Animals You've Seen That Few Zoochatters Have Seen

How about Mauritius kestrel? I know they were held in a few places in the 90's and noughties but not sure how many people saw them?
 
Dassie rat said:
Hello Brum. I've seen Mauritius kestrels at Chester and Jersey.
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Yeah, I'm going to hazard a guess and say quite a few UK based ZooChatters saw the Chester ones at least, I know I saw them there, as well as at Paradise Park (Hayle).
 
Brum said:
How about Mauritius kestrel? I know they were held in a few places in the 90's and noughties but not sure how many people saw them?
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Dassie rat said:
Hello Brum. I've seen Mauritius kestrels at Chester and Jersey.
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Brum said:
Yeah, I'm going to hazard a guess and say quite a few UK based ZooChatters saw the Chester ones at least, I know I saw them there, as well as at Paradise Park (Hayle).
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As has been discussed a few times, this is a species which makes me ever-so-slightly sore :p

For those who don't know the story, a TL;DR - missed the species at Chester by a month, didn't realise the last Chester bird had been sent to a falconry collection only 20 minutes from me until the death of the last Mauritus Kestrel in Europe was the subject of a short article in the local newspaper about a year later.... :rolleyes::mad:
 
I would say that my best shot in this thread would be Panay cloudrunner but I'm sure there is plenty of zoochatters who saw them in London, in US or here in the Czech Republic. :D
 
Brum said:
How about Mauritius kestrel? I know they were held in a few places in the 90's and noughties but not sure how many people saw them?
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I remember seeing them at the Hawk Conservancy and maybe elsewhere?
 
Hipporex said:
As the title suggest, what animals have you seen that you think few people on this on website have scene?

As for myself...
Two animals I've seen that I'm pretty sure only a handful of Zoochatters have seen:
  1. Flapjack octopus (Opisthoteuthis sp.) (Monterey Bay Aquarium - no longer on display)
  2. Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) (Monterey Bay Aquarium - no longer on display)
Animals I've seen that I think not many Zoochatters have seen (but probably more than "a handful"):
  1. Bald uakari (Cacajao calvus) (L.A. zoo)
  2. Bornean pygmy elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis) (Oregon Zoo)
  3. Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) (SeaWorld San Diego)
  4. Giant garter snake (Thamnophis gigas) (Sacramento zoo)
  5. Hawaiian hawk (Buteo solitarius) (Honolulu zoo)
  6. Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) (Waikiki aquarium)
  7. Island fox (Urocyon littoralis) (Santa Barbra zoo)
  8. San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) (Sacramento reptile show - no longer on display)
I probably could add a couple more species but I don't feel like taking forever to write this list

(Also sorry if this thread already exists)
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I've seen Imperial Pheasant, initially at London Zoo in the 70s, more recently in a private collection. I realise it's now revealed to be a hybrid , but I'm willing to bet not many people have seen one.
 
FBBird said:
I've seen Imperial Pheasant, initially at London Zoo in the 70s, more recently in a private collection. I realise it's now revealed to be a hybrid , but I'm willing to bet not many people have seen one.
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Yes, hybrid Imperials at London, from Antwerp if I remember correctly. Mauritius Kestrels were one of those species which seemed to be everywhere, and then suddenly gone - like the Gough Island Moorhen.

Did you see Grey-breasted Seedsnipe? We kept those in the 1980s, but they never bred and I haven't seen one since.
 
HOMIN96 said:
I would say that my best shot in this thread would be Panay cloudrunner but I'm sure there is plenty of zoochatters who saw them in London, in US or here in the Czech Republic. :D
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I'd be curious if any Zoochatters actually saw this species in the US. Seemed like seeing them at the Los Angeles Zoo was an impossibility, and I don't think they've been kept elsewhere stateside.
 
Andrew Swales said:
Yes, hybrid Imperials at London, from Antwerp if I remember correctly. Mauritius Kestrels were one of those species which seemed to be everywhere, and then suddenly gone - like the Gough Island Moorhen.

Did you see Grey-breasted Seedsnipe? We kept those in the 1980s, but they never bred and I haven't seen one since.
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I have the impression that Mauritius Kestrels disappeared because, although prolific, they were relatively short-lived, and it was not easy to keep a stock going. I wonder if the captive Gough Island Moorhen population had enough founders to be viable, or whether they died out from lack of effort to keep them going?
I'm sure I've seen a Seedsnipe species, but couldn't say where or which.
 
I've updated my captive list:
Barton's echidna: Regent's Park
Platypus: Taronga
Four-eyed opossum: Regent's Park
Rufous spiny bandicoot: Regent's Park
Leadbeater's possum: Regent's Park
Pretty-faced wallaby
Giant armadillo: Regent's Park
Coquerel’s dwarf lemur: Marwell
Fork-marked dwarf lemur: Vincennes
Golden bamboo lemur: Tzimbazaza
Greater bamboo lemur: Cologne, Vincennes
Red-tailed sportive lemur: Vincennes
Angwantibo: Regent's Park
Philippine tarsier: Bristol
Hairy and white-nosed sakis: Cologne
Bald uakari: Cologne (red and white); LA (red)
Neblina uakari: Cologne
Uta Hick's bearded saki: Cologne
Tonkean macaque: Mulhouse, Strassbourg
Red-shanked douc langur: Cologne, London
Western hoolock gibbon: Regent's Park
Eastern gorilla: Antwerp, Chester
Red-nosed mouse: Tzimbazaza
Panay cloudrunner: Regent's Park
Dassie rat: Berlin Tierpark
Pacarana: Frankfurt
Mountain paca: Stuttgart?
Moon rat: Regent's Park
Banded linsang: Dusit?
African golden cat
Margay: Regent’s Park
Pampas cat: Chester, Kilverstone
Aardwolf: Berlin Tierpark?
Marsh mongoose: Colchester
Red wolf: LA
Hog badger: Regent's Park
Chinese ferret badger: Regent's Park
Baikal seal: Regent's Park
Leopard seal: Taronga
Southern elephant seal: Stuttgart
Hawaiian monk seal: Waikiki Aquarium
Ring-tail: Burgers
Crab-eating raccoon
Olingo: Exmouth, Kilverstone
Mountain and Baird's tapirs: LA
Sumatran rhinoceros: Bronx, LA, Port Lympne
Northern white rhinoceros: Regent's Park
Klipspringer: Frankfurt
Saiga: Berlin Tierpark, Cologne
Mountain anoa: San Diego
Four-horned antelope: Howletts, Port Lympne
Giant eland: LA
Mountain reedbuck: Berlin Tierpark
Zebra duiker: LA
Jentinck's duiker: Berlin Tierpark
Commerson's dolphin: Duisburg
Beluga: Duisburg
Amazon river dolphin: Duisburg
Philippine eagle: Planckendael
Mauritius kestrel: Chester, Cologne
Hoatzin: Bronx
Kagu: Berlin Zoo
Weka: Berlin Zoo
Gough moorhen: Regent's Park
Tahitian lory: San Diego
White-necked picathartes: Frankfurt, Rotterdam
Grey-necked picathartes: Frankfurt
Princess Stephanie’s bird of paradise: Regent's Park
Iiwi: Honolulu
Plumbeous redstart: Regent's Park
Tuatara: Auckland, Berlin Zoo, Chester
San Francisco garter snake: Jersey
Chinese giant salamander and hellbender: Regent's Park
Peripatus: Regent's Park
 
Dassie rat said:
I've updated my captive list:
Barton's echidna: Regent's Park
Platypus: Taronga
Four-eyed opossum: Regent's Park
Rufous spiny bandicoot: Regent's Park
Leadbeater's possum: Regent's Park
Pretty-faced wallaby
Giant armadillo: Regent's Park
Coquerel’s dwarf lemur: Marwell
Fork-marked dwarf lemur: Vincennes
Golden bamboo lemur: Tzimbazaza
Greater bamboo lemur: Cologne, Vincennes
Red-tailed sportive lemur: Vincennes
Angwantibo: Regent's Park
Philippine tarsier: Bristol
Hairy and white-nosed sakis: Cologne
Bald uakari: Cologne (red and white); LA (red)
Neblina uakari: Cologne
Uta Hick's bearded saki: Cologne
Tonkean macaque: Mulhouse, Strassbourg
Red-shanked douc langur: Cologne, London
Western hoolock gibbon: Regent's Park
Eastern gorilla: Antwerp, Chester
Red-nosed mouse: Tzimbazaza
Panay cloudrunner: Regent's Park
Dassie rat: Berlin Tierpark
Pacarana: Frankfurt
Mountain paca: Stuttgart?
Moon rat: Regent's Park
Banded linsang: Dusit?
African golden cat
Margay: Regent’s Park
Pampas cat: Chester, Kilverstone
Aardwolf: Berlin Tierpark?
Marsh mongoose: Colchester
Red wolf: LA
Hog badger: Regent's Park
Chinese ferret badger: Regent's Park
Baikal seal: Regent's Park
Leopard seal: Taronga
Southern elephant seal: Stuttgart
Hawaiian monk seal: Waikiki Aquarium
Ring-tail: Burgers
Crab-eating raccoon
Olingo: Exmouth, Kilverstone
Mountain and Baird's tapirs: LA
Sumatran rhinoceros: Bronx, LA, Port Lympne
Northern white rhinoceros: Regent's Park
Klipspringer: Frankfurt
Saiga: Berlin Tierpark, Cologne
Mountain anoa: San Diego
Four-horned antelope: Howletts, Port Lympne
Giant eland: LA
Mountain reedbuck: Berlin Tierpark
Zebra duiker: LA
Jentinck's duiker: Berlin Tierpark
Commerson's dolphin: Duisburg
Beluga: Duisburg
Amazon river dolphin: Duisburg
Philippine eagle: Planckendael
Mauritius kestrel: Chester, Cologne
Hoatzin: Bronx
Kagu: Berlin Zoo
Weka: Berlin Zoo
Gough moorhen: Regent's Park
Tahitian lory: San Diego
White-necked picathartes: Frankfurt, Rotterdam
Grey-necked picathartes: Frankfurt
Princess Stephanie’s bird of paradise: Regent's Park
Iiwi: Honolulu
Plumbeous redstart: Regent's Park
Tuatara: Auckland, Berlin Zoo, Chester
San Francisco garter snake: Jersey
Chinese giant salamander and hellbender: Regent's Park
Peripatus: Regent's Park
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I sawmy my first Margay in Harrods
 
FBBird said:
I have the impression that Mauritius Kestrels disappeared because, although prolific, they were relatively short-lived, and it was not easy to keep a stock going. I wonder if the captive Gough Island Moorhen population had enough founders to be viable, or whether they died out from lack of effort to keep them going?
I'm sure I've seen a Seedsnipe species, but couldn't say where or which.
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If you've seen the Seedsnipe at Walsrode in the 1980s, it must have been the Lesser seedsnipe, I took care of a trio at Walsrode at that time :).
 
Andrew Swales said:
Yes, hybrid Imperials at London, from Antwerp if I remember correctly. Mauritius Kestrels were one of those species which seemed to be everywhere, and then suddenly gone - like the Gough Island Moorhen.

Did you see Grey-breasted Seedsnipe? We kept those in the 1980s, but they never bred and I haven't seen one since.
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Ours were Grey-breasted (Thinocornus orbignyianus). We had two pairs.
 
FBBird said:
I've seen Imperial Pheasant, initially at London Zoo in the 70s,
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Andrew Swales said:
Yes, hybrid Imperials at London, from Antwerp if I remember correctly.
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Indeed, Antwerp Zoo presented London Zoo with a pair of imperial pheasants in 1971.
Incidentally, the link below provides an interesting article on the hybrid origin of imperial pheasants.

Hybrid origin of the imperial pheasant Lophura imperialis (Delacour and Jabouille, 1924) demonstrated by morphology, hybrid experiments, and DNA analyses

FBBird said:
I'm sure I've seen a Seedsnipe species, but couldn't say where or which.
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London Zoo acquired four least seedsnipe in 1981; sadly three of them died the same year and the fourth died the following year.

FBBird said:
I sawmy my first Margay in Harrods
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I recall seeing pumas for sale in Harrods pet department in the 1960s.
 
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