Hummingbirds and Caprimulgiformes in North American Zoos
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Sparkling Violetear (2 holders)
Butterfly World
Dallas World Aquarium
Broad-Billed Hummingbird (4 holders)
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (magicus)
Dallas World Aquarium
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Green-Tailed Trainbearer (1 holder)
Butterfly World
Anna's Hummingbird (4 holders)
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Dallas World Aquarium
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
San Diego Zoo (still holding after hummingbird aviary closed?)
Costa's Hummingbird (3 holders)
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
San Diego Zoo
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Calliope Hummingbird (1 holder)
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Rufous Hummingbird (3 holders)
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Dallas World Aquarium
Sparkling Violetear (2 holders)
Butterfly World
Dallas World Aquarium
Broad-Billed Hummingbird (4 holders)
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (magicus)
Dallas World Aquarium
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Green-Tailed Trainbearer (1 holder)
Butterfly World
Anna's Hummingbird (4 holders)
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Dallas World Aquarium
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
San Diego Zoo (still holding after hummingbird aviary closed?)
Costa's Hummingbird (3 holders)
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
San Diego Zoo
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Calliope Hummingbird (1 holder)
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Rufous Hummingbird (3 holders)
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Dallas World Aquarium
Sad this list is so small. Hopefully we get some good species onshow when SDZ's new hummingbird house opens.
No Ruby-throats surprised me too. Would have thought somebody had a few.
Allen's isn't common enough I expect.
drill
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National might have Ruby-throats off-display. they had right before the aviary closure.
drill
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Omaha had Black-chinned and Giant. I assume no longer? the Dallas Aquarium new website says " Some of the more visible hummingbirds at the DWA are: Sparkling violetear (Colibri coruscans), Green mango (Anthracocothorax viridis), Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus), Puerto Rican emerald (Chlorostilbon maugaeus) and the Giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas)". What are the others?
I only saw Broad-Billed at Omaha. As far as DWA goes, afaik they don't actually have all of those species anymore.
~Thylo
drill
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It says the "more visible" hummingbirds are. So what are/were the others and how do we know those species are not off-display?
Their website has listed those species for several years now. It's very probable they don't currently hold most or all of those species except the violetear.
I was working on another thread about Caprimulgiformes and thought it was too short (only two species) so I decided to combine it with thread (Clement's still lumps these into the same order, so I figured that was fair game). Could a mod please change the title to "Hummingbirds and Caprimulgiformes in North American Zoos"?
Tawny Frogmouth (32 holders)
Blank Park Zoo
Bronx Zoo
Brookfield Zoo
Busch Gardens Tampa
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Franklin Park Zoo
Fresno Chaffe Zoo
Henry Vilas Zoo
Louisville Zoo
Miller Park Zoo
Milwaukee County Zoo
National Aviary
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
Riverbanks Zoo and Garden
Sacramento Zoo
Saint Louis Zoo
Salisbury Zoo
San Antonio Zoo
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Santa Barbara Zoo
Sedgwick County Zoo
Staten Island Zoo
Racine Zoo
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
Toronto Zoo
Tracy Aviary
Tulsa Zoo
Woodland Park Zoo
Zoo Atlanta
ZooTampa at Lowry Park
Common Nighthawk (1 holder)
Tracy Aviary
Sparkling Violetear (2 holders)
Butterfly World
Dallas World Aquarium
Broad-billed Hummingbird (4 holders)
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (magicus)
Dallas World Aquarium
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Green-tailed Trainbearer (1 holder)
Butterfly World
Anna's Hummingbird (4 holders)
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Dallas World Aquarium
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
San Diego Zoo (still holding after hummingbird aviary closed?)
Costa's Hummingbird (3 holders)
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
San Diego Zoo
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Calliope Hummingbird (1 holder)
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Rufous Hummingbird (3 holders)
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Dallas World Aquarium
Tawny Frogmouth (32 holders)
Blank Park Zoo
Bronx Zoo
Brookfield Zoo
Busch Gardens Tampa
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Franklin Park Zoo
Fresno Chaffe Zoo
Henry Vilas Zoo
Louisville Zoo
Miller Park Zoo
Milwaukee County Zoo
National Aviary
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
Riverbanks Zoo and Garden
Sacramento Zoo
Saint Louis Zoo
Salisbury Zoo
San Antonio Zoo
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Santa Barbara Zoo
Sedgwick County Zoo
Staten Island Zoo
Racine Zoo
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
Toronto Zoo
Tracy Aviary
Tulsa Zoo
Woodland Park Zoo
Zoo Atlanta
ZooTampa at Lowry Park
Common Nighthawk (1 holder)
Tracy Aviary
Sparkling Violetear (2 holders)
Butterfly World
Dallas World Aquarium
Broad-billed Hummingbird (4 holders)
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (magicus)
Dallas World Aquarium
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Green-tailed Trainbearer (1 holder)
Butterfly World
Anna's Hummingbird (4 holders)
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Dallas World Aquarium
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
San Diego Zoo (still holding after hummingbird aviary closed?)
Costa's Hummingbird (3 holders)
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
San Diego Zoo
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Calliope Hummingbird (1 holder)
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Rufous Hummingbird (3 holders)
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Dallas World Aquarium
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Too bad there aren't any potoos around, but they would make pretty poor exhibit animals I would guess! At least to the general public anyway.
I know, I was really hoping for potoos, as well.
Akron, Assiniboine Park, Birmingham, Brevard, Cheyenne Mountain, Denver, Kansas City, Lincoln Children's, Lincoln Park, Oklahoma City, and Roger Williams Park all hold Tawny Frogmouth as well.
Something interesting I recently heard - apparently The Living Desert has a temporary exhibition of wild-caught hummingbirds right now. When the exhibition ends, the birds will be released. I don't know much more about it but I heard they have Allen's.
I wouldn't have thought that would be allowed under American wildlife laws?
I'm as surprised as you are.
drill
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this?
Wonderfully Wild | The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens. It doesn't mention they're wild.
Wonderfully Wild | The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens. It doesn't mention they're wild.
No mention whatsoever if wild, but I would guess so given low captive numbers. That said, I can't find any hummingbird photos from the aviary in question. Best I can tell species are Anna's, Costa's, and per @birdsandbats Allen's. Very little overall information on the hummingbird side of things.
Off-topic, but I think the photos of their Island and Swift Foxes on Living Desert's website are the same animal.
Off-topic, but I think the photos of their Island and Swift Foxes on Living Desert's website are the same animal.
The Swift Fox photo is definitely not a Swift Fox; I agree that it looks like the Island Fox. Both species along with Kit were signed during my visit a year ago, though I didn't see the Swift.