north america

Lumped the now split Bucerotiformes and Coraciiformes together since they fit well in one thread, so why not. Overall this is a bit of a sad one, many species on the brink of disappearing altogether from North America. Cutoff date was extended a bit due to less information readily available from...

Hello everyone, I'm creating a zoo animal database with all the species from (hopefully) all North American zoos. I have access to a few public species lists but if anyone has any private species lists that they wouldn't mind sharing, please send them to me! Thanks!

ZooAmerica is a small zoo located in Hershey, Pennsylvania that exhibits entirely North American species. It's associated with Hersheypark, which is an amusement park that's adjacent to it and admission is free with your Hersehypark tickets. There some mixed opinions about the zoo, so I thought...

In non-Australian Zoos, I almost always only see very few and always the same few species of Australian mammals (Red Kangaroo, Eastern/Western Grey Kangaroo, Koala). Why are other ones such as Numbat, Tasmanian Devil, Wombat, Quokka, etc rarely or never exhibited outside of Australian institutions?

ZCWP (Zoological Conservation Wildlife Park) North America exhibit

What are the best collections in North America? As in, if you were only to go to 5 or 10 zoos in North America, which ones would it be to see the most species possible? From what I can tell, Shedd aquarium is the most obvious on this list, but some other zoos and aquariums across the country...

Noting this now: Alcids are not included here, they were already done on their own thread. Covered here are the rest of the Charadriidae, the sandpipers, plovers, dikkops, jacanas, stilts, avocets, oystercatchers, buttonquail, terns, gulls, skimmers, and allies. This proved a very interesting...

How many zoos in North America keep keas? I'm currently making a list of institutes which keep them, which I will update with feedback. I decided to make this list after I had an idea for a New Zealand-themed exhibit. Canada Edmonton Valley Zoo USA Bronx Zoo Cincinnati Zoo Franklin Park Zoo...

Are there any zoos which have areas themed around Europe? This is tricky, since most of the fauna is very similar to or literally the same species of those of North America, but I think focusing on specific regions could work. I myself have imagined exhibits themed around the chalk downs of...

Although well known, this group seems to be on the decline overall. With 31 species present, a large number of species are still around, but 18 of those species come only from either the Dallas World Aquarium, Emerald Forest Bird Gardens, or both. Only 3 species have 10 or more holders per...

This group came out disappointingly low overall. The Greater Roadrunner and a couple turacos were widespread, but many species are barely present. As normal only information from June 2016 forward was used, and corrections and updates welcome.

The second section of the waterfowl. Again I apologize for the lengthiness on this post, but waterfowl are one of the most widespread families in zoos. As per normal, no information older than June 2016 was used, additions and corrections welcomed. I expect there will be a lot of edits...

Finally getting to posting this. And I apologize for the lengthiness on this post, but waterfowl are one of the most widespread families in zoos. As per normal, no information older than June 2016 was used, additions and corrections welcomed. I expect this list will have a good number of edits...

A common exhibit in zoos, the flamingos are quite recognizable. Unfortunately only four of the six species are now represented in North American collections; James' and Andean are no longer kept. I did note that Chilean, being from colder regions, was more prominent in collections in the...

Graceful and popular, the cranes are widespread in captivity. As usual, no information older than June 2016 was used. Corrections and updates are welcome as always. Apart from the Eurasian Crane and the Brolga, most species had at least 10 holders. As expected, Gray-crowned Crane and Sandhill...

A particularly well known group here, with the ostriches, emu, cassowaries, rheas, kiwis, as well as the tinamous. In case anyone is wondering about the way the list here is structured, I am using the current taxonomy from the Handbook of the Birds of the World. They place all of these families...

While not technically related anymore, these three still fit well together. As usual, I used no information older than June 2016. Information on holders or species not listed is very much welcome, as always! I was surprised how low overall this group came out considering how widespread and...

While this topic has been addressed before, it was an old thread and some new information would be good. Same as the last two threads, no information older than June 2016 was used. In the Zoochat forums and galleries I did note a couple facilities keeping alcids that did not have any recent...

Following the previous thread of Storks, Hamerkop, and Shoebill in North America, the second group I chose to do was the Accipitriformes. Using zoo websites and Zoochat, I have compiled together a list of birds of prey housed in North America. All information is at least from June 2016 or...

Big and bold though sometimes ugly, the storks tend to be a fairly common group in zoos. At least fifteen species of stork, plus both the Hamerkop and Shoebill are publicly displayed in North America. Using zoo websites and searching Zoochat, I have put together as best I can a list of where...