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in the original children’s zoo 2000s plan the zoo was originally supposed to have cali se sitters but got replaced with sea lions instead I’m talking about the exhibit in front of the caves with now houses no animals
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Your information is incorrect. The sea lions were part of the children's zoo area since the 1980s when it was constructed as Adventure Island.
That area is in the beginning stages of being transformed into a new area. It is not a "failure" it is intentionally in demolition.
Here's a link to the page where you can read more about the Los Angeles Zoo Vision Plan:
Los Angeles Zoo Vision Plan - Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens
Coming back to the macaw discourse.
Do you @Elena or @LoriPatton know how old both the red-fronted and scarlet macaw are?
I would imagine also that given its conservation concern status a red-fronted macaw would perhaps strategise for integrating the red-fronted macaw into the ex situ conservation breeding program.
NOTE: I have read somewhere and ... for the love of self peculiarly forgotten ... that even scarlet macaw Ara macao are part and parcel of reintroduction programs breed for release within part of their home range. Same with other thought of as very common macaw species in captivity, the blue and yellow Ara ararauna.
Some blue and yellow macaw reintroduction projects (Trinidad and Tobago, Brasil):
1) Blue and gold macaws released in Pointe-a-Pierre - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
2) Blue & Yellow Macaws - Bird Recovery International
Scarlet macaw release programs (Brasil and Mexico):
1) Reintroduction of the Great Scarlet Macaw in the Atlantic Forest - Brazilian NR
2) Scarlet macaws taking wing again in Mexico
My understanding from my earlier discussion with the keeper about the red-fronted macaw moving to the Avian Conservation Center is that the move was made for breeding purposes. I believe the male red-fronted macaw that was moved there is in his 20's.
The LA Zoo is involved in wild macaw conservation efforts:
Field Work & Grants - Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens
American Bird Conservancy / Bird Endowment, Inc.
Native to Bolivia, the blue-throated macaw is critically endangered due to habitat loss and heavy collection from the wild for the pet trade. The L.A. Zoo has successfully bred this rare bird in its Avian Conservation Center and contributes to its conservation in the field. A 2017 grant supported the installation of artificial nest boxes in key nesting areas in Bolivia’s El Beni State. These nest boxes have resulted in an increase of fledglings over each successive breeding season. The current grant will be used to construct, install, and monitor additional nest boxes in the project site.
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The L.A. Zoo's scarlet macaw, Charlie, was featured on the cover of Zoo View magazine in Spring 2023. He is the zoo's oldest animal resident at 58-years-old and came to live at the zoo as a hatchling in 1966! I'm not sure if the zoo has any other scarlet macaws currently. The zoo keeps macaws in its South America section, the Avian Conservation Center (ACC), and at a holding area for the World of Birds Show. Here is a photo of the ACC that I took in January -- if you look closely, you will see a scarlet macaw in the enclosure just above the fence and yellow post.
The ACC also has a blue macaw visible (either a blue-and-gold or blue-throated) in one of the cages down the path. Except for this row next to the Australia tram stop, the rest of the ACC isn't visible to zoo guests. Here is a link to the zoo's website, which lists their macaws: Macaw - Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens
In the past, I remember seeing a sign for a red-and-green macaw in the former enclosure for the red-fronted macaw in the South America area. In the most recent animal transaction report for July, it was mentioned that the lone blue-billed curassow will be transferred to another zoo, which leaves the roundhouse it was in with two empty enclosures (the third part holds ocelots). This is the area I believe would be good for the zoo to exhibit more macaws as currently only the scarlet is on display.
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@LoriPatton, thanks for updating on the macaw collection and where these are maintained and how managed. The ACC seems like a nice place to visit ..., I assume though it is out of sounds to the general public for good reasons.
The blue-billed curassow has access to that other enclosure, so it isn't empty. I've seen her sitting in the shadier area in the upper right. I spoke with her keeper on a recent visit and was told the plan is to get a new breeding pair of blue-billed curassows so the exhibits won't be empty.
The World of Birds show is the best place to view macaws at the zoo. The show regularly features their 2 Hyacinth macaws named Venus and Luna along with blue-throated macaws and a scarlet macaw. Sometimes I've seen them fly multiple military macaws at the end of the show.
The USDA Inspection Report from April 16 notes the following macaw holdings:
Scarlet macaw - 4
Hyacinth macaw - 2
Blue-throated macaw - 6
Military macaw - 4
Blue-and-yellow macaw/Blue-and-gold macaw - 1
Red-fronted macaw - 1
Red-and-green macaw/Green-winged macaw - 1
Also on the subject of birds, there is an unsigned breeding pair of sunbitterns in the exhibit with the crested oropendolas in the Rainforest of the Americas.
Are you saying Saola the critically endangered bovid species? I doubt any zoo in the world had any breeding program for them, being the rarest and most endangered of the bovid species that even sightings of them in the wild are almost mythical.
As for the lowland anoa, our last individual passed away a couple years ago. The species considered now a GSMP(global species management plan) and don’t know if the zoo will participate in it again.
The loss of the last anoa from LA Zoo I really do deplore.
(From what I know they held a 5 year old female around 2020).
Lori Patton
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The lowland anoa used to be in the Animals of the Drylands area in the yard between the babirusas and peninsular pronghorns. Unfortunately, it was never in its exhibit on any of my visits, but I do remember seeing the signage.
June meeting minutes: https://lazoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Zoo-Commission-APPROVED-MINUTES-6-18-24.pdf
Made a recent visit after a few months, had seen two new species on display at the LAIR:
- Mexican Jumping Viper
- Lance Headed Rattlesnake
5 California Condors from the Los Angeles Zoo (B3, B4, B5, B6 and B7), all one years of age are being reintroduced to Redwood National and State Parks as part of the Yurok Tribes ongoing effort to reintroduce California Condors back to their area
Northern California Condor Restoration Program
Northern California Condor Restoration Program
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