Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo Beardsley Zoo species list (April 2023)

SusScrofa

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Here is a species list from my visit to the Beardsley Zoo. Surprised no one has ever made one on Zoochat considering quite a few Northeasterners/New Englanders are members.


ENTRANCE + WOLF EXHIBITS
  • Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus)
  • Mexican Gray Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi)
  • Red Wolf (Canis rufus)


PAMPAS PLAINS
  • Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
  • Chacoan Peccary (Catagonus wagneri)
  • Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
  • Greater Rhea (Rhea americana)
  • Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) - exhibit only has old American Black Bear sign


SPIDER MONKEYS + RAINFOREST BUILDING*
  • Central American Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
  • Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus)
  • Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus)
  • Yellow-faced Saki (Pithecia pithecia) - NOT SEEN
  • Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta caraya)
  • Brazilian Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis mitis)
  • Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)
  • Goeldi’s Marmoset (Callimico goeldi)
  • Red-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
  • Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia) - NOT SEEN
  • Northern Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)
  • Ringed Teal (Callonetta leucophrys) - Unsigned
  • Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) - NOT SEEN
  • Common Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina) - NOT SEEN
  • Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
  • Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
  • Yacare Caiman (Caiman yacare)
  • Matamata (Chelus fimbriatus) - NOT SEEN
  • Green-black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus)
  • Yellow-banded Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates leucomelas)
  • Dyeing Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
  • Blue Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius azureus)
  • Yellow-spotted Sideneck Turtle (Podocnemis unifilis)
*Poison Dart Frogs signed as Dendrobates and Pyllobates sp. The four types listed were the only ones I saw, however.


NORTH AMERICAN PLAINS
  • Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)
  • Barred Owl (Strix varia)
  • American Bison (Bison bison)
  • White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)


ASIA
  • Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)
  • White-naped Crane (Grus vipio)
  • Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
  • Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
  • Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) - Moved from Alligator Alley


AVIARY + ALLIGATOR ALLEY*
  • Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) - NOT SEEN
  • Green Heron (Butorides virescens) - NOT SEEN
  • Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) - NOT SEEN
  • Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) - NOT SEEN
  • Common Pintail Duck (Anas acuta) - Unsigned
  • Fulvous Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) - NOT SEEN
  • River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna) - NOT SEEN
  • Florida Red-bellied Turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni) - NOT SEEN
  • Yellow-bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta scripta) - NOT SEEN
  • Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) - NOT SEEN
  • North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) - NOT SEEN
  • American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
  • Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
  • Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
  • Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) - Exhibit empty, moved into Asia
*Questionable if aviary signage is accurate considering only animal seen was pintail ducks and they aren't signed.


BARN AREA
  • Blue Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) - Unsigned
  • Common Raven (Corvus corax)
  • Emperor Goose (Chen canagicus) - Unsigned
  • Domestic geese
  • Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata) - Unsigned
  • Domestic chickens
  • Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) - Unsigned
  • Harris Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi) - Unsigned
  • Barred Owl (Strix varia)
  • Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
  • Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
  • Striped Newt (Notophthalmus perstriatus)
  • Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
  • Goats, pigs, turkeys and other domestics


RESEARCH STATION
*Was closed for construction on visit. However, I could see an Eastern King Snake from door window and they also keep Hellbender according to map.


GREENHOUSE
  • Koi
 
The only correction I would mention is that you put yellow-faced saki when the scientific name is for white-faced saki.
 
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