I ever gave the answer here : New enclosures 2024
So it will be squirrel monkeys and toco tucans
Regarding the ibises, I don't have the answer but with the director we could always expect a rarity.
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I ever gave the answer here : New enclosures 2024
So it will be squirrel monkeys and toco tucans
Regarding the ibises, I don't have the answer but with the director we could always expect a rarity.
Great to hear! Odd to see that the aracaris they apparently have off stage won't be exhibited. They are still very nice species for the park though.I ever gave the answer here : New enclosures 2024
So it will be squirrel monkeys and toco tucans
Regarding the ibises, I don't have the answer but with the director we could always expect a rarity.
Had no idea that thread existed
Thanks for keeping us updated!
Last April 13th, a wattled crane chick hatched.
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News:
The park has updated their website after many years and I've noticed a couple of changes! Here is the list.
- The sacred ibises I mentioned last time are Malagasy sacred ibises (Threskiornis bernieri)!
- Another new species, Ferruginous ducks (Aythya nyroca) have been added to the walkthrough aviary!
- This hasn't been shown on the website but I've seen pictures of Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) in the new Savannah.
- The Palawan hornbills (!) and grey-cheeked hornbills seem to be on show now. The blue cranes seem to still be at the zoo, but sadly, the black-necked crane is no longer listed on the zoo's website.
- Last but not least, the zoo also got Somali sheep (Ovis orientalis aries). With them, the zoo now has three sheep breeds.
They have also uploaded a voucher for this year and is mentioned that the new toco toucan and squirrel monkey enclosures will open by summer. They also mention that the squirrel monkeys will be Black-capped squirrel monkeys (Saimiri boliviensis), coming within the EEP, but seeing it's a French zoo and that both subspecies (boliviensis and peruviensis) are commonly found there we can't really assume wich one of both is.
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I'll be visiting the zoo once the squirrel monkey and toucan area is done, the Palawan hornbills and Malagasy sacred ibises are really enticing comeback incentives!
The park has updated their website after many years and I've noticed a couple of changes! Here is the list.
- The sacred ibises I mentioned last time are Malagasy sacred ibises (Threskiornis bernieri)!
- Another new species, Ferruginous ducks (Aythya nyroca) have been added to the walkthrough aviary!
- This hasn't been shown on the website but I've seen pictures of Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) in the new Savannah.
- The Palawan hornbills (!) and grey-cheeked hornbills seem to be on show now. The blue cranes seem to still be at the zoo, but sadly, the black-necked crane is no longer listed on the zoo's website.
- Last but not least, the zoo also got Somali sheep (Ovis orientalis aries). With them, the zoo now has three sheep breeds.
They have also uploaded a voucher for this year and is mentioned that the new toco toucan and squirrel monkey enclosures will open by summer. They also mention that the squirrel monkeys will be Black-capped squirrel monkeys (Saimiri boliviensis), coming within the EEP, but seeing it's a French zoo and that both subspecies (boliviensis and peruviensis) are commonly found there we can't really assume wich one of both is.
Oiseaux - Zoo de Labenne
Brochure 2024 - Zoo de Labenne
I'll be visiting the zoo once the squirrel monkey and toucan area is done, the Palawan hornbills and Malagasy sacred ibises are really enticing comeback incentives!
Birth news:
- Two Sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis) chicks have hatched at Labenne!
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- Two Sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis) chicks have hatched at Labenne!
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A new shelter is being built for the Fallow Deer herd.
Zoo De Labenne on Instagram: " Le Zoo de Labenne bouge La structure pour réaliser un nouvel abri pour nos daims a été livrée hier ; la construction a débuté dès ce matin ! Depuis la reprise du parc en 2012, notre Zoo cherche en permanence à offrir le meilleur tant pour le bien-être de ses animaux que pour le plaisir de ses visiteurs ;"
Zoo De Labenne on Instagram: " Le Zoo de Labenne bouge La structure pour réaliser un nouvel abri pour nos daims a été livrée hier ; la construction a débuté dès ce matin ! Depuis la reprise du parc en 2012, notre Zoo cherche en permanence à offrir le meilleur tant pour le bien-être de ses animaux que pour le plaisir de ses visiteurs ;"
For the pleasure of @SivatheriumGuy the new amazona area will house squirrel monkeys, toco tucans AND Chestnut-eared Aracaris 
Labenne will be the second french zoo to show this aracari species this year (with Spay).
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Yayyy great news, I'll be there once is done!For the pleasure of @SivatheriumGuy the new amazona area will house squirrel monkeys, toco tucans AND Chestnut-eared Aracaris
Labenne will be the second french zoo to show this aracari species this year (with Spay).
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Birth of 0.1 Alpaca on June 24th.
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The new zone opened yesterday!
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I visited again yesterday! Here are some of the different things I noticed from my last visit, nothing out of the ordinary when it comes to what we discussed in the forum, but I do have a few surprises:
- The squirrel monkey, toucan, and aracari exhibits are right by the entrance, filling the space between the tortoises and walkthrough aviary. I'll be posting the pictures soon, and I gotta say I really liked them! The exhibits are spacious, filled with various live plants, diverse substrate mixtures, and a fair share of perching areas and climbing elements. The squirrel monkey indoors exhibit is also viewable for visitors. I thought the squirrel monkey was especially spacious, I really liked it. The squirrel monkeys are signed as Saimiri boliviensis peruviensis.
- Changes in the aviary mainly include that I saw the Ferruginous ducks, other than that the Chiloe wigeon seems to have left the collection.
- The new staff building is being built where the old serval enclosure was, it's two stories high and construction seems to go pretty well.
- The new fallow deer stable is already standing up, and according to a sign, it will also be the stable for the donkeys that are in front. The fallow deer will also get an expansion in the area right next to the lynxes, which once was part of the donkey exhibit.
- The African crested porcupines seem to have left the collections, I didn't spot them anywhere at the zoo nor they were signed.
- As we discussed before, the pygmy goat walkthrough exhibit has been connected to what on my last visit was the Cameroon sheep and Anglo-Nubian goat exhibit, and it has expanded a bit to the back. Somali sheep and a few Alpacas have been added to the exhibit as well.
- The Painted stork has been paired up with another individual, a juvenile Saddle-billed stork has been moved to this exhibit as well as a flock of four Madagascar sacred ibises. The tragopans are still signed to be in this aviary but once again, didn't get to see them.
- The Southern grey-crowned cranes have been joined by a pair of Grey-cheeked hornbills.
- A new female Papuan hornbill has been exhibited alongside a male of the same species and the Siberian crane.
- A pair of Blue cranes have been added to the aviary where the Southern ground hornbill lives at.
- A pair of Magpie geese have joined the Indian sarus cranes. The magpie goose population in the walkthrough aviary has dropped to a single individual.
- The Sandhill cranes were moved to the second to last aviary in the row, in my visit last year they were in the last aviary. The pair of chicks that hatched back in May are growing up.
- The last aviary is now inhabited by the Brolga pair as well as the Palawan hornbills.
- The Ouessant sheep seems to have left the collection.
- The Blue-headed quail-doves have access to the entire parrot aviary, and the Southern screamers exhibited here last year are no longer there.
- The savannah is now fully finished, with no construction tape nor excessive adaptation hotwire. All the animals were living together (the zebras last year were showing aggressive behavior towards the zebu, but this year I even saw them lay down together) and it looks really nice and lively. A flock of a few Helmeted guineafowl are living alongside the ungulates, with the inclusion of a little shaded area for them by the "Le Jabiru" snack bar. I also noticed that the Grant's zebra stallion that has been in the park for a while and has fathered the foal that is in the savannah alongside its mother wasn't visible. Instead of it a new zebra was in the paddock, and it was a Burchell's zebra. It looked like a female to me.
- It's hard to notice, but the top of some off-show aviaries can be noticed from the visitor path. I was lucky enough to notice a strange figure, so I decided to look a little bit closer and noticed an Inca jay, as well as a pair of Eclectus parrots (Maybe the same Eclectus roratus solomonensis that were exhibited in the zoo until very recently).
- The guinea pig pens have been unified into one large exhibit, and this time around I got to see the wing-clipped Red-shouldered turquoise-fronted amazons.
- The squirrel monkey, toucan, and aracari exhibits are right by the entrance, filling the space between the tortoises and walkthrough aviary. I'll be posting the pictures soon, and I gotta say I really liked them! The exhibits are spacious, filled with various live plants, diverse substrate mixtures, and a fair share of perching areas and climbing elements. The squirrel monkey indoors exhibit is also viewable for visitors. I thought the squirrel monkey was especially spacious, I really liked it. The squirrel monkeys are signed as Saimiri boliviensis peruviensis.
- Changes in the aviary mainly include that I saw the Ferruginous ducks, other than that the Chiloe wigeon seems to have left the collection.
- The new staff building is being built where the old serval enclosure was, it's two stories high and construction seems to go pretty well.
- The new fallow deer stable is already standing up, and according to a sign, it will also be the stable for the donkeys that are in front. The fallow deer will also get an expansion in the area right next to the lynxes, which once was part of the donkey exhibit.
- The African crested porcupines seem to have left the collections, I didn't spot them anywhere at the zoo nor they were signed.
- As we discussed before, the pygmy goat walkthrough exhibit has been connected to what on my last visit was the Cameroon sheep and Anglo-Nubian goat exhibit, and it has expanded a bit to the back. Somali sheep and a few Alpacas have been added to the exhibit as well.
- The Painted stork has been paired up with another individual, a juvenile Saddle-billed stork has been moved to this exhibit as well as a flock of four Madagascar sacred ibises. The tragopans are still signed to be in this aviary but once again, didn't get to see them.
- The Southern grey-crowned cranes have been joined by a pair of Grey-cheeked hornbills.
- A new female Papuan hornbill has been exhibited alongside a male of the same species and the Siberian crane.
- A pair of Blue cranes have been added to the aviary where the Southern ground hornbill lives at.
- A pair of Magpie geese have joined the Indian sarus cranes. The magpie goose population in the walkthrough aviary has dropped to a single individual.
- The Sandhill cranes were moved to the second to last aviary in the row, in my visit last year they were in the last aviary. The pair of chicks that hatched back in May are growing up.
- The last aviary is now inhabited by the Brolga pair as well as the Palawan hornbills.
- The Ouessant sheep seems to have left the collection.
- The Blue-headed quail-doves have access to the entire parrot aviary, and the Southern screamers exhibited here last year are no longer there.
- The savannah is now fully finished, with no construction tape nor excessive adaptation hotwire. All the animals were living together (the zebras last year were showing aggressive behavior towards the zebu, but this year I even saw them lay down together) and it looks really nice and lively. A flock of a few Helmeted guineafowl are living alongside the ungulates, with the inclusion of a little shaded area for them by the "Le Jabiru" snack bar. I also noticed that the Grant's zebra stallion that has been in the park for a while and has fathered the foal that is in the savannah alongside its mother wasn't visible. Instead of it a new zebra was in the paddock, and it was a Burchell's zebra. It looked like a female to me.
- It's hard to notice, but the top of some off-show aviaries can be noticed from the visitor path. I was lucky enough to notice a strange figure, so I decided to look a little bit closer and noticed an Inca jay, as well as a pair of Eclectus parrots (Maybe the same Eclectus roratus solomonensis that were exhibited in the zoo until very recently).
- The guinea pig pens have been unified into one large exhibit, and this time around I got to see the wing-clipped Red-shouldered turquoise-fronted amazons.
New individuals:
- The Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) that arrived last year at the zoo has been joined by three other individuals of the same subspecies, coming from Tiergarten Schönbrunn and Safari Park Dvůr Králové. The Grant's zebras the zoo has housed for several years have left to Zoo de Champrépus to join the herd present there.
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- The Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) that arrived last year at the zoo has been joined by three other individuals of the same subspecies, coming from Tiergarten Schönbrunn and Safari Park Dvůr Králové. The Grant's zebras the zoo has housed for several years have left to Zoo de Champrépus to join the herd present there.
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Le Zoo est ouvert tous les jours de 10h à 19h "
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Improvements to the fallow deer enclosure. The fence for the enclosure extension has just been installed. A covered feeding station will soon be installed.
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Surprising to see how long the renovations of the fallow deer paddock are taking, but I'm very glad they are working on it as it was definetly the most unappealing enclosure at the zoo! And I'm sure that the fallow deer will appreciate the expansion and inprovement of their enclosure furniture.
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I visited the zoo the past weekend and I saw a very interesting new species, Rhinoceros Hornbill! I saw only one individual, but hopefully they have a pair and the other was just out of sight.
The bird collection is pretty impressive, specially considering this is a small zoo, and regarding mammals, it looks more like a petting farm than like a real zoo. I hope they´ll continue working on that line.
The bird collection is pretty impressive, specially considering this is a small zoo, and regarding mammals, it looks more like a petting farm than like a real zoo. I hope they´ll continue working on that line.
Amazing new inclusion! Really, really nice!!! Which exhibit were the rhinoceros hornbills present at? At one of the crane and stork aviaries, I assume?
Any chance you saw the Asian woolly-necked storks (Ciconia episcopus episcopus) that are also a new species for the park?