Belo Horizonte Zoo Belo Horizonte Zoo, species list

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Yes, that's a sad true, and it unfortunately happened once more a few days ago in BH... this time not with grisons, but with two hedgehogs and a few reptiles, in this case, taken by the police from ilegal owners...

Animais silvestres e exóticos são apreendidos no Bairro Goiânia, em BH

Shame to hear about this, and it highlights that there is a thriving illegal trade in exotic species here too.

 

[FBBird]

Suaçuboia = Amazonian tree boa

Azulão = Ultramarine grossbeak

Bico de pimenta = Black throated grossbeak

Bico de veludo = Cinammon tanager

Canário da terra = Saffron finch

Canário do amazonas = Orange fronted yellow finch

Estorninho = Common starling

Galo de campina = Red cowled cardinal

Graúna = Giant cowbird

Marianinha = White-Bellied parrot

Marreco colorado = Red crested pochard

Marreco toucinho = White cheeked pin tail

Melro-metálico = Greater blue eared starling

Mutum cavalo = Razor billed currasow

Mutum do amazonas = Amazonian currasow

Mutum do Norte = Alagaos currasow

Mutum do sudoeste = Red billed currasow

Pega = Variable oriole

Perdiz = Partridge

Periquito testinha= Tui parakeet

Pintassilgo = Hooded siskin

Pintassilgo do norte = Yellow faced siskin

Pomba apunhalada = Luzon bleeding heart dove (Literally translates as "the stabbed dove")

Rei alexandrino = Alexandrine parakeet

Sabiá laranjeira = Rufous bellied thrush * (The word "Sabiá" is deceptive in Brazil as can refer to birds from several different families or genus as shown by two species below compared to this species)

Sabiá andorinha = Swallow tanager

Saíra dourada = Gilt edged tanager

Sanhaço de fogo = Red tanager

Saracura três potes = Grey cowled wood rail

Socó boi = Rufescent tiger heron

Sofrê = Campo oriole

Tadorna ferrugem = Ruddy shelduck

Tico tico argentino = Rufous collared sparrow

Tico tico do mato = Half collared sparrow

Tiê sangue = Brazilian tanager

Tiê tinga = Magpie tanager

Tiriba de cara suja = Green cheeked parakeet

Tiriba de orelha branca = White eared parakeet

Trinca ferro = Green winged saltator

Urumutum = Nocturnal currasow

Vulturina = Vulturine guinea fowl

Could ‘perdiz’ not be a tinamou species?

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Could ‘perdiz’ not be a tinamou species?

Yes , you are right FBird, lazy mistake on my part.

This word is used for the partridge in Portugal and the tinamou in Brazil. As both are popular game birds for hunting the word is basically used for both.

However, in the context of the list "perdiz" refers to the tinamou.

 

[Joker1706]

Thank you for sharing this list, much appreciated...

But I think, you should move the greater rhea from the mammals to the birds

Would love to see a comeback of the marsh deer in our European / German zoos

 

[David Matos Mendes]

Thank you for sharing this list, much appreciated...

But I think, you should move the greater rhea from the mammals to the birds

Would love to see a comeback of the marsh deer in our European / German zoos

Oh, sorry if I have added rheas to the mammals was pure lack of attention. Gonna post the definitive list with the missing translated names and the changes that I must do very soon. Also, yeah, I think brazilian/south american zoos should have more contact with european zoos in general, to help with conservation of the marsh deer and many other species... I know Dortmund zoo has a good contact with brazilian zoos of Belo Horizonte and Brasilia, so I hope they exchange more animals in the following years; this would be very productive for conservation.

 

[FelipeDBKO]

Could ‘perdiz’ not be a tinamou species?

Yes , you are right FBird, lazy mistake on my part.

This word is used for the partridge in Portugal and the tinamou in Brazil. As both are popular game birds for hunting the word is basically used for both.

However, in the context of the list "perdiz" refers to the tinamou.

Red-winged tinamou to be more precise. While we do use the word as a generic and nontaxonomic name for some Old World gamebirds (Chukar partridge, californian crested quails...)

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Red-winged tinamou to be more precise. While we do use the word as a generic and nontaxonomic name for some Old World gamebirds (Chukar partridge, californian crested quails...)

@FelipeDBKO Thanks for that Felipe !

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Thank you for sharing this list, much appreciated...

But I think, you should move the greater rhea from the mammals to the birds

Would love to see a comeback of the marsh deer in our European / German zoos

Haven't there been historic issues with keeping marsh deer alive in European zoos ?

I seem to remember reading that several attempts at various different zoos to keep herds of this species failed due to deaths from disease (could be mistaking it with another species though).

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

Haven't there been historic issues with keeping marsh deer alive in European zoos ?

I seem to remember reading that several attempts at various different zoos to keep herds of this species failed due to deaths from disease (could be mistaking it with another species though).

Zoo Berlin - a known quantity with captive-breeding of rare and delicate deer species - had a very successful run with marsh deer for a good number of years from 1977 to 2009. The species was also bred there.

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Zoo Berlin - a known quantity with captive-breeding of rare and delicate deer species - had a very successful run with marsh deer for a good number of years from 1977 to 2009. The species was also bred there.

Thanks Kifaru! Very interesting !

What happened to this herd though ? did it just die out or was there no longer any interest in maintaining the species so it was phased out ?

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

Thanks Kifaru! Very interesting !

What happened to this herd though ? did it just die out or was there no longer any interest in maintaining the species so it was phased out ?

The marsh deer herd died out over time probably due to ageing herd, too few births, no new imports as well as probably little interest in maintaining a delicate deer species in captivity by zoos at the time. The marsh deer at Berlin Zoo were from Paraguayan stock.

IZY had a report on marsh deer. Dr. Hans Fraederich wrote about breeding threatened deer in captivity in this volume.
Source: ZSL Publications

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

You all might want to read this CBSG workshop from 1994 on marsh deer.
Some data on singleton marsh deer in Brasilera zoos (Goiana, Sao Paulo ..).

Source: http://www.cpsg.org/sites/cbsg.org/files/documents/Marsh Deer PHVA_1994.pdf

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

You all might want to read this CBSG workshop from 1994 on marsh deer.
Some data on singleton marsh deer in Brasilera zoos (Goiana, Sao Paulo ..).

Source: http://www.cpsg.org/sites/cbsg.org/files/documents/Marsh Deer PHVA_1994.pdf

I'll definitely have a read of this later , thanks for sharing!

 

[AWP]

Is a "Brazilian-lesser-deer" some species of brocket deer?

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Is a "Brazilian-lesser-deer" some species of brocket deer?

Yes, it would be the small red brocket deer (Mazama bororo) which is an Atlantic rainforest endemic found in the South-East Brazil and the pygmy red brocket (Mazama nana) also found in Southern Brazil. Both are threatened species due to habitat destruction and hunting.

 

[David Matos Mendes]

Is a "Brazilian-lesser-deer" some species of brocket deer?

Yes, it is exactly what Onychorhynchus coronatus said. By the time I made this list there were some animals I didn't know the correct name in english. Gonna improve the list soon. I would like someone to teach me how to delete the previous one, please. Already thank u

 

[AWP]

By the time I made this list there were some animals I didn't know the correct name in english.

What can be helpfull regarding bird species, is Avibase. You can select a country or region and the checklist provides you the English and scientific names next to the language you are using.

Wikipedia is also usefull to find the species name in an other language. Put in "veado-mateiro-pequeno" and on the left side you will see the link to "small red brocket".

 

[David Matos Mendes]

What can be helpfull regarding bird species, is Avibase. You can select a country or region and the checklist provides you the English and scientific names next to the language you are using.

Wikipedia is also usefull to find the species name in an other language. Put in "veado-mateiro-pequeno" and on the left side you will see the link to "small red brocket".

Thank you! gonna try these sources. Also, do you know if there is a way to delete the present list? When I have the updated one, I would like to replace it.

 

[AWP]

do you know if there is a way to delete the present list?

"Normal" users can't edit a posting after a couple of minutes, you need to be moderator or something for that I guess.

 

[David Matos Mendes]

"Normal" users can't edit a posting after a couple of minutes, you need to be moderator or something for that I guess.

Ah yes, thank you. Then I'll post it right here in the following messages.