Charlotte and Sandy. Argyle is located in Rare Animal building by the bats.
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Charlotte and Sandy. Argyle is located in Rare Animal building by the bats.
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Ooh! I have never seen a Raggiana bird-of-paradise.
Are the bird of paradise in the loose walkthrough part, or one of the smaller exhibits? I assume the Argus is loose like the female is.
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I love their little rat show!
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Rats are pretty intelligent!
I saw both species, and unfortunately both are still unsigned. I am fairly certain the anole is Anolis ricordi, and the galliwasp is Celestus warreni. When zoos use the common names you mentioned, they are usually referring to these species, and the appearances of the animals also match. Also, both are commonly kept in the US.
There are actually 2.1 Raggiana birds of paradise on exhibit, and yes, they are in the walkthrough portion of the building. There is an adult male (currently in breeding plumage!), a younger male, and the female. The male Argus is in walkthrough but the female is not currently.
How new are the birds of paradise?
Their names are Mei Mei and Ling.
Went to the zoo today.
There are a pair of soras in the coffee shade grove, new signs for each exhibit, and the rhinoceros hornbills will be moving to ZooAtlanta. The guira cuckoos are no longer present either. In the back of the phase in African Plans, I saw a pair of wattled cranes. Plus, the butterfly exhibit at KidZooU is under construction and the eclectus parrots are on exhibit in the Rare Animal Conservation Center.
There are a pair of soras in the coffee shade grove, new signs for each exhibit, and the rhinoceros hornbills will be moving to ZooAtlanta. The guira cuckoos are no longer present either. In the back of the phase in African Plans, I saw a pair of wattled cranes. Plus, the butterfly exhibit at KidZooU is under construction and the eclectus parrots are on exhibit in the Rare Animal Conservation Center.
I was told that some exotic duck species along with a few others will be put in their exhibit.
Kind of a weird choice for an exhibit with more vertical than horizontal space.
Eh, if it's tree ducks or some other perching species, seems like a sensible decision to me.
Wrinkled or Wreathed hornbills would be nice in that space instead. Alas, the zoo will keep making strange choices with existing exhibit complexes. (RRHs in African PLAINS, Penguins in BEAR COUNTRY, and now ducks in a hornbill enclosure. When they ALREADY HAVE DUCKS IN THE WALKTHROUGH PORTION.)
The hogs are annoying as they already had an enclosure and now they've destroyed all the vegetation in the previously very green African Plains yard. To be fair, though, it never really held grassland species. The penguins are in Bear Country temporarily since the alternative was them going out of penguins.
~Thylo