How many species have you seen in Aussie zoos this year?

OskarGC

OskarGC

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How many species have you seen in Aussie zoos this year? How many lifers (new species) did you manage to see? You can post it here as just the number of species you saw or your entire list of species seen this year. I split mine into different categories, with an exotic & native list for each animal group except for freshwater fish & invertebrates. Each list also has a sub-list such as the Exotic Mammals list which has sub-lists of Carnivores, Herbivores, Primates & Other (rodents, monotremes etc.). The sub-lists found in the Native Birds list are based on how the birds are taxonomically ordered in the ABG (Australian Bird Guide). I have a lot of lifers in 2022, mainly exotic birds, freshwater fish & invertebrates because up until this year I didn't count any fish or invertebrates & didn't count any birds I'd seen at places like Maleny Bird-World or Bird-World Kuranda.
Bold = lifer (new species)

Exotic Mammals
  • Carnivores
  1. Bengal Tiger (Dreamworld)
  2. Sumatran Tiger (Dreamworld)
  3. Polar Bear (Seaworld)
  4. African Lion (Taronga Zoo)
  5. Binturong
  6. California Sea-Lion
  7. Fennec Fox
  8. Fishing Cat
  9. Meerkat
  10. Sun Bear (Taronga Zoo)
  11. African Wild-Dog (Taronga Western Plains Zoo)
  12. Asian Small-Clawed Otter
  13. Cheetah (Taronga Western Plains Zoo)
  14. Caracal (Darling Downs Zoo)
  15. Serval
  16. Sri Lankan Leopard (Darling Downs Zoo)
  • Herbivores
  1. Alpaca (Taronga Zoo)
  2. Asian Elephant
  3. Bongo Antelope
  4. Dromedary Camel
  5. Giraffe
  6. Plains Zebra
  7. Pygmy Hippopotamus (Taronga Zoo)
  8. Addax (Taronga Western Plains Zoo)
  9. Banteng
  10. Barbary Sheep
  11. Blackbuck
  12. Black Rhinoceros
  13. Common Eland
  14. Common Hippopotamus
  15. Fallow Deer
  16. Indian Rhinoceros
  17. Onager
  18. Przewalski's Horse
  19. Scimitar-Horned Oryx
  20. White Rhinoceros (Taronga Western Plains Zoo)
  21. Guanaco (Darling Downs Zoo)
  22. Llama
  23. Red Deer (Darling Downs Zoo)
  24. Asian Water-Buffalo (Territory Wildlife Park)
  • Primates
  1. Black-Capped Squirrel-Monkey (Taronga Zoo)
  2. Chimpanzee
  3. Cotton-Top Tamarin
  4. Francois' Leaf-Monkey
  5. Ring-Tailed Lemur
  6. Western Lowland-Gorilla (Taronga Zoo)
  7. Black-and-White Ruffed-Lemur (Taronga Western Plains Zoo)
  8. Geoffroy's Spider-Monkey
  9. Lar Gibbon
  10. Siamang (Taronga Western Plains Zoo)
  11. Brown Capuchin (Darling Downs Zoo)
  12. Common Marmoset
  13. Emperor Tamarin
  14. Hamadryas Baboon
  15. Pygmy Marmoset
  16. Red-Handed Tamarin (Darling Downs Zoo)
  • Other (rodents, monotremes etc.)

    • Capybara (Taronga Zoo)
    • Eastern Long-Beaked Echidna
    • House Mouse (Taronga Zoo)
    • Cape Porcupine (Darling Downs Zoo)
    • Red-Rumped Agouti (Darling Downs Zoo)
Native Mammals
  • Diprotodonts (koala, macropods, possums/gliders & wombats)
  1. Eastern Grey-Kangaroo (Dreamworld)
  2. Koala
  3. Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo
  4. Red Kangaroo
  5. Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat (Dreamworld)
  6. Brush-Tailed Rock-Wallaby (Taronga Zoo)
  7. Quokka
  8. Swamp Wallaby (Taronga Zoo)
  9. Common Wallaroo (Featherdale Wildlife Park)
  10. Common Wombat
  11. Long-Nosed Potoroo
  12. Parma Wallaby
  13. Red-Necked Pademelon
  14. Tammar Wallaby
  15. Western Grey-Kangaroo
  16. Yellow-Footed Rock-Wallaby (Featherdale Wildlife Park)
  17. Red-Necked Wallaby (Taronga Western Plains Zoo)
  18. Red-Legged Pademelon (Cairns ZOOM & Wildlife Dome)
  19. Rufous Bettong (Hartley's Crocodile Adventures)
  20. Agile Wallaby (David Fleay Wildlife Park)
  21. Bridled Nailtail-Wallaby
  22. Proserpine Rock-Wallaby (David Fleay Wildlife Park)
  23. Antilopine Wallaroo (Territory Wildlife Park)
  24. Black Wallaroo
  25. Nabarlek
  26. Northern Brushtail-Possum
  27. Savanna Glider
  28. Spectacled Hare-Wallaby (Territory Wildlife Park)
  • Dasyurids & Bandicoots
  1. Greater Bilby (Dreamworld)
  2. Tasmanian Devil (Dreamworld)
  3. Common Planigale (Territory Wildlife Park)
  4. Fat-Tailed Dunnart
  5. Golden Bandicoot
  6. Northern Brown-Bandicoot
  7. Northern Quoll (Territory Wildlife Park)
  • Other (bats, dingos, marine mammals, monotremes & rodents)
  1. Dingo (Dreamworld)
  2. Australian Sea-Lion (Seaworld)
  3. Common Bottlenose-Dolphin
  4. Indo-Pacific Bottlenose-Dolphin
  5. New Zealand Fur-Seal (Seaworld)
  6. Short-Beaked Echidna (Taronga Zoo)
  7. Spinifex Hopping-Mouse (Taronga Zoo)
  8. Spectacled Flying-Fox (Hartley's Crocodile Adventures)
  9. Platypus (David Fleay Wildlife Park)
  10. Australian Water-Rat (Territory Wildlife Park)
  11. Black Flying-Fox
  12. Black-Footed Tree-Rat
  13. Ghost Bat (Territory Wildlife Park)
Exotic Birds
  • Waterbirds & Gamebirds
  1. Golden Pheasant (Maleny Bird-World)
  2. Indian Peafowl
  3. Japanese Quail (Maleny Bird-World)
  4. Egyptian Goose (Taronga Zoo)
  5. Helmeted Guineafowl
  6. Lady Amherst's Pheasant
  7. Red Junglefowl
  8. Ruddy Shelduck (Taronga Zoo)
  9. Common Ostrich (Taronga Western Plains Zoo)
  10. Kalij Pheasant (Darling Downs Zoo)
  • Parrots & Columbiformes
  1. African Grey-Parrot (Maleny Bird-World)
  2. Alexandrine Parrot
  3. Barbary Dove
  4. Black-Capped Lory
  5. Blue-and-Yellow Macaw
  6. Blue-Fronted Amazon-Parrot
  7. Crimson-Bellied Conure
  8. Golden-Collared Macaw
  9. Green-Cheeked Conure
  10. Green-Winged Macaw
  11. Jenday Conure
  12. Lilac-Crowned Parrot
  13. Luzon Bleeding-Heart Dove
  14. Military Macaw
  15. Monk Parakeet
  16. Plum-Headed Parakeet
  17. Red-Shouldered Dove
  18. Rock Dove
  19. Rose-Ringed Parakeet
  20. Scarlet Macaw
  21. Spotted Turtle-Dove
  22. Sun Conure
  23. White-Breasted Ground-Dove
  24. White-Fronted Amazon-Parrot
  25. Yellow-Crowned Amazon-Parrot
  26. Yellow-Headed Amazon-Parrot (Maleny Bird-World)
  27. Nicobar Pigeon (Taronga Zoo)
  28. Red Lory (Taronga Zoo)
  • Other
  1. Java Sparrow (Maleny Bird-World)
  2. Andean Condor (Taronga Zoo)
  3. Chestnut Munia
  4. Red-Whiskered Bulbul
  5. White-Rumped Shama (Taronga Zoo)
  6. Eurasian Skylark (Featherdale Wildlife Park)
Native Birds
  • Penguins to Button-Quails
  1. Brolga (Dreamworld)
  2. Emu
  3. Southern Cassowary (Dreamworld)
  4. King Quail (Maleny Bird-World)
  5. Australian Pelican (Seaworld)
  6. Brown Booby
  7. Gentoo Penguin
  8. Great Cormorant
  9. King Penguin
  10. Little Penguin
  11. Pied Cormorant (Seaworld)
  12. Fiordland Penguin (Taronga Zoo)
  13. Glossy Ibis
  14. Green Pygmy-Goose
  15. Little Pied Cormorant
  16. Masked Lapwing
  17. Pied Heron
  18. Plumed Whistling-Duck
  19. Royal Spoonbill
  20. Wandering Whistling-Duck (Taronga Zoo)
  21. Australian Bustard (Featherdale Wildlife Park)
  22. Australian Pied-Oystercatcher
  23. Australian Shelduck
  24. Australian White-Ibis
  25. Banded Lapwin
  26. Black-Breasted Button-Quail
  27. Black-Necked Stork
  28. Black-Winged Stilt
  29. Blue-Billed Duck
  30. Bush Stone-Curlew
  31. Cape Barren Goose
  32. Cattle Egret
  33. Great Egret
  34. Inland Dotterel
  35. Kelp Gull
  36. Little Black Cormorant
  37. Little Button-Quail
  38. Malleefowl
  39. Pacific Gull
  40. Painted Button-Quail
  41. Radjah Shelduck
  42. Red-Chested Button-Quail
  43. Silver Gull
  44. Straw-Necked Ibis
  45. White-Faced Heron (Featherdale Wildlife Park)
  46. Purple Swamphen (Hartley's Crocodile Adventures)
  47. Australian Brush-Turkey (Darling Downs Zoo)
  48. Australasian Grebe (Territory Wildlife Park)
  49. Beach Stone-Curlew
  50. Black Bittern (Territory Wildlife Park)
  • Ospreys to Martins
  1. Bar-Shouldered Dove (Dreamworld)
  2. Pacific Emerald-Dove
  3. Tawny Frogmouth
  4. Wedge-Tailed Eagle (Dreamworld)
  5. Australian King-Parrot (Maleny Bird-World)
  6. Australian Ringneck
  7. Budgerigar
  8. Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo
  9. Cockatiel
  10. Crimson Rosella
  11. Eastern Rosella
  12. Eclectus Parrot
  13. Galah
  14. Little Corella
  15. Long-Billed Corella
  16. Major Mitchell's Cockatoo
  17. Pale-Headed Rosella
  18. Peaceful Dove
  19. Princess Parrot
  20. Rainbow Lorikeet
  21. Red-Capped Parrot
  22. Red-Collared Lorikeet
  23. Red-Rumped Parrot
  24. Red-Tailed Black-Cockatoo
  25. Red-Winged Parrot
  26. Scaly-Breasted Lorikeet
  27. Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
  28. Wonga Pigeon
  29. Yellow-Tailed Black-Cockatoo (Maleny Bird-World)
  30. Barking Owl (Taronga Zoo)
  31. Barn Owl
  32. Brown Cuckoo-Dove
  33. Brush Bronzewing
  34. Common Bronzewing
  35. Crested Pigeon
  36. Double-Eyed Fig-Parrot
  37. Forest Kingfisher
  38. Gang-Gang Cockatoo
  39. Glossy Black-Cockatoo
  40. Musk Lorikeet
  41. Pied Imperial-Pigeon
  42. Rose-Crowned Fruit-Dove
  43. Scaly-Breasted Lorikeet
  44. Spinifex Pigeon
  45. Superb Fruit-Dove
  46. Superb Parrot
  47. Topknot Pigeon
  48. White-Headed Pigeon (Taronga Zoo)
  49. Baudin's Black-Cockatoo (Featherdale Wildlife Park)
  50. Black-Breasted Buzzard
  51. Blue Bonnet
  52. Blue-Winged Kookaburra
  53. Blue-Winged Parrot
  54. Bourke's Parrot
  55. Channel-Billed Cuckoo
  56. Diamond Dove
  57. Eastern Grass-Owl
  58. Eastern Osprey
  59. Elegant Parrot
  60. Flock Bronzewing
  61. Golden-Shouldered Parrot
  62. Hooded Parrot
  63. Laughing Kookaburra
  64. Lesser Sooty Owl
  65. Little Lorikeet
  66. Mulga Parrot
  67. Nankeen Kestrel
  68. Northern Rosella
  69. Pheasant Coucal
  70. Powerful Owl
  71. Purple-Crowned Lorikeet
  72. Rainbow Bee-Eater
  73. Rufous Owl
  74. Southern Boobook
  75. Squatter Pigeon
  76. Swift Parrot
  77. Turquoise Parrot (Featherdale Wildlife Park)
  78. Papuan Frogmouth (Cairns ZOOM & Wildlife Dome)
  79. Masked Owl (Hartley's Crocodile Adventures)
  80. Pacific Baza (Hartley's Crocodile Adventures)
  81. Australian Owlet-Nightjar (Territory Wildlife Park)
  82. Brahminy Kite
  83. Partridge Pigeon
  84. Sacred Kingfisher
  85. Varied Lorikeet (Territory Wildlife Park)
  • Pittas to Woodswallows
  1. White-Browed Woodswallow (Dreamworld)
  2. Eastern Whipbird (Taronga Zoo)
  3. Noisy Pitta
  4. Regent Honeyeater
  5. Superb Lyrebird
  6. White-Browed Scrubwren (Taronga Zoo)
  7. Black-Faced Woodswallow (Featherdale Wildlife Park)
  8. Blue-Faced Honeyeater
  9. Chiming Wedgebill
  10. Eastern Spinebill
  11. Grey-Crowned Babbler
  12. Purple-Crowned Fairywren
  13. Scarlet Honeyeater
  14. Superb Fairywren
  15. Variegated Fairywren
  16. White-Breasted Woodswallow
  17. White-Cheeked Honeyeater
  18. White-Naped Honeyeater
  19. Yellow-Tufted Honeyeater (Featherdale Wildlife Park)
  20. Brown Honeyeater (Territory Wildlife Park)
  21. Rainbow Pitta
  22. Striated Pardalote
  23. Varied Triller
  24. White-Bellied Cuckoo-Shrike
  25. White-Throated Honeyeater (Territory Wildlife Park)
  • Currawongs to Finches
  1. Regent Bowerbird (Dreamworld)
  2. Gouldian Finch (Maleny Bird-World)
  3. Satin Bowerbird
  4. Zebra Finch (Maleny Bird-World)
  5. Australian Reed-Warbler (Taronga Zoo)
  6. Blue-Faced Parrot-Finch
  7. Crimson Finch
  8. Golden Whistler
  9. Masked Finch
  10. Metallic Starling
  11. Rufous Whistler (Taronga Zoo)
  12. Apostlebird (Featherdale Wildlife Park)
  13. Australian Magpie
  14. Black-Throated Finch
  15. Chestnut-Breasted Mannikin
  16. Crested Bellbird
  17. Diamond Firetail
  18. Double-Barred Finch
  19. Eastern Yellow-Robin
  20. Green Catbird
  21. Grey Shrike-Thrush
  22. Long-Tailed Finch
  23. Olive-Backed Oriole
  24. Painted Finch
  25. Pied Currawong
  26. Red-Browed Finch
  27. Spotted Bowerbird
  28. Star Finch
  29. White-Winged Chough
  30. Yellow-Rumped Mannikin (Featherdale Wildlife Park)
  31. Australasian Figbird (Hartley's Crocodile Adventures)
  32. Shining Flycatcher (Territory Wildlife Park)
  33. Spangled Drongo (Territory Wildlife Park)
Exotic Reptiles & Amphibians
  • Crocodilians
  1. American Alligator (Hartley's Crocodile Adventures)
  • Tortoises/Turtles
  1. Aldabra Giant-Tortoise (Taronga Zoo)
  2. Elongated Tortoise
  3. Indian Star-Tortoise
  4. River Cooter (Taronga Zoo)
  5. Galapagos Giant-Tortoise (Taronga Western Plains Zoo)
  • Lizards
  1. European Glass-Lizard (Taronga Zoo)
  2. Fijian Crested-Iguana
  3. Green Basilisk
  4. Green Iguana
  5. Philippine Sailfin-Lizard
  6. Rhinoceros Iguana (Taronga Zoo)
  7. Komodo Dragon (Hartley's Crocodile Adventures)
  8. Madagascan Giant Day-Gecko (Hartley's Crocodile Adventures)
  • Snakes
  1. Boa Constrictor (Taronga Zoo)
  2. Eastern Diamondback-Rattlesnake
  3. Eyelash Viper
  4. Green Anaconda
  5. Monocled Cobra
  6. Reticulated Python (Taronga Zoo)
  7. Burmese Python (Darling Downs Zoo)
  8. Yellow Anaconda (Darling Downs Zoo)
  • Amphibians
  1. Cane Toad (Crocosaurus Cove)
Native Reptiles & Amphibians
  • Crocodilians
  1. Freshwater Crocodile (Dreamworld)
  2. Saltwater Crocodile (Dreamworld)
  • Turtles
  1. Murray River-Turtle (Dreamworld)
  2. Northern Snapping-Turtle (Dreamworld)
  3. Green Sea-Turtle (Seaworld)
  4. Loggerhead Sea-Turtle (Seaworld)
  5. Bellinger River-Turtle (Taronga Zoo)
  6. Eastern Long-Necked Turtle
  7. Saw-Shelled Turtle (Taronga Zoo)
  8. Cape York Long-Necked Turtle (Cairns Aquarium)
  9. Irwin's Snapping-Turtle
  10. Pig-Nosed Turtle
  11. Rankin's Long-Necked Turtle
  12. Red-Bellied Turtle (Cairns Aquarium)
  13. Mary River-Turtle (David Fleay Wildlife Park)
  14. Arnhem Land Long-Necked Turtle (Crocosaurus Cove)
  15. Northern Long-Necked Turtle
  16. Northern Red-Faced Turtle
  17. Northern Yellow-Faced Turtle
  18. Victoria River-Turtle (Crocosaurus Cove)
  • Lizards
  1. Boyd's Forest-Dragon (Taronga Zoo)
  2. Central Netted-Dragon
  3. Common Blue-Tongue Skink
  4. Cunningham's Skink
  5. Eastern Pilbara Spiny-Tailed Skink
  6. Eastern Shingleback
  7. Frilled Lizard
  8. Giant Cave-Gecko
  9. Goldfields Crevice-Skink
  10. Hosmer's Skink
  11. Red-Barred Dragon
  12. Rusty Desert-Monitor
  13. Western Shingleback (Taronga Zoo)
  14. Centralian Blue-Tongue Skink (Featherdale Wildlife Park)
  15. Eastern Bearded-Dragon
  16. Perentie
  17. Spencer's Monitor (Featherdale Wildlife Park)
  18. Eastern Water-Dragon (Cairns Aquarium)
  19. Emerald Tree-Monitor
  20. Major Skink
  21. Mangrove Monitor
  22. Rusty Monitor
  23. Spotted Tree-Monitor (Cairns Aquarium)
  24. Centralian Knob-Tailed Gecko (Hartley's Crocodile Adventures)
  25. Merten's Water-Monitor
  26. Northern Spiny-Tailed Gecko
  27. Southern Pilbara Rock-Monitor (Hartley's Crocodile Adventures)
  28. Inland Bearded-Dragon (Darling Downs Zoo)
  29. Black-Headed Monitor (Crocosaurus Cove)
  30. Centralian Tree-Dragon
  31. Fringe-Toed Velvet-Gecko
  32. Jewelled Velvet-Gecko
  33. Lace Monitor
  34. Leopard Skink
  35. Long-Nosed Water-Dragon
  36. Marbled Velvet-Gecko
  37. Northern Blue-Tongue Skink
  38. Pygmy Mulga-Monitor
  39. Sand Goanna
  40. Spiny-Tailed Monitor
  41. Stokes's Skink
  42. Storr's Monitor
  43. Western Blue-Tongue Skink
  44. Yellow-Throated Monitor (Crocosaurus Cove)
  45. Gilbert's Dragon (Territory Wildlife Park)
  • Snakes
  1. Black-Headed Python (Dreamworld)
  2. Green Python
  3. Stimson's Python
  4. Woma Python (Dreamworld)
  5. Bredl's Carpet-Python (Taronga Zoo)
  6. Broad-Headed Snake
  7. Children's Python
  8. Coastal Carpet-Python
  9. Coastal Taipan
  10. Inland Taipan
  11. Olive Python
  12. Red-Bellied Black-Snake
  13. Scrub Python (Taronga Zoo)
  14. Brown Tree-Snake (Featherdale Wildlife Park)
  15. Collett's Snake
  16. Common Death-Adder
  17. Diamond Python
  18. Jungle Carpet-Python
  19. Tiger Snake (Featherdale Wildlife Park)
  20. Common Tree-Snake (Cairns Aquarium)
  21. Olive Sea-Snake
  22. Water Python (Cairns Aquarium)
  23. Northern Carpet-Python (Cairns ZOOM & Wildlife Dome)
  24. Spotted Python (Cairns ZOOM & Wildlife Dome)
  25. King Brown-Snake (Hartley's Crocodile Adventures)
  26. Macleay's Water-Snake
  27. Pygmy Python
  28. Stephen's Banded-Snake (Hartley's Crocodile Adventures)
  29. Eastern Brown-Snake (Crocosaurus Cove)
  30. Northern Death-Adder
  31. Oenpelli Python
  32. Pygmy Mulga-Snake
  33. Rough-Scaled Python
  34. Slaty-Grey Snake
  35. Western Brown-Snake (Crocosaurus Cove)
  • Amphibians
  1. Booroolong Frog (Taronga Zoo)
  2. Eastern Dwarf Tree-Frog
  3. Northern Corroboree-Frog
  4. Orange-Eyed Tree-Frog
  5. Southern Corroboree-Frog
  6. White-Lipped Tree-Frog
  7. Yellow-Spotted Bell-Frog (Taronga Zoo)
  8. Green Tree-Frog (Cairns Aquarium)
  9. Orange-Thighed Tree-Frog
  10. Stony Creek Frog (Cairns Aquarium)
  11. Magnificent Tree-Frog (Hartley's Crocodile Adventures)
Freshwater Fish
  • Native
  1. Banded Archerfish (Cairns Aquarium)
  2. Barcoo Grunter
  3. Barramundi
  4. Bullrout
  5. Coal Grunter
  6. Common Ponyfish
  7. Eastern Rainbowfish
  8. Eel-Tailed Catfish
  9. Freshwater Moray-Eel
  10. Freshwater Whipray
  11. Gulf Saratoga
  12. Jungle Perch
  13. Khaki Perch
  14. Mangrove Jack
  15. Salmon Catfish
  16. Silver Moony
  17. Sleepy Cod
  18. Snakehead Gudgeon
  19. Sooty Grunter
  20. Speckled Longfin-Eel
  21. Spotted Scat (Cairns Aquarium)
  22. Macculloch's Rainbowfish (Hartley's Crocodile Adventures)
  23. Banded Rainbowfish (David Fleay Wildlife Park)
  24. Black Catfish (Crocosaurus Cove)
  25. Indo-Pacific Tarpon
  26. Silver Cobbler (Crocosaurus Cove)
  27. Barred Grunter (Territory Wildlife Park)
  28. Barred Mudskipper
  29. Black-Banded Rainbowfish
  30. Blackmast
  31. Chequered Rainbowfish
  32. Delicate Blue-Eye
  33. Diamond Mullet
  34. Empire Gudgeon
  35. Exquisite Rainbowfish
  36. Freshwater Longtom
  37. Hyrtl's Catfish
  38. Long-Spined Glassfish
  39. Northwest Glassfish
  40. Primitive Archerfish
  41. Threadfin Rainbowfish
  42. Western Rainbowfish (Territory Wildlife Park)
  • Exotic
  1. Koi (Taronga Zoo)
  2. Guppy (Crocosaurus Cove)
Invertebrates
  • Terrestrial
  1. Black House-Spider (Taronga Zoo)
  2. Communal Huntsman
  3. European Honeybee
  4. Flinders Ranges Scorpion
  5. Giant Banded-Huntsman
  6. Golden Huntsman
  7. Golden Orbweaver-Spider
  8. Goliath Stick-Insect
  9. Queensland Whistling-Tarantula
  10. Spiny Stick-Insect
  11. Sydney Funnelweb-Spider
  12. Violet-Winged Stick-Insect (Taronga Zoo)
  13. Giant Burrowing-Cockroach (Cairns Aquarium)
  • Aquatic
  1. Jelly Blubber (Seaworld)
  2. Lion's Mane Jellyfish
  3. Moon Jelly
  4. Upside-Down Jellyfish (Seaworld)
  5. Bay Lobster (Cairns Aquarium)
  6. Blue Sea-Star
  7. Crown-of-Thorns Starfish
  8. Giant Freshwater-Prawn
  9. Giant Mud-Crab
  10. Painted Rock-Lobster
  11. Pineapple Sea-Cucumber
  12. Redclaw Crayfish (Cairns Aquarium)
  • Total
Exotic Mammals: 61
Native Mammals: 48
Exotic Birds: 44
Native Birds: 193
Exotic Reptiles & Amphibians: 23
Native Reptiles & Amphibians: 111
Freshwater Fish: 44
Invertebrates: 25
Total: 549
 
Great idea for a thread! I'm not as observant to species seen as others, so I wouldn't be able to give a full list, but in terms of new species for 2022, I've been fortunate to see Sri Lankan Leopards at the National Zoo and Aquarium and Red-Handed Tamarin at Hunter Valley Wildlife Park for the very first time this year.

I'd also add an honourable mention to Barton's Long-Beaked Echidna, which I saw for the first time I remember in 2022. Having grown up as a Taronga regular, it's quite possible that I have seen the echidna before (although they haven't necessarily been permanently on-show throughout the last twenty-odd years I've been visiting Taronga), but just a few weeks ago I saw the echidna for the first time in his exhibit in the Tasmanian Devil house, which was my first memory of the echidna.
 
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