The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore Maryland Zoo in Baltimore/The Baltimore Zoo Historic Species List

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When I saw the list of historic zoo collection threads, I was interested in creating one for the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. The problems are that a) this Zoo is quite old (officially 1876, though there were exotic animals in Druid Hill Park for at least a few years earlier), b) it has poor records of its early years, and c) it's closed so many major exhibits over the years - not least of all the Reptile House and Mammal House, that such a list would be extremely long. In fact, the final list had hundreds of species.

Because of the size of the list, I'm going to break it up, posting a bit at a time. Some species have been exhibited in multiple locations over the years (aardwolves, for example, were displayed in the Mammal House, Main Valley, and two exhibits in African Journey), so I've listed them taxonomically instead of by exhibit, as some other threads have done. We'll start with the carnivores (some of these species, such as African wild dog, wolverine, and clouded leopard, I have very minimal info on - sometimes just a single reference).

California Sea Lion
Harbor Seal
Ringed Seal

(Pinnipeds were first exhibited in ponds in the park, later in an exhibit across from the old Elephant House, next to the old Polar Bear Exhibit (not Polar Bear Watch - the old, old Polar Bear Exhibit. This was later filled in for prairie dogs - not the current Prairie Dog Exhibit)

Polar Bear (Very recent phase out - 2021)
American Black Bear (Historically exhibited in the Main Valley and Maryland Wilderness, where the bobcats are now)
Asian Black Bear (The remaining bear species were all exhibited in the Stone Shed - Main Valley)
Sloth Bear
Sun Bear
Andean Bear

Red Panda (Stone Shed - Main Valley)

Raccoon
Kinkajou
White-Nosed Coati

Gray Wolf
African Wild Dog
Fennec Fox
Red Fox (Most recently where the bobcats are now)
Arctic Fox (Recent phase out - 2020)

Striped Skunk

Asian Small-Clawed Otter
Least Weasel
Wolverine

Aardwolf
Spotted Hyena
Striped Hyena

Slender-Tailed Meerkat

Tiger (Bengal, Sumatran, and, most recently, Amur)
Snow Leopard
Jaguar
Clouded Leopard
Puma
Canada Lynx
Ocelot
Jungle Cat
Pampas Cat
Leopard Cat
Serval
Caracal
African Golden Cat
Pallas Cat
 
Aardwolf said:
When I saw the list of historic zoo collection threads, I was interested in creating one for the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. The problems are that a) this Zoo is quite old (officially 1876, though there were exotic animals in Druid Hill Park for at least a few years earlier), b) it has poor records of its early years, and c) it's closed so many major exhibits over the years - not least of all the Reptile House and Mammal House, that such a list would be extremely long. In fact, the final list had hundreds of species.

Because of the size of the list, I'm going to break it up, posting a bit at a time. Some species have been exhibited in multiple locations over the years (aardwolves, for example, were displayed in the Mammal House, Main Valley, and two exhibits in African Journey), so I've listed them taxonomically instead of by exhibit, as some other threads have done. We'll start with the carnivores (some of these species, such as African wild dog, wolverine, and clouded leopard, I have very minimal info on - sometimes just a single reference).

California Sea Lion
Harbor Seal
Ringed Seal

(Pinnipeds were first exhibited in ponds in the park, later in an exhibit across from the old Elephant House, next to the old Polar Bear Exhibit (not Polar Bear Watch - the old, old Polar Bear Exhibit. This was later filled in for prairie dogs - not the current Prairie Dog Exhibit)

Polar Bear (Very recent phase out - 2021)
American Black Bear (Historically exhibited in the Main Valley and Maryland Wilderness, where the bobcats are now)
Asian Black Bear (The remaining bear species were all exhibited in the Stone Shed - Main Valley)
Sloth Bear
Sun Bear
Andean Bear

Red Panda (Stone Shed - Main Valley)

Raccoon
Kinkajou
White-Nosed Coati

Gray Wolf
African Wild Dog
Fennec Fox
Red Fox (Most recently where the bobcats are now)
Arctic Fox (Recent phase out - 2020)

Striped Skunk

Asian Small-Clawed Otter
Least Weasel
Wolverine

Aardwolf
Spotted Hyena
Striped Hyena

Slender-Tailed Meerkat

Tiger (Bengal, Sumatran, and, most recently, Amur)
Snow Leopard
Jaguar
Clouded Leopard
Puma
Canada Lynx
Ocelot
Jungle Cat
Pampas Cat
Leopard Cat
Serval
Caracal
African Golden Cat
Pallas Cat
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Ringed seal?! Pampas cat?! African golden cat?!
 
Looking back, I realize I forgot a few carnivores - margay, African civet - there will probably be more as research continues.

On to primates. Almost all of the following were kept in the old Mammal House, which still stands, but has been closed since 2000.

Western Gorilla
Bornean Orangutan

Lar Gibbon
Black-Crested Gibbon
White-Cheeked Gibbon

Red-Capped Mangabey
Black-Crested Mangabey
Moustached Monkey
Diana Monkey
DeBrazza's Monkey
Greater Spot-Nosed Monkey
Lesser Spot-Nosed Monkey
Green Monkey
Patas Monkey
Japanese Macaque
Rhesus Macaque
Southern Pig-Tailed Macaque
Lion-Tailed Macaque (Historically one of the most significant species in the Zoo's history)
Stump-Tailed Macaque
Barbary Macaque
Drill
Mandrill (Also a drill/mandrill hybrid)
Chacma Baboon
Gelada
Dusky Leaf Monkey

Black Spider Monkey
Black-Handed Spider Monkey
Red-Faced Spider Monkey
Common Squirrel Monkey
Tufted Capuchin
Buff-Headed Capuchin

Common Marmoset
Golden Lion Tamarin
White-Footed Tamarin
Red-Footed Tamarin

Senegal Bushbaby
Coquerel's Sifaka (Recent departure from collection, likely to return)
 
Forgot 3-striped douroucouli, hamadryas baboon, greater brown galago, slow loris, and saddle-backed tamarin for the primates...

Next up, ungulates. Most of these were found either in the old 1919 Camel House (now usually known as the Crane Barn and used for bird holding) or the Buffalo Yards ("Heavy Hoofstock Pens" as they were originally called), which were built in the 1950s.

Aoudad (fun fact: the old penguin exhibit, Rock Island, was built for this species so that the keepers wouldn't have to keep catching them up for hoof trims)
Blackbuck
American Bison
Nilgai
Black Duiker
Common Wildebeest
Himalayan Tahr
Roan Antelope
Sable Antelope
Kirk's Dikdik
Grant's Gazelle
Thomson's Gazelle
Mouflon
Ibex (unknown species)
African Buffalo

Axis Deer
Wapiti
Red Deer
Sika Deer
Fallow Deer
White-Tailed Deer
Mule Deer
Moose
Caribou

Pygmy Hippo
Hippopotamus

Collared Peccary

Warthog
Bush Pig

Dromedary
Bactrian Camel
Llama
Guanaco

Grevy's Zebra
Onager
Tarpan* (As listed in inventory - "Heck horses" probably

Lowland Tapir
Baird's OR Mountain Tapir (records refer to it both ways - first as Baird's, later as mountain - hoping to find a picture for confirmation)

I've seen a single newspaper reference to an Indian rhino, but I think this was a journalist's mistake - it was from a recent enough date that there should have been some additional documentation of it
 
Forgot bat-eared fox under carnivores...

Finishing up with all of the other mammals

Southern Opossum
Virginia Opossum
Ground Cuscus
Sugar Glider
Tammar Wallaby
Parma Wallaby
Western Grey Kangaroo
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Red Kangaroo

Rock Hyrax (most recently in Chimpanzee Forest)

Asian Elephant (old Elephant House)

Nine-Banded Armadillo
Six-Banded Armadillo
Southern Tamandua
Giant Anteater
Two-Toed Sloth (Uncertain Species)

Northern Tree Shrew

Pale Giant Squirrel
Eastern Fox Squirrel
Three-Striped Ground Squirrel
Slender Squirrel
Geoffroy's Ground Squirrel
Kintampo Rope Squirrel
Woodchuck (what is now the Box Turtle exhibit in Maryland Wilderness)
Gambian Giant Pouched Rat
Eastern Woodrat (Never on exhibit, but an important off-exhibit breeding program)
White-Throated Woodrat
White-Footed Mouse
Naked Molerat
Capybara (Hippopotamus House)
Lowland Paca
Degu
Nutria

Four-Toed Hedgehog
European Hedgehog

Gray-Headed Flying Fox
 
Moving into the reptiles, I've got the crocodilians and chelonians next. Most of these were in the now-closed reptile house, with a few exceptions. The dwarf crocodiles were on exhibit at the entrance of African Journey (as it is called now), near the sitatunga. The Aldabra and Galapagos tortoises were in the old Children's Zoo. Red-footed tortoises were in the Main Valley. The Nile softshell turtle was on exhibit in the Chimp Forest, sharing exhibit space with the slender-snouted crocodiles. Many of the native Maryland turtles (stinkpot, mud, diamondback terrapin) were in Maryland Wilderness, where the hellbender exhibit is now.

Crocodilians
American Alligator
Yacare Caiman
Spectacled Caiman
Black Caiman
Dwarf Caiman
Smooth-Fronted Caiman
American Crocodile
Australian Freshwater Crocodile
Morelet's Crocodile
Nile Crocodile
West African Dwarf Crocodile
Tomistoma

Chelonians
Green Sea Turtle
Kemp's Ridley Turtle
Australian Snakeneck Turtle
Reimann's Snakeneck Turtle
Siebenrock's Snakeneck Turtle
Matamata
Yellow-Spotted Amazon River Turtle
Arrau
Red-Headed Amazon Side-Necked Turtle
Incised Wood Turtle
Chinese Three-Striped Box Turtle
Amboina Box Turtle
Pacific Pond Turtle
Chicken Turtle
Blanding's Turtle
Mississippi Map Turtle
Eastern Red-Bellied Turtle
River Cooter
Diamondback Terrapin
Macquarie Turtle
Red-Bellied Short-Necked Turtle
Spotted Pond Turtle
Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle
Common Map Turtle
Crowned River Turtle
South American Snake-Necked Turtle
Tabasco Mud Turtle
Striped Mud Turtle
Red-Cheeked Mud Turtle
Sonoran Mud Turtle
Eastern Mud Turtle
Malayan Snail-Eating Turtle
Asian Yellow Pond Turtle
Chinese Three-Keeled Pond Turtle
Indian Black Turtle
Brown Roofed Turtle
Indian Roof Turtle
Indian Tent Turtle
Helmeted Turtle
Central American River Turtle
Geoffroy's Side-Necked Turtle
Spot-Bellied Side-Necked Turtle
Twist-Necked Turtle
Big-Headed Turtle
Black Marsh Turtle
Chiapas Giant Musk Turtle
Stinkpot
Nile Softshell Turtle
Asian Softshell Turtle
Eastern Spiny Softshell
Narrow-Headed Softshell Turtle
Burmese Peacock Softshell Turtle
Indian Flapshell Turtle
Senegal Flapshell Turtle
Indian Star Tortoise
Aldabra Tortoise
Serrated Forest Hingeback Tortoise
Red-Footed Tortoise
Yellow-Footed Tortoise
Floreana Island Galapagos Tortoise
Karroo Cape Tortoise
Pancake Tortoise
Madagascar Spider Tortoise
Madagascar Flat-Tailed Tortoise
 
I knew Baltimore Zoo had an extensive reptile collection in the past, but two species of sea turtles were certainly not on my bingo card. So much history in these older institutions , it's really quite fascinating!

I know their past bird collection is probably a daunting list to create, but I'd be curious to see a complete list one day. I believe Adele penguins were once held in Rock Island if I'm remembering correctly and the Zoo had an extensive vulture collection as well - even including a very successful Lappet-faced vulture propagation program in the 80s-90s. Thank you for creating these lists!
 
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I knew Baltimore Zoo had an extensive reptile collection in the past, but two species of sea turtles were certainly not on my bingo card. So much history in these older institutions , it's really quite fascinating!

I know their past bird collection is probably a daunting list to create, but I'd be curious to see a complete list one day. I believe Adele penguins were once held in Rock Island if I'm remembering correctly and the Zoo had an extensive vulture collection as well - even including a very successful Lappet-faced vulture propagation program in the 80s-90s. Thank you for creating these lists!
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They did have the Adelie's, but only for a hot moment. For slightly longer they had rockhoppers cohabbing with the Africans on Rock Island. The first penguins that they had were Humboldts - they tried with penguins a few times over the 1950's but with little luck (the bottom of the three Wading Bird Yards was actually originally for penguins).
 
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Aardwolf said:
They did have the Adelie's, but only for a hot moment. For slightly longer they had rockhoppers cohabbing with the Africans on Rock Island. The first penguins that they had were Humboldts - they tried with penguins a few times over the 1950's but with little luck (the bottom of the three Wading Bird Yards was actually originally for penguins).
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Oh very interesting, thanks for the information
 
The next two posts cover snakes and lizards. Virtually all of these would have been in the Reptile House.

Javan Wart Snake

Cantil
Cottonmouth
Cantil
Taylor’s Cantil
Great Lakes Bush Viper
African Bush Viper
Jumping Pitviper
Puff Adder
Gaboon Viper
Rhinoceros Viper
Yellow-Blotched Palm Pitviper
Side-Striped Viper
Eyelash Viper
Speckled Forest Viper
Fer-de-Lance
St. Lucia Fer-de-Lance
Malayan Pit Viper
Rhombic Night Adder
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Mexican West Coast Rattlesnake
Sidewinder
Aruba Island Rattlesnake
Rock Rattlesnake
Speckled Rattlesnake
Black-Tailed Rattlesnake
Pacific Rattlesnake
Twin-Spotted Rattlesnake
Red Diamond Rattlesnake
Tiger Rattlesnake
Mojave Rattlesnake
Prairie Rattlesnake
Mexican Dusky Rattlesnake
Arizona Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake
White-Lipped Tree Viper
Russel’s Viper
Chinese Moccasin
Saw-Scaled Viper
Mamushi
Central American Bushmaster
Levantine Viper
Pope’s Pitviper
Rainforest Hognosed Pitviper
Pygmy Rattlesnake
Massasauga
Sri Lanka Green Pitviper
Mangrove Pitviper
Wagler’s Pitviper
Long-Nosed Viper
Eurasian Common Adder
Chinese Gree Tree Pitviper

Boa Constrictor
Central American Boa
Solomon Island Boa
Rubber Boa
Annulated Boa
Emerald Tree Boa
Cook’s Tree Boa
Garden Tree Boa
Amazon Tree Boa
Rainbow Boa
Puerto Rican Boa
Brown Sand Boa
Green Anaconda
Kenyan Sand Boa
Rough-Scaled Sand Boa
Rosy Boa
Madagascar Tree Boa
Cayman Island Ground Boa

Children’s Python
Northern White-Lipped Python
Bismarck Ringed Python
West African Burrowing Python
Brown Water Python
Macklot’s Python
Savu Island Python
Mexican Burrowing Python
Reticulated Python
Scrub Python
Green Tree Python
Carpet Python
Boelen’s Python
Burmese Python
Blood Python
African Rock Python

Short-Nosed Vinesnake
Arizona Glossy Snake
Banded Racer
Trans-Pecos Ratsnake
Blanding’s Tree Snake
Dog-Toothed Cat-Eyed Snake
Mangrove Snake
Brown Tree Snake
Scarlet Snake
Dog-Faced Watersnake
Mojave Shovelnosed Snake
Flying Snake
Musurana
Radiated Ratsnake
Black Racer
Guardo Camino
Smooth Snake
Herald Snake
Common Egg-Eating Snake
Bronzeback Snake
Boomslang
Yellow-Tailed Cribo
Black-Tailed Cribo
Amur Ratsnake
Central American Ratsnake
Flower Snake
Japanese Ratsnake
Mud Snake
Red-Tailed Ratsnake
Western Hooknose Snake
Mountain Keelback
Horseshoe Whipsnake
False Water Cobra
Southern Hognose Snake
Spotted Night Snake
Gray-banded Kingsnake
Mexican Kingsnake
Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake
Brown House Snake
Leaf-Nosed Snake
Madagascar Giant Hognose Snake
Mexican Parrot Snake
Cat-Eyed Snake
Common Wolf Snake
Olive Ground Snake
Eastern Coachwhip
Boddaert’s Tropical Racer
Grass Snake
Streaked Kukri Snake
Rough Green Snake
Green Vine Snake
False Coral Snake
Baird’s Ratsnake
Eastern Fox Snake
Irregular Green Snake
Puffing Snake
Spotted Leaf Nosed Snake
Gopher Snake
Hardwicke’s Rat Snake
Himalayan Sandsnake
Oliver Grass Snake
Dhaman
Pine Woods Snake
Long-nosed Snake
Tiger Ratsnake
Dekay’s Brown Snake
African Tiger Snake
Checkered Gartersnake
Eastern Ribbon Snake
Bird Snake
Aesculapian Ratsnake

Common Krait
Banded Krait
Many-Banded Krait
East African Green Mamba
Black Mamba
Eastern Coral Snake
Indian Cobra
Black Forest Cobra
Egyptian Cobra
Australian Tiger Snake
King Cobra

Mexican Lyre Snake
Sonoran Lyre Snake
 
Finishing up the reptiles, here are the lizards. Almost all of these would have been in the Reptile House. The clouded monitors were sometimes displayed in the Mammal House, and the crocodile monitors were briefly displayed in the Main Valley during the warmer months. The Komodo dragon was a special exhibit animal that was borrowed from National Zoo for a summer and also on display in the Main Valley (the exhibits didn't show it to great advantage)

Common Agama
Damara Rock Agama
Variable Agama
Frilled Lizard
Eastern Water Dragon
Starred Agama
Australian Water Dragon

Ameiva
Southern Whiptail
Rainbow Whiptail
Argentine Black-and-White Tegu

Jeweled Lacerta

Green Anole
Knight Anole

Brown Basilisk
Plumed Basilisk

Brown Leaf Chameleon
Short-Horned Chameleon
Sharp-Nosed Chameleon
Parson’s Chameleon
Veiled Chameleon
Senegal Chameleon
Oustalet’s Chameleon
Panther Chameleon
Will’s Chameleon
Meller’s Chameleon
Jackson’s Chameleon

Northeastern Spiny-Tailed Iguana
Common Spiny-Tailed Iguana
Rhinoceros Iguana
Desert Iguana
Green Iguana
Chuckwalla

Northern Curly Tail Lizard

Western Collared Lizard
Baja Blue Rock Lizard
Texas Horned Lizard
Yarrow’s Spiny Lizard
Western Fence Lizard
Blue Spiny Lizard
Eastern Fence Lizard
Common Side-Blotched Lizard

Western Banded Gecko
Leopard Gecko
Tokay Gecko
African Fat-Tailed Gecko
One-Lined Day Gecko
Madagascar Giant Day Gecko
Giant Leaf-Tailed Gecko

Mexican Beaded Lizard
Gila Monster

Chinese Crocodile Lizard

White-Throated Monitor
Blue-Tailed Monitor
Savanna Monitor
Yellow Monitor
Mangrove Monitor
Komodo Dragon
Clouded Monitor
Nile Monitor
Emerald Tree Monitor
Crocodile Monitor
Water Monitor
Solomon Island Spiny Monitor
Storr’s Monitor

Jones’s Armadillo Lizard
Armadillo Girdled Lizard
Giant Girdled Lizard
Warren’s Girdled Lizard

Central American Alligator Lizard
Eastern Glass Lizard
European Glass Lizard

Five-Lined Skink
New Guinea Blue-Tongue Skink
Central Blue-Tongue Skink
Blotched Blue-Tongue Skink
Northern Blue-Tongue Skink
Shingleback Skink
Crocodile Skink
 
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Forgot black-headed python for snakes...

Slogging into the birds now, starting with Anseriformes. Baltimore used to have a huge waterfowl collection, first on the Boat Lake, then in the now-closed Wading Bird Yards and the Small Duck Pond (the later destroyed as part of the elephant expansion in 2019).

Mandarin Duck
Egyptian Goose
Brazilian Teal
White-Cheeked Pintail
Cape Teal
Green-Winged Teal
Red-Billed Pintail
Chilean Teal
Grey Teal
South African Black Duck
Yellow-Billed Duck
Greylag Goose
Snow Goose
Emperor Goose
Bar-Headed Goose
Ross's Goose
White-Winged Wood Duck
Lesser Scaup
Redhead
Baer's Pochard
Common Pochard
Tufted Duck
New Zealand Scaup
Canvasback
Brant
Cackling Goose
Red-Breasted Goose
Nene
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Ringed Teal
Cape Barren Goose (on display with wallabies and emu at the Crane Barn)
Australian Wood Duck
Coscoroba
Blue-Winged Goose
Black Swan
Tundra Swan
Black-Necked Swan
Mute Swan
West Indian Whistling Duck
Black-Bellied Whistling Duck
Plumed Whistling Duck
Javan Whistling Duck
Falcated Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Chiloe Wigeon
Gadwall
Smew
American Merganser
Black Scoter
Rosybill
White-Headed Duck
Argentine Ruddy Duck
Spur-Winged Goose
Radjah Shelduck
African Comb Duck
American Comb Duck
Common Eider
Cinnamon Teal
Blue-Billed (formerly Hottentot) Teak
Red Shoveler
Puna Teal
Garganey
Cape Shoveler
Spectacled (Bronze-Winged) Duck
South African Shelduck
Common Shelduck
 

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Forgot Long-Tailed Duck from yesterday... on to the parrots, turacos, and hornbills

Yellow-Collared Lovebird
Peach-Faced Lovebird
White-Fronted Amazon
Orange-Winged Amazon
Yellow-Shouldered Amazon
Yellow-Headed Amazon
Hispaniola Amazon
Green-Cheeked Amazon
Blue and Gold Macaw
Scarlet Macaw
Chestnut-Fronted Macaw
Nanday Conure
Jandaya Conure
Sulfur-Crested Cockatoo
Red-Vented Cockatoo
Moluccan Cockatoo
Citron-Crested Cockatoo
Brown Lory
Yellow-Streaked Lory
Red Lory
Blue-Streaked Lory
Galah
Budgerigar
Black-Headed Pionus
Scaly-Headed Pionus
Blue-Headed Pionus
White-Crowned Pionus
Crimson Rosella
Eastern Rosella
Meyer's Parrot
Marigold Lorikeet
Coconut Lorikeet
Australian Rainbow Lorikeet
Thick-Billed Parrot
Kea

Violet Turaco
White-Cheeked Turaco
Black-Tipped Crested Turaco

Red-Billed Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Great Indian Hornbill
Western Long-Tailed Hornbill
 
From parrots, forgot orange-fronted parakeet and eclectus. Here's the next few batches

Vulturine Guineafowl (where blue duiker and black-crowned crane are now)
Lady Amherst's Pheasant (Main Valley)
Golden Pheasant (Main Valley)
Bobwhite (Marsh Aviary)
European Quail
Black Curassow
Red Junglefowl
Green Junglefowl
Himalayan Monal
Bornean Crested Fireback Pheasant
Silver Pheasant
Swinhoe's Pheasant
Wild Turkey (Marsh Aviary)
Ring-Necked Pheasant
Chestnut-Breasted Sandgrouse (former flight cage in Giraffe House)
Crested Wood Partridge
Satyr Tragopan
Yellow-Legged Buttonquail

African Jacana (African Aviary)
Spotted Sandpiper
Cape Thick-Knee
Ruff
Kittlitz's Sand Pliver
Killdeer
Black-Necked Stilt
Black-Bellied Plover
Crocodile Bird
American Avocet
Greater Skua
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
Greater Yellowlegs
Blacksmith Lapwing

Northern Saw-Whet Owl
Short-Eared Owl (Marsh Aviary)
Long-Eared Owl (Marsh Aviary)
Burrowing Owl
Verreaux's Eagle Owl (Main Valley)
Great Horned Owl
African Scops Owl
Northern White-Faced Owl
Spectacled Owl (removed "Eagle Gate" flight cages)
Barred Owl
Barn Owl (Barn in Children's Zoo)

Golden Eagle (removed "Eagle Gate" flight cages)
Tawny Eagle
Red-Shouldered Hawk
Crested Caracara
Southern Caracara
Northern Harrier
American Black Vulture (Marsh Aviary)
American Kestrel
African White-Backed Vulture (Sitatunga Exhibit)
Secretary Bird
Lappet-Faced Vulture (Crane Barn, removed exhibit at entrance of African Journey)
White-Headed Vulture (removed exhibit at entrance of African Journey)
 
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Passerines and Columbiformes: Most of these were in the Mansion House (the "Hall of Jewels," as the porch was called back in the 1960s), later some in the series of kiosks built by Crane Barn when the Hall of Jewels was closed. Some of the African species were in the former flight cage in the Giraffe House.

Red-Winged Blackbird
Cut-Throat Finch
Zebra Waxbill
Golden-Crested Mynah
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Cardinal
European Goldfinch
Veery
Violet-Backed Starling
Snowy-Headed Robin Chat
Blue-Shouldered Robin Chat
Blue Jay
Plush-Crested Jay
White-Headed Buffalo Weaver
Red Bishop
Orange Bishop
Hill Mynah
Baltimore Oriole
Long-Tailed Glossy Starling
Emerald Starling
Golden-Breasted Starling (Mammal House, exhibited with aardwolf, hyrax, squirrel)
Superb Starling
Red-Billed Leiothrix
Bali Mynah
White-Capped Munia
Black-Billed Magpie
Coleto
Common Canary
Western Bluebill
Fischer's Starling
Blue-Gray Tanager
Blue-Capped Cordon-Bleu
Red-Billed Blue Magpie
Long-Tailed Paradise Whydah
White-Necked Rockfowl
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
Bell-Bird
Pekin Robin
Urraca Jay
Scrub Jay
Blue Pie
Fairy Blue Bird
Blue Whistling Thrush
Gold-Fronted Leaf Bird
Troupial
Spot-Breasted Oriole
Girauds Oriole
Yellow-Rumped Cacique
Bronzed Grackle
Crimson-Collared Tanager
Green Cardinal
Pope Cardinal
Village Weaver
Society Finch
Gouldian Finch
Strawberry Finch

White-Breasted Ground Dove
Nicobar Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Rock Dove
Pied Imperial Pigeon
Mindanao Bleeding-Heart Dove
Diamond Dove
Blue Crowned Pigeon
Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Namaqua Dove
Red-Billed Wood Dove
 
And let's just get the birds over with, shall we? These guys were all over the place. The cranes were focused around the Crane Barn, a lot of the smaller birds in the Mansion House or kiosks by the Crane Barn, some of the Maryland and African birds in their respective walk-through aviaries. Tall birds in the Wading Bird Yards. Penguins were on Rock Island (though the Humboldts were in the Wading Bird Yards before Rock Island was given over to Penguins).

Kagu (Greenhouse-like exhibit in old Children's Zoo)

Eurasian Common Crane
Sarus Crane
Red-Crowned Crane
Hooded Crane
White-Naped Crane
Wattled Crane
Demoiselle Crane (most recently in the exhibit now occupied by blue duiker and black-crowned crane)
Blue Crane
Giant Wood Rail
Kori Bustard
American Coot
Common Moorhen
Common Gallinule
King Rail
Black Crake

Red-Throated Loon

American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Snowy Egret
Least Bittern
Yellow-Crowned Night heron
Pink-Backed Pelican (most recently in Penguin Coast, replaced by eastern white pelican)
Double-Crested Cormorant
Guanay Cormorant
Roseatte Spoonbill

Red-Legged Seriema

Southern Cassowary (Crane Barn)
Northern Cassowary (Crane Barn)
Emu (Crane Barn, exhibited with wallabies and Cape Barren goose)
Greater Rhea (old Buffalo Yards)
Lesser Rhea

Southern Rockhopper Penguin
Humboldt Penguin
Adelie Penguin

Belted Kingfisher
Grey-Headed Kingfisher
Broadbilled Roller
Brown-Breasted Barbet
Hoopoe

Abdim's Stork
White Ibis
Marabou Stork
Lesser Adjutant Stork
White-Faced Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Black Stork

Chilean Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo

Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

Common Flicker

Speckled Mousebird
Red-Faced Mousebird

Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Blue-Crowned Motmot
Keel-Billed Toucan
Toco Toucan
White-Breasted Toucan

Horned Grebe
Red-Necked Grebe
 
Last post on this thread: Amphibians, all in the Reptile House, with the exception of a few native species in Maryland Wilderness over the years

Puerto Rican Crested Toad
Kihansi Spray Toad
Evergreen Toad
Peruvian Painted Frog
Oriental Fire-Bellied Toad
Colombian Horned Frog
Asian Painted Frog
Smoky Jungle Frog
Golden Mantella
Blue-Legged Mantella
Arboreal Mantella
White's Tree Frog
Red-Eyed Tree Frog
Mexican Giant Tree Frog
Cuban Tree Frog
Giant Waxy Tree Frog
Tiger-Striped Tree Frog
Bone-Headed Tree Frog
Casque-Headed Tree Frog
Spring Peeper
Rio Grande Leopard Frog
Northern Leopard Frog
Southern Leopard Frog
Ramsey Canyon Leopard Frog
Wood Frog
Green Frog
American Bullfrog
African Clawed Frog
Fantastic Poison Dart Frog
Mimic Poison Dart Frog
Bicolor Poison Dart Frog
Golden Poison Dart Frog
Strawberry Poison Dart Frog
Harlequin Poison Dart Frog
Green and Black Poison Dart Frog
Dyeing Poison Dart Frog

Spotted Salamander
Marbled Salamander
Two-Toed Amphiuma
Oriental Fire-Bellied Newt
Emperor Newt
Northern Dusky Salamander
Allegheny Dusky Salamander
Red-Backed Salamander
Northern Slimy Salamander
Jordan's Salamander
Northern Red Salamander
 
Aardwolf said:
And let's just get the birds over with, shall we? These guys were all over the place. The cranes were focused around the Crane Barn, a lot of the smaller birds in the Mansion House or kiosks by the Crane Barn, some of the Maryland and African birds in their respective walk-through aviaries. Tall birds in the Wading Bird Yards. Penguins were on Rock Island (though the Humboldts were in the Wading Bird Yards before Rock Island was given over to Penguins).

Kagu (Greenhouse-like exhibit in old Children's Zoo)

Eurasian Common Crane
Sarus Crane
Red-Crowned Crane
Hooded Crane
White-Naped Crane
Wattled Crane
Demoiselle Crane (most recently in the exhibit now occupied by blue duiker and black-crowned crane)
Blue Crane
Giant Wood Rail
Kori Bustard
American Coot
Common Moorhen
Common Gallinule
King Rail
Black Crake

Red-Throated Loon

American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Snowy Egret
Least Bittern
Yellow-Crowned Night heron
Pink-Backed Pelican (most recently in Penguin Coast, replaced by eastern white pelican)
Double-Crested Cormorant
Guanay Cormorant
Roseatte Spoonbill

Red-Legged Seriema

Southern Cassowary (Crane Barn)
Northern Cassowary (Crane Barn)
Emu (Crane Barn, exhibited with wallabies and Cape Barren goose)
Greater Rhea (old Buffalo Yards)
Lesser Rhea

Southern Rockhopper Penguin
Humboldt Penguin
Adelie Penguin

Belted Kingfisher
Grey-Headed Kingfisher
Broadbilled Roller
Brown-Breasted Barbet
Hoopoe

Abdim's Stork
White Ibis
Marabou Stork
Lesser Adjutant Stork
White-Faced Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Black Stork

Chilean Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo

Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

Common Flicker

Speckled Mousebird
Red-Faced Mousebird

Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Blue-Crowned Motmot
Keel-Billed Toucan
Toco Toucan
White-Breasted Toucan

Horned Grebe
Red-Necked Grebe
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I believe that Pink backed pelicans were also exhibited in the Watering Hole exhibit pool during the summer months and over wintered in the old hippo house. Is that accurate? I remember seeing a pelican species exhibited in the rhino exhibit when I was younger.
 
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