ZOO Plzeň Plzen zoo news

Paul.Haerle said:
Plzen keeps now 1,1 Blue-rumped Pitta (Hydrornis soror). Plzen is the only public collection with this great collection worldwide.
It’s positive to see a new pitta holder in Europe, as their stock in European collections is every low.
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I know they got one as a confiscation from Slovakia, but where did they obtain the second one, do you know?
 
A young greater white pelican (hatched in 2025) has escaped the zoo. Just few hours later, the bird was found dead 2 km away from the zoo.

When the pelican was flying low over a rapeseed field, it collided with electric wires and fell into the field. Unfortunately, it was killed by a combined harvester - a large truck harvesting the field at that moment. The driver has not seen the bird sitting inside grown vegetation.
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New species I saw during my recent visit (some are already known, some are not):
Blue-rumped pitta (Hydrornis soror) - in the Asian garden
Hooded butcherbird (Cracticus cassicus) - in the Dinopark and the Asian garden (in former kagu's aviary - kagus are now in the Tropical house)
Green junglefowl (Gallus varius) - in the Tropical house
Pacific imperial pigeon (Ducula pacifica) - in the Dinopark
Adamawa turtle dove (Streptopelia hypopyrrha) - in the Pygmy hippo's house
Bronze-tailed peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron chalcurum) - in the Asian garden
Red-tailed laughingthrush (Trochalopteron milnei) - in the Asian garden
Violaceous euphonia (Euphonia violacea) - in the Rhino house

Kellen's dormouse (Graphiurus kelleni) - in The Mysterious World of Day and Night of Africa
Saharan striped weasel (Ictonyx libycus libycus) - in The Mysterious World of Day and Night of Africa
Black and rufous sengi (Rhynchocyon petersi) - in The Mysterious World of Day and Night of Africa
Round-eared elephant shrew (Macroscelides proboscideus) - in The Mysterious World of Day and Night of Africa

Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus "Emilio"- in the World of Underground
Roti Island snake-necked turtle (Chelodina mccordi) - in the Tropical house

Blue lyretail (Fundulopanchax gardneri) - in the Fish Ark
Blue aphyosemion (Fundulopanchax sjostedti) - in the Fish Ark
Celebes rainbowfish (Marosatherina ladigesi) - in the Fish Ark
 
Plzen Zoo has reared 1+ Mertens' Water Monitor for the first time.
Zoo a BZ Plzeň on Instagram: "Další mláďata varanů Mertensových Po čtyřech letech se nám podařil odchov varana Mertensova. Početnou skupinu (3 páry) těchto severoaustralských středně velkých varanů můžete pozorovat v expozici poblíž občerstvení Zobání u zoborožce. Ochotně zde předvádějí i to, že se jedná o druh silně vázaný na vodní prostředí, v jezírku často plavou, potápí se, a dokonce se i páří. Z vody pochází i velká část jejich potravy, krmnou dávku tvoří sladkovodní ryby, doplněné hmyzem a myšátky. Letošní vylíhlí varánci (zatím 3 kusy) se vylíhli z vajec nalezených v expozici již v pokročilém stadiu inkubace, samice totiž místo kladení pečlivě skrývaly. Po vylíhnutí mláděte patrně nejvíc zaujmou jeho rozměry na první pohled neodpovídající prostoru ve vejci. Mládě o délce (i s ocasem) 27 cm totiž opouští vejce dlouhé 6,5 centimetrů! ️Karel Kodejš Katka Misíková #zooplzen #zoopilsen #zoo #plzen #pilsen #visitzoo #visitplzen #visitpilsen #monitor #watermonitor #mertenswatermonitor #water #baby #eggs #new"
 
hawkkeye said:
It seems that goral was born. Source: picture from FB group Máme rádi zvířata from 13.8, where they they write about new addition to Pilsen Zoo (with photo of young, of course). Máme rádi zoo | Zoo Plzeň mám velkou radost z přírůstku u goralů sečuánských ❤ | Facebook
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The birth of 1 Sichuan Goral on Aug. 11th has been confirmed
Zoo a BZ Plzeň on Instagram: "Malý goral jedním z aktuálních přírůstků Mládě gorala sečuánského se narodilo 11. srpna 2025. Naposledy se tak stalo v Zoo Plzeň před patnácti lety. Oba rodiče k nám byli dočasně přesunuti ze Zoo Praha v březnu kvůli rekonstrukci, která probíhá v okolí jejich výběhu. Pro tento pár je to čtvrté mládě. V Evropě se chová pouze 29 zvířat a letos se narodilo pouze jedno životaschopné mládě právě u nás. Plzeňské výběhy goralů lze pozorovat jak z terasy expozice Česká řeka, tak od jejich srubu od cesty kolem expozic amerických zvířat. Miroslava Palacká Kateřina Misíková #zooplzen #zoopilsen #zoo #plzen #pilsen #visitzoo #visitplzen #visitpilsen #newborn #baby #babyboom #calf #cute #mammal"
 
New species (which were not mentioned before) I saw during my visit which took place yesterday:

Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) - in The Mysterious World of Day and Night of Africa (not signed)
Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) - in the Amazonia house (signed)

Red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) - in one of the little bird houses opposite the camel exhibit (not signed)

Angel Island chuckwalla (Sauromalus hispidus) - in the Sonora house (signed) - very rare!

Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) - in the small salamander and newt exhibit next to the flamingo aviary (not signed)
 
muskox2262 said:
Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) - in The Mysterious World of Day and Night of Africa (not signed)
Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) - in the Amazonia house (signed)
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The new fennec - does it live in the former black-backed jackal exhibit? (or what species is kept there now?)

And that agouti - did it replace Black-rumped agouti, or is it a second agouti species in Plzeň?

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remark - Interestingly, Plzen is currently the last Czech licenced zoo with any species of agouti, this animal group almost dissappeared here, no idea why such lack of interest comes from curators. Only few non-licenced private roadside zoos exhibit them now.
 
muskox2262 said:
New species (which were not mentioned before) I saw during my visit which took place yesterday:

Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) - in The Mysterious World of Day and Night of Africa (not signed)
Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) - in the Amazonia house (signed)

Red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) - in one of the little bird houses opposite the camel exhibit (not signed)

Angel Island chuckwalla (Sauromalus hispidus) - in the Sonora house (signed) - very rare!

Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) - in the small salamander and newt exhibit next to the flamingo aviary (not signed)
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I also saw a black stork (Ciconia nigra) in the bigger aviary at the start of the aviary row over at the DinoPark, as well as some Chroicocephalus gulls (most likely black-headed) at the penguin aviary in my visit last week. I don't think they have been mentioned before on this forum and they are not present in ZTL either.
 
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