Ratites and Tinamous in North America

Turda Farms in Mono, Ontario keeps Emus and ostriches according to their Facebook page.

Assinboine Park Zoo also keeps greater rheas.

Lincoln Park Zoo keeps ostriches, if it hasn't been mentioned already.
 
Ok, a few facilities I remember with ostriches, emus, and cassowaries

Cassowaries - Alligator Adventure

Ostriches - Alligator Adventure and Guam Zoo

Emus - I believe Tweetsie Railroad and Guam Zoo
 
Ostrich - Struthio

Common Ostrich (80 holders)

Abilene
African Lion Safari
Alligator Adventure
Binder Park
Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park
Brevard
Briarwood Ranch
Brights
Bronx (australis)
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (australis)
Calgary
Cape May
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Como Park
Dallas
Detroit
Dickerson Park
Discovery Wildlife Park
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Fort Worth
Franklin Park
Fresno Chaffee
Glacier Ridge Animal Farm
Gladys Porter
Granby
Great Plains
Greater Vancouver
Hogle
Houston
Indian Creek
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Keystone Safari
Lehigh Valley
Lincoln Park
Lion Country Safari
Living Desert
Los Angeles (1.0 camelus)
Magnetic Hill
Maryland
Memphis
Metro Richmond
Milwaukee
Nashville
Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch
North Carolina
Oglebay’s Good
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Phoenix (massaicus)
Pittsburgh
Pueblo
Sacramento
Safari Lake Geneva
Safari Niagara
Safari West
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
San Francisco
Shalom Wildlife
Six Flags Great Adventure
Special Memories
Staten Island
St Louis
Summerfield
The Wilds
Toledo
Topeka
Toronto
Utica
Virginia
Virginia Safari
Waccatee
Wildlife Safari
Wildlife World
Woodland Park
Zoo Atlanta
Zoo Miami

Somali Ostrich (1 holder)

Los Angeles (0.2)



Rhea

Rhea

Greater Rhea (35-36 holders)

Abilene
Animal Haven
Assiniboine Park
Beardsley
Bergen County
Birmingham Nature Center
Calgary
Detroit
Dickerson Park
Greenville
Idaho Falls
Keystone Safari
Lee Richardson
Lion Country Safari
Magnetic Hill
Miller Park
Milwaukee
National
Natural Bridge
Phoenix
Riverview
Safari Lake Geneva
Salisbury
San Francisco
Sequoia Park?
Shalom Wildlife
Six Flags Great Adventure
Staten Island
Special Memories
Timbavati Wildlife Park
Trevor
Virginia Safari Park
Wildlife Safari
Wildlife World
Wisconsin Rapids Municipal
Zoo Boise


Pterocnemia

Lesser Rhea (possibly 1-2 holders?)

Frank Buck? (held before the time range cutoff, do they still hold?)
Fresno Chaffee held one a few years back, is it still around?


Tinamou

Eudromia

Elegant Crested Tinamou (9-10 holders)

Bronx
Charles Paddock
Dallas World Aquarium
Idaho Falls
Roger Williams Park
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Stone
St Louis
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Toronto


Nothoprocta

Andean Tinamou (2 holders)

San Antonio
San Francisco


Crypturellus

Little Tinamou (1 holder)

Dallas World Aquarium


Tinamus

Great Tinamou (1 holder)

Dallas World Aquarium


Cassowaries, Emu

Casuarius

Southern Cassowary (31-32 holders)

Alexandria
Alligator Adventure
Baton Rouge
Birmingham
Blank Park
Brevard
Catoctin
Denver
Gladys Porter
Houston
Jacksonville
Keystone Safari
Los Angeles
Lousiana Purchase
Nashville
National?
Natural Bridge
Oklahoma City
Pinola Aviary
San Antonio
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
San Francisco
Sedgwick County
St Augustine Alligator Farm
Staten Island
Toledo
Turtleback
Virginia
White Oak Conservation Center
Wildlife World
Zoo Atlanta
Zoo Miami

Northern Cassowary (1 private holder)

Private collection, (1.0)


Dromaius

Emu (82 holders)

3 Palms
Action Wildlife
Alexandria
Animal Gardens Petting
Applegate Park
Bear Den
Bluebird Gap Farm
Border City Petting
Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park
Bramble Park
Brevard
Bronx
Brookfield
Busch Gardens Tampa
Cacotin
Capron Park
Charles Paddock
Cheyenne Mountain
Cincinnati
Claws and Paws
Cleveland
Cohanzick
Columbus
Dallas
Denver
DeYoung Family
Dickerson Park
Doc’s
Emerald Forest Bird Gardens
Franklin Park
Fresno Chaffee
Glacier Ridge Animal Farm
Granby
Grant’s Farm
Greater Vancouver
High Park
Idaho Falls
Jacksonville
Kangaroo Creek
Keystone Safari
Lee Richardson
Lehigh Valley
Louisville
Lupa
Minnesota
Natural Ridge Wildlife Ranch
NEW
Oakland
Oglebay’s Good
Palm Beach
Pana’ewa Rainforest
Philadelphia
Prospect Park
Pueblo
Racine
Rainforest Adventures
Riverview
Roer's Zoofari
Roger Williams Park
Roscommon
Sacramento
Safari Niagara
San Antonio
Sedgwick County
Shalom Wildlife
Southwick’s
Space Farms
Special Memories
Staten Island
Summerfield
The Creature Conservancy
Timbavati Wildlife Park
Toronto
Trevor
Utica
Virginia
Virginia Safari Park
Wilderness Walk
Wildlife Safari
Wildlife World
Woodland Park
Zoo Tampa


Kiwi - Apteryx

Brown Kiwi (7-8 holders)

Bronx
Columbus
Franklin Park
National?
Pinola Aviary
San Diego (offshow)
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Toledo
 
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Brown Kiwi is also kept at San Diego Zoo Safari Park. They have not been keept at National for quite a few years now.
 
York’s wild kingdom keeps southern cassowary and ostrich

Animal adventures keeps emu
 
According to Jacksonville zoo's website, they have North African ostrich. It does have a red head.

Santa Fe college teaching zoo has emus
 
I'm not aware of any tinamou in Mexico.

Ostrich and emu and rhea are common but cassowary as far as I can remember only at two zoos.

Cassowary : Guadalajara zoo Africam Safari.

Ostrich : Chapultepec zoo Zacango zoo Africam Safari Leon zoo Guadalajara zoo San Juan de Aragon zoo Morelia zoo.

Emu : Guadalajara zoo Africam Safari Chapultepec zoo Morelia zoo El Nido.

Rhea: Guadalajara zoo Zacango zoo.


I think that @carlos55 will know of more places and detailed information.
 
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Kansas City Zoo and Audubon Zoo both hold emu.

Audubon also has Greater Rhea as well.
 
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