Peace River Wildlife Center Peace River Wildlife Center Species List 12/26/22

red river hog

red river hog

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  1. Shorebird Aviary:
    • American Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli)
    • American Great Egret (Ardea alba egretta)
    • Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)
    • Domestic Duck (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)
    • Eastern Green Heron (Butorides virescens virescens)
    • Eastern Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea violacea)
    • Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
    • North American Coot (Fulica americana americana)
    • North American Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla megalopterus)
    • Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
    • Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
    • Snowy Egret (Egretta thula thula)
    • Western Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis ibis)
    • Peninsular Cooter (Pseudemys peninsularis)
  2. Florida Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus floridanus)
  3. Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio floridanus)
  4. Eastern Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus virginianus)
  5. Eastern Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginianus virginianus)
  6. North American Osprey (Pandion haliaetus carolinus)
  7. Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)
  8. Florida Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus extimus)
  9. Florida Barred Owl (Strix varia georgica)
  10. Large Bird Pool:
    • American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
    • Eastern Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis)
    • Florida Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus floridanus)
    • Florida Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis pratensis)
  11. Florida Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis extimus)
  12. Florida Barred Owl
  13. Southeastern American Kestrel (Falco sparverius paulus)
  14. Southern Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus pileatus)
  15. Eastern Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura septentrionalis), North American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus atratus), Northern Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus cheriway)
  16. Southern Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus leucocephalus)
  17. Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio floridanus), Florida Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia floridana)
  18. Songbird Aviary:
    • Common Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus vociferus)
    • Domestic Pigeon (Columba livia domestica)
    • Eastern Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum rufum)
    • Eastern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos polyglottos)
    • Eastern Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura carolinensis)
    • Florida Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major westoni)
    • Florida Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus floridanus)
    • Florida Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula quiscula)
    • Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
    • Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
    • South Florida Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata semplei)
 
There was a Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina) in the songbird aviary when I went a short while back. Its unsigned but volunteer pointed it out to me. Its gone?

There was also a Florida Box Turtle pen by the Bald Eagles/Caracara enclosure.

They didn't have the cranes or Pileated Woodpecker on my visit. Overall, very cool facility with a lot of rarely seen birds in captivity. Staff was amazing here and they are in the process of receiving county approval to move to a bigger location from what I was told.
 
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SusScrofa said:
There was a Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina) in the songbird aviary when I went a short while back. Its unsigned but volunteer pointed it out to me. Its gone?

There was also a Florida Box Turtle pen by the Bald Eagles/Caracara enclosure.
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I did not see the ground dove, but looking back at pictures it appears the box turtle is still there.
 
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