined with disease concerns and overall low interest in caprines getting new holders might be difficult.
The SDZSP is still breeding them, and now Baton Rouge has a breeding herd, too. There is still a studbook that is being kept active (that should include non-AZA animals, as well), and the goal is for it to be run like an SSP. Hopefully some new and former holders will be interested in taking them on (again). The disease concern isn’t as much as previously thought. We have a better understanding of how MCF works now, and the loss of the LA herd was a tragic error in judgement in hind sight.
How do they prevent a future incident from happening?