Brookfield Zoo Brookfield Zoo - Bird List (September 2021)

Zoo Birding

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This list was from my first trip to the Brookfield Zoo. I unfortunately didn't get to seeing the entire zoo but I will post my list of birds I did see and didn't see. If there are other species that aren't mentioned here, please let me know. Thank you :)

Birds seen:
  • Common emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae novaehollandiae)
  • Fulvous whistling-duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
  • Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae ssp.)
  • Brazilian teal (Amazonetta brasiliensis ssp.)
  • Puna teal (Spatula puna)
  • Rosy-billed pochard (Netta peposaca)
  • Helmeted curassow (Pauxi pauxi pauxi)
  • Blue-billed curassow (Crax alberti)
  • Wattled curassow (Crax globulosa)
  • Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii ssp.)
  • Crested partridge (Rollulus rouloul)
  • Congo peacock (Afropavo congensis)
  • Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
  • White-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica ssp.)
  • Victoria crowned-pigeon (Goura victoria ssp.)
  • Jambu fruit-dove (Ptilinopus jambu)
  • White-cheeked turaco (Tauraco leucotis leucotis)
  • Violet turaco (Musophaga violacea)
  • Greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
  • Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides ssp.)
  • Grey gull (Leucophaeus modestus)
  • Inca tern (Larosterna inca)
  • Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)
  • American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
  • Great egret (American) (Ardea alba egretta)
  • Snowy egret (Egretta thula thula)
  • Boat-billed heron (Central American) (Cochlearius cochlearius ridgwayi)
  • White ibis (Eudocimus albus)
  • Scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
  • Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
  • Andean condor (Vultur gryphus)
  • Andean cock-of-the-rock (Peruvian) (Rupicola peruvianus peruvianus)
  • Blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis ssp.)
  • Blue-crowned laughingthrush (Pterorhinus courtoisi ssp.)
  • Violet-backed (Amethyst) starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster ssp.)
  • Emerald starling (Lamprotornis iris)
  • White-rumped shama (thrush) (Copsychus malabaricus ssp.)
  • Taveta golden-weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps)
  • Eastern paradise-whydah (Vidua paradisaea)
  • Paradise tanager (Tangara chilensis ssp.)
Birds listed but not seen during trip:
  • Wood duck (Aix sponsa)
  • Blue-winged teal (Spatula discors)
  • Redhead (Aythya americana)
  • Beautiful fruit-dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus ssp.)
  • Sunbittern (Amazonian) (Eurypyga helias helias)
  • Speckled mousebird (Colius striatus ssp.)
  • Amazonian motmot (Momotus momota [momota or ignobilis])
  • Blue-bellied roller (Coracias cyanogaster)
  • Curl-crested araçari (Pteroglossus beauharnaesii)
  • Violaceous euphonia (Euphonia violacea ssp.)
  • Venezuelan troupial (Icterus icterus [icterus or ridgwayi])
  • Red-capped cardinal (Paroaria gularis)
  • Silver-beaked tanager (Ramphocelus carbo ssp.)
  • Blue-grey tanager (Thraupis episcopus cana)
  • Blue-necked tanager (Stilpnia cyanicollis ssp.)
  • Turquoise tanager (Tangara mexicana ssp.)
  • Purple honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus ssp.)
  • Green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza ssp.)
  • Saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola ssp.)
 
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