Platypus- San Diego Safari Park
Animals You've Seen That Few Zoochatters Have Seen
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Zoo Tour Australia
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No rare to see
Typically if a species is present at a fairly high profile zoo loads of people here will have seen it, so doesn't really apply to this thread. But otherwise check Zootierliste for rarity in other places - Northern Carmine bee-eaters are not uncommon in Europe and two other zoos (including St Louis...) in the US hold them. Tonkean macaques are bordering on common in France. Platypus as said above is widely found across Australian zoos. Check on ZTL how common a species is before you post.
Ok, I'll see that first.
New list
BIRDS
Pied-billed Grebe (rare in zoos)- Aquarium of the pacific
Raquet-tailed Roller- Living Desert Zoo
Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher- National Aviary
Golden-collared Manikin- San Diego Zoo
"Saipan" White Eye- National Aviary
Chestnut-backed Scimitar-Babbler- San Diego Zoo
Magnificent Bird of Paradise- San Diego Zoo
MAMMALS
Aye-Aye (rarely seen)- Cincinnati Zoo
Lowland Paca (rarely seen)- Los Angeles Zoo
Striped Hyena (not rare)- Living Desert Zoo
Ruppel's Sand Fox- Los Angeles Zoo
Island Fox- Living Desert Zoo
Mountain Coati- Luray Zoo
Mountain Tapir- Los Angeles Zoo
Ugandan Kob- San Diego Safari Park
Black Duiker- Los Angeles Zoo
Nilgiri Tahr- San Diego Safari Park
BIRDS
Pied-billed Grebe (rare in zoos)- Aquarium of the pacific
Raquet-tailed Roller- Living Desert Zoo
Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher- National Aviary
Golden-collared Manikin- San Diego Zoo
"Saipan" White Eye- National Aviary
Chestnut-backed Scimitar-Babbler- San Diego Zoo
Magnificent Bird of Paradise- San Diego Zoo
MAMMALS
Aye-Aye (rarely seen)- Cincinnati Zoo
Lowland Paca (rarely seen)- Los Angeles Zoo
Striped Hyena (not rare)- Living Desert Zoo
Ruppel's Sand Fox- Los Angeles Zoo
Island Fox- Living Desert Zoo
Mountain Coati- Luray Zoo
Mountain Tapir- Los Angeles Zoo
Ugandan Kob- San Diego Safari Park
Black Duiker- Los Angeles Zoo
Nilgiri Tahr- San Diego Safari Park
Well coming from North America...
Aye-Aye definitely does not qualify. Neither does any species kept a well-visited zoo, which would include LA and both San Diegos.
Mountain Coati would qualify if you had actually seen it, but Luray does not keep that species, despite what they may claim.
Sicarius
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The problem with the species that you mention is that you saw them at very famous zoos, which hundreds of Zoochatters have potentially visited. The topic of this thread is to mention species of which you think nobody has seen them. Like this random fish I have here. It's so rare in the aquarium trade, that I don't think it was exported outside of Japan more often than a handful of times. Even there it is an elusive, very expensive species.
Okay, those were just some that I thought were pretty special. I do understand that more well known zoos don't apply to this thread. sorry
I don't know why many of you are so harsh on @Mr. Kiwi, who is a new member. About three quarters (or more) of this thread is about bickering to others that the species a member think is quite rarely seen has been seen by many other zoochatters. In practice it means that only members who have been visiting zoos for a long time, have traveled widely, love obscure groups or happen to live in a country with few Zoochatters have anything meaningful to add if you use the criteria critically. Heck, the original poster even said:
Even then, I think that the vast majority of Zoochatters has not seen Rueppell's fox or Nilgiri tahr...
It is also possible to just treat this thread as a little bit of fun and share which animals you consider very rare you have seen. It is not a spitting contest....
Even then, I think that the vast majority of Zoochatters has not seen Rueppell's fox or Nilgiri tahr...
It is also possible to just treat this thread as a little bit of fun and share which animals you consider very rare you have seen. It is not a spitting contest....
I don't think they were harsh. I understand that some of my animals shouldn't be long here.
ThanksLet me be the first to welcome you on Zoochat, @Mr. Kiwi
Lintworm is certainly right, you have seen some remarkable species. They just happen to be species in much-visited zoos. Keep up the good work though! No harsh comments were intended on my part.
. I do understand the famous Zoo thing.
This particular species would count as rarely seen I think, despite being at one of the San Diegos. They only became visible to visitors very recently after being off show for a long time, so to have seen them you'd need to have visited the park either a long time ago or very recently, or to have seen them in the wild in India.
I just went last week.
Utahraptor
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Do wild animals count? If so, the squirrel cuckoo (piaya cayana) is probably an animal that only me and a few other South American zoochatters have seen, as this bird is non-existent in captivity and can be quite elusive.
They're really common in the wild in Central America and Mexico, though.
olhl.animal.photography
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I haven't been to many different zoos (though hopefully that will soon change). But from memory, some bird species I have seen that I'd deem relatively rare/unusual include:
St Lucia Amazon - Pairi Daiza (the only place it's kept worldwide)
St Vincent Amazon - Pairi Daiza (rare for Europeans like me but I'm aware Houston and San Diego keep them as well)
From Pairi Daiza I would add Spix's Macaws and Long Crested Eagle but unfortunately I missed out on them on my visit. From Chester and London, nothing springs to mind for birds, and I don't really keep a good track of other animal groups properly from other zoos (something else I need to get better at).
By the end of this summer, though, this list (definitely for birds at least) should improve, as I'm visiting Newquay, Paradise Park, Hawk Conservancy Trust, and Chester (again):
From Newquay, I should see Chinese Grosbeak (found nowhere else in captivity) and some subspecies of Vasa Parrot (plus Yellow Cardinal, Cuban Grassquits, and Bearded Tits, although I don't know how common or rare these two are for captive institutions).
From Paradise Park, I should see Lear's Macaws (I think they're quite rare), Collared Falconet (kept nowhere else globally), Azure Tit (only found in a few other places), Rajah Black Lory, and a wealth of other species.
From the Hawk Conservancy Trust, they do have some pretty special ones, like Wahlberg's Eagle, etc.
I do want to travel to mainland Europe fairly soon to cross off other zoos from my list (mainly in Germany, Czechia, and zoos dotted about in other countries) as well as a return trip to Pairi Daiza in Belgium to see those which I missed last time.
St Lucia Amazon - Pairi Daiza (the only place it's kept worldwide)
St Vincent Amazon - Pairi Daiza (rare for Europeans like me but I'm aware Houston and San Diego keep them as well)
From Pairi Daiza I would add Spix's Macaws and Long Crested Eagle but unfortunately I missed out on them on my visit. From Chester and London, nothing springs to mind for birds, and I don't really keep a good track of other animal groups properly from other zoos (something else I need to get better at).
By the end of this summer, though, this list (definitely for birds at least) should improve, as I'm visiting Newquay, Paradise Park, Hawk Conservancy Trust, and Chester (again):
From Newquay, I should see Chinese Grosbeak (found nowhere else in captivity) and some subspecies of Vasa Parrot (plus Yellow Cardinal, Cuban Grassquits, and Bearded Tits, although I don't know how common or rare these two are for captive institutions).
From Paradise Park, I should see Lear's Macaws (I think they're quite rare), Collared Falconet (kept nowhere else globally), Azure Tit (only found in a few other places), Rajah Black Lory, and a wealth of other species.
From the Hawk Conservancy Trust, they do have some pretty special ones, like Wahlberg's Eagle, etc.
I do want to travel to mainland Europe fairly soon to cross off other zoos from my list (mainly in Germany, Czechia, and zoos dotted about in other countries) as well as a return trip to Pairi Daiza in Belgium to see those which I missed last time.
Where are you getting this from? I've seen Chinese Grosbeak in at least two Chinese zoos for example, and even Zootierliste, which is far from complete or reliable for holdings outside Europe, lists one Chinese zoo with the species.
olhl.animal.photography
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I don't know why you've quoted the falconets, according to ZTL they are only found at Paradise Park.
As for the grosbeaks, yes, that's my bad, I made an error. They are found at a zoo in Shanghai, I believe it is. Certainly at least then the only ones in the Western Hemisphere though
As for the grosbeaks, yes, that's my bad, I made an error. They are found at a zoo in Shanghai, I believe it is. Certainly at least then the only ones in the Western Hemisphere though