Halls Gap Zoo Halls Gap Zoo Species List - 7/10/2024

[That Aussie Guy]

A little bit slow in getting this species list out, but my first visit to Halls Gap Zoo quite pleasantly surprised me! The cooler temperature and sporadic rain definitely contributed to some reptile no-shows, but otherwise nearly all the species listed were seen. Himalayan Tahr, Elk, Chinese and Egyptian Geese, and some African finch and weaver species were definite highlights (a few lifers too!), along with the extremely enjoyable Red Panda Experience I had the joy of undertaking.

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Mammals

1. American Bison
2. Asian Small-Clawed Otter
3. Barbary Sheep
4. Black and White Ruffed Lemur
5. Black-Capped Capuchin
6. Black-Handed Spider Monkey
7. Brush-Tailed Bettong
8. Brush-Tailed Rock Wallaby
9. Cheetah
10. Common Marmoset
11. Common Wombat
12. Cotton-Top Tamarin
13. Dingo
14. Domestic Donkey
15. Domestic Goat
16. Domestic Guinea Pig
17. Domestic Pig
18. Domestic Pony
19. Elk
20. Emperor Tamarin
21. European Fallow Deer (including some leucistic)
22. Giraffe
23. Golden Lion Tamarin
24. Himalayan Tahr
25. Kangaroo Island Kangaroo
26. Meerkat
27. Pygmy Marmoset
28. Quokka
29. Red Panda
30. Red-Necked Wallaby
31. Ring-Tailed Lemur
32. Scottish Highland Cattle
33. Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat
34. Southern White Rhinoceros
35. Spotted-Tailed Quoll
36. Swamp Wallaby
37. Tammar Wallaby
38. Tasmanian Devil
39. Texas Longhorn Cattle
40. Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby

Birds

1. African Firefinch
2. Australian Wood Duck
3. Barn Owl
4. Black Swan
5. Black-Headed Caique
6. Black-Winged Stilt
7. Blue and Gold Macaw
8. Brolga
9. Bush Stone-Curlew
10. Canada Goose
11. Chattering Lory
12. Chinese Goose
13. Common Ostrich
14. Diamond Firetail Finch
15. Dusky Lory
16. Eclectus Parrot
17. Egyptian Goose
18. Emu
19. Galah
20. Golden Pheasant
21. Green-Winged Macaw
22. Helmeted Guineafowl
23. Indian Peafowl
24. Magpie Goose
25. Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo
26. Mandarin Duck
27. Muscovy Duck
28. Orange-Bellied Parrot
29. Peaceful Dove
30. Rainbow Lorikeet
31. Red Bishop Weaver
32. Red Junglefowl
33. Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo
34. Rose-Crowned Fruit Dove
35. Scarlet Macaw
36. Southern Boobook Owl
37. St Helena Waxbill
38. Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
39. Sun Conure
40. Turquoise-Fronted Amazon
41. Wedge-Tailed Eagle
42. White-Browed Woodswallow
43. Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoo
44. Zebra Finch

Reptiles

1. American Alligator
2. Blotched Blue-Tongued Lizard
3. Boyd’s Forest Dragon
4. Burmese Python
5. Cunningham’s Skink
6. Eastern Blue-Tongued Lizard
7. Gidgee Skink
8. Gila Monster
9. Gippsland Water dragon
10. Green Iguana
11. Inland Bearded Dragon
12. Lace Monitor
13. Merten’s Water Monitor
14. Perentie
15. Pig-Nosed Turtle
16. Red-Tailed Boa Constrictor
17. Rosenberg’s Monitor
18. Saltwater Crocodile
19. Star Tortoise

Amphibians

1. Australian Green Tree Frog

Invertebrates

1. Goliath Stick Insect

 

[steveroberts]

@That Aussie Guy

Thanks for the list,

so with birds, the zoo has gained Black-headed caiques, Chattering lorys, Chinese geese, Diamond firetail finches, Golden pheasants, Mandarin ducks, Peaceful doves, Scarlet macaws and Zebra finches - and no longer has (at least on public display) Black-faced woodswallows, Budgerigars, Cape Barren geese, Crimson rosellas, Crimson-bellied conures, Long-billed corellas, Namaqua doves, Orange-breasted waxbills, Pacific black ducks, Princess parrots, Southern cassowaries, Superb parrots, Tawny frogmouths or White-tailed black cockatoos.

& mammals, while sounds like they no longer have Alpacas or Black flying foxes; they have gained Brush-tailed bettongs, Domestic donkeys, Emperor tamarins, Scottish highland cattle and Southern hairy-nosed wombats (which as you've listed in your list, now have two Wombat species alongside Common/Bare-nosed wombats, pretty cool).

& with reptiles, while appear to no longer have Northern blue-tongued lizards or Shingleback lizards, but now have Gidgee skinks, nice addition.