Busch Gardens Tampa Busch Gardens, Tampa, List of Species on Exhibit - 5/1/2017

JaxElephant

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In the same manner geomorph listed every species on display at the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park, this is my attempt for Busch Gardens.

Myombe Reserve (2 Exhibits):
  • Chimpanzee
  • Western Lowland Gorillas
Edge of Africa (9 Exhibits):
  • Ring-tailed Lemurs, Red-fronted Lemurs
  • Common Hippopotamus, White-faced Whistling Ducks, Cape Teal, African Cichlids
  • Nile Crocodile
  • African Lion/Spotted Hyena (2 exhibits, but the animals rotate between the two)
  • Meerkat, subspecies was not denoted
  • Lesser Flamingos
  • Thompson's Gazelle, Black-Crowned Cranes
  • Lowland Nyala
  • View of the South Serengeti, will be mentioned later
Cheetah Run (1 exhibit)
  • Cheetah
Nairobi (41 exhibits)
  • Asian Elephants
  • African Penguins
  • Bald Eagle
  • Slender-snouted Crocodile
  • Aldabra Tortoise
Jambo Junction (36 species):
  • Linne’s Two-Toed Sloth
  • Hoffman's Two-Toed Sloth
  • Short beaked Echidnas
  • American Alligator
  • Radiated Tortoise
  • Rock Hyrax
  • Caribbean Flamingos
  • Burmese Python
  • Ground Cuscus
  • White-backed Raven
  • Striped Skunk
  • Tamandua
  • Aardvark
  • Guinea Turaco, Red-Crested Turaco
  • Swainson's Toucan
  • East African Crowned Crane
  • Red-Ruffed Lemur
  • Javan Humphead Lizard
  • Eyelash Palm Pit Viper
  • Chinese Crocodile Lizard
  • Tentacled Snake
  • Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
  • Painted Mantella
  • Panamanian Golden Frog, Blue Poison Dart Frog
  • Green Poison Dart Frog
  • Kweichow Crocodile Newt
  • Emperor Scorpoins
  • Pygmy Rattlesnake
  • Scarlet Kingsnake
  • Coral Snake (species not ID)
  • Green Basilisk
  • 3 species of snakes, 1 species of lizard, and 1 species of frog in separate tanks but not ID
Serengeti Railway (6 exhibits)

South Serengeti:
  • Reticulated Giraffe, Impala, Grevy Zebra, Addax, Common Eland, Ostrich
North Serengeti:
  • Southern White Rhino, Grant's Zebra, White-Bearded Gnu, Sable Antelope, Defassa Waterbuck, Grant's Gazelle, Marabou Stork, Saddle Billed Stork, Ostrich, Greater Kudu, Mute Swan
Side Exhibits Along the Way
  • Shetland Pony
  • Watusi Cattle
  • Black Rhino
  • Eastern Bongo
To be continued...
 
Jungala (5 Exhibits):
  • Tiger, no subspecies specified. Found in two exhibits
  • Orangutan, species was not specified.
  • White Cheeked Gibbons
  • Green Peafowl, Flying Fox (maybe Giant Golden-Crowned Fly Fox, but that ID comes from a youtube video), Smew, Javan Pond Herons, Common emerald Dove, Tufted Duck
Lorikeet Landing (6 Exhibits):

Side Exhibits (5 exhibits):
  • Spectacled Owl
  • Blue-Throated Macaw
  • Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo
  • Scarlet Macaw
  • Golden Parakeet
Walkthrough Aviary:
  • Thick Billed Parrot, Violet Turaco, Roseate Spoonbills, Lady Amherst's Pheasant, Admin's Stork, Von der Decken's Hornbill, Black-necked Stilt, African Pygmy Goose, Rosy Billed Pochard, Blue-Throated Piping Guan, Rainbow Lorikeet, Blue-streaked Lory, Ornate Lorikeet, Marigold Lorikeet
Kookaburra Aviary (4 Exhibits):

Flamingo Pond:
  • Caribbean Flamingo, Green Peafowl
Side Exhibits:
  • Guam Kingfisher
  • Bar-headed Goose
Walkthrough Aviary:
  • Kookaburra, Demoiselle Crane, Hamerkop, Sunbittern, Scarlet Ibis, Reeve's Muntjac, Marbled Teal, Tawny Frogmouth, North American Ruddy Duck, Masked Lapwing, Superb Starling, Purple Glossy Starling, Eyton's Whistling Duck, Ringed Teal, Palawan Peacock Pheasant, Freckled Duck
Side Exhibits Across from Sesame Street:
  • Toco Toucan
  • Helmeted Curassow, Caiman Lizard, Radiated Tortoise
  • Komodo Dragon
  • Red-Knobbed Hornbill
Kangaroo Walkabout (4 Exhibits):

Pond:
  • Black Swan, North American Ruddy Duck, Black-necked Swan, 2 unidentified species of waterfowl
Side Exhibit:
  • Emu
  • Cape Barren Goose
Walkthrough:
  • Tammar Wallaby, Western Grey Kangaroo, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Red Kangaroo, Bennett's Wallaby, Red Kangaroo, Wallaroo
 
Thank a lot for the list, it's been several years since I've been ( i.e. Curiosity Caverns and Rhino Rally were open ) so I was curious to hear about some of the additions and changes . The collection has changed so much over the years especially regarding small mammals, hoofstock and birds . Any idea If they still exhibit Giant anteaters in a side exhibit Off of the ramp on the north side of Bird Gardens that crosses the park's Railroad tracks ?
 
Are the ostriches the red-necked variety (the endangered one)? I heard that's the kind they have.
 
Jax Elephant, thank you for this fine list! I like the bullet points in the format. In Jungala, I seem to remember a gharial exhibit with an underwater view tunnel, is that still there?
 
Are the ostriches the red-necked variety (the endangered one)? I heard that's the kind they have.

I'm not sure which subspecies they have, all the ostriches are female and the train guide did not specify.

Jax Elephant, thank you for this fine list! I like the bullet points in the format. In Jungala, I seem to remember a gharial exhibit with an underwater view tunnel, is that still there?

The former gharial exhibit is now the flying fox exhibit. The tunnel is still there to view the fish and an unknown species of turtle.
 
Sorry to bump an old thread, but can a moderator please move this to the Busch Gardens Tampa category? Thanks in advance.
 
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