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Expedition Congo - Wetlands

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Second part (of three) of a large project I am doing on the fauna of the Democractic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This part focuses on the wetlands of the DRC, including rivers and lakes, freshwater and mangrove swamps and swamp forests. See below for species list, see my personal thread for more.
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Expedition Congo - Wetlands


The numbers and number/letter combinations in the list below correspond to numbers on the map.

In this species list:
  • Dotted lists represent the different species housed in a mixed exhibit.
  • Striped lists represent species housed in different exhibits within a complex, such as an aviary block or a row of aquariums.
On the design map:
  • Exhibits are drawn in green, with structural elements such as water, muddy (nesting) areas or feeding areas, recessed areas for some species and overhead climbing structures drawn in different colors.
  • Pathways and visitor areas are drawn in ivory white and peach (playground).
  • Elevated canopy trails are drawn in olive brown lines.
  • Underwater viewing areas are drawn in dark olive green, with side trails running through these areas.
  • Off-show animal and keeper areas are drawn in grey.
  • Buildings other than greenhouses are drawn as brown shapes. The outline of greenhouses are drawn in dark blue lines.

1-15 Shoebill Swamp

1 – Pink-backed pelican (Pelecanus rufescens), White-breasted cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus or P. carbo lucidus) and Black-headed heron (Ardea melanocephala)

2 – Wattled crane (Bugeranus carunculatus)

3A – Goliath heron (Ardea goliath), first aviary

3B – Goliath heron (Ardea goliath), second aviary

4A – Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), first aviary

4B – Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), second aviary

4C – Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) indoor housing, greenhouse

5 – Crane, heron and ibis aviary
  • Eastern grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum gibbericeps)
  • Madagascar pond heron, Malagasy pond heron or Madagascar squacco heron (Ardeola idae)
  • White-backed night heron (Gorsachius leuconotus)
  • Rufous-bellied heron (Ardeola rufiventris)
  • Olive ibis (Bostrychia olivacea)
6 – Smaller wetland birds

- Lufira masked weaver, Ruwet's masked weaver or Lake Lufira weaver (Ploceus ruweti) and Red-chested flufftail (Sarothrura rufa)
- Orange weaver (Ploceus aurantius)
- Water thick-knee or Water dikkop (Burhinus vermiculatus) and Papyrus gonolek (Laniarius mufumbiri)
- Rosy-throated longclaw or Rosy-breasted longclaw (Macronyx ameliae)
- African pied wagtail (Motacilla aguimp) and Black crake (Zapornia flavirostra)
- Allen's gallinule (Porphyrio alleni) and Great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
- Dwarf bittern (Ixobrychus sturmii)
- White-crowned lapwing, white-headed lapwing, white-headed plover or white-crowned plover (Vanellus albiceps) and Malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus cristatus)​

7 – First waterfront walk-through aviary
  • African jacana (Actophilornis africanus)
  • Egyptian plover (Pluvianus aegyptius)
  • African pygmy goose (Nettapus auritus)
  • Marsh tchagra or Blackcap bush-shrike (Bocagia minuta)
  • Swamp palm bulbul, Swamp bulbul, Swamp greenbul, Swamp palm greenbul, White-tailed greenbul or White-tailed palm greenbul (Thescelocichla leucopleura)
  • Little grebe or Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis)
  • Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
  • Common greenshank (Tringa nebularia)

8 – Second waterfront walk-through aviary
  • African finfoot (Podica senegalensis)
  • White-browed coucal or Lark-heeled cuckoo (Centropus superciliosus)
  • Black heron or Black egret (Egretta ardesiaca)
  • Spot-breasted ibis (Bostrychia rara)
  • African purple swamphen (Porphyrio madagascariensis)

9 – Third waterfront walk-through aviary, with underwater viewing area for grebes and diving ducks
  • Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus infuscatus)
  • Tufted duck or Tufted pochard (Aythya fuligula)
  • Southern pochard (Netta erythrophthalma)
  • Maccoa duck (Oxyura maccoa)

10 – African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)

11 – Pel’s fishing owl (Scotopelia peli)

12 – Wetland mammal exhibits

12A and 12B – Spotted-necked otter or Speckle-throated otter (Hydrictis maculicollis)

12C and 12D – Aquatic genet (Genetta piscivora)

12E and 12F – Marsh mongoose (Atilax paludinosus)

12G – Central mammal house connected to exhibits with tunnels underneath walkway​

13 – Lesser flamingo colony aviary – Lesser flamingos and duck
  • Lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)
  • White-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
  • African comb duck or Knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
  • African black duck (Anas sparsa)
  • Yellow-billed duck (Anas undulata)
  • Garganey (Spatula querquedula)
  • Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
  • Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis rudis)
  • Blue-headed coucal (Centropus monachus)

14 – Goliath heron (Ardea goliath), Wattled crane (Bugeranus carunculatus) and Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) house with indoor viewing area

15 – Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)

16 - Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe Aviary

16A – Bird and visitor areas

16B – African forest buffaloes, Main paddock

16C – African forest buffaloes, Secondary paddock

16D – Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe bird and buffalo building​

Species list:
  • African forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus or S. nanus)
  • Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis)
  • Abdim’s stork (Ciconia abdimii)
  • Woolly-necked stork or White-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus)
  • African openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus)
  • Purple heron (Ardea purpurea)
  • African spoonbill (Platalea alba)
  • Hadada ibis (Bostrychia hagedash)
  • African darter (Anhinga rufa)
  • Western cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis or B. i. ibis)
  • Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)
  • White-crested tiger heron or White-crested bittern (Tigriornis leucolopha)
  • Glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
  • African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)

Spoonbill Restaurant & Terraces, Playground

17 – Manatee Mangrove

17A and 17B – West African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis), Monrovia doctorfish or Monrovia surgeonfish (Acanthurus monroviae), African moony (Monodactylus sebae) and Canary drum (Umbrina canariensis), Two tanks

17C – Open-topped mangrove and coastal mudflat exhibits
- West African fiddler crab (Afruca tangeri)
- Atlantic mudskipper (Periophthalmus barbarus)​

17D – Tanks and aquaterrarium
- Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus)
- Guinean barracuda (Sphyraena afra)
- African moonfish (Selene dorsalis)
- African red snapper, Guinean snapper or African cubera snapper (Lutjanus agennes)
- African softshell turtle or Nile softshell turtle (Trionyx triunguis)​

17E – Large aviary
  • Reed cormorant or Long-tailed cormorant (Microcarbo africanus)
  • Mangrove heron, Striated heron, Little heron or Green-backed heron (Butorides striata)
17F – Small aviaries

- Mangrove sunbird or Mouse-brown sunbird (Anthreptes gabonicus) and Carmelite sunbird (Chalcomitra fuliginosa)
- Swamp boubou (Laniarius bicolor)​

18 – Sitatunga Swamp

18A and 18B – Southern reedbuck, Rietbok or Common reedbuck (Redunca arundinum)

18C and 18D – Upemba lechwe (Kobus leche anselli or K. anselli)

18E and 18F – Western sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii gratus or T. gratus) and Allen’s swamp monkey (Allenopithecus nigroviridis)

18G and 18H – Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa, subspecies from K. e. defassa subspecies group or K. defassa)

18I – Antelope and monkey house with indoor viewing areas​

19 – Hippos of Salonga

19A – Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), Spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis) and Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) – First outdoor paddock

19B – Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), Spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis), Redbreast tilapia (Coptodon rendalli) and Tanganyika tilapia (Oreochromis tanganicae), First indoor exhibit

19C – Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), Spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis), Redbreast tilapia (Coptodon rendalli) and Tanganyika tilapia (Oreochromis tanganicae), Second indoor exhibit

19D – Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), Spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis), Redbreast tilapia (Coptodon rendalli) and Tanganyika tilapia (Oreochromis tanganicae), Third indoor exhibit

19E – Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), Spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis) and Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) – Second outdoor paddock

19F – Hippopotamus service areas and off-show paddocks, indoor and outdoor

19G – Large aquariums for predatory fish

- Goliath tigerfish, Giant tigerfish or Mbenga (Hydrocynus goliath)
- Nile perch, African snook, Goliath perch, African barramundi , Goliath barramundi, Giant Lates or Victoria perch (Lates niloticus)
- Vundu catfish (Heterobranchus longifilis)
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19H – Separate indoor and outdoor space for Spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis)​

20 – Crocodile creek

20A and 20B – Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)

20C – Aquatic and herp nursery

20D and 20E – Central African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops leptorhynchus, Formerly included as a population in the West African slender-snouted crocodile M. cataphractus)

20F and 20G – African dwarf crocodile or Dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis osborni or O. osborni)

20H – Turtle exhibits

- Aubry's flapshell turtle (Cycloderma aubryi)
- Upemba mud turtle (Pelusios upembae)
- African helmeted turtle or Marsh terrapin (Pelomedusa subrufa)
- Central African giant mud turtle (Pelusios chapini)
- African keeled mud turtle (Pelusios carinatus)
- African dwarf mud turtle (Pelusios nanus)​

20I – Aquariums

- Mbu puffer, Giant puffer or Giant freshwater puffer (Tetraodon mbu) and Humphead cichlid, Front cichlid or Frontosa (Cyphotilapia frontosa)
- Six-banded Distichodus or Six-bar Distichodus (Distichodus sexfasciatus), Giraffe catfish (Auchenoglanis occidentalis) and African arowana (Heterotis niloticus)
- Upoto elephantfish (Campylomormyrus numenius)
- Cornish jack (Mormyrops anguilloides)
- Congolese pike (Hepsetus microlepis)
- West African lungfish (Protopterus annectens)
- Spotted lungfish or Slender lungfish (Protopterus dolloi)
- Forktail lates (Lates microlepis)
- Congo bichir (Polypterus congicus)
- Giant cichlid or Emperor cichlid (Boulengerochromis microlepis)
- Citharinus gibbosus and Ripon Barbel (Labeobarbus altianalis)
- Blue-spotted tilapia (Oreochromis leucostictus)​
20J – Aquariums

- Banded jewel cichlid (Hemichromis elongatus)
- Mango tilapia, Galilaea tilapia, Galilean comb, Galilee St. Peter's fish or St. Peter's fish (Sarotherodon galilaeus)
- African blind barb or Congo blind barb (Caecobarbus geertsi) [Darkened cave tank]
- Congo tetra (Phenacogrammus interruptus), Blotched upside-down catfish (Synodontis nigriventris) and Petrocephalus grandoculis
- African tiger barb, African banded barb, Angola barb, Blue-barred barb or Fire barb (Enteromius fasciolatus) and African moon tetra (Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus)
- Boulenger's featherfin tetra (Bryconaethiops boulengeri)
- Congo puffer or Potato puffer (Tetraodon miurus)
- Southern mouth-brooder (Pseudocrenilabrus philander dispersus)
- Leopard bush fish leopard bushfish, Spotted Ctenopoma, Leopard Ctenopoma, Spotted climbing perch, Spotted leaf fish, Spotted cichlid or Spotted bushfish (Ctenopoma acutirostre) and Synodontis ornatissimus
- Freshwater butterflyfish or African butterflyfish (Pantodon buchholzi)
- Peters's elephant-nose fish, Elephant-nose fish, Long-nosed elephant fish or Ubangi mormyrid (Gnathonemus petersii)
- Ocellated Kribensis (Pelvicachromis subocellatus)
- Malebo Puffer (Tetraodon duboisi)
- African glass catfish ( Pareutropius debauwi)
- Zaireichthys brevis and Neolamprologus multifasciatus
- Pseudocrenilabrus nicholsi
- Lionhead cichlid (Steatocranus casuarius) and Astatotilapia burtoni
- Princess cichlid, Princess of Burundi, Lyretail cichlid, Fairy cichlid or Brichard's Lamprologus (Neolamprologus brichardi), Tropheus species “Black Kiriza”, White spotted cichlid (Tropheus duboisi) and Cuckoo catfish or Cuckoo squeaker (Synodontis multipunctatus)
- Lemon cichlid (Neolamprologus leleupi)
- Variabilichromis moorii​
 

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