I was thrilled to recently uncover that Zoos Victoria have recommenced releasing their annual inventories like they used to do for many years. Here is a species-by-species breakdown of all the animals recorded in Melbourne Zoo’s collection from July 2020 to June 2021. Please note there are certainly some inaccuracies with the published list including several reptile and fish species missing. As it records the zoo’s collection from only a few months ago, it’s reasonable to assume most of these listings are relatively accurate in terms of numbers.
Full inventory list: https://www.zoo.org.au/media/5358/inventory-report-2020212.pdf
INVERTEBRATES:
Species of butterfly currently in the zoo’s collection include Belenois sp. [0.0.11], Catopsilia sp. [0.0.26], Orange Lacewing [0.0.79], Monarch [23.18.65], Common Crow [0.0.6], Common Grass Yellow [0.0.119], Blue-banded Eggfly [0.0.68], Common Eggfly [0.0.158], Orchard Swallowtail [0.0.67], Blue Tiger [0.0.158], Cairns Birdwing [0.0.6], Cruiser [0.0.18] and Lurcher [0.0.43]. There was one butterfly loss with the last four Chequered Swallowtails dying out and unfortunately there is no record of the Ulysses Butterflies anymore nor the Red-bodied Swallowtails I saw on my 2018 visit. The birdwings are decreasing in numbers but the zoo have been breeding the Orange Lacewings notably well. They also have 1.0 Hercules Moth which are very cool animals. Marine inverts were represented with 0.0.2 Eleven-armed Sea Star, 0.0.3 Spurred Sea Star, 0.0.1 Six-armed Sea Star, 0.0.1 Biscuit Sea Star and 0.0.1 Southern Rock Lobster.
Other species recorded were Red-spotted Rose Chafers with just over 200 individuals by June 2021, 60+ Giant Burrowing Cockroaches, 27 [1.1.25] Fiddler Beetles which are fantastic creatures and didn’t know there were any in captivity, and of course, the famous Lord Howe Island Stick Insects with 564 (86.213.265) individuals documented at Melbourne. Also, the zoo bred their Australian Giant Mantis commencing July 2020 with three [1.2], breeding 187 mantis and finishing June 2021 with 24 [1.7.16]. Leaf Insects remained at healthy numbers with a whopping 151 (3.28.120) individuals by June of this year. New species that joined the collection were spiders; three Water Spiders (including a hatching) and four Golden Orb-Weavers were recorded by June 2021.
FISH:
Cowfish are just the best animals and Melbourne held the two species as of June 2021 with 0.1 Shaw’s Cowfish and 2.0 Ornate Cowfish, presumably on display in Wild Sea. Other species for the zoo’s marine complex included 0.0.4 Mado, 0.0.2 Globefish, 0.0.7 Oldwife, 2.2 Port Jackson Shark, 1.0 Six-spined Leatherjacket, 0.0.11 Sea Mullet, 0.0.2 Sea Sweep, 0.0.2 Moonlighter, 0.0.1 Blue-lined Hulafish, 0.2 Southern Fiddler Ray and 0.1 Eastern Fiddler Ray. Interesting that they have both fiddler ray species. The zoo did lose their last Common Bullseye while the Pot-bellied Seahorses produced 144 offspring giving Melbourne 159 [3.14.142] seahorses by June!
Freshwater species received a nice boost thanks to the new Reticulated Python enclosure with mixed fish leading to the arrival of 0.0.5 Kissing Gourami and 0.0.20 Clown Loaches. Rainbowfish are represented well at Melbourne with 10.0 Boeseman’s Rainbowfish, 0.0.22 Banded Rainbowfish 0.0.8 Murray River Rainbowfish and 0.012 Neon Dwarf Rainbowfish. The finals bits and pieces included 0.0.3 Silver Perch, 0.0.8 Banded Archerfish and 0.0.149 Koi! A new species was represented with the arrival of a Gulf Saratoga.
AMPHIBIANS:
Melbourne Zoo housed eleven native species as of June 2021. The Baw Baw Frogs produced 98 offspring allowing the zoo to finish with a total with 314 (112.106.96) frogs. The Southern Corroboree Frogs only produced five young and they finished with a final population of 245 (67.100.78) frogs. Following recent breeding success, the Crucifix Frogs are now numbered at 25 (1.4.20) individuals while the zoo houses 15 (7.8) Barred Frogs. The remaining species are kept in smaller numbers with 1.1 Eastern Banjo Frogs, 4.5 Green Tree Frogs, 0.0.2 Eastern Dwarf Frogs, 2.2 Dainty Tree Frogs, 1.1 White-lipped Tree Frogs, 2.3.1 Southern Bell Frogs and 2.2 Spotted Tree Frogs.
REPTILES:
Crocodilians are represented with 1.0 Philippine Crocodile and 1.0.1 Freshwater Crocodiles. The zoo started with three freshies but the female died. Some of the more unusual turtles are still alive and kicking as of June 2021 including a female False Map Turtle, a male Spiny Terrapin, a male Painted Wood Turtle and two male Twist-necked Turtles. They are just hanging on. Tortoises at Melbourne Zoo include nine (3.2.4) Star Tortoises, 10 (2.5.3) Elongated Tortoises, 1.1 Hermann’s Tortoises and a single Horsfield’s Tortoise.
Four Fijian Crested Iguanas hatched at Melbourne during the 2020-2021 period and eight (2.1.5) iguanas were also transferred to other zoos. They finished June 2021 with 15 (3.3.9) crested iguanas. The Rhinoceros Iguanas stayed at a 1.1 pair. Two Gila Monsters also hatched at Melbourne (one surviving) giving them a total of four (2.1.1). You don’t hear much about the this species in Australian zoos so it’s good to know they are breeding somewhere. In terms of exotic geckos, the zoo has 3.0 Tokay Geckos and 2.1 Madagascar Day Geckoes. A 1.1 pair of Philippine Sailfin Dragons are also still part of the collection. Native lizards are represented with five (3.2) Frilled Lizards, 0.0.1 Pink-tongued Lizard, five (2.3) Hosmer’s Skinks, three (2.1) Shinglebacks, 1.0 Pygmy Mulga Monitor and four (2.2) Lace Monitors. Warranting acknowledgment, Melbourne Zoo also hatched two Striped Legless Lizards giving them a total of 18 (7.8.3) lizards. The Lined Earless Dragons are also breeding very well. The only species lost in the zoo’s reptile collection that was recorded was a single Eastern Water Skink.
1.1 Reticulated Pythons and eight (3.5) Blood Pythons were recorded with three (1.2) moving to other collections. That’s a lot more Blood Pythons than I was expecting! Some of the remnant species are still clinging on in the region. Melbourne still has a female Eyelash Viper, two female Kenyan Sand Boas and a female Rainbow Boa. The latter two are representatives of the last of their species in the region. All of MZ’s milksnakes were grouped under the one listing with five (4.1) individuals present as of June 2021.
Please note there are errors in the reptiles list with no mention of the basilisks, the cobras, the Aldabras nor any native snakes. Three new reptilian species arrived at Melbourne during the 2020-2021 period; two (0.0.2) Central Bearded Dragons, four (2.0.2) Southern Pilbara Rock Monitors and three (0.03) Merten’s Water Monitors. The document later also mentions the arrival of Tiger Snake and Chameleon Gecko. The latter being a very unique native species.
BIRDS:
Ratite records included 0.2 Emu and 0.1 Southern Cassowary. Melbourne Zoo is now indeed down to only one (1.0) Fiordland Crested Penguin as the female recently passed. Their Little Penguin colony remains at 23 (10.13) individuals. Helmeted Guineafowls persist in plentiful numbers.
Waterbirds included 13 (5.1.6) Blue-billed Ducks, five (0.2.3) Radjah Shelducks, nine (3.1.5) Freckled Ducks, two (0.2) Australian Pelicans, six (6.0) Little Pied Cormorants, seven (1.0.6) Cattle Egrets, two (0.2) White-faced Herons, three (2.0.1) Pied Herons, ten (4.5.1) Royal Spoonbills, ten (10.0) Glossy Ibis, two (1.1) Black-necked Storks, two (2.0) Black Swans and five (2.3) Pied Stilts. Notably they recently had four Buff-banded Rail chicks hatch and housed a total of 15 (8.0.7) rails as of June 2021! Also worth a mention is that they recently received a Black-faced Cormorant. Four (0.3.1) Bush Stone-Curlews were also recorded along with two (1.1) Blue-winged Kookaburras and a pair of Tawny Frogmouths. A Short-tailed Shearwater is also noted but as quickly as it arrived, it died.
Pigeons were represented with two (0.2) Pacific Emerald Doves, eight (3.1.4) Torresian Imperial Pigeons, two (2.0) Diamond Doves, one (1.0) Squatter Pigeon and a lone Rose-crowned Fruit Dove. Native parrots included just one Red-tailed Black Cockatoo now, five (2.3) Eclectus Parrots, two (1.1) Major Mitchell’s Cockatoos, two (0.2) Orange-bellied Parrots, two Rainbow Lorikeets and three Red-collared Lorikeets. They no longer have Bush Budgerigars as their last male recently died. Regent Honeyeaters started July 2020 with six (3.3), bred three (1.2) chicks and finished June 2021 with six (2.4) again, following a few movements and deaths. The zoo is down to one bird for each of their Blue-faced Honeyeater and Helmeted Honeyeater while their last Little Friarbird recently passed. Two (2.0) Satin Bowerbirds were also noted. Gouldian Finches were reduced to just three males by June 2021 and even Zebra Finches are down to just two birds. White-browed Woodswallows stayed at five (2.3) individuals. Noisy Pitta didn’t change either remaining at a pair of birds.
The remaining exotic species mainly comprised of parrots. Macaws are currently represented with four species; 1.1 Blue and Gold Macaws, 1.1 Green-winged Macaws, 1.1 Red-fronted Macaws and a very precious 0.1 Buffon’s Macaw. The zoo also recorded a single male of each White-bellied Caique and Black-capped Caique. Five (3.2) African Grey Parrots were also noted along with a lone Crimson-bellied Conure. The final exotic species comprised of eight (8.0) Java Sparrows. The last species mentioned is a new arrival recorded; a pair of female Barn Owls.
MAMMALS:
I preface this by saying there were no mammal losses from late 2020-2021 recorded. The group of marsupials and monotremes included 1.0 Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo (the female was transferred out of the collection), seven (3.4) Western Grey Kangaroos, five (1.4) Southern Hairy-nosed Wombats following the arrival of a new male, three (1.2) Koala, three (3.0) Tasmanian Devils, three (1.2) Eastern Barred Bandicoots and the male Platypus. Sugar Gliders represented a new addition for Melbourne with the arrival of three (1.2) individuals. No echidnas were documented.
The primates had very few changes. The Ring-tailed Lemurs remained consistent at nine males throughout 2020-2021 while the zoo acquired 0.2 Black-and-white Ruffed Lemurs that replaced their elderly individuals. Cotton-top Tamarins finished June 2021 with nine (5.4) tamarins with only one death recorded. The Emperor Tamarins recorded no changes with the zoo’s 1.1 pair and the Bolivian Squirrel Monkeys remained at seven males. The Black-handed Spider Monkeys had a female death and a male birth meaning they finished June with five (2.3) monkeys. 1.1 Eastern Black-and-white Colobus experienced no changes. The Hamadryas Baboon had some interesting events; four female deaths and one female birth was recorded. They finished June 2021 with 22 (9.13) baboons. All the apes remained consistent with 1.1 Northern White-cheeked Gibbon, 1.2 Siamang, 1.0 Sumatran Orangutan, 0.2 Hybrid Orangutan and 1.3 Western Lowland Gorilla.
Dingoes have recently arrived at Melbourne with the transfer in of a 1.1 pair. The majority of the carnivores recorded no noteworthy changes with 1.1 Red Pandas, 4.2 Asian Small-clawed Otters, 0.3 NZ Fur Seals, 0.1 Australian Fur Seal, 2.0 African Wild Dogs, 2.0 African Lions, 1.1 Sumatran Tigers, 2.4 Snow Leopards, 7.11 Meerkats. The Brown-nosed Coati have lost their last male leaving only 0.4 at Melbourne. The remaining animals included the seven (2.5) Asian Elephants noting the transfer in of the new male, 1.0 Pygmy Hippopotamus, 1.1 Giraffe, 0.1 Malayan Tapir, 4.0 Plains Zebra and just three (1.2) Collared Peccaries.
To condense this data, this gives Melbourne Zoo 243 living species according to their concluding statement as of June 2021. These were the species that left and came into into the collection that Zoos Victoria provided after the list indicating that several species of reptiles and fish were omitted from the list above (i.e.. there were definitely some species missing in the actual inventory list mistakenly).
Species Losses - 2020-2021:
Species Gains - 2020-2021:
Full inventory list: https://www.zoo.org.au/media/5358/inventory-report-2020212.pdf
INVERTEBRATES:
Species of butterfly currently in the zoo’s collection include Belenois sp. [0.0.11], Catopsilia sp. [0.0.26], Orange Lacewing [0.0.79], Monarch [23.18.65], Common Crow [0.0.6], Common Grass Yellow [0.0.119], Blue-banded Eggfly [0.0.68], Common Eggfly [0.0.158], Orchard Swallowtail [0.0.67], Blue Tiger [0.0.158], Cairns Birdwing [0.0.6], Cruiser [0.0.18] and Lurcher [0.0.43]. There was one butterfly loss with the last four Chequered Swallowtails dying out and unfortunately there is no record of the Ulysses Butterflies anymore nor the Red-bodied Swallowtails I saw on my 2018 visit. The birdwings are decreasing in numbers but the zoo have been breeding the Orange Lacewings notably well. They also have 1.0 Hercules Moth which are very cool animals. Marine inverts were represented with 0.0.2 Eleven-armed Sea Star, 0.0.3 Spurred Sea Star, 0.0.1 Six-armed Sea Star, 0.0.1 Biscuit Sea Star and 0.0.1 Southern Rock Lobster.
Other species recorded were Red-spotted Rose Chafers with just over 200 individuals by June 2021, 60+ Giant Burrowing Cockroaches, 27 [1.1.25] Fiddler Beetles which are fantastic creatures and didn’t know there were any in captivity, and of course, the famous Lord Howe Island Stick Insects with 564 (86.213.265) individuals documented at Melbourne. Also, the zoo bred their Australian Giant Mantis commencing July 2020 with three [1.2], breeding 187 mantis and finishing June 2021 with 24 [1.7.16]. Leaf Insects remained at healthy numbers with a whopping 151 (3.28.120) individuals by June of this year. New species that joined the collection were spiders; three Water Spiders (including a hatching) and four Golden Orb-Weavers were recorded by June 2021.
FISH:
Cowfish are just the best animals and Melbourne held the two species as of June 2021 with 0.1 Shaw’s Cowfish and 2.0 Ornate Cowfish, presumably on display in Wild Sea. Other species for the zoo’s marine complex included 0.0.4 Mado, 0.0.2 Globefish, 0.0.7 Oldwife, 2.2 Port Jackson Shark, 1.0 Six-spined Leatherjacket, 0.0.11 Sea Mullet, 0.0.2 Sea Sweep, 0.0.2 Moonlighter, 0.0.1 Blue-lined Hulafish, 0.2 Southern Fiddler Ray and 0.1 Eastern Fiddler Ray. Interesting that they have both fiddler ray species. The zoo did lose their last Common Bullseye while the Pot-bellied Seahorses produced 144 offspring giving Melbourne 159 [3.14.142] seahorses by June!
Freshwater species received a nice boost thanks to the new Reticulated Python enclosure with mixed fish leading to the arrival of 0.0.5 Kissing Gourami and 0.0.20 Clown Loaches. Rainbowfish are represented well at Melbourne with 10.0 Boeseman’s Rainbowfish, 0.0.22 Banded Rainbowfish 0.0.8 Murray River Rainbowfish and 0.012 Neon Dwarf Rainbowfish. The finals bits and pieces included 0.0.3 Silver Perch, 0.0.8 Banded Archerfish and 0.0.149 Koi! A new species was represented with the arrival of a Gulf Saratoga.
AMPHIBIANS:
Melbourne Zoo housed eleven native species as of June 2021. The Baw Baw Frogs produced 98 offspring allowing the zoo to finish with a total with 314 (112.106.96) frogs. The Southern Corroboree Frogs only produced five young and they finished with a final population of 245 (67.100.78) frogs. Following recent breeding success, the Crucifix Frogs are now numbered at 25 (1.4.20) individuals while the zoo houses 15 (7.8) Barred Frogs. The remaining species are kept in smaller numbers with 1.1 Eastern Banjo Frogs, 4.5 Green Tree Frogs, 0.0.2 Eastern Dwarf Frogs, 2.2 Dainty Tree Frogs, 1.1 White-lipped Tree Frogs, 2.3.1 Southern Bell Frogs and 2.2 Spotted Tree Frogs.
REPTILES:
Crocodilians are represented with 1.0 Philippine Crocodile and 1.0.1 Freshwater Crocodiles. The zoo started with three freshies but the female died. Some of the more unusual turtles are still alive and kicking as of June 2021 including a female False Map Turtle, a male Spiny Terrapin, a male Painted Wood Turtle and two male Twist-necked Turtles. They are just hanging on. Tortoises at Melbourne Zoo include nine (3.2.4) Star Tortoises, 10 (2.5.3) Elongated Tortoises, 1.1 Hermann’s Tortoises and a single Horsfield’s Tortoise.
Four Fijian Crested Iguanas hatched at Melbourne during the 2020-2021 period and eight (2.1.5) iguanas were also transferred to other zoos. They finished June 2021 with 15 (3.3.9) crested iguanas. The Rhinoceros Iguanas stayed at a 1.1 pair. Two Gila Monsters also hatched at Melbourne (one surviving) giving them a total of four (2.1.1). You don’t hear much about the this species in Australian zoos so it’s good to know they are breeding somewhere. In terms of exotic geckos, the zoo has 3.0 Tokay Geckos and 2.1 Madagascar Day Geckoes. A 1.1 pair of Philippine Sailfin Dragons are also still part of the collection. Native lizards are represented with five (3.2) Frilled Lizards, 0.0.1 Pink-tongued Lizard, five (2.3) Hosmer’s Skinks, three (2.1) Shinglebacks, 1.0 Pygmy Mulga Monitor and four (2.2) Lace Monitors. Warranting acknowledgment, Melbourne Zoo also hatched two Striped Legless Lizards giving them a total of 18 (7.8.3) lizards. The Lined Earless Dragons are also breeding very well. The only species lost in the zoo’s reptile collection that was recorded was a single Eastern Water Skink.
1.1 Reticulated Pythons and eight (3.5) Blood Pythons were recorded with three (1.2) moving to other collections. That’s a lot more Blood Pythons than I was expecting! Some of the remnant species are still clinging on in the region. Melbourne still has a female Eyelash Viper, two female Kenyan Sand Boas and a female Rainbow Boa. The latter two are representatives of the last of their species in the region. All of MZ’s milksnakes were grouped under the one listing with five (4.1) individuals present as of June 2021.
Please note there are errors in the reptiles list with no mention of the basilisks, the cobras, the Aldabras nor any native snakes. Three new reptilian species arrived at Melbourne during the 2020-2021 period; two (0.0.2) Central Bearded Dragons, four (2.0.2) Southern Pilbara Rock Monitors and three (0.03) Merten’s Water Monitors. The document later also mentions the arrival of Tiger Snake and Chameleon Gecko. The latter being a very unique native species.
BIRDS:
Ratite records included 0.2 Emu and 0.1 Southern Cassowary. Melbourne Zoo is now indeed down to only one (1.0) Fiordland Crested Penguin as the female recently passed. Their Little Penguin colony remains at 23 (10.13) individuals. Helmeted Guineafowls persist in plentiful numbers.
Waterbirds included 13 (5.1.6) Blue-billed Ducks, five (0.2.3) Radjah Shelducks, nine (3.1.5) Freckled Ducks, two (0.2) Australian Pelicans, six (6.0) Little Pied Cormorants, seven (1.0.6) Cattle Egrets, two (0.2) White-faced Herons, three (2.0.1) Pied Herons, ten (4.5.1) Royal Spoonbills, ten (10.0) Glossy Ibis, two (1.1) Black-necked Storks, two (2.0) Black Swans and five (2.3) Pied Stilts. Notably they recently had four Buff-banded Rail chicks hatch and housed a total of 15 (8.0.7) rails as of June 2021! Also worth a mention is that they recently received a Black-faced Cormorant. Four (0.3.1) Bush Stone-Curlews were also recorded along with two (1.1) Blue-winged Kookaburras and a pair of Tawny Frogmouths. A Short-tailed Shearwater is also noted but as quickly as it arrived, it died.
Pigeons were represented with two (0.2) Pacific Emerald Doves, eight (3.1.4) Torresian Imperial Pigeons, two (2.0) Diamond Doves, one (1.0) Squatter Pigeon and a lone Rose-crowned Fruit Dove. Native parrots included just one Red-tailed Black Cockatoo now, five (2.3) Eclectus Parrots, two (1.1) Major Mitchell’s Cockatoos, two (0.2) Orange-bellied Parrots, two Rainbow Lorikeets and three Red-collared Lorikeets. They no longer have Bush Budgerigars as their last male recently died. Regent Honeyeaters started July 2020 with six (3.3), bred three (1.2) chicks and finished June 2021 with six (2.4) again, following a few movements and deaths. The zoo is down to one bird for each of their Blue-faced Honeyeater and Helmeted Honeyeater while their last Little Friarbird recently passed. Two (2.0) Satin Bowerbirds were also noted. Gouldian Finches were reduced to just three males by June 2021 and even Zebra Finches are down to just two birds. White-browed Woodswallows stayed at five (2.3) individuals. Noisy Pitta didn’t change either remaining at a pair of birds.
The remaining exotic species mainly comprised of parrots. Macaws are currently represented with four species; 1.1 Blue and Gold Macaws, 1.1 Green-winged Macaws, 1.1 Red-fronted Macaws and a very precious 0.1 Buffon’s Macaw. The zoo also recorded a single male of each White-bellied Caique and Black-capped Caique. Five (3.2) African Grey Parrots were also noted along with a lone Crimson-bellied Conure. The final exotic species comprised of eight (8.0) Java Sparrows. The last species mentioned is a new arrival recorded; a pair of female Barn Owls.
MAMMALS:
I preface this by saying there were no mammal losses from late 2020-2021 recorded. The group of marsupials and monotremes included 1.0 Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo (the female was transferred out of the collection), seven (3.4) Western Grey Kangaroos, five (1.4) Southern Hairy-nosed Wombats following the arrival of a new male, three (1.2) Koala, three (3.0) Tasmanian Devils, three (1.2) Eastern Barred Bandicoots and the male Platypus. Sugar Gliders represented a new addition for Melbourne with the arrival of three (1.2) individuals. No echidnas were documented.
The primates had very few changes. The Ring-tailed Lemurs remained consistent at nine males throughout 2020-2021 while the zoo acquired 0.2 Black-and-white Ruffed Lemurs that replaced their elderly individuals. Cotton-top Tamarins finished June 2021 with nine (5.4) tamarins with only one death recorded. The Emperor Tamarins recorded no changes with the zoo’s 1.1 pair and the Bolivian Squirrel Monkeys remained at seven males. The Black-handed Spider Monkeys had a female death and a male birth meaning they finished June with five (2.3) monkeys. 1.1 Eastern Black-and-white Colobus experienced no changes. The Hamadryas Baboon had some interesting events; four female deaths and one female birth was recorded. They finished June 2021 with 22 (9.13) baboons. All the apes remained consistent with 1.1 Northern White-cheeked Gibbon, 1.2 Siamang, 1.0 Sumatran Orangutan, 0.2 Hybrid Orangutan and 1.3 Western Lowland Gorilla.
Dingoes have recently arrived at Melbourne with the transfer in of a 1.1 pair. The majority of the carnivores recorded no noteworthy changes with 1.1 Red Pandas, 4.2 Asian Small-clawed Otters, 0.3 NZ Fur Seals, 0.1 Australian Fur Seal, 2.0 African Wild Dogs, 2.0 African Lions, 1.1 Sumatran Tigers, 2.4 Snow Leopards, 7.11 Meerkats. The Brown-nosed Coati have lost their last male leaving only 0.4 at Melbourne. The remaining animals included the seven (2.5) Asian Elephants noting the transfer in of the new male, 1.0 Pygmy Hippopotamus, 1.1 Giraffe, 0.1 Malayan Tapir, 4.0 Plains Zebra and just three (1.2) Collared Peccaries.
To condense this data, this gives Melbourne Zoo 243 living species according to their concluding statement as of June 2021. These were the species that left and came into into the collection that Zoos Victoria provided after the list indicating that several species of reptiles and fish were omitted from the list above (i.e.. there were definitely some species missing in the actual inventory list mistakenly).
Species Losses - 2020-2021:
- Chequered Swallowtail
- Common Bullseye
- Eastern Water Skink
- Budgerigar
- Little Friarbird
Species Gains - 2020-2021:
- Golden Orb-Weaver
- Water Spider
- Clown Loach
- Kissing Gourami
- Gulf Saratoga
- Tricolour Sharkminnow/Silver Shark
- Tiger Snake
- Chameleon Gecko
- Central Bearded Dragon
- Merten’s Water Monitor
- Southern Pilbara Rock Monitor
- Black-faced Cormorant
- Barn Owl
- Sugar Glider
- Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur [replacing old individuals]
- Dingo
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