Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens Hong Kong Zoo Species list

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Mammals
De brazza’s monkey
Buff cheeked gibbon
Emperor tamarin
Golden-headed lion tamarin
Common squirrel monkey
Siamang
Ring-tailed lemur
Black and white ruffed lemur
Hoffman’s two toed sloth(Not seen)
Bornean orangutan
Meerkat
Pygmy marmoset

Bird
Blue crane
Red crowned crane
Scarlet ibis
Wood duck
Huamei(not seen)
Bali mynah
White pheasant
Orange-bellied leafbird
Zebra dove(not seen)
Rothchild’s peacock pheasant
Emerald starling
White-browned robin chat
Sacred ibis
Blue and yellow macaw
Blue-fronted amazon parrot
Channel-billed toucan(not seen)
Red-billed hornbill
Three species of crowned pigeon
Common shelduck
Yellow-casqued wattled hornbill
American flamingo
Hawaiian goose

Reptile
Spurred tortoise
Star tortoise
 
FunkyGibbon said:
In January 2016 the zoo held ~45 bird taxa. Can it really have halved the collection?
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They used to have most, if not all, of the Peacock Pheasant species, had a long standing breeding record with Palawan PPs, and consistently bred African Pygmy Geese. I think there were Birds of Paradise as well.
What happened?
 
I list all the bird on the sign,no bird of paradise is seen.they have three peacock pheasant species.white pheasant is silver pheasant.Sorry if I didn't have the full list.
 
aardvark250 said:
I list all the bird on the sign,no bird of paradise is seen.they have three peacock pheasant species.white pheasant is silver pheasant.Sorry if I didn't have the full list.
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Why did you not list the other species of peacock pheasant then?
Are the Red-handed Tamarins still there?

@FBBird There were no BoPs last year either.
 
The Red-handed Tamarins are not there.Maybe they have went to Ocean Park(Ocean Park have them)
 
Here is an updated list from my visit on April 15th 2017:

Bornean Orangutan
Siamang
Buff-cheeked Gibbon
De Brazza’s Monkey
Ring-tailed Lemur
Black and White Ruffed Lemur
Common Squirrel Monkey
Emporor Tamarin
Golden-headed Lion Tamarin
Pygmy Marmoset
Hoffman’s Two-toed Sloth
Racoon

Blue Crane
Red-crowned Crane
American Flamingo
Sacred Ibis
Scarlet Ibis
Blue-fronted Amazon Parrot
Blue & Yellow Macaw
Channel-billed Toucan
Hartlaub’s Turaco
Red-billed Hornbill
Yellow-casqued Hornbill
Blue Crowned Pigeon
Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Maroon-breasted Crowned Pigeon
Torres Strait Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Zebra Dove
Old German Owl – Black
– Cream
– Red
– Brown
Blacksmith Plover
Hawaiian Goose
Wood Duck
Common Shelduck
Ringed Teal
Golden Pheasant
Silver Pheasant
Rothschild’s Peacock Pheasant
Malay Peacock Pheasant
Black-throated Laughingthrush
Hwamei
Bali Myna
Emerald starling
Blue-eared Glossy Starling
Philippine Glossy Starling
White-browed Robin Chat
Orange-bellied Leafbird

Spurred Tortoise
Star Tortoise (unsigned as far as I could see)
Red-necked Slider (unsigned)

Species that are no longer signed since my visit in January 2016:

White-faced Saki
Red-handed Tamarin

Argus Pheasant
Golden Yellow Pheasant
Lady Amhurst's Pheasant
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Java Sparrow
Black-winged Red Bishop
Chestnut-capped Thrush
Yellow-throated Laughingthrush
Black-crested Yellow Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul

I believe the only species that has been added to the zoo are Meerkats.
 
so it's a pigeon called an Old German Owl? That's a bit unexpected to me!
 
It's a bit weird to see them so featured in the Hong Kong collections. I assume there's some historical reason for it.
 
Depends on how you define zoo.There is two small aviary in Hong Kong park and Kowloon park, as well as a reptile house in tuen mun park and a facility for rescue animal called kadoorie farm.
 
Even the Hong Kong Zoo is basically a good bird section twinned with a bad primate one. It should be counted as a zoo but it certainly isnt an all-round one. Ocean Park I haven't visited, and may very well never due to the high prices and theme park nature of the place.
I disagree with Aardvark about Hong Kong Park's aviary though, it is huge and absolutely world class. It's arguably better than any one aviary at Jurong, although that would come down to personal preference. Quite possibly the best in Eurasia; I haven't visited anything in Europe that was remotely comparable. I will write a little about it as soon as I can.
 
Pleasant as it is, I don't think the Edward Youde Aviary quite matches up to Jurong's Waterfall Aviary. I look forward to hearing why you think it does, however.

@DavidBrown There are also live exhibits at the Hong Kong Wetland Park.
 
I just want to point out that it isn't a zoo.I thought the aviary is good too, but not as good as Jurong.
 
Ocean park have a quite good aquarium, and some exhibit scatter over the theme park.They have red handed tamarin(mixed with capybara) in the tropic zone.I think they are probably from HKZBG.
 
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