Pheasants, Turkeys, and Grouse in North American Zoos

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Here I have attempted to make a complete list of Phasianinae present in American and Canadian collections. Only information 2018 or newer was used. I have excluded the domestic form of the Wild Turkey. Information on missing holders or species, as well as information on subspecies or populations is welcomed.

Satyr Tragopan (3 holders)
Philadelphia Zoo
San Francisco Zoo
Zoo Miami

Temminck's Tragopan (11 holders)
Akron Zoo
Bronx Zoo
Keystone Safari
Memphis Zoo
Minnesota Zoo
Oklahoma City Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo
Roger Williams Park Zoo
San Diego Zoo
York's Wild Kingdom
Zoo Atlanta

Blyth's Tragopan (1 holder)
San Diego Zoo

Cabot's Tragopan (10 holders)
Bronx Zoo
Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Indianapolis Zoo
Lake Superior Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo
Saint Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park
Saint Louis Zoo
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
Toronto Zoo

Himalayan Monal (7 holders)
Buttonwood Park Zoo
Sacramento Zoo
San Diego Zoo
Shalom Wildlife Zoo (1.1)
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Virginia Safari Park
York's Wild Kingdom

Reeve's Pheasant (4 holders)
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy
Metro Richmond Zoo
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium

Copper Pheasant (1 holder)
Virginia Safari Park (scintillans)

Mikado Pheasant (2 holders)
Bronx Zoo
Pymatuning Deer Park

Elliot's Pheasant (1 holder)
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium

Ring-necked Pheasant (11 holders)
Animal Adventures (bianchii)
Animal Haven Zoo
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary (1.0)
Briarwood Ranch Safari Park
Bruemmer Park Zoo
Johnson Park Piscataway
Menominee Park Zoo (1.1)
Three Palms Zoo
Toronto Zoo
Wilderness Trails Zoo
Wilderness Walk Zoo

Golden Pheasant (24 holders)
Animal Gardens Petting Zoo
Bird Kingdom
Bruemmer Park Zoo (1.1)
Capital of Texas Zoo
Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Doc's Zoo (1.0)
Far Enough Farm
Grant's Farm
Kansas City Zoo
Keystone Safari
Living Planet Aquarium
Memphis Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo
Ralph Mitchell Zoo
Roscommon Zoo
Sequoia Park Zoo
Tanganyika Wildlife Park
Three Palms Zoo
Waccatee Zoo
Wilderness Trails Zoo
Wilderness Walk Zoo
York's Wild Kingdom
Zoo Miami

Lady Amherst's Pheasant (5 holders)
Blank Park Zoo
Charles Paddock Zoo
Keystone Safari
Roscommon Zoo
Three Palms Zoo

Golden x Lady Amherst's Pheasant hybrid (2 holders)
Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo
Shalom Wildlife Zoo (1.0)

Siamese Fireback (3 holders)
San Diego Zoo
Tulsa Zoo
Zoo Miami

Edward's Pheasant (6 holders)
National Aviary
Saint Louis Zoo
San Diego Zoo
Sedgwick County Zoo
Tracy Aviary
ZooTampa at Lowry Park

Crested Fireback (2 holders)
Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Garden
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium

Kalij Pheasant (1 holder)
Wilderness Trails Zoo

Silver Pheasant (9 holders)
Aggieland Safari
Bird Kingdom
Border City Petting Zoo
Grant's Farm
Plumpton Park Zoo
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium (berliozi)
Three Palms Zoo
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
Wilderness Trails Zoo

Swinhoe's Pheasant (3 holders)
Aggieland Safari
Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium

Tibetan Eared Pheasant (1 holder)
Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo

Brown Eared Pheasant (1 holder)
Bronx Zoo

Wild Turkey (14 holders)
Akron Zoo
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (merriami)
Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (intermedia)
Christenson Zoo
Creature Conservancy Wildlife Park
Manitowoc Lincoln Park Zoo (1.0)
Menominee Park Zoo (intermedia) (1.1)
Northeastern Wisconsin Zoo and Adventure Park (1.0)
Phillips Park Zoo
Riverview Park and Zoo
South Carolina Aquarium
Trevor Zoo
Zollmann Zoo

Ocellated Turkey (3 holders)
Bronx Zoo
Fort Worth Zoo
Turtle Back Zoo

Greater Sage-Grouse (1 holder)
Calgary Zoo

Greater Prairie-Chicken (5 holders)
Abilene Zoo (attwateri)
Caldwell Zoo (attwateri)
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (attwateri)
Houston Zoo (attwateri)
Phillips Park Zoo (pinnatus)

Western Capercaillie (2 holders)
Bronx Zoo
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
 
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I'm sure I missed many holders for most of the pheasants and Wild Turkey. Are there really no Ruffed Grouse anywhere? I've seen them at both NEW and Minnesota but neither seem to hold the species anymore.
 
I feel like there are a lot of species missing from that list ... Indian Peafowl, for example.
 
birdsandbats said:
This thread only covers the Phasianinae, I have covered all the other Galliformes in other past threads.
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Oh, okay, I didn't realise that. In that case, I feel like there are a lot of species missing from that list ... Indian Peafowl, for example.
 
birdsandbats said:
Here I have attempted to make a complete list of Phasianinae present in American and Canadian collections. Only information 2018 or newer was used. I have excluded the domestic form of the Wild Turkey. Information on missing holders or species, as well as information on subspecies or populations is welcomed.

Satyr Tragopan (3 holders)
Philadelphia Zoo
San Francisco Zoo
Zoo Miami

Temminck's Tragopan (11 holders)
Akron Zoo
Bronx Zoo
Keystone Safari
Memphis Zoo
Minnesota Zoo
Oklahoma City Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo
Roger Williams Park Zoo
San Diego Zoo
York's Wild Kingdom
Zoo Atlanta

Blyth's Tragopan (1 holder)
San Diego Zoo

Cabot's Tragopan (10 holders)
Bronx Zoo
Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Indianapolis Zoo
Lake Superior Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo
Saint Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park
Saint Louis Zoo
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
Toronto Zoo

Himalayan Monal (7 holders)
Buttonwood Park Zoo
Sacramento Zoo
San Diego Zoo
Shalom Wildlife Zoo (1.1)
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Virginia Safari Park
York's Wild Kingdom

Reeve's Pheasant (4 holders)
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy
Metro Richmond Zoo
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium

Copper Pheasant (1 holder)
Virginia Safari Park (scintillans)

Mikado Pheasant (2 holders)
Bronx Zoo
Pymatuning Deer Park

Elliot's Pheasant (1 holder)
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium

Ring-necked Pheasant (11 holders)
Animal Adventures (bianchii)
Animal Haven Zoo
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary (1.0)
Briarwood Ranch Safari Park
Bruemmer Park Zoo
Johnson Park Piscataway
Menominee Park Zoo (1.1)
Three Palms Zoo
Toronto Zoo
Wilderness Trails Zoo
Wilderness Walk Zoo

Golden Pheasant (24 holders)
Animal Gardens Petting Zoo
Bird Kingdom
Bruemmer Park Zoo (1.1)
Capital of Texas Zoo
Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Doc's Zoo (1.0)
Far Enough Farm
Grant's Farm
Kansas City Zoo
Keystone Safari
Living Planet Aquarium
Memphis Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo
Ralph Mitchell Zoo
Roscommon Zoo
Sequoia Park Zoo
Tanganyika Wildlife Park
Three Palms Zoo
Waccatee Zoo
Wilderness Trails Zoo
Wilderness Walk Zoo
York's Wild Kingdom
Zoo Miami

Lady Amherst's Pheasant (5 holders)
Blank Park Zoo
Charles Paddock Zoo
Keystone Safari
Roscommon Zoo
Three Palms Zoo

Golden x Lady Amherst's Pheasant hybrid (2 holders)
Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo
Shalom Wildlife Zoo (1.0)

Siamese Fireback (3 holders)
San Diego Zoo
Tulsa Zoo
Zoo Miami

Edward's Pheasant (6 holders)
National Aviary
Saint Louis Zoo
San Diego Zoo
Sedgwick County Zoo
Tracy Aviary
ZooTampa at Lowry Park

Crested Fireback (2 holders)
Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Garden
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium

Kalij Pheasant (1 holder)
Wilderness Trails Zoo

Silver Pheasant (9 holders)
Aggieland Safari
Bird Kingdom
Border City Petting Zoo
Grant's Farm
Plumpton Park Zoo
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium (berliozi)
Three Palms Zoo
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
Wilderness Trails Zoo

Swinhoe's Pheasant (3 holders)
Aggieland Safari
Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium

Tibetan Eared Pheasant (1 holder)
Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo

Brown Eared Pheasant (1 holder)
Bronx Zoo

Wild Turkey (14 holders)
Akron Zoo
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (merriami)
Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (intermedia)
Christenson Zoo
Creature Conservancy Wildlife Park
Manitowoc Lincoln Park Zoo (1.0)
Menominee Park Zoo (intermedia) (1.1)
Northeastern Wisconsin Zoo and Adventure Park (1.0)
Phillips Park Zoo
Riverview Park and Zoo
South Carolina Aquarium
Trevor Zoo
Zollmann Zoo

Ocellated Turkey (3 holders)
Bronx Zoo
Fort Worth Zoo
Turtle Back Zoo

Greater Sage-Grouse (1 holder)
Calgary Zoo

Greater Prairie-Chicken (5 holders)
Abilene Zoo (attwateri)
Caldwell Zoo (attwateri)
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (attwateri)
Houston Zoo (attwateri)
Phillips Park Zoo (pinnatus)

Western Capercaillie (2 holders)
Bronx Zoo
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
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Buttonwood has a Cabot's tragopan. I've never seen a Himalayan monal there, although there is a chance one is kept behind the scenes.
Roger Williams keeps wild turkeys, but does not keep a temmincks tragopan (at least not on exhibit).
 
San Diego and Bronx should have Satyr Tragopan.

Riverbanks and Tautphaus Park in Idaho Falls have Temminck's Tragopan.

Woodland Park and Franklin Park have Cabot's Tragopan.

Bronx also has Swinhoe's Pheasant, Lady Amherst's Pheasant, Himalayan Monal, and Silver Pheasant.

birdsandbats said:
Are there really no Ruffed Grouse anywhere?
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Pinola Aviary in Louisiana lists having Ruffed Grouse, but that facility isn't open for public display.
 
Edwards's Pheasant: Riverbanks, Memphis, Knoxville, Miami, Oklahoma City, St. Augustine, Woodland Park
Lady Amherst's Pheasant: Miami, Cleveland Metroparks, Philadelphia
Crested Fireback: St. Augustine, Santa Barbara, Livingston Ripley
Ring-necked Pheasant: Oklahoma City
Himalayan Monal: Turtle Back, Toledo
Temminck's Tragopan: San Francisco
Elliot's Pheasant: Livingston Ripley, Bronx
Mikado Pheasant: Bronx
Satyr Tragopan: Bronx

Did you list Silver Pheasant twice for Toledo in error, or because they have non-subspecific and berlioz?

The Kalij Pheasant exhibit photo I can find is at Wilderness Walk, not Wilderness Trails.

Prospect Park had Silver Pheasant, Himalayan Monal, and Eliot's Pheasant as recently as 2017, and Staten Island had the latter two of those in 2016; @ThylacineAlive might know if they still do, or know who to ask.
 
Coelacanth18 said:
Edwards's Pheasant: Riverbanks, Memphis, Knoxville, Miami, Oklahoma City, St. Augustine, Woodland Park
Lady Amherst's Pheasant: Miami, Cleveland Metroparks, Philadelphia
Crested Fireback: St. Augustine, Santa Barbara, Livingston Ripley
Ring-necked Pheasant: Oklahoma City
Himalayan Monal: Turtle Back, Toledo
Temminck's Tragopan: San Francisco
Elliot's Pheasant: Livingston Ripley, Bronx
Mikado Pheasant: Bronx
Satyr Tragopan: Bronx

Did you list Silver Pheasant twice for Toledo in error, or because they have non-subspecific and berlioz?

The Kalij Pheasant exhibit photo I can find is at Wilderness Walk, not Wilderness Trails.

Prospect Park had Silver Pheasant, Himalayan Monal, and Eliot's Pheasant as recently as 2017, and Staten Island had the latter two of those in 2016; @ThylacineAlive might know if they still do, or know who to ask.
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Thanks! The Silver Pheasant thing is an error.
 
Maybe I'm a little behind on my taxonomy but I thought Phasianinae included argus, peacock-pheasants, peafowl, and junglefowl?

This is what I have for the WCS going into 2021, for what's included in the subfamily in this thread:
-Ocellated Turkey: Bronx
-Satyr Tragopan: Central Park, Prospect Park
-Temminck's Tragopan: Bronx
-Cabot's Tragopan: Bronx
-Himalayan Monal: Bronx, Central Park, Prospect Park
-Silver Pheasant: Bronx, Prospect Park
-Swinhoe's Pheasant: Bronx, Prospect Park
-Elliot's Pheasant: Bronx
-Lady Amherst's Pheasant: Bronx
-Brown Eared-Pheasant: Bronx
-Western Capercaillie

Toledo does not hold capercaillie afaik.

~Thylo
 
Wild Turkeys at Wildlife Safari and Beardsley Zoo. Not necessarily part of the collection per se....
 
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