This was my first visit to what I call the main San Diego Zoo. I also did the behind-the-scenes tour, hoping to see some species that were off exhibit. Like with the San Diego Safari Park post, I will post species I saw and those that were listed but didn't get to see. Below is the list of species I did see:
- White-faced whistling-duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
- Emperor goose (Anser canagicus)
- Red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis)
- Cinnamon teal (Spatula cyanoptera ssp.)
- Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
- Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
- Eurasian wigeon (Mareca penelope)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos)
- Northern pintail (Anas acuta)
- Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
- Redhead (Aythya americana)
- Ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris)
- Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
- Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
- Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo)
- Blyth's tragopan (Tragopan blythii ssp.)
- Edward's (Vietnamese) pheasant (Lophura edwardsi)
- Great argus (Malayan) (Argusianus argus argus)
- Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
- American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
- Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
- Rameron (African olive) pigeon (Columba arquatrix)
- Metallic pigeon (Columba vitiensis ssp.)
- Adamawa turtle-dove (Streptopelia hypopyrrha)
- Laughing dove (Streptopelia senegalensis senegalensis)
- Namaqua dove (Oena capensis ssp.)
- Asian emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica ssp.)
- Wonga pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca)
- Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica nicobarica)
- Pheasant pigeon (Green-nape) (Otidiphaps nobilis nobilis)
- Pheasant pigeon (White-nape) (Otidiphaps nobilis aruensis)
- Western (Blue) crowned-pigeon (Goura cristata)
- Victoria crowned-pigeon (Goura victoria ssp.)
- Bruce's green-pigeon (Treron waalia)
- Pink-headed (Temminck's) fruit-dove (Ptilinopus porphyreus)
- Black-chinned fruit-dove (Ptilinopus leclancheri ssp.)
- Wompoo fruit-dove (Vogelkop Mountain) (Ptilinopus magnificus puella)
- Beautiful fruit-dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus ssp.)
- Green imperial-pigeon (Rufous-naped) (Ducula aenea paulina)
- Collared imperial-pigeon (Ducula mullerii ssp.)
- Papuan mountain-pigeon (Gymnophaps albertisii ssp.)
- Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata)
- White-bellied go-away-bird (Corythaixoides leucogaster)
- Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
- Costa's hummingbird (Calypte costae)
- Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles miles)
- Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana [jacana group])
- Inca tern (Larosterna inca)
- African openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus lamelligerus)
- African jacana (Anhinga rufa rufa)
- Great cormorant (White-breasted) (Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus)
- Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
- Great blue heron (Ardea herodias ssp.)
- Great egret (American) (Ardea alba egretta)
- Madagascar crested ibis (Lophotibis cristata ssp.)
- African spoonbill (Platalea alba)
- California condor (Gymnogyps californianus)
- Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius)
- Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus)
- Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo ssp.)
- Blue-naped mousebird (Urocolius macrourus ssp.)
- Green-backed trogon (Trogon viridis)
- Green woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus ssp.)
- Southern ground-hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)
- Trumpeter hornbill (Bycanistes bucinator)
- Sulawesi hornbill (Southern or Sanford's) (Rhabdotorrhinus exarhatus sanfordi)
- Wrinkled hornbill (Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus)
- Collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris chloris)
- White-fronted bee-eater (Merops bullockoides)
- Northern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicus)
- Plate-billed mountain-toucan (Andigena laminirostris)
- Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco)
- Pygmy falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus)
- Red-tailed black-cockatoo (Forest) (Calyptorhynchus banksii naso)
- Horned parakeet (Eunymphicus cornutus)
- Blue-crowned lorikeet (Vini australis)
- Blue-crowned hanging-parrot (Loriculus galgulus)
- Congo African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus)
- Blue-headed macaw (Primolius couloni)
- Blue and gold macaw (Ara ararauna)
- Green-winged macaw (Ara chloropterus)
- Hooded pitta (Philippine) (Pitta sordida sordida)
- Andean cock-of-the-rock (Peruvian) (Rupicola peruvianus peruvianus)
- Capuchinbird (Perissocephalus tricolor)
- Spangled cotinga (Cotinga cayana)
- Screaming piha (Lipaugus vociferans)
- Pompadour cotinga (Xipholena punicea)
- Fawn-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)
- Blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis ssp.)
- White-breasted woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus ssp.)
- Raggiana bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana ssp.)
- Plush-crested jay (Cyanocorax chrysops ssp.)
- Black-billed magpie (Pica hudsonia)
- Common raven (Corvus corax ssp.)
- White-eared bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis ssp.)
- Chestnut-backed scimitar-babbler (Pomatorhinus montanus ssp.)
- Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus ssp.)
- Black-throated laughingthrush (Pterorhinus chinensis ssp.)
- Metallic starling (Aplonis metallica ssp.)
- Emerald starling (Lamprotornis iris)
- Purple [glossy] starling (Lamprotornis purpureus)
- White-crowned robin-chat (Cossypha albicapillus ssp.)
- White-headed buffalo-weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli dinemelli)
- Taveta golden-weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps)
- Tricolored parrotfinch (Erythrura tricolor)
- Purple grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster)
- Red-cheeked cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus bengalus ssp.)
- Pin-tailed whydah (Vidua macroura)
- Violaceous euphonia (Euphonia violacea ssp.)
- Golden-breasted bunting (Emberiza flaviventris ssp.)
- Turquoise tanager (Tangara mexicana ssp.)
- Paradise tanager (Tangara chilensis ssp.)
- Opal-rumped tanager (Tangara velia velia)
- Swallow tanager (Tersina viridis ssp.)
- Green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza ssp.)
