Hong Kong Zoo and Botanical Gardens: 22 May 2025
The Hong Kong Zoo is a small free collection of animals, primarily birds and monkeys. The zoo is divided by a busy road into two sections - one for birds and the other for mammals - with access to either side via a tunnel.
The bird section is very good, with large well-planted aviaries, while the mammal section has mostly small cages and is not very pleasant - it's not awful but it is not great by any stretch. The cages look much better in photos than they do in person. This area is well-kept, the cages are not dirty, everything looks well cared for, the cages are just small.
There was some construction / renovation work going on here and there, and a couple of aviaries were blocked off so there may be some birds missing (although most seem to have been moved to on-show aviaries). Same in the mammal section where there were a couple of blocked paths - I couldn't find any reptile area (on the directional signage) and I think this was on the blocked path by the Orangutan cages.
Example of aviaries:
Examples of primate cages:
Photo gallery here: Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens - ZooChat
MAMMALS:
Bennett's Wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus rufogriseus (did not see)
Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth Choloepus hoffmanni
Ring-tailed Lemur Lemur catta
Black and White Ruffed Lemur Varecia variegata
Emperor Tamarin Saguinus imperator
Cottontop Tamarin Saguinus oedipus
Golden Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus rosalia
Golden-headed Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus chrysomelas
Common Squirrel Monkey Saimiri sciureus
White-faced Saki Pithecia pithecia
De Brazza's Monkey Cercopithecus neglectus
Buff-cheeked Gibbon Nomascus gabriellae
Siamang Symphalangus syndactylus
Bornean Orangutan Pongo pygmaeus
Small-clawed Otter Aonyx cinereus
Meerkat Suricata suricatta
BIRDS:
Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera
Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
Great Curassow Crax rubra
Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis
Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus
Blacksmith Plover Vanellus armatus (did not see)
Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor
Caribbean Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Carolina Wood Duck Aix sponsa
Hawaiian Goose (Nene) Branta sandvicensis
Old German Owl (a form of domestic pigeon with the following varieties named on the sign: Black Bar Shield and Shield Mark Silver Bar)
Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
Nicobar Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica
Torres Strait Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa (did not see - the other bird collections in Hong Kong house the Pied Imperial Pigeon D. bicolor so I'm not sure if this sign was incorrect or if they do actually have D. spilorrhoa)
Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea (did not see)
Blue Crowned Pigeon Goura cristata
Sclater's Crowned Pigeon Goura sclaterii (signed as Scheepmaker's Crowned Pigeon Goura scheepmakeri within which Sclater's was formerly included)
Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus (did not see)
Red-sided Eclectus Eclectus roratus polychloros
African Grey Parrot Psitttacus erithacus
Hawk-headed Parrot Deroptyus accipitrinus
Blue-fronted Amazon Amazona aestiva
Blue and Gold Macaw Ara araurana
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata
Common Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
Red-billed Toucan Ramphastos tucanus (did not see)
White-browed Robin Chat Cossypha heuglini (did not see)
Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps (did not see)
Bali Mynah Leucopsar rothschildi
Emerald Starling Lamprotornis iris (did not see)
Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
The Hong Kong Zoo is a small free collection of animals, primarily birds and monkeys. The zoo is divided by a busy road into two sections - one for birds and the other for mammals - with access to either side via a tunnel.
The bird section is very good, with large well-planted aviaries, while the mammal section has mostly small cages and is not very pleasant - it's not awful but it is not great by any stretch. The cages look much better in photos than they do in person. This area is well-kept, the cages are not dirty, everything looks well cared for, the cages are just small.
There was some construction / renovation work going on here and there, and a couple of aviaries were blocked off so there may be some birds missing (although most seem to have been moved to on-show aviaries). Same in the mammal section where there were a couple of blocked paths - I couldn't find any reptile area (on the directional signage) and I think this was on the blocked path by the Orangutan cages.
Example of aviaries:
Examples of primate cages:
Photo gallery here: Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens - ZooChat
MAMMALS:
Bennett's Wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus rufogriseus (did not see)
Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth Choloepus hoffmanni
Ring-tailed Lemur Lemur catta
Black and White Ruffed Lemur Varecia variegata
Emperor Tamarin Saguinus imperator
Cottontop Tamarin Saguinus oedipus
Golden Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus rosalia
Golden-headed Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus chrysomelas
Common Squirrel Monkey Saimiri sciureus
White-faced Saki Pithecia pithecia
De Brazza's Monkey Cercopithecus neglectus
Buff-cheeked Gibbon Nomascus gabriellae
Siamang Symphalangus syndactylus
Bornean Orangutan Pongo pygmaeus
Small-clawed Otter Aonyx cinereus
Meerkat Suricata suricatta
BIRDS:
Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera
Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
Great Curassow Crax rubra
Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis
Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus
Blacksmith Plover Vanellus armatus (did not see)
Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor
Caribbean Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Carolina Wood Duck Aix sponsa
Hawaiian Goose (Nene) Branta sandvicensis
Old German Owl (a form of domestic pigeon with the following varieties named on the sign: Black Bar Shield and Shield Mark Silver Bar)
Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
Nicobar Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica
Torres Strait Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa (did not see - the other bird collections in Hong Kong house the Pied Imperial Pigeon D. bicolor so I'm not sure if this sign was incorrect or if they do actually have D. spilorrhoa)
Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea (did not see)
Blue Crowned Pigeon Goura cristata
Sclater's Crowned Pigeon Goura sclaterii (signed as Scheepmaker's Crowned Pigeon Goura scheepmakeri within which Sclater's was formerly included)
Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus (did not see)
Red-sided Eclectus Eclectus roratus polychloros
African Grey Parrot Psitttacus erithacus
Hawk-headed Parrot Deroptyus accipitrinus
Blue-fronted Amazon Amazona aestiva
Blue and Gold Macaw Ara araurana
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata
Common Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
Red-billed Toucan Ramphastos tucanus (did not see)
White-browed Robin Chat Cossypha heuglini (did not see)
Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps (did not see)
Bali Mynah Leucopsar rothschildi
Emerald Starling Lamprotornis iris (did not see)
Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
