Parrots in North America
I'm surprised to see the Puerto Rican Amazon is so rare in zoos. Are they harder to care for? What about the Hispaniolan Amazon?
Lincoln Park is the only holder. I don't think care is the problem (although considering LPZ's birds suffer from feather plucking perhaps it is) as just difficulty of obtaining.
Corangurilla
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Thank you for answering a question I had but never had the opportunity to ask. When I saw those parrots at LPZ in 2021, I was like “These birds aren’t looking too hot for how rare they are.” Better than them being sick, I guess.
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Kansas City Zoo keeps red-crowned kakariki. They no longer have yellow-collared lovebird or cockatiel.
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Indianapolis holds Hyacinth Macaws
Waccatee Zoo closed, so its listings can be removed.
Timbavati keeps Yellow-crested Cockatoo, Rosy-faced Lovebird, and "Rainbow" Lorikeets (pretty sure they're Coconut).
Timbavati keeps Yellow-crested Cockatoo, Rosy-faced Lovebird, and "Rainbow" Lorikeets (pretty sure they're Coconut).
Aikman Wildlife Adventure in Arcola, Illinois is a holder for the following species:
- Yellow-headed Parrot
- Blue & Yellow
- Green-winged Macaw
They also had a Meyer's parrot (Poicephalus meyeri) in a small birdcage.
Toledo just sent out all of their Pesquet's Parrots.
- Disney's Animal Kingdom has Kea, Galah, and Red-fronted Macaw
- Popcorn Park Animal Refuge has Goffin's Cockatoo
- Plumpton Park Zoo has Goffin's Cockatoo, White Cockatoo, and Hyacinth Macaw
- ZooTampa has Yellow-crested Cockatoo
- Cape May County Zoo has Salmon-crested Cockatoo. No longer has Sun Parakeet
- Jenkinson's Aquarium has Salmon-crested Cockatoo, Blue-and-yellow Macaw, and Scarlet Macaw
- Philadelphia Zoo no longer has Budgerigar nor Olive-headed Lorikeet
- Bronx Zoo has Budgerigar
- Lehigh Valley Zoo has Dusky Lory, Coconut Lorikeet, Swainson's Lorikeet, and Sunset Lorikeet
- Adventure Aquarium has Gray Parrot
- Naples Zoo has Gray Parrot
- Zoo Miami has Hawk-headed Parrot
Sphenisciologist
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The zoo’s show this year is being presented by World Bird Sanctuary - so all of the birds in it actually belong to WBS.
Also Brandywine no longer has Black-headed Parrot and Six Flags Wild Safari has Salmon-crested Cockatoo. Zoo Miami has Sunset and Marigold Lorikeet
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I have been told there were still multiple Pesquet's on exhibit just last week - the video in the Toledo thread was from early this month. Going to leave them on unless further confirmation that all have indeed left.
I believe Moluccan is the most common, but multiple are present - one of the things i need to look into for the next update.
Unclear where this came from offhand - I see only Swainson's as well. I'll have to do some further digging.
Third-party bird shows are the bane of these threads.
The Living Planet Aquarium in Utah holds blue-and-gold macaw, scarlet macaw, African grey parrot, and yellow-headed amazon.
The Living Planet Aquarium
Museum of Arts and Sciences in Georgia holds blue-and-gold macaw.
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Monroe County Sheriff's Office Animal Farm in Florida holds monk parakeet
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Sarasota Jungle Gardens in Florida holds hyacinth macaw, scarlet macaw, African grey parrot, blue-and-gold macaw, green-winged macaw, sulphur-crested cockatoo, monk parakeet, and green-cheeked conure.
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Sarasota Jungle Gardens
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Suncoast Primate Sanctuary Foundation in Florida holds military macaw.
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Black Pine Animal Sanctuary in Indiana holds blue-and-gold macaw, green-winged macaw, military macaw, Senegal parrot, blue-fronted amazon, yellow-headed amazon, umbrella cockatoo, and Moluccan cockatoo.
Aviary Enrichment was a treat in a bag. Each bird has her or his approach and here is (female) Blue and Gold Macaw Buster taking what could be called an... | By Black Pine Animal Sanctuary - Facebook
Aviary enrichment for the larger birds was a little more challenging today because the cardboard rolls were sturdier than most and harder for them to... | By Black Pine Animal Sanctuary | Facebook
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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=423226053179237&set=a.355909553244221
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Umbrella Cockatoo Sadie is trying to get to the treat (walnut in the shell) inside the box. After she drops the box, watch how she tests the newspaper... | By Black Pine Animal Sanctuary - Facebook
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I have more facilities from Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, and Idaho if you want them, these were just the more notable facilities.
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Museum of Arts and Sciences in Georgia holds blue-and-gold macaw.
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Monroe County Sheriff's Office Animal Farm in Florida holds monk parakeet
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Sarasota Jungle Gardens in Florida holds hyacinth macaw, scarlet macaw, African grey parrot, blue-and-gold macaw, green-winged macaw, sulphur-crested cockatoo, monk parakeet, and green-cheeked conure.
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Sarasota Jungle Gardens
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Suncoast Primate Sanctuary Foundation in Florida holds military macaw.
Suncoast Primate Sanctuary
Black Pine Animal Sanctuary in Indiana holds blue-and-gold macaw, green-winged macaw, military macaw, Senegal parrot, blue-fronted amazon, yellow-headed amazon, umbrella cockatoo, and Moluccan cockatoo.
Aviary Enrichment was a treat in a bag. Each bird has her or his approach and here is (female) Blue and Gold Macaw Buster taking what could be called an... | By Black Pine Animal Sanctuary - Facebook
Aviary enrichment for the larger birds was a little more challenging today because the cardboard rolls were sturdier than most and harder for them to... | By Black Pine Animal Sanctuary | Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=532644145570760&set=a.355909556577554
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=532644195570755&set=a.355909556577554
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=423226053179237&set=a.355909553244221
Black Pine Animal Sanctuary
Umbrella Cockatoo Sadie is trying to get to the treat (walnut in the shell) inside the box. After she drops the box, watch how she tests the newspaper... | By Black Pine Animal Sanctuary - Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=428019426033233&set=a.355909553244221
I have more facilities from Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, and Idaho if you want them, these were just the more notable facilities.
All of the split species should be present in aviculture in North America, although Papuan and Moluccan will be the majority (probably all pure birds in American zoos will be subspecies of these two). Note that the pre-split subspecies haven't been changed, simply divided into or between species, and in aviculture the subspecies mostly have their own common names. Females of some species/subspecies are distinctive enough to identify visually. However hybrids will be common which complicates things because I'd imagine a lot of zoos simply call their birds "eclectus parrots" with no qualifiers.
I have a post about Eclectus here if it helps any: The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Parrots
This matches what I've generally heard re the NA zoo population.
Indeed unfortunately - thus I will likely list them as Eclectus Parrot sensu lato, but noting species wherever possible to confirm. A further complication is a few facilities only have a male/males, and thus rather difficult to identify to species. I'll see what things are looking like and go from there.
That is quite helpful, thanks for linking it! All the subspecies visuals in one spot is useful for comparison.
African Lion Safari now holds Timneh grey parrot.
Claws & Paws WIld Animal Park has Amazon parrots, not sure what species.