Disney's Animal Kingdom® Park List of Species on Exhibit 6-12-15

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This is an attempt to list every species on exhibit at Disney's Animal Kingdom during my visits on 6-12-15 and 6-16-15. I am arranging the list by the current visitor map and its named zones. I am including species for which there is a sign on each exhibit or laminated identification card available at several of the exhibits, or species identified by the “cast members” stationed at many of the exhibits; in the case of the field exhibits seen only from the Kilimanjaro Safaris ride, I am listing the species in each exhibit that were announced by the driver or observed by me on 3 trips on the ride. This is not intended to be a full account of the collection. Also, species on exhibit are sometimes moved, so some that were there one day may have disappeared from public view the next. This list may be of more interest to those already familiar with the park since I am not arranging the species by animal type. I will list each zone in a separate entry in the thread for clarity.

OASIS: (13 Exhibits)
This zone is the entrance area of the park and its layout is basically two paths that run its length, a right-side path and a left-side path. Waterways are featured throughout with unsigned fish species visible in many of them, including Longnose Gar.

First waterfowl yard:
African Spoonbill
Black Swan
Roseate Spoonbill

Bird perch on left-hand side of left-side path:
Empty (due to nearby construction noise)

Yard on left-hand side of left-side path:
Empty (due to nearby construction noise, yard normally contains Giant Anteater)

Waterway pond on right-hand side of left-side path:
There is no sign for this exhibit but it appears that some waterfowl from the adjacent following exhibit can cross into it, as well as unsigned turtles that include:
Peninsula Cooter
Red-eared Slider

Waterway yard adjacent to pond and between right-side and left-side paths:
Australian Wood Duck (unsigned)
Longnose Gar
Northern Pintail Duck
Plumed Whistling Duck (unsigned)
Swamp Wallaby

Central waterfowl yard with waterfall:
Black-necked Swan
Chiloe Wigeon
Rosybill Pochard

Bird perch on right side of central waterfowl yard:
Scarlet Macaw

Bird perch on left side of central waterfowl yard:
Military Macaw

First yard on left-hand side of right-side path:
Indian Spotbilled Duck
Patagonian Cavy

Second yard on left-hand side of right-side path:
Reeve's Muntjac

Third yard on left-hand side of right-side path:
Rhinoceros Iguana

First yard on right-hand side of right-side path:
Duck (unspecified, unsigned)

Second yard on right-hand side of right-side path:
Babirusa
 
DISCOVERY ISLAND: (12 Exhibits)
This central island of the park has a path that circles its perimeter; these exhibits are listed as they are encountered from the entry bridge in a clockwise direction. In the center of the island is the Tree of Life, an enormous man-made tree, which forms the backdrop of many of the exhibits.

Two connected small islands yard near Tree of Life show queue:
Collared Lemur
Ring-tailed Lemur

Large yard in front of the Tree of Life:
Empty (due to path construction, normally contains Red Kangaroo and unspecified cranes)

Bird perch in front of the Tree of Life:
Empty (I think this is used for a flock of free-flight macaws of six species that are trained to fly around the island at select times, so I am not counting this as an exhibit)

Small lagoon yard:
Empty (due to path construction, normally contains Lesser Flamingo and Lappet-faced Vulture)

Yard with pond and underwater viewing cave:
Asian Small-clawed Otter
Tambaqui

Pond:
Paroon Shark-catfish

Netted enclosure:
Cotton-top Tamarin

First large yard that slopes down to Discovery River:
Saddle-billed Stork

Second large yard that slopes down to Discovery River:
Painted Stork

Small yard:
African Crested Porcupine

Bird perch surrounded by path:
Blue & Yellow Macaw

Yard viewed from path as well as Tree of Life show queue:
Giant Galapagos Tortoise

Bird perch near entrance to Tree of Life show queue:
Empty
 
DINOLAND U.S.A.: (2 Exhibits)

Yard with rocky pond:
American Crocodile

Yard:
Abdim's Stork
Asian Brown Tortoise
 
ASIA: (11 Exhibits)

Small aviary viewed in the queue for Kali River Rapids ride:
Red-billed Blue Magpie

Island exhibit with towers connected with ropes:
Siamang

Island exhibit next to Kali River Rapids:
White-cheeked Gibbon

Maharajah Jungle Trek:
The rest of the Asia zone's exhibits are along this looping path and listed as they are encountered from the entrance to the exit:

Yard:
Komodo Dragon

Yard:
Bar-headed Goose
White-naped Crane

Pedestal terrarium in bat viewing room:
Tree Monitor (unspecified species)

Rocky yard with overhead net:
Giant Flying Fox
Rodrigues Fruit Bat

Large tiger yard:
Sumatran Tiger or Hybrid Tiger (rotating)

Small tiger yard:
Sumatran Tiger or Hybrid Tiger (rotating)

Large Yard:
This yard no longer contains Javan Banteng but will have Water Buffalo soon in addition to the current inhabitants:
Bar-headed Goose
Blackbuck
Eld's Deer
Indian Peafowl
Ruddy Shelduck
Sarus Crane

Walk-through aviary:
The laminated identification cards and posted signs are due to be updated soon, so some of these species may no longer be present, especially since the signs are nearly identical to when I noted them five years ago! Currently they are:
Azure-winged Magpie
Bartlett's Bleeding Heart Dove
Black-collared Starling
Black-naped Fruit Dove (unsigned)
Blue Whistling Thrush
Blue-winged Leafbird
Chestnut-breasted Malcoha
Coleto Mynah
Collared Kingfisher
Copper-throated Sunbird
Crested Jay
Crested Wood Partridge
Fairy Bluebird
Falcated Teal
Forktail
Golden Pheasant
Golden-backed Woodpecker
Golden-crested Mynah
Great Argus Pheasant
Green Jungle Fowl
Green-winged Dove
Hooded Pitta
Indian Blue Roller
Indian Pygmy Goose
Jambu Fruit Dove
Lesser Green Broadbill
Long-tailed Broadbill
Mandarin
Masked Plover
Metallic Starling
Nicobar Pigeon
Oriental White-eye
Pied Imperial Pigeon
Plum-headed Parakeet
Purple Sunbird
Red Avadavat
Red-faced Liocichla
Red-throated Barbet
Red-winged Laughing Thrush
Rufuous-bellied Niltava
Silver-eared Mesia
Spotted Whistling Duck (unsigned)
Victoria Crowned Pigeon
White-cheeked Bulbul
White-headed Nuns
White-rumped Shama Thrush
Yellow-throated Laughing Thrush
Yellow-vented Bulbul

Flights of Wonder:
This is NOT a permanent exhibit, but I did note the species I saw during my 2 viewings of the Flights of Wonder bird show, which features free-flight performers as well as a token mammal; the species and order in the shows were mostly the same, with some variations:
African Grey Parrot
Bald Eagle (tethered)
Barn Owl
Blue and Gold Macaw
Crowned Crane (unspecified species)
Domestic Chicken
Domestic Rat
Dove (unspecified species)
Galah
Great Horned Owl (tethered)
Green-winged Macaw
Hadada Ibis
Harris' Hawk
Helmeted Guineafowl
Hyacinth Macaw
King Vulture
Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Milky Eagle Owl
Parrot (unspecified species)
Pied Crow
Scarlet Macaw
Spectacled Owl (tethered)
Toco Toucan
Trumpeter Hornbill
White-necked Raven
 
RAFIKI'S PLANET WATCH: (53 Exhibits)

Habitat Habit!:
These four adjacent small wire enclosures contain 1 species in each:
Emperor Tamarin
Geoffroy's Marmoset
Cotton-top Tamarin
Golden Lion Tamarin

Affection Section:
I did not note all the breeds in this domestic hoofstock petting area. According to a park leaflet, there may also be Kunekune Pig and Alpaca that I did not see.
Main yard: Domestic Goat, Domestic Sheep
Side yard: Pineywoods Cow
Side yard: Domestic Goat
Side yard: Miniature Donkey

Conservation Station:
The rest of this zone's exhibits are located in this building. The number of exhibits is very difficult to determine since most of them are terrariums that can be moved within three rooms viewed behind large windows, and some of the terrariums are unsigned and located further back from the viewing areas so they may be for breeding groups or duplicate members of species or empty.

Two small room exhibits viewed behind glass from outside of building:
Each of these contains one species:
Gopher Tortoise
Komodo Dragon

Small presentation stage in center of building:
This is NOT a permanent exhibit, but I did note the species I saw during a keeper presentation:
Red-tailed Hawk (tethered)

Song of The Rainforest:
This corner of the building's interior has 7 permanent wall terrariums of various sizes; each contains 1 species except the one for cockroaches:
Arizona Blond Tarantula
Brown Baboon Tarantula
Caiman Lizard
Death's Head Cockroach and Falsehead Cockroach (unsigned, not sure if this one was properly identified by “cast member”)
Green Tree Python
Malaysian Jungle Nymph
Mexican Red Rump Tarantula

Amphibians room filled with terrariums:
This room has about 15 terrariums inside, 5 of which are located close to the viewing windows. I could see 12 of them had signs, each containing 1 species:
Axolotl
Blue Poison Dart Frog
Colorado River Toad
Emperor Newt
European Fire Salamander
Golden Poison Dart Frog
Greater Siren
Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog
Puerto Rican Crested Toad
Solomon Islands Leaf Frog
Surinam Toad
Two-toed Amphluma

Two permanent wall terrariums between Amphibians room and Reptiles room:
Each contains 1 species:
Black Tree Monitor
Prehensile-tailed Skink

Reptiles room filled with terrariums:
This room has about 8 terrariums inside, 4 of which are located close to the viewing windows. I could see 7 of them had signs, each containing 1 species:
Annam Leaf Turtle
Blue-tongued Skink
Chinese Box Turtle
Desert Rosy Boa
Egyptian Tortoise
Inland Bearded Dragon
Puerto Rican Boa

Permanent wall terrarium between Reptiles room and Invertebrates room:
Puerto Rican Boa

Invertebrates room filled with terrariums:
This room has about 16 terrariums inside, 9 of which are located close to the viewing windows. I could see 14 of them has signs, each containing 1 species:
Blue Death-feigner Beetle
Brazilian Salmon Tarantula
Common Emperor Scorpion
Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
Flamboyant Flower Beetles
Fungus Beetles
Giant Desert Centipede
Giant Stick Insect
Indian Ornamental Tarantula
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
Malaysian Dead-leaf Mantis
Mexican Fireleg Tarantula
Suntiger Tarantula
Tailless Whip Scorpion
 
AFRICA: (36 Exhibits)
This zone has two major exhibit complexes; the first is a walking trail (Pangani Forest Exploration Trail) and the second is a ride (Kilimanjaro Safaris).

Pangani Forest Exploration Trail:
The 17 exhibits along this looping trail are listed as they are encountered in a clockwise direction:

Netted enclosure:
Angolan Black and White Colobus Monkey

Yard:
Okapi
Yellow-backed Duiker

Research Station terrariums:
This building has 8 pedestal terrariums, each containing 1 species:
African Bullfrog
Dung Beetle
Four-striped Grass Mouse
Kenyan Sand Boa
Madagascar Hedgehog Tenrec
Ornate Spiny-tailed Lizard
Pancake Tortoise
Spider Tortoise

Research Station tunnel system:
Naked Mole Rat

Walk-through Aviary:
African Jacana
Amethyst Starling
Bearded Barbet
Black-cheeked Lovebird
Black Crake
Blue-bellied Roller
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Bronze Mannikin (according to recent Disney Parks blog entry)
Bruce's Green Pigeon
Cut-throat Finch (according to recent Disney Parks blog entry)
Emerald Spotted Wood Dove
Great Blue Turaco
Green Wood Hoopoe
Hammerkop
Lake Victoria Rock Cichlid (with underwater viewing window)
Lavender Waxbill (according to recent Disney Parks blog entry)
Magpie Shrike
Marbled Teal
Olive Pigeon
Paradise Whydah (according to recent Disney Parks blog entry)
Pintail Whydah (according to recent Disney Parks blog entry)
Purple Glossy Starling
Pygmy Goose
Raquet-tailed Roller
Snowy-headed Robin Chat
Superb Starling
Tambourine Dove
Taveta Golden Weaver
White-headed Buffalo Weaver

Aquatic yard with underwater viewing windows:
Hippopotamus

Small yard in foreground:
Slender-tailed Meerkat

Large yard in background:
Grevy's Zebra

Large yard:
Western Lowland Gorilla (family group)

Large yard:
Western Lowland Gorilla (bachelor group)

Kilimanjaro Safaris:
The 19 exhibits are listed as they are encountered along the route of this guided tour ride in a large vehicle; since it is difficult to determine the extent and containment of many of the exhibits, this is my best educated guess. Each vehicle has graphic identification panels mounted on the open-air truck's canopy above riders' heads, but they do not specify what will be seen in each exhibit. Therefore, the species contained in each are identified only by the drivers' announcements and my own observations on my 3 rides during my visit:

Yard surrounded by ride queue before boarding ride:
African Sacred Ibis (unsigned)
Crowned Crane (unspecified species)

First drive-through field exhibit:
In the past I have heard this exhibit referred to as the Little Ituri Forest, it contains:
Eastern Bongo
Greater Kudu

Separate yard viewed from the first drive-through field exhibit on right side:
These inhabitants can be rotated into the adjoining exhibit on the Pangani Forest Exploration Trail that contains the same species:
Okapi
Yellow-backed Duiker

Separate yard viewed from the first drive-through field exhibit on left side:
Black Rhinoceros

Second separate yard viewed from the first drive-through field exhibit on left side:
Black Rhinoceros

Large pond yard on right side of vehicle after leaving first drive-through exhibit:
These inhabitants can be rotated into the nearby exhibit on the Pangani Forest Exploration Trail that contains the same species:
Hippopotamus

Large pond yard on left side of vehicle:
Hippopotamus
Pink-backed Pelican

Smaller pond yard crossed by vehicle bridge:
Nile Crocodile

Second drive-through field exhibit:
In the past I have heard this exhibit referred to as Serengeti Savanna, it contains:
Ankole Cattle
Giraffe (unspecified)
Patterson's Eland
Sable Antelope
Springbok
White-bearded Wildebeest

Separate yard viewed from second drive-through field exhibit on left side:
I am NOT yet including this under-construction exhibit located soon after the road descends down to the savanna. The drivers did not mention it, but there are rumors on several websites (including Zoochat member MJMcB's) that it will contain Spotted Hyena, a species the park has off-exhibit currently.

Rocky separate yard viewed from from the second drive-through field exhibit on left side:
The drivers called this exhibit Monkey Point and it contains:
Mandrill

Separate yard viewed from second drive-through field exhibit on right side:
African Elephant (bull often contained here)

Distant field yard seen for a few seconds after crossing rickety bridge:
I am NOT counting this as an exhibit, and it was certainly never pointed out by the drivers, but keen eyes can catch a glimpse of a far yard that can contain hoofstock. I did not spot any inhabitants this time, but during my last visit over 5 years ago I saw Grant's Zebra.

Separate large yard viewed from second drive-through field exhibit on left side:
African Elephant (main herd contained here)

Separate pond and island yard viewed from second drive-through field exhibit on left side:
Greater Flamingo

Third drive-through field exhibit:
Bontebok
Grant's Zebra
Ostrich
Southern White Rhinoceros

First separate yard viewed from third drive-through field exhibit on left side:
Cheetah

Second separate yard viewed from third drive-through field exhibit on left side:
Cheetah

Third separate yard viewed from third drive-through field exhibit on left side:
African Lion

Fourth separate yard viewed from third drive-through field exhibit on left side:
Warthog

Fourth drive-through field exhibit:
This is the exhibit that was added a few years ago to replace the “thrilling” chase of the poachers and captured baby elephant; this themed backstory has been scuttled for a more earnest presentation. The new exhibit contains:
Addax
Yellow-billed Stork
 
geomorph said:
DISCOVERY ISLAND: (12 Exhibits)


Large yard in front of the Tree of Life:
Empty (due to path construction, normally contains Red Kangaroo and unspecified cranes)
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The last time I visited Animal Kingdom (two or three years back), this exhibit was home to the unusual pairing of Red Kangaroo and Cinereous Vulture, and I believe that may have still been the species combination present before the construction emptied the exhibit.

Thanks so much for doing this, geomorph. I hope to make a return trip in the next year or two, and I may attempt to undertake the same project...


For any hoofstock fans, the best collection of African ungulates can probably be seen (for free!) at the Animal Kingdom lodge. Species found only at the lodge (in one or more of the four or five separate exhibits) include roan antelope, nyala, somali wild ass, and red river hog (the exhibits also include many of the species found in the Kilimanjaro Safaris). The last two times I've visited Animal Kingdom, I took Disney transportation to the Lodge after I completed my day at AK, and it makes a great way to finish the day (the Lodge also has some of the best restaurants on WDW property, including one (Sanaa) with some great views of one of the exhibits).
 
Wow, I had no idea that DAK had anywhere near that level of diversity, some great species there. Thanks for the list geomorph, I'll have to add it to my "to visit" list.
 
SUMMARY:

By my count, the total number of exhibits currently at Disney's Animal Kingdom is: 127

By my count, the total number of species in permanent exhibits is: 220
The number of species I counted can be broken down into the following categories:
Mammals: 54
Birds: 105
Reptiles: 24
Amphibians: 13
Fish: 4
Insects and Arachnids: 20
 
I'm going to visit Disney's Animal Kingdom in February and have been unable to find a full species list more up-to-date than this one. Are there any members on here who visit DAK often enough to update this list to what is currently kept? Thanks!
 
Neil chace said:
I'm going to visit Disney's Animal Kingdom in February and have been unable to find a full species list more up-to-date than this one. Are there any members on here who visit DAK often enough to update this list to what is currently kept? Thanks!
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Updated species lists are always welcome if you have the time and motivation to do so :)
 
Coelacanth18 said:
Updated species lists are always welcome if you have the time and motivation to do so :)
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I'm planning to keep track of the species I see anyways for purposes of my lifelist, so I can easily post a list of species I saw after the trip. I would like to have a list to go off of for the trip though so I don't miss a lot of would-be lifers, especially in the aviaries.
 
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