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Anteaterman

Anteaterman

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I recently went to both the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, and after making a list for the Safari Park, I knew that I should make one for the Zoo. I know that someone (geomorph) has already made a list, but I wanted to make one for this year. The Zoo is quite large, so I may have missed some species, Please tell me if I did. I will be splitting up each area so that I don't lose the list by taking too long. Anyway, on with the list.
(Also, I went on 8/16/18, so I was able to see Africa Rocks.)

FRONT STREET (Counting as an area to list species near Front Street.)

Front Street Bird Exhibits
  • Flamingo Lagoon: Puna Teal, White Faced Whistling Duck, Ring Necked Duck, Hooded Merganser, Ashy Headed Goose, Southern Screamer, American Wood Duck, Chiloe Wigeon, Rosy Billed Pochard, Caribbean Flamingo
  • Terrace Lagoon: Koi, Mallard
  • Aviary Near Bus Tour Loading: Pompadour Cotinga, Costa's Hummingbird, Violaceous Euphonia, Spotted Tanager, Green Honeycreeper, Paradise Tanager, Purple Honeycreeper, Turquoise Tanager, Andean Cock of the Rock, Kagu, Swallow Tanager, Blue Necked Tanager, Spangled Cotinga, Northern Hawk Headed Parrot
 
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DISCOVERY OUTPOST

Children's Zoo and Nearby Exhibits
  • Small Yard with Moat: Empty
  • Glass Enclosed Exhibit: Goliath Stick Insect
  • Petting Paddock: Santa Cruz Sheep, West African Pygmy Goat
  • Old Enclosure: North American Porcupine
  • Waterfowl Exhibit: Empty
  • Small Terrarium: African Pancake Tortoise
  • Mouse House: House Mouse
  • Two Small Enclosures: Coatimundi
  • Otter Exhibit: Spotted Necked Otter
  • Small Aviary: Mexican Yellow Headed Amazon
  • Small Enclosure: Ocelot
  • Small Enclosure: Fossa
  • Small Aviary: Paradise Tanager, Guianan Cock of the Rock, Black Striped Sparrow
  • Small Aviary: Guianan Cock of the Rock, Silver Beaked Tanager
  • Small Enclosure: Fennec Fox
  • Small Yard: Burmese Star Tortoise
  • Pond Next to Skyfari East: Black Necked Swan
Insect House
  • Emperor Scorpion
  • Bird Eating Spider
  • Ferocious Water Bug
  • Brazillian Whiteknee Tarantula
  • Leafcutter Ant
  • Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
  • Giant Cave Roach
  • Puerto Rican Millipede
  • Leaf Insect
  • Peruvian Fire Stick
  • Assassin Bug
  • Derby's Flower Beetle
  • Jungle Nymph
  • Sunburst Diving Beetle
  • Hissing Cockroach
  • Dead Leaf Mantis
  • Blue Death Feigning Beetle
Hummingbird Aviary and Nearby Exhibits
  • Small Aviary: Plate Billed Mountain Toucan
  • Small Aviary: Guianan Toucanet
  • Hummingbird Aviary: Golden Collared Manakin, Swallow Tanager, Turquoise Tanager, Golden Fronted Leafbird, Costa's Hummingbird, Anna's Hummingbird, Paradise Tanager, Violaceous Euphonia, Rufous Crowned Tanager, Blue Necked Tanager, Spotted Tanager, Purple Honeycreeper
Reptile House and Nearby Exhibits
  • Boelen's Python
  • Northwest Neotropical Rattlesnake
  • Timor Python
  • Black Headed Python
  • West African Green Mamba
  • Empty
  • Woma
  • Gray's Monitor
  • Short Nosed Vine Snake
  • Banded Water Cobra
  • South American Green Snake
  • Burmese Python (No signage, but luckily, the snake was out so I could figure out what it was)
  • Green Tree Python
  • Gray's Monitor
  • Monocellate Cobra
  • Tentacled Snake
  • Caiman Lizard
  • Fijian Banded Iguana
  • Black Headed Bushmaster, Emerald Tree Boa
  • Indian Cobra
  • Red Cheeked Mud Turtle
  • Shingleback Skink
  • Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
  • Caatinga Lancehead
  • Green Anaconda, Green Crested Basilisk
  • Emerald Monitor
  • King Cobra
  • Angolan Python
  • Annulated Boa
  • Mexican Beaded Lizard
  • Madagascar Tree Boa
  • Black Tree Monitor
  • Blue Tree Monitor
  • Eyelash Palm Pit Viper
  • Catalina Island Rattlesnake
  • Philippine Sail Finned Lizard
  • Black Tailed Rattlesnake
  • Gila Monster
  • Chinese Mountain Viper
  • Mang Mountain Pit Viper
  • Flower Snake
  • Ethiopian Mountain Adder
  • Merten's Water Monitor
  • Chinese Crocodile Lizard
  • Rowley's Palm Pit Viper
  • Red Coachwip
  • Mexican Lance Headed Rattlesnake
  • Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
  • Side Striped Palm Pit Viper
  • Twin Spotted Rattlesnake, Banded Rock Rattlesnake
  • Komodo Dragon
  • Outdoor Yard: Western Great Plated Lizard, Yellow Throated Plated Lizard, Radiated Tortoise
  • Outdoor Yard: European Pond Turtle, Marginated Tortoise, Scheltopusik, Jeweled Lacerta
Reptile Walk and Nearby Exhibits
  • Colorado River Toad
  • Coastal Rosy Boa
  • Two Striped Gartersnake
  • San Diego Gopher Snake
  • San Diego Mountain Kingsnake
  • Giant Horned Lizard
  • Baja California Rat Snake
  • Panamanian Golden Frog
  • Bronze Backed Mantella, Golden Mantella
  • Kaiser Newt
  • Milky Tree Frog, Dyeing Poison Frog, Black Legged Poison Frog
  • Sambava Tomato Frog, Southern Leaf Tailed Gecko
  • Fire Salamander
  • Bornean Eared Frog
  • Mossy Frog, Black Breasted Leaf Turtle
  • Splendid Tree Frog
  • Splash Back Poison Frog, Green and Black Poison Frog, Bumble Bee Poison Frog
  • Small Yard: Chinese Alligator
  • Roti Island Snake Necked Turtle, Lizard (Unidentified)
  • Malayan Snail Eating Turtle
  • Chinese Three Striped Box Turtle (Juvenile)
  • West African Dwarf Crocodile (Juvenile)
  • Fly River Turtle
  • South American Snake Necked Turtle, Red Headed River Turtle, Mata Mata
  • Outdoor Yard: Cuban Iguana, Anegada Ground Iguana
  • Gharial Lagoon: Hamilton's Pond Turtle, Red Bellied Short Necked Turtle, Broad Shelled Snake Necked Turtle, Asian Leaf Turtle, Gharial, River Terrapin, Chinese Striper Necked Turtle, Fly River Turtle, Painted Terrapin, Narrow Headed Softshell Turtle, Malaysian Giant Turtle, Yellow Pond Turtle, Parker's Snake Necked Turtle, Indo Gangetic Flapshell Turtle
  • Small Yard: Brown Tortoise
  • Small Yard: African Spurred Tortoise
  • Outdoor Yard: Black Throated Monitor
  • Tortoise Yard: Galapagos Tortoise
 
How the heck did you have time to look at all the animals while keeping track of all of this?! It's a huge help.
 
TinoPup said:
How the heck did you have time to look at all the animals while keeping track of all of this?! It's a huge help.
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I take photos of all the signs so that I can download them onto a device and use them. Also, some exhibits where there are no animals outside, or not in view, I just take a photo of the sign, then move on.
 
I took pictures of all the signs as well when I visited in June, thinking I would make a species list out of it, but I never got around to it, and now with this list I don’t see a point.
 
Anteaterman said:
I take photos of all the signs so that I can download them onto a device and use them. Also, some exhibits where there are no animals outside, or not in view, I just take a photo of the sign, then move on.
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That's my strategy as well, though I'm often not so good at remembering where things were ;)
 
LOST FOREST PT 1

Monkey Trail
  • Netted Enclosure: Black Mangabey, Angolan Colobus Monkey
  • Netted Enclosure: Mandrill, Wolf's Monkey, Schmidt's Red Tailed Monkey
  • Netted Enclosure: Tufted Capuchin
  • Netted Enclosure: Lion Tailed Macaque
  • Small Aviary: Yellow Crowned Bishop, Long Tailed Paradise Whydah, Stone Partridge, African Namaqua Dove, Blue Headed Dove, Sociable Weaver, Blue Capped Cordon Bleu, Purple Grenadier, Melba Finch, Yellow Rumped Tinkerbird, Violet Backed Starling
Orangutan Trail, Owens Aviary, Parker Aviary
  • Monkey Enclosure: Silvered Leaf Langur
  • Orangutan Exhibit: Bornean Orangutan, Sumatran Orangutan, Siamang
  • Owens Aviary Fish Tank: Fly River Turtle, Rosy Barb, Chinese Algae Eater, Clown Loach, Green Scat, Giant Danio, Banded Archerfish
  • Owens Aviary: Javan Pond Heron, Dollarbird, Nicobar Pigeon, Temminick's Trapogan, White Rumped Shama, Eclectus Parrot, Spotted Laughingthrush, Mount Goliath Lorikeet, Black Naped Fruit Dove, Black Naped Oriole, Grey Capped Emerald Dove, Blue Crowned Laughingthrush, Papuan Mountain Pigeon, Chestnut Breasted Malkoha, Wompoo Fruit Dove, White Eared Bulbul, Chinese Hwamei, White Breasted Woodswallow, Victoria Crowned Pigeon, Collared Imperial Pigeon, Sulawesi Green Imperial Pigeon, Black Bulbul, White Eared Catbird, Black Collared Starling, Philippine Collared Dove, Black Throated Laughingthrush, Fairy Bluebird, Metallic Starling, Bali Mynah, Purple Naped Lory, Collared Lory, White Naped Pheasant Pigeon, Metallic Pigeon, Indian Pygmy Goose, Fawn Breasted Bowerbird, Chestnut Backed Thrush, Malay Great Argus Pheasant, Pink Necked Green Pigeon, White Breasted Kingfisher, Red Billed Leiothrix, Collared Finchbill, Scarlet Faced Liocichla, Orange Bellied Leafbird, Golden Crested Myna
  • Parker Aviary: Golden Lion Tamarin, Inca Tern, Blue Crowned Motmot, Crested Oropendola, Black Spotted Barbet, Andean Cock of the Rock, Sunbittern, Ringed Teal, Toco Toucan, Silver Beaked Tanager, Yellow Rumped Cacique
  • Smaller Aviary Inside Parker Aviary: Andean Cock of the Rock, Blue Headed Macaw, Northern Helmeted Curassow, Capuchinbird, Crested Oropendola
 
Anteaterman said:
  • Hummingbird Aviary: Golden Collared Manakin, Swallow Tanager, Turquoise Tanager, Golden Fronted Leafbird, Costa's Hummingbird, Anna's Hummingbird, Paradise Tanager, Violaceous Euphonia, Rufous Crowned Tanager, Blue Necked Tanager, Spotted Tanager, Purple Honeycreeper
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Did you see any hummers? I recall seeing Anna's signed in the aviary back in late Dec last year, but no hummers to be seen or heard.
 
Great Argus said:
Did you see any hummers? I recall seeing Anna's signed in the aviary back in late Dec last year, but no hummers to be seen or heard.
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Yes, I did see some Hummingbirds in the aviary, not sure what species.
Erythrogaster said:
White-breasted Kingfisher are no longer kept.
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Okay, they were on the signage for the aviary but I will delete them off my list if I can.
 
LOST FOREST PT 2

Tiger Trail
  • Several Small Yards: North Sulawesi Babirusa
  • Netted Enclosure: DeBrazza's Monkey
  • Small Aviary: Greater Yellow Naped Woodpecker, Scarlet Faced Liocichla, Black Bulbul, Pink Necked Green Pigeon, Palawan Peacock Pheasant
  • Small Aviary: European Goldfinch, Jambu Fruit Dove, Blue Winged Pitta, Blue Crowned Laughingthrush
  • Crocodile Exhibit: Siamese Crocodile, Turtle (Unidentified)
  • Glass Enclosed Aviary: Red Billed Leiothrix, Coronated Fruit Dove
  • Cat Enclosure: Fishing Cat
  • Swamp Aviary: Black Naped Oriole, Chestnut Backed Thrush, Black Collared Starling, Chinese Hwamei, Blue Crowned Laughingthrush, Mandarin Duck, Marbled Teal, Falcated Duck, Cardinal Lory, Black Throated Laughingthrush, Milky Stork, Siamese Fireback, Pied Imperial Pigeon, Collared Imperial Pigeon, Scaly Sided Merganser, Collared Finchbill, New Guinea Masked Lapwing
  • Tapir Exhibit: Malayan Tapir
  • Glass Enclosed Exhibit: Blood Python
  • Glass Enclosed Aviary: Chestnut Backed Thrush, Mountain Bamboo Partridge, Blue Crowned Hanging Parrot, Blue Winged Siva
  • Glass Enclosed Exhibit: Coconut Crab
  • Hillside Enclosure: Malayan Tiger
  • Small Aviary: Black Chinned Fruit Dove, Fairy Bluebird, Malay Great Argus Pheasant, Black Throated Laughingthrush, White Rumped Shama, Reichenow's Weaver, White Crowned Robin Chat, White Faced Whistling Duck, Ferruginous Duck
 
LOST FOREST PT 3 (Sorry for the delays, I hope everyone can forgive me.)

Gorilla Tropics (I have photos from Scripps Aviary, but they won't be available to me for a while, but I will post them when they are ready.)
  • Netted Enclosure: Angolan Colobus
  • Netted Enclosure: Crowned Eagle
  • Hillside Habitat: Bonobo
  • Small Glass Enclosed Aviary: Purple Grenadier, Red Cheeked Cordon Bleu, Red Billed Fire Finch, Lavender Waxbill, Northern Red Bishop, Long Tailed Paradise Whydah, Melba Finch, Zebra Waxbill, Stone Partridge
  • Gorilla Habitat: Western Lowland Gorilla
Hippo Trail & Ituri Forest
  • Crocodile Habitat: African Slender Snouted Crocodile, African Cichlid
  • Hippo Habitat: Pygmy Hippo, Wolf's Monkey, Lesser Spot Nosed Monkey, African Cichlid
  • Fish Tank: African Cichlid
  • Madagascar Big Headed Turtle
  • Puff Adder
  • Gaboon Viper
  • Parker's Snake Necked Turtle
  • Pygmy Spiny Tailed Skink
  • Golden Armadillo Lizard, Gorongosa Girdle Tailed Lizard
  • African Pancake Tortoise, Rainbow Skink, Tropical Girdled Lizard, Schneider's Skink
  • Okapi Habitat: Okapi, Black Duiker
  • River Hippo Habitat: Hippopotamus, African Cichlid
  • Main Ituri Forest Habitat: Allen's Swamp Monkey, Schmidt's Red Tailed Monkey, Spotted Necked Otter, Red River Hog
  • Smaller Ituri Forest Habitat: Allen's Swamp Monkey, Schmidt's Red Tailed Monkey, Spotted Necked Otter
  • Small Aviary: White Headed Lapwing, Madagascar Partridge, White Crowned Robin Chat, Oriole Warbler, Black Cheeked Lovebird, Magpie Shrike, Emerald Starling
 
Anteaterman said:
Sorry, I had to update something on my computer. I will get started right away. Terribly sorry for the delays, and a sorry in advance if this ever happens again.
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Didn't mean to put any pressure on you! You've been doing such a good job with this list and the Safari park's I was really hoping to see it completed! Apologies if you felt a lot of pressure to finish.
 
Anteaterman said:
LOST FOREST PT 1
  • Owens Aviary Fish Tank: Fly River Turtle, Rosy Barb, Chinese Algae Eater, Clown Loach, Green Scat, Giant Danio, Banded Archerfish
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Did they actually have the species listed, or did you have to ask a keeper? It's long been a pet peeve of mine that the San Diego Zoo had several species of unsigned fish, it'd be nice if that's changed.
 
Great Argus said:
Didn't mean to put any pressure on you! You've been doing such a good job with this list and the Safari park's I was really hoping to see it completed! Apologies if you felt a lot of pressure to finish.
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No worries, I felt no pressure.
Shellheart said:
Did they actually have the species listed, or did you have to ask a keeper? It's long been a pet peeve of mine that the San Diego Zoo had several species of unsigned fish, it'd be nice if that's changed.
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Yes, they did have signage for them, and also (I was surprised to see this) for the African Cichlid in the Slender Snouted Crocodile exhibit.
 
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