Brookfield Zoo Brookfield Zoo Species List (June 2022)

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Here is a full species list for Brookfield Zoo based on my 6/3/2022 visit. Special thanks to @pachyderm pro and @MeiLover for looking over and making additions to the list.

(SNS)= Signed, Not Seen
(Temp off exhibit)= Listed as temporarily off exhibit by signage

Australia
Outside

1. Emu (SNS), Western Gray Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus), Bennett’s Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
2. Emu (SNS), Western Gray Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus) (SNS), Bennett’s Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
3. Bennett’s Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
4. Cape barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) (Temp off exhibit)​

Australia House

Lobby

5. Magnificent Tree Frog (Litoria splendida)
6. Queensland Red Claw (Cherax quadricarinatus)​

Day Room

7. Woma Python (Aspidites ramsayi)
8. Green Tree Python (Chondropython viridis)
9. Carpet Python (Morelia spilota cheynei)
10. Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
11. Spiny-tailed Monitor (Varanus acanthurus)
12. Australian Water Dragon (Physignathus lesueurii)
13. Frilled Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii)​

Night Room

14. Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
15. Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
16. Unsigned Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
17. Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons)​

Free-flight Bat Room

18. Rodrigues Fruit Bat (Pteropus rodricensis)​

Hoofed Animals

(There are many rotational yards here, I only saw each species in one enclosure at a time)
1. Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus)
2. Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus) (SNS)
3. Addax (addax nasomaculatus) (SNS)
4. Przewalski’s Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii)
5. Przewalski’s Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) (SNS)
6. Rotational Enclosure
7. Grevy’s Zebra (Equus grevyi)
8. Grevy’s Zebra (Equus grevyi) (SNS)
9. Addax (addax nasomaculatus)
10. Addax (addax nasomaculatus) (SNS)​

Pachyderms

1. Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
2. African Spur-thigh Tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata), Galapagos Tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina)
3. Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
4. Currently Empty (Former Pigmy Hippo, a species that may be returning)
5. Rhino (SNS)
6. Rhino (SNS)​

Habitat Africa! The Savannah
Giraffe Yard

1. Generic Giraffe​

Antelope Yards

2. Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri)
3. Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii), African gray crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) (SNS)
4. Kirk’s Dik-Dik (Madoqua kirkii)​

Kopje House

Cave Room (I missed this room on my visit, list provided by mei lover)

5. Dwarf Mongoose
6. African plated lizard
7. White-throated monitor.​

Free-flight

8. Violet-backed Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster), Taveta Golden Weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps), Speckeld Mousebird (Colius striatus) (SNS), Blue-bellied Roller (Coracias cyanogaster) (SNS), Emerald Starling (Lamprotornis iris), Violaceous Turaco (Musophaga violacea) (SNS), White-cheeked Turaco (Menelikornis leucotis) (SNS), Paradise Whydah (Vidua paradisaea)​

Klipspringer Enclosure (In Free-flight room)

9. Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus)​

Wild Dog Viewing

10. African painted dog (Lycaon pictus)​

Habitat Africa! The Forest
Outside

1. Okapi (Okapia johnstoni)
2. Yellow-backed Duiker (Cephalophus silviculator)​

African Forest House

3. African Dwarf Crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)
4. Congo Peafowl (Afropavo congensis), African Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus), Blue-bellied Roller (Coracias cyanogaster)
5. Emperor Scorpion (Pandinus imperator) (Temp off exhibit)
6. Black and Rufous Giant Elephant Shrew (Rhynchocyon petersi)
7. African White-bellied Tree Pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
8. Madagascar Tree Boa (Sanzinia madagascariensis)
9. Yellow-backed Duiker (Cephalophus silviculator) (SNS)​

Outside

10. Okapi (Okapia johnstoni)
11. Red River Hog (Potamochoerus porcus)
12. Red-flanked Duiker (Cephalophus rufilatus)​

Great Bear Wilderness

1. American Bison (Bison bison)
2. Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
3. Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus)
4. Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus)
5. Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)​

Regenstein Wolf Woods

1. Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi)​

The Living Coast
Entry Hallway

1. Rainfordi Goby (Amblygobius rainfordi), Tail-spot Blenny (Ecsenius stigmatura), Blue-

striped Pipefish (Doryrhamphus excisus) (SNS), Peppermint Shrimp (Lysmata wurdemanni) (SNS), Fungia Coral (Fungia sp.), Mushroom Coral (Discosoma sp.), Acan Coral (Acanthastrea sp.)​

3. White Ribbon Moray Eel (Pseudechidna brummeri), Flame Angelfish (Centropyge loricula),

Black Morph Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris), Orange Skunk Clownfish (Amphiprion sandaracinos), Powder Blue Tang (Acanthurus leucosternon),Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens), Bubble-tip Anemone (Entaccmea quadricolor)​

3. Dwarf Seahorse (Hippocampus zosterae)
4. Sexy Shrimp (Thor amboinensis)​

Native Waters Hallway

5. Common Map Turtle (graptemys geographia) (SNS), Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus),

Black Crappie (Pomozis nigromaculatus), White Crappie (Pomoxiss annularis) (SNS), Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens), Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris) (SNS), Warmouth (Lepomis gulosus) (SNS), Pumpkinseed Sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus), Orangespotted Sunfish (Lepomis humilis) (SNS)​

6. Weatherfish (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus), Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus)
7. Common Musk Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) (SNS), Rainbow Darter (Etheostoma

caeruleum) (SNS), Greenside Darter (Etheostoma blennioides) (SNS), Blackstripe Topminnow (Fundulus notatus) (SNS), Rosyface Shiner (Notropis rubellus) (SNS)​

Oceans Hallway

8. Unsigned Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera

bonasus), Bar Jack (Caranx ruber), Atlantic Spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber), Lookdown (Selene vomer)​

9. Moon Jelly (Aurelia aurita)
10. Upsidedown Jelly (Cassiopea xamachana), Pavo Damselfish (Fomacentrus pavo), Purple

Tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum)​

Kelp Tank

11. Leopard Shark (Triakis semifasciata), California Moray (Gymnothorax mordax), Half Moon (Medialuna californiensis), Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus), Opaleye (Girella nigricans), Striped Surfperch (Embiotoca lateralis), Spiny Lobster (Panulirus interruptus) (SNS)​

Coral Communities Hallway

12. Seale’s Cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus sealei), Mandarin Dragonet (Synchiropus splendidus),

Flameback Angelfish (Centropyge acanthops), Forktail Blenny (Meiacanthus atrodorsalis) (SNS), Striped Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidatus), Firefish (Nemateleotris magnifica), Squamosa Clam (Tridacna squamosa), Derasa Clam (Tridacna derasa) (SNS)​

13. Mantis Shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus)
14. Epaulette Shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum), Tassled Filefish (Chaetodermis penicilligerus),

Dogface Puffer (Arothron nigropunctatus), Foxface Rabbitfish (Siganus vulpinus), Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)​

15. Pot-Bellied Seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis), Bat Star (Patiria miniata), Strawberry

Anemone (Corynactis californica)​

16. Harlequin Tuskfish (Choerodon fasciatus), Royal Empress Angelfish (Pygoplites

diacanthus), Pavo Damselfish (Pomacentrus pavo), Orange Fairy Basslet (Pseudanthias squamipinnis), Domino Damsel (Dascyllus strimaculatus), Banggai Cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) (SNS), Coral Beauty Angelfish (Centropyge bispinosa), Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma desjardinii), Naso Tang (Naso lituratus), Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris), Lemon Goby (Gobiodon citrinus) (SNS), Tomato Clownfish (Amphiprion frenatus), Longnose Butterflyfish (Forcipiger flavissimus), Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus), Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) (SNS)​

Penguin Coast Atrium

17. Grey Gull (Leucophaeus modestus), Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti), Inca

tern (Larosterna inca)​

Terrariums in the Rockwork in the Back Wall

18. Blind Cave Tetra (Astyanax mexicanus)
19. Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Epicrates cenchria cenchria)
20. Giant Banded Tailless Whipscorpion (Damon diadema)
21. Texas Blind Cave Salamander (Eurycea rathbuni)​

 

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Feathers and Scales
Right Side Aviaries

1. Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides), Crested Wood Partridge (Rollulus rouloul), Jambu

Fruit Dove (Ramphiculus jambu), Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), White-rumped Shama (Kittacincla malabarica)​

2. Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis)
3. Violaceous Turaco (Musophaga violacea), Helmeted Curassow (Pauxi pauxi)
4. Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), Gambel’s Quail (Callipepla gambelii), White-

winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica), Northern Mockingbird (Mmus polyglottos) (SNS)​

Large Forest Aviary (Back side)

5. Curl-crested Aracari (Pteroglosssus beauharnaesii), Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota),

Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus), Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo), Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola), Blue-billed Curassow (Crax alberti), Venezuelan Troupial (Icterus icterus), Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus), Red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis), Blue-necked Tanager (Tangara cyanicollis), Turquoise Tanager (Tangara mexicana)​

Left Side Aviaries

6. Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria), Blue-crowned Laughingthrush (Garrulax courtoisi),

White-rumped Shama (Kittacincla malabarica) (SNS)​

Right Side Terrariums (Counterclockwise)

7. Dumeril’s Boa (Acrantophis dumerili)
8. Black Tree Monitor (Varanus beccarii)
9. Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus)
10. Scheltopusik (Pseudopus apodus)
11. Ornate Flying Snake (Chrysopelea ornata)
12. Arizona Mountain Kingsnake (Lampropeltis pyromelana)
13. Egyptian Tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni)
14. Desert Grasslands Whiptail (Aspidoscelis uniparens)
15. Spiny-headed Tree Lizard (Plica plica)
16. Catalina Island Rattleless Rattlesnake (Crotalus catalinensis)
17. Madagascar Spider Tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides arachnoides)​

Left Side Terrariums (Clockwise)

18. Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus)
19. Eastern Fox Snake (Pantherophis gloydi)
20. Chicago Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis semifasciatus)
21. Cope’s Gray Tree Frog (Hyla chrysoscelis)
22. Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata), Common Musk Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus)
23. Western Hognose Snake (Heterodon nasicus)
24. Bumblebee Toad (Melanophryniscus stelzneri)
25. Carrot-tail Viper Gecko (Teratolepis fasciata)
26. Aruba Island Rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus unicolor)
27. Gray-banded Kingsnake (Lampropeltis alterna)
28. Jamaican Boa (Epicrates subflavus)
29. Western Gaboon Viper (Bitis rhinoceros)
30. Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata)
31. Knob-Tailed Gecko (Nephrurus wheeleri cinctus)​

Outside Feathers and Scales

32. Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus)​

Formal Pool

33. American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)​

Reptiles and Birds
Southwest Wall Terrariums

1. Brazilian Poison Dart Frog (Ranitomeya vanzolinii) (SNS), Anthony’s Poison Dart Frog

(Epipedobates anthonyi) (SNS), Green-and-Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus) (SNS), Yellow-Headed Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates leucomelas), Glass Bloodfin Tetra (Prionobrama filigera), Serpae Tetra (Hyphessobrycon eques)​

2. Cane Toad (Rhinella marina) (SNS), Spiny-headed Tree Lizard (Plica plica)
3. Prehensile-Tailed Skink (Corucia zebrata), Solomon Islands Leaf Frog (Ceratobatrachus

guentheri)​

4. New Caledonian Giant Gecko (Rhacodactylus leachianus) (SNS), Timor Python (Malayopython

timoriensis)​

5. Casque-headed Iguana (Corytophanes cristatus)
6. Philippine Tree Skink (Lamprolepis smaragdina)
7. Green Tree Monitor (Varanus prasinus)
8. Home’s Hinge-back Tortoise (Kinixys homeana), Round-nosed Plated Lizard (Gerrhosaurus

major)​

Northwest Wall Terrariums

9. Papuan Olive Python (Apodora papuana)
10. Mexican Beaded Lizard (Heloderma horridum horidumn) (Heloderma horridum exasperatum)
11. Unsigned lizard
12. Unsigned enclosure
13. Tiger Ratsnake (Spilotes pullatus)
14. Reticulated Python (Python reticulatus)​

Free-flight Aviary

15. Wattled Curassow (Crax globulosa), Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) (SNS), Blue-gray Tanager

(Thraupis episcopus), Fulvous Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) (SNS), Puna Teal (Spatula puna), Brazilian Teal (amazonetta brasiliensis), Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) (SNS), Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis) (SNS), Venezuelan Troupial (Icterus icterus) (SNS), Red-vented Bulbul (Pycuonotus cafer) (SNS), Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota), Red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis)​

Southeast Wall Terrariums

16. Weber’s Crested Liard (Hydrosaurus weberi)
17. Puerto Rican Boa (Epicrates inornatus)
18. Baron’s Green Racer (Philodryas baroni)
19. Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi)
20. Puffing Snake (Phrynoax poecilonotus) (SNS)
21. Baja Blue Rock Lizard (Petrosaurus thalassinus), Desert Iguana (Diposaurus dorsalis) (SNS), 22. Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum), Texas Tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri)
23. Caiman Lizard (Dracaena guianensis)​

Northeast Wall Terrariums

24. Gray’s Monitor (Varanus olivaceus)
25. Argus Monitor (Varanus panoptes)
26. Jamaican Iguana (Cyclura collei)
27. Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus zeteki)
28. Lake Titicaca Water Frog (Telmatobius culeus)​

Formal Pool Southeast Corner Tortoise Enclosure

29. Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata), Hingeback

Tortoise Sp. (Kinixys sp.) (SNS)​

Tropic World
South America

1. Black-handed Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi), Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla),

Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus), Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) (SNS), Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola) (SNS), Red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis) (SNS), Turquoise Tanager (Tangara mexicana) (SNS), Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota) (SNS), Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo) (SNS)​

2. Hoffmann’s Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)
3. Geoffroy’s Marmoset (Temp off exhibit) (Callithrix geoffroyi)​

Asia

4. Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), White-cheeked Gibbon (Nomascus leuogenys), Asian

Small-Clawed Otter (Aonyx cinerea),Oriental Magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis) (SNS), Black-throated Laughing Thrush (Garrulax chinensis) (SNS)​

5. Pygmy Slow Loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus)​

Africa

6. Schmidt’s Red-tailed Guenon (Cercopithecus ascanius schmidti), Angolan Colobus (Colobus

angolensis), Allen’s Swamp Monkey (Allenopithecus nigroviridis) (SNS), White-cheeked Turaco (Menelikornis leucotis), Blue-bellied Roller (Coracias cyanogaster), White-headed Buffalo Weaver (Dinemellia dinemalli) (SNS), Red-bellied Fire Finch (Lagonosticta senegala) (SNS), Taveta Golden Weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps) (SNS)​

7. Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)​

The Swamp

1. Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius), Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) (SNS), Snowy Egret

(Egretta thula), Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota) (SNS)​

2. Amazon Milk Frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix) (SNS), Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus), 3. Giant Waxy Tree Frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) (SNS)
4. Eastern Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
5. Green Crested basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons)
6. Eyelash Viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)
7. Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber), Rosybill Pochard (Netta peposaca), White Ibis (Eudocimus

albus), Redhead (Aythya americana) (SNS)​

8. Orinoco Crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius)
9. South American Lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa), Banded Cichlid (Heros severus), Striped

Leporinus (Leporinus fasciatus), Unsigned Xingu River Ray (Potamotrygon leopoldi), Unsigned armored catfish sp., Green Crested basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) (SNS)​

10. Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle (Emydura subglobosa), Boeseman's Rainbowfish

(Melanotaenia boesemani), Neon Dwarf Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia praecox)​

11. Hatian Boa (Chilabothrus striotus striatus)
12. Black-breasted leaf turtle (Geoemyda spengleri), Bornean Eared Frog (Polypedates

otilophus), Vietnamese Mossy Frog (Theloderma corticale)​

13. False Water Cobra (Hydrodynastes gigas)
14. Kaup’s Caecilian (Potomotyphlus kaupii), Endler’s Livebearer (Poecilla wingei), Bristlenose

Pleco (Hemiancistrus cirrhosus)​

15. Aquatic Caecilian (Typhlonectes natans), Surinam Toad (Pipa pipa) (SNS)
16. Anthony’s Poison Dart Frog (Epipedobates anthonyi)
17. Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja), Great Egret (Ardea alba), Blue-winged Teal (Anas

discors), White-cheeked Turaco (Menelikornis leucotis)​

Arthropod Terrariums (Frequently rotate)
19. Giant Cockroach (Blaberus giganteus)
20. Giant Desert Centipede (Scolopendra heros) (SNS)
21. Brazilian Salmon Pink Bird-Eating Spider (Lasiodora parahybana) (SNS)
22. Domino Cockroach (Therea petiveriana)
23. Kaiser’s Newt (Neurergus kaiseri)
24. Chinese Giant Salamander (Chinese Giant Salamander), White Cloud Minnow (Tanichthys

albonubes) (SNS)​

25. Mangrove Snake (Boiga dendrophila)
26. North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) (SNS)
27. Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus), River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna)
28. Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminchii)​

Deserts Edge

1. Meerkat (Suricata suricata)
2. Cape Porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis) (SNS)
3. Damaraland Mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis)
4. Naked Mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber)
5. White-nosed Coatimundi (Nasua narica)
6. Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) (SNS)
7. Bat-eared Fox (Otocyon megalotis)
8. Small-spotted Genet (Genetta genetta)
9. Blue Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus serrifer cyanogenys), Chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater)
10. Black-footed cat (Felis nigripes)​

Big Cats

1. Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
2. Lion (Panthera leo)
3. Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus)
4. Amur Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
5. Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)​

Clouded Leopard Rain Forest

1.Indian Ornamental Tarantula (Poecilotheria regalis) (SNS)
2. Yellow spotted Climing Toad (Pedostibes hoseii)
3. Chinese Emperor Newt (Tylototriton shanjing)
4. Clouded Leopard (Neogelis nebulosa)
5. Binturong (Arctictis binturong)
6. Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) (SNS)
7. Tentacled Snake (Erpeton tentaculatum)
8. Thai Bamboo Racer (Oreocryptophis prphyracea)
9. Indochinese Box Turtle (Cuora galbinifrons)
10. Mandarin Rat Snake (Eupreplophis mandarinus)
11. Prevost’s Squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii)​

Seven Seas and Pinniped Point
Pinniped Point

1. Gray Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
2. Gray Seal (Halichoerus grypus), California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)
3. Gray Seal (Halichoerus grypus), California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)
4. California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)​

Seven Seas

5. Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)​

 

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Upcharge and limited opening exhibits

Hamill Family Play Zoo
Free the day I went, it used to be an upcharge
Left Side Gallery

1. Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
2. Brazilian Salmon Pink Bird-Eating Spider (Lasiodora parahybana) (SNS)
3. Ball Python (Python regius)
4. Burmese Python (Python bivittatus)
5. Chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater)
6. Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata ornata)
7. Blanding’s Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii), Common Musk Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus)
8. Dumeril’s Boa (Acrantophis dumerili)​

Center Enclosures (In the rockwork structure)

9. Small-spotted Genet (Genetta genetta)
10. Screaming Hairy Armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus)
11. Chilean Rosehair Tarantula (Grammostola rosea) (SNS)​

Outdoors

12. Common Raven (Corvus corax) (SNS)
13. Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)​

There is also a domestic room, Zoo At Home, within the Hamill Family Play Zoo, which is currently closed to the public. It features cockatiels, parakeets, and a goldfish.

Hamill Family Wild Encounters
List from Pachy, I didn't bother to pay the upcharge

1. Nubian Dwarf Goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)
2. Llama (Lama glama)
3. Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
4. Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)
5. Bennett’s Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
6. Parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus)​

Butterflies!
Seasonal and an upcharge. The species displayed probably changes a lot, this was what was present when I was there.

1. Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia), Florida Malachite (Siproeta stelenes), Julia

(Dryas iulia), White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae), Great Southern White (Ascia monuste), Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charitonius), Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes), Buckeye (Junonia coenia), Unsigned Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma), Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) (SNS), Black Swallowtail (Papiliio polyxenes) (SNS), Painted Lady (Vanessa crdui) (SNS)​

I'll also try to compile some stats and numbers for the zoo when I have some free time.

 

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People had been talking about how the species list has taken some hits in recent years, but it seems to be with some of the larger ABC species. The zoo has tons of smaller hidden gem species in it's collection. Plus, most of the ABC species that have left are slated to return at some point in the future. From the way it sounds that zoo is changing, I am excited to see where they decide to go with the collection and what new ways that they will come up with to display these species in the coming years.

Also, I know they aren't on display yet, for some reason, but I thought during the pandemic when they were showing the zoo at home segments, there was an amphibian species...Togo Slippery Frogs, I believe, that they said would hopefully be on display soon. It's been a couple years now and I don't recall them having an exhibit anywhere yet. Does anyone know if they are still being kept at the zoo, or if their plans took a turn and the species didn't take well to being displayed or captivity?

 

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People had been talking about how the species list has taken some hits in recent years, but it seems to be with some of the larger ABC species. The zoo has tons of smaller hidden gem species in it's collection. Plus, most of the ABC species that have left are slated to return at some point in the future. From the way it sounds that zoo is changing, I am excited to see where they decide to go with the collection and what new ways that they will come up with to display these species in the coming years.

Yes, I was pleasantly surprised with how good the non-ABC collection still is after not visiting for four years. The megafauna have definitely taken a hit, but new complexes in development should hopefully provide more interesting and engaging exhibits for the ones still around.

Also, I know they aren't on display yet, for some reason, but I thought during the pandemic when they were showing the zoo at home segments, there was an amphibian species...Togo Slippery Frogs, I believe, that they said would hopefully be on display soon. It's been a couple years now and I don't recall them having an exhibit anywhere yet. Does anyone know if they are still being kept at the zoo, or if their plans took a turn and the species didn't take well to being displayed or captivity?

I'm curious about the Togo Slippery Frogs as well. AFAIK Omaha had(Still has?) them on display from ones sent over from Brookfield, but they were never displayed here. It's interesting that the original facility to receive and breed them didn't put them on display but another one they sent the frogs out to did. Definitely a species I'd like to see put on display, I'd imagine there are plenty of suitable enclosures across the zoo.

 

[pachyderm pro]

Also, I know they aren't on display yet, for some reason, but I thought during the pandemic when they were showing the zoo at home segments, there was an amphibian species...Togo Slippery Frogs, I believe, that they said would hopefully be on display soon. It's been a couple years now and I don't recall them having an exhibit anywhere yet. Does anyone know if they are still being kept at the zoo, or if their plans took a turn and the species didn't take well to being displayed or captivity?

I'm curious about the Togo Slippery Frogs as well. AFAIK Omaha had(Still has?) them on display from ones sent over from Brookfield, but they were never displayed here. It's interesting that the original facility to receive and breed them didn't put them on display but another one they sent the frogs out to did. Definitely a species I'd like to see put on display, I'd imagine there are plenty of suitable enclosures across the zoo.

The frogs are definitely still there, quite a lot of them in fact. I'm not sure what happened on plans to display them, but at one point there was talk of putting them on exhibit in Feathers and Scales with a lizard species from the same region. It's been a while since I've heard anything regarding that development.

 

[geomorph]

Wonderful list, it still sounds world-class to me!

 

[Zoo Birding]

Only having visit Lincoln Park and Brookfield last year, I'm inclined to agree that Lincoln Park is way too small an institution to house elephants comfortably.

I was looking at the Lincoln Park Zoo map, and I thought that maybe they could convert the "Camels & Zebras" area and make it instead an elephant yard, possibly even make it a mixed-species yard of elephants and their Grévy's zebras but I have a feeling that that space would be too small. Lincoln Park is only 14 acres, the same size as Sacramento Zoo.

I would love to visit Brookfield Zoo again whenever they bring back elephants. But I'll probably go back before that to re-visit their birds.

 

[pachyderm pro]

Lincoln Park is only 14 acres, the same size as Sacramento Zoo.

I agree that elephants at Lincoln Park is non-starter regardless, but I just want to note that the zoo is 14 hectares, not acres. That means it's actually roughly 35 acres in size.

I would love to visit Brookfield Zoo again whenever they bring back elephants. But I'll probably go back before that to re-visit their birds.

It less about whenever they bring back elephants, more so if ever they bring back elephants. The new director has expressed interest, but constructing a large enough exhibit and actually obtaining individuals from a limited population would be a huge undertaking that the zoo may not see as a smart investment. I'd say we won't know for sure what the zoos future plans with elephants are until early next year, if there are any at all.

 

[tigris115]

Only having visit Lincoln Park and Brookfield last year, I'm inclined to agree that Lincoln Park is way too small an institution to house elephants comfortably.

I was looking at the Lincoln Park Zoo map, and I thought that maybe they could convert the "Camels & Zebras" area and make it instead an elephant yard, possibly even make it a mixed-species yard of elephants and their Grévy's zebras but I have a feeling that that space would be too small. Lincoln Park is only 14 acres, the same size as Sacramento Zoo.

I would love to visit Brookfield Zoo again whenever they bring back elephants. But I'll probably go back before that to re-visit their birds.

I checked and the whole Camel and Zebra area is about 12,187.5 m² or about 3 acres. So theoretically, you could fit in a small bachelor herd of elephants. Emphasis on theoretically though.

 

[StoppableSan]

I checked and the whole Camel and Zebra area is about 12,187.5 m² or about 3 acres. So theoretically, you could fit in a small bachelor herd of elephants. Emphasis on theoretically though.

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You'd have to factor in an indoor facility for the elephants, service roads, new pathways, a filtration system for the pool... which would theoretically only alot the elephants 1.5 acres of outdoor space. Counting indoor space, 2 acres, as a liberal estimate. You'd also be sacrificing a bunch of other animals for the elephants, and as much as I love elephants, ultimately it's not worth it.

 

[tigris115]

You'd have to factor in an indoor facility for the elephants, service roads, new pathways, a filtration system for the pool... which would theoretically only alot the elephants 1.5 acres of outdoor space. Counting indoor space, 2 acres, as a liberal estimate. You'd also be sacrificing a bunch of other animals for the elephants, and as much as I love elephants, ultimately it's not worth it.

Oh I get that. I was just playing along. I also think that you're better off having them at Brookfield and doing something else with the camel/zebra area. Perhaps a Asia section to bring back tigers.