Chimelong Safari Park (Guangzhou, China): 28 May 2025
I really did not like this zoo. I thought I'd lead with that.
Chimelong Safari Park is often regarded as one of the best - perhaps the best - zoo in China but I found it to be really superficial, annoying to navigate, and most importantly the over-riding impression of animals just being used as ornaments really soured me on the place.
It is easy to get to. Just take the metro to Hanxi Changlong station and then there are free shuttles to the park. I had read online - and there were signs at the station saying the same thing - that it was only eight minutes walk between the station and the park. I had plenty of time before opening time so I walked. It is not eight minutes! Maybe twenty minutes.
This is a very expensive zoo, with a 300 Yuan entry price. I didn't really register how much this was until I was on the train on my way there and by then I had already committed to going - it came out at NZ$76!
It's a huge place. I felt like I wasn't going to see everything so I rushed like a mad thing and ended up getting around the whole place in five hours, missing just one spot on the map (Takin Mountain) which I couldn't be bothered going back for because the rain had just started. I also skipped the interior area of Panda Village because I figured there weren't any animals in there other than the Giant Pandas (which I saw).
The map looks really confusing and complex, but once you have been round the zoo and look at the map with hindsight, quite a bit of the grounds don't actually have animal exhibits. I came in the entrance at the top right of the map (this is the entrance nearest the metro station). The whole pale blue area across the top and the pink area on the left are pretty light on species, although they still take quite a lot of time to get through; and the pale greenish area across the bottom is a drive-through safari area which is self-contained. Then the middle part of the map is where a lot more enclosures are packed in - however even there a lot of the area is taken up with the Panda Village and there is a long and pointless dinosaur trail (which you still need to follow through because there are live animal exhibits at either end, and it is a single route path).
There are staff everywhere - it seemed like most enclosures had a staff member posted there. And gift shops! Every section of the zoo was exited through a gift shop. They were endless and it got really annoying. There's a very heavy theme-park-like vibe about the place.
Signage was difficult - there was almost no English anywhere, often not even the common name of the animal. Having said that, I only saw three white people there, whereas I expected a lot more foreign tourists given that it is an easy day-trip from Hong Kong where there are masses of white tourists and Chimelong is a fairly famous zoo.
What was quite frustrating, when you think your time is short, was that there were paths going places with no way to know where without going down them. Often there would be a fork, or even a three-way junction, no signs, the map doesn't show them, you can't see down them, so you have to pick one then double back to try the other path or paths just in case there are enclosures down there. Sometimes a path would just end at a fence, or it was a loop returning to the other path for no reason. It was time-consuming.
What I really hated here, though, was the "parrots on sticks" situation. You literally can't go more than five minutes without coming across animals being used as photo props. Not just parrots either - I saw hornbills, pelicans, spoonbills, ibis, peacocks, owls, toucans, iguanas, sloths, and more. There are dozens of them.
And the sheer number of pinioned birds here is nuts. It must literally be hundreds of birds. There was even an island with pinioned or wing-clipped Chinese Crested Ibis! Many of the individual birds seem to have been "recently" pinioned as adults. It was tragic seeing birds - especially noticeable in the big flock of Scarlet Ibis in the drive-through area - trying to take off and just flopping helplessly onto their belly on the ground because they were missing an entire half of one wing.
Enclosures overall were generally good - very much better than in most (any?) other Chinese zoos. The primates were mostly on very well-planted islands. However there were also some awful enclosures, like the Capybara tank, and some which were really much too small like the Brown Bear enclosure.
Monkey islands
The zoo has a very ordinary species line-up though, with a few exceptions. There are a lot of your standard ABC mammals, and then birds are basically just used as ornamentation.
Chimelong Safari Park is apparently a primate mecca, but there aren't many species on exhibit and most are nothing special. I suspect species get rotated, but this is the entire roster of nineteen species on my visit:
Ring-tailed Lemur, Golden-headed Lion Tamarin, Cottontop Tamarin, Red-handed Tamarin, Common Marmoset, Black-tufted Marmoset, White-faced Saki, Common Squirrel Monkey, Red-faced (Black) Spider Monkey, Black and Gold Howler Monkey, Golden Snubnose Monkey, Proboscis Monkey, Rhesus Macaque, Mandrill, Hamadryas Baboon, Northern White-cheeked Gibbon, Siamang, Orangutan, Common Chimpanzee.
There is a whole section of the zoo which takes up maybe a quarter or fifth of the grounds, which can only be accessed by road-train (or your own vehicle if you have one) where most animals are free-roaming - again, loads of pinioned birds in here, including a very large flock of Scarlet Ibis and a whole lot of cranes - but others such as bears and lions and elephants are in small narrow set-pieces so they can remain in view of the road. The African Savannah area here looks fantastic though, and surprisingly the Yellow-billed Storks at least are full-winged because I saw them all fly across the field to be fed.
Species labelled on the map for the drive-through area (not all mixed obviously): Red Kangaroo, Asian Elephant, Plains Zebra, Malayan Tapir, White Rhinoceros, Common Hippopotamus, Giraffe, Bactrian Camel, Llama, Alpaca (not seen), Yak (not seen), Mouflon, Blue Sheep, Fallow Deer, Eland, Blue Wildebeest, Waterbuck, Scimitar-horned Oryx, Gemsbok, African Lion, Cheetah (not seen), African Wild Dog (not seen), Brown Bear, Asiatic Black Bear, Sun Bear; Emu, Blue Peafowl, Red-crowned Crane (not seen), Scarlet Ibis.
Additional species seen in the drive-through area: Brazilian Tapir, Eld's Deer, Tiger; Ostrich, Rhea, Black Swan, Common Crane, Demoiselle Crane, Siberian Crane, Wattled Crane, Yellow-billed Stork, Marabou Stork, Lesser Adjutant, Black-faced Spoonbill, domestic Turkey, domestic Guineafowl
Additional species for the drive-through area in photos in the Zoochat gallery which were not seen and were not on the map: Nyala, Greater Kudu, Blesbok, White-tailed Gnu, Red Lechwe, Impala, Saddlebill Stork, Grey Crowned Crane
Photo gallery is here: Chimelong Safari Park - ZooChat
MAMMALS:
Red Kangaroo Osphranter rufus
Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
Koala Phascolarctos cinereus
Giant Anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Linne's Two-toed Sloth Choloepus didactylus
Cape Rock Hyrax Procavia capensis
Asian Elephant Elephas maximus
domestic Horse
domestic Pony
Plains Zebra Equus quagga
Malayan Tapir Tapirus indicus
Brazilian Tapir Tapirus terrestris
White Rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum
Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius
Pigmy Hippopotamus Choeropsis liberiensis
domestic (Pot-bellied) Pig
Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis
Bactrian Camel Camelus bactrianus (domestic)
Llama Lama glama
*Alpaca Lama pacos (on the map for the drive-through area; not seen)
*domestic Yak Bos grunniens (on the map for the drive-through area; not seen)
Mouflon Ovis gmelini
domestic Goat
Blue Sheep (Bharal) Pseudois nayaur
Takin Budorcus taxicolor (did not see)
Eld's Deer Cervus eldii
Fallow Deer Dama dama
Reeves' Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi
Eland Taurotragus oryx
Scimitar-horned Oryx Oryx dammah
Gemsbok Oryx gazella
Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Blue Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus
**additional species (for the drive-through area) in photos in the Zoochat gallery which were not seen and were not on the map: Nyala, Greater Kudu, Blesbok, White-tailed Gnu, Red Lechwe, Impala
Ring-tailed Lemur Lemur catta
Golden-headed Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus chrysomelas
Cottontop Tamarin Saguinus oedipus
Red-handed Tamarin Saguinus midas
Common Marmoset Callithrix jacchus (signed, not seen)
Black-tufted Marmoset Callithrix penicillata (signed, not seen)
White-faced Saki Pithecia pithecia
Common Squirrel Monkey Saimiri sciureus (signed as "Guianan Squirrel Monkey")
Red-faced (Black) Spider Monkey Ateles paniscus
**Black-capped Capuchin Cebus apella (labelled on the map but their island instead had the Howler Monkeys on it)
Black and Gold Howler Monkey Alouatta caraya
Golden Snubnose Monkey Rhinopithecus roxellana
Proboscis Monkey Nasalis larvatus
Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta
Mandrill Mandrillus sphinx
Hamadryas Baboon Papio hamadryas
Northern White-cheeked Gibbon Nomascus leucogenys
Siamang Symphalangus syndactylus
Orangutan Pongo sp. (two separate enclosures and I gather they have both Bornean and Sumatran, but there was no English signage)
Common Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes
African Lion Panthera leo
Tiger Panthera tigris (all sorts of mutant animals)
**Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus (on the map for the drive-through area; not seen - I think no longer kept here)
**African Wild Dog Lycaon pictus (on the map for the drive-through area; not seen - I think no longer kept here)
Brown Bear Ursus arctos
Asiatic Black Bear Ursus thibetanus
Sun Bear Helarctos malayanus
Giant Panda Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Small-clawed Otter Aonyx cinereus
Meerkat Suricata suricatta
domestic Rabbit
domestic Guinea Pig
domestic Chinchilla
Capybara Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris
Crested Porcupine Hystrix sp. (unsigned)
Beaver (signed as Castor fiber)
BIRDS:
Ostrich Struthio camelus
Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
Greater Rhea Rhea americana (? - in the drive-through area, not sure of species but probably this one)
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia (signed as Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes)
Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus
Chinese Crested Ibis Nipponia nippon
Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus (including a full-winged flock trained to fly the length of the lake, presumably kept in a cage at one end)
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus
White-naped Crane Antigone vipio
Common Crane Grus grus
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo
Siberian Crane Grus leucogeranus
*Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis (on the map for the drive-through area; not seen)
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis (including a full-winged flock in the drive-through area)
Marabou Leptoptilos crumenifer
*Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus (signed in the drive-through area where there were a lot of Marabous, but not seen)
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus rosaceus
Caribbean Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
Black Swan Cygnus atratus
Black-necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus
Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
domestic Chinese Goose
domestic Duck
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
domestic Turkey
domestic Guineafowl
domestic Chicken
Blue Peafowl Pavo cristatus
Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera
*Elliot's Pheasant Syrmaticus ellioti (signed, not seen in a walk-through aviary)
*Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus (signed, not seen in a walk-through aviary)
*Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae (signed, not seen in a walk-through aviary)
Moluccan Cockatoo Cacatua moluccensis
Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus
Indian Ringneck Psittacula krameri manillensis
Sun Conure Aratinga solstitialis
Green-winged Macaw Ara chloropterus
Blue and Gold Macaw Ara ararauna
Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Eagle Owl Bubo sp.
Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis
Wreathed Hornbill Aceros undulatus
Papuan Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus
*Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris (signed, not seen in a walk-through aviary)
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
*Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis (signed, not seen in a walk-through aviary)
Violet Touraco Musophaga violacea
Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco
Crested Mynah Acridotheres cristatellus
*Common Hill Mynah Gracula religiosa (signed, not seen in a walk-through aviary)
REPTILES:
African Spurred Tortoise Centrochelys sulcata
Chinese Crocodile Lizard Shinisaurus crocodilus
Green Iguana Iguana iguana
Komodo Dragon Varanus komodoensis
Reticulated Python Malayopython reticulatus
Burmese Python Python molurus (normal and albino)
Royal Python Python regius (albino)
Carpet Python Morelia spilota
Green Anaconda Eunectes murinus
Common Boa Boa constrictor
Rainbow Boa Epicrates cenchria
Western Hog-nosed Snake Heterodon nasicus
Bull Snake Pituophis catenifer sayi
Western Rat Snake Pantherophis obsoletus (albino)
Corn Snake Elaphe guttata (albino etc)
[There was a range of unlabeled Corn Snakes, Milk Snakes, Hog-nosed Snakes etc in colour morphs]
Green Rat Snake Gonyosoma prasinum (syn. Elaphe prasina)
Cave Racer (Beauty Snake) Elaphe taeniura (normal and albino)
Amur Rat Snake Elaphe schrenckii
Keeled Rat Snake Elaphe (Ptyas) carinata
Oriental Rat Snake (Dhaman Rat Snake) Ptyas muscosus
Black-striped Rat Snake Ptyas dhumnades
Chinese Mud Snake Myrrophis chinensis
I really did not like this zoo. I thought I'd lead with that.
Chimelong Safari Park is often regarded as one of the best - perhaps the best - zoo in China but I found it to be really superficial, annoying to navigate, and most importantly the over-riding impression of animals just being used as ornaments really soured me on the place.
It is easy to get to. Just take the metro to Hanxi Changlong station and then there are free shuttles to the park. I had read online - and there were signs at the station saying the same thing - that it was only eight minutes walk between the station and the park. I had plenty of time before opening time so I walked. It is not eight minutes! Maybe twenty minutes.
This is a very expensive zoo, with a 300 Yuan entry price. I didn't really register how much this was until I was on the train on my way there and by then I had already committed to going - it came out at NZ$76!
It's a huge place. I felt like I wasn't going to see everything so I rushed like a mad thing and ended up getting around the whole place in five hours, missing just one spot on the map (Takin Mountain) which I couldn't be bothered going back for because the rain had just started. I also skipped the interior area of Panda Village because I figured there weren't any animals in there other than the Giant Pandas (which I saw).
The map looks really confusing and complex, but once you have been round the zoo and look at the map with hindsight, quite a bit of the grounds don't actually have animal exhibits. I came in the entrance at the top right of the map (this is the entrance nearest the metro station). The whole pale blue area across the top and the pink area on the left are pretty light on species, although they still take quite a lot of time to get through; and the pale greenish area across the bottom is a drive-through safari area which is self-contained. Then the middle part of the map is where a lot more enclosures are packed in - however even there a lot of the area is taken up with the Panda Village and there is a long and pointless dinosaur trail (which you still need to follow through because there are live animal exhibits at either end, and it is a single route path).
There are staff everywhere - it seemed like most enclosures had a staff member posted there. And gift shops! Every section of the zoo was exited through a gift shop. They were endless and it got really annoying. There's a very heavy theme-park-like vibe about the place.
Signage was difficult - there was almost no English anywhere, often not even the common name of the animal. Having said that, I only saw three white people there, whereas I expected a lot more foreign tourists given that it is an easy day-trip from Hong Kong where there are masses of white tourists and Chimelong is a fairly famous zoo.
What was quite frustrating, when you think your time is short, was that there were paths going places with no way to know where without going down them. Often there would be a fork, or even a three-way junction, no signs, the map doesn't show them, you can't see down them, so you have to pick one then double back to try the other path or paths just in case there are enclosures down there. Sometimes a path would just end at a fence, or it was a loop returning to the other path for no reason. It was time-consuming.
What I really hated here, though, was the "parrots on sticks" situation. You literally can't go more than five minutes without coming across animals being used as photo props. Not just parrots either - I saw hornbills, pelicans, spoonbills, ibis, peacocks, owls, toucans, iguanas, sloths, and more. There are dozens of them.
And the sheer number of pinioned birds here is nuts. It must literally be hundreds of birds. There was even an island with pinioned or wing-clipped Chinese Crested Ibis! Many of the individual birds seem to have been "recently" pinioned as adults. It was tragic seeing birds - especially noticeable in the big flock of Scarlet Ibis in the drive-through area - trying to take off and just flopping helplessly onto their belly on the ground because they were missing an entire half of one wing.
Enclosures overall were generally good - very much better than in most (any?) other Chinese zoos. The primates were mostly on very well-planted islands. However there were also some awful enclosures, like the Capybara tank, and some which were really much too small like the Brown Bear enclosure.
Monkey islands
The zoo has a very ordinary species line-up though, with a few exceptions. There are a lot of your standard ABC mammals, and then birds are basically just used as ornamentation.
Chimelong Safari Park is apparently a primate mecca, but there aren't many species on exhibit and most are nothing special. I suspect species get rotated, but this is the entire roster of nineteen species on my visit:
Ring-tailed Lemur, Golden-headed Lion Tamarin, Cottontop Tamarin, Red-handed Tamarin, Common Marmoset, Black-tufted Marmoset, White-faced Saki, Common Squirrel Monkey, Red-faced (Black) Spider Monkey, Black and Gold Howler Monkey, Golden Snubnose Monkey, Proboscis Monkey, Rhesus Macaque, Mandrill, Hamadryas Baboon, Northern White-cheeked Gibbon, Siamang, Orangutan, Common Chimpanzee.
There is a whole section of the zoo which takes up maybe a quarter or fifth of the grounds, which can only be accessed by road-train (or your own vehicle if you have one) where most animals are free-roaming - again, loads of pinioned birds in here, including a very large flock of Scarlet Ibis and a whole lot of cranes - but others such as bears and lions and elephants are in small narrow set-pieces so they can remain in view of the road. The African Savannah area here looks fantastic though, and surprisingly the Yellow-billed Storks at least are full-winged because I saw them all fly across the field to be fed.
Species labelled on the map for the drive-through area (not all mixed obviously): Red Kangaroo, Asian Elephant, Plains Zebra, Malayan Tapir, White Rhinoceros, Common Hippopotamus, Giraffe, Bactrian Camel, Llama, Alpaca (not seen), Yak (not seen), Mouflon, Blue Sheep, Fallow Deer, Eland, Blue Wildebeest, Waterbuck, Scimitar-horned Oryx, Gemsbok, African Lion, Cheetah (not seen), African Wild Dog (not seen), Brown Bear, Asiatic Black Bear, Sun Bear; Emu, Blue Peafowl, Red-crowned Crane (not seen), Scarlet Ibis.
Additional species seen in the drive-through area: Brazilian Tapir, Eld's Deer, Tiger; Ostrich, Rhea, Black Swan, Common Crane, Demoiselle Crane, Siberian Crane, Wattled Crane, Yellow-billed Stork, Marabou Stork, Lesser Adjutant, Black-faced Spoonbill, domestic Turkey, domestic Guineafowl
Additional species for the drive-through area in photos in the Zoochat gallery which were not seen and were not on the map: Nyala, Greater Kudu, Blesbok, White-tailed Gnu, Red Lechwe, Impala, Saddlebill Stork, Grey Crowned Crane
Photo gallery is here: Chimelong Safari Park - ZooChat
MAMMALS:
Red Kangaroo Osphranter rufus
Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
Koala Phascolarctos cinereus
Giant Anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Linne's Two-toed Sloth Choloepus didactylus
Cape Rock Hyrax Procavia capensis
Asian Elephant Elephas maximus
domestic Horse
domestic Pony
Plains Zebra Equus quagga
Malayan Tapir Tapirus indicus
Brazilian Tapir Tapirus terrestris
White Rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum
Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius
Pigmy Hippopotamus Choeropsis liberiensis
domestic (Pot-bellied) Pig
Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis
Bactrian Camel Camelus bactrianus (domestic)
Llama Lama glama
*Alpaca Lama pacos (on the map for the drive-through area; not seen)
*domestic Yak Bos grunniens (on the map for the drive-through area; not seen)
Mouflon Ovis gmelini
domestic Goat
Blue Sheep (Bharal) Pseudois nayaur
Takin Budorcus taxicolor (did not see)
Eld's Deer Cervus eldii
Fallow Deer Dama dama
Reeves' Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi
Eland Taurotragus oryx
Scimitar-horned Oryx Oryx dammah
Gemsbok Oryx gazella
Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Blue Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus
**additional species (for the drive-through area) in photos in the Zoochat gallery which were not seen and were not on the map: Nyala, Greater Kudu, Blesbok, White-tailed Gnu, Red Lechwe, Impala
Ring-tailed Lemur Lemur catta
Golden-headed Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus chrysomelas
Cottontop Tamarin Saguinus oedipus
Red-handed Tamarin Saguinus midas
Common Marmoset Callithrix jacchus (signed, not seen)
Black-tufted Marmoset Callithrix penicillata (signed, not seen)
White-faced Saki Pithecia pithecia
Common Squirrel Monkey Saimiri sciureus (signed as "Guianan Squirrel Monkey")
Red-faced (Black) Spider Monkey Ateles paniscus
**Black-capped Capuchin Cebus apella (labelled on the map but their island instead had the Howler Monkeys on it)
Black and Gold Howler Monkey Alouatta caraya
Golden Snubnose Monkey Rhinopithecus roxellana
Proboscis Monkey Nasalis larvatus
Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta
Mandrill Mandrillus sphinx
Hamadryas Baboon Papio hamadryas
Northern White-cheeked Gibbon Nomascus leucogenys
Siamang Symphalangus syndactylus
Orangutan Pongo sp. (two separate enclosures and I gather they have both Bornean and Sumatran, but there was no English signage)
Common Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes
African Lion Panthera leo
Tiger Panthera tigris (all sorts of mutant animals)
**Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus (on the map for the drive-through area; not seen - I think no longer kept here)
**African Wild Dog Lycaon pictus (on the map for the drive-through area; not seen - I think no longer kept here)
Brown Bear Ursus arctos
Asiatic Black Bear Ursus thibetanus
Sun Bear Helarctos malayanus
Giant Panda Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Small-clawed Otter Aonyx cinereus
Meerkat Suricata suricatta
domestic Rabbit
domestic Guinea Pig
domestic Chinchilla
Capybara Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris
Crested Porcupine Hystrix sp. (unsigned)
Beaver (signed as Castor fiber)
BIRDS:
Ostrich Struthio camelus
Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
Greater Rhea Rhea americana (? - in the drive-through area, not sure of species but probably this one)
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia (signed as Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes)
Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus
Chinese Crested Ibis Nipponia nippon
Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus (including a full-winged flock trained to fly the length of the lake, presumably kept in a cage at one end)
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus
White-naped Crane Antigone vipio
Common Crane Grus grus
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo
Siberian Crane Grus leucogeranus
*Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis (on the map for the drive-through area; not seen)
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis (including a full-winged flock in the drive-through area)
Marabou Leptoptilos crumenifer
*Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus (signed in the drive-through area where there were a lot of Marabous, but not seen)
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus rosaceus
Caribbean Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
Black Swan Cygnus atratus
Black-necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus
Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
domestic Chinese Goose
domestic Duck
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
domestic Turkey
domestic Guineafowl
domestic Chicken
Blue Peafowl Pavo cristatus
Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera
*Elliot's Pheasant Syrmaticus ellioti (signed, not seen in a walk-through aviary)
*Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus (signed, not seen in a walk-through aviary)
*Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae (signed, not seen in a walk-through aviary)
Moluccan Cockatoo Cacatua moluccensis
Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus
Indian Ringneck Psittacula krameri manillensis
Sun Conure Aratinga solstitialis
Green-winged Macaw Ara chloropterus
Blue and Gold Macaw Ara ararauna
Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Eagle Owl Bubo sp.
Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis
Wreathed Hornbill Aceros undulatus
Papuan Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus
*Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris (signed, not seen in a walk-through aviary)
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
*Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis (signed, not seen in a walk-through aviary)
Violet Touraco Musophaga violacea
Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco
Crested Mynah Acridotheres cristatellus
*Common Hill Mynah Gracula religiosa (signed, not seen in a walk-through aviary)
REPTILES:
African Spurred Tortoise Centrochelys sulcata
Chinese Crocodile Lizard Shinisaurus crocodilus
Green Iguana Iguana iguana
Komodo Dragon Varanus komodoensis
Reticulated Python Malayopython reticulatus
Burmese Python Python molurus (normal and albino)
Royal Python Python regius (albino)
Carpet Python Morelia spilota
Green Anaconda Eunectes murinus
Common Boa Boa constrictor
Rainbow Boa Epicrates cenchria
Western Hog-nosed Snake Heterodon nasicus
Bull Snake Pituophis catenifer sayi
Western Rat Snake Pantherophis obsoletus (albino)
Corn Snake Elaphe guttata (albino etc)
[There was a range of unlabeled Corn Snakes, Milk Snakes, Hog-nosed Snakes etc in colour morphs]
Green Rat Snake Gonyosoma prasinum (syn. Elaphe prasina)
Cave Racer (Beauty Snake) Elaphe taeniura (normal and albino)
Amur Rat Snake Elaphe schrenckii
Keeled Rat Snake Elaphe (Ptyas) carinata
Oriental Rat Snake (Dhaman Rat Snake) Ptyas muscosus
Black-striped Rat Snake Ptyas dhumnades
Chinese Mud Snake Myrrophis chinensis
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