I'd like to see them but the penguin exhibit was closed for over a year when it turned out the contractor didn't do a very good job. I don't know if it would be open anyway but all the buildings are closed to the public these days.
Catalogue of Penguins in Captivity Worldwide
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I myself have seen African, Humboldt, Gentoo, King, Northern and Southern Rockhopper and possibly Macaroni.
It doesn't surprise me that the African and Humboldt appear to be the most common, what with them being more "tropical" species, if you will.
It doesn't surprise me that the African and Humboldt appear to be the most common, what with them being more "tropical" species, if you will.
King, gentoo, macaroni, southern rockhopper, chinstrap, little blue, African, Humboldt, and Magellanic are the penguin species I have seen in the flesh. I kind of want to visit Seaworld San Diego just to see the emperor and Adelie penguins.
Wildwood Wildlife Park keeps African Penguin.
I've seen King, Gentoo, Adelie, Southern Rockhopper, Little, Humboldt and African.
I did not know Jo'burg Zoo had Penguins, Would you mind sharing your sources?
Not sure what my source was back then but it may have been something like this article from 2014 which says the zoo then had 31 penguins:
Penguins hatch at Joburg zoo | News24
They may not keep them now.
I said it wrong. Okhotsk aquarium only raised one erect crested penguin. This penguin is one of two erect crested penguins that jumped onto a fishing boat in New Zealand in 1973.
A Galápagos penguin has also been kept in captivity in Japan.This penguin was kept in Hamamatsu Zoological Gardens from September 1963 to July 1964,
It was kept in Ueno Zoo on July 29, 1964 and died in August 1969.
It was kept in Ueno Zoo on July 29, 1964 and died in August 1969.
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That's already been covered in the first post of this thread!
There are a few around in New Zealand but not outside of it.
Three eastern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome filholi) have hatched in Pairi Daiza. The eggs were obtained from Marineland Antibes. The eggs come from different couples, so they are not related to each other. The sex of the three youngsters is not yet known. they are now on display for visitors, together with the gentoo penguins already present. Marineland and Pairi Daiza are now the only two holders of this subspecies in Europe.
Sources:
Drie rotspinguïns geboren in Pairi Daiza
Sources:
Drie rotspinguïns geboren in Pairi Daiza
Prochilodus246
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Fabulous news, I hope to see this species one day!
Penguin species I've seen:
King, Humboldt, Macaroni, Magellanic, Antarctic gentoo, Sub-Antarctic gentoo & Northern rockhopper
Penguin species I've seen:
King, Humboldt, Macaroni, Magellanic, Antarctic gentoo, Sub-Antarctic gentoo & Northern rockhopper
Detroit Zoo has recently acquired Chinstrap Penguins.
Randomname0183
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From a recent trip I believe faunia no longer holds Magellanic penguins, and their website doesn’t list them either.
Sphenisciologist
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Addition:
Kansas City Zoo has Macaronis and Chinstraps.
Kansas City Zoo has Macaronis and Chinstraps.
Birch aquarium recently acquired little blue penguins.