Hello everyone:
This is my first post on here. I'm an inveterate bird nerd, and I've always enjoyed going to zoos. My intense interest in zoos and their bird collections didn't start to intensify until after an avicultural conference in Miami in 2019. Since then, I've been keeping myself apprized on the zoos in my area and maintaining a list of the birds each zoo is currently holding. I haven't gone too far as to know the genders but I will try my best to pinpoint the species I've seen in person (or at least seen signage for).
Australasian Aviary
I was told by a friend that they have probably transferred out all their cockatoos due to them being disruptive to the other species in the aviary. The asterisk (*) and bold means a new species since I've last visited (my first time was July of 2020). Here are the species I have seen and are posted:
African Adventures
Asian Tropical Birdhouse
Roo Walkabout
Tropical Rainforest Aviary
This is my first post on here. I'm an inveterate bird nerd, and I've always enjoyed going to zoos. My intense interest in zoos and their bird collections didn't start to intensify until after an avicultural conference in Miami in 2019. Since then, I've been keeping myself apprized on the zoos in my area and maintaining a list of the birds each zoo is currently holding. I haven't gone too far as to know the genders but I will try my best to pinpoint the species I've seen in person (or at least seen signage for).
Australasian Aviary
I was told by a friend that they have probably transferred out all their cockatoos due to them being disruptive to the other species in the aviary. The asterisk (*) and bold means a new species since I've last visited (my first time was July of 2020). Here are the species I have seen and are posted:
- Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica nicobarica)
- Green-nape pheasant-pigeon (*) (Otidiphaps nobilis nobilis)
- Beautiful fruit-dove (*) (Ptilinopus pulchellus ssp.)
- Pied imperial-pigeon (Ducula bicolor)
- Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae ssp.) [IN THE SEPARATE FLIGHT NEAR THE EXIT]
- Princess of Wales parakeet (Polytelis alexandrae)
African Adventures
- Common ostrich (Struthio camelus ssp.)
- Pink-backed pelican (Pelecanus rufescens)
Asian Tropical Birdhouse
- Crested partridge (Rollulus rouloul)
- Luzon bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba luzonica ssp.)
- Chinese hwamei (*) (Garrulax canorus ssp.)
- Bali myna (Leucopsar rothschildi)
- White-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus ssp.)
Roo Walkabout
- Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
Tropical Rainforest Aviary
- Ringed teal (Callonetta leucophrys)
- Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
- Puna teal (Spatula puna)
- Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis)
- Blue-throated piping-guan (Pipile cumanensis cumanensis) [I was told its an old female]
- Socorro dove (Zenaida graysoni)
- Spotted thick-knee / dikkop (Burhinus capensis ssp.)
- Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus mexicanus)
- Inca tern (Larosterna inca)
- Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias helias)
- Western cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis ibis)
- Central American boat-billed heron (Cochlearius cochlearius ridgwayi) [They added a female]
- Scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
- Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
- AMAZONIAN motmot (Momotus momota momota or ignobilis) (I don't know why the AZA continually and erroneously call the species they have on display "Blue-crowned" motmots when recent phylogenetic studies have shown the previous subspecies are now given full species status)
- Red-lored Amazon parrot (Amazona autumnalis autumnalis)
- Sun conure (Aratinga solstitialis)
- Blue and gold macaw (Ara ararauna)
- Yellow-rumped cacique (Cacicus cela cela)
- Venezuelan troupial (Icterus icterus icterus or ridgwayi)
- Southern (Crested) screamer (Chauna torquata)
- Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
- American (Caribbean) flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
- Andean condor (Vultur gryphus)
- Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis ssp.)
- Javan (?) Rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros silvestris)
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