Lost Forest
Monkey Trails and Forest Tales (more or less in order from flamingo exhibit to Tiger Trail):
Multiple small yards, connected underneath walkway through middle: North Sulawesi Babirusa
Medium Mesh Primate Exhibit: De Brazza’s Monkey
4 large, high, mesh primate exhibits (all visible from at least 2 sides/levels):
- Angolan Colobus
- Mandrill, Schmidt’s Red-tailed Monkey
- Wolf’s Mona Monkey, Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey, Pygmy Hippo (this is back view of the Pygmy Hippo exhibit – showing the vegetated side where the monkeys usually are)
- Tufted Capuchin
Towards Tiger Trail:
Small Wire Aviary by Tiger Trail entrance: Edwards’s (Vietnam) Pheasant, Black-winged Starling
Towards Scripps Aviary:
Small Mesh Primate Exhibit:
Francois’ Langur
Small Wire Aviary by Scripps Aviary: Violet-backed Starling, Purple Grenadier, Yellow-crowned Bishop, Blue-headed Dove, Egyptian Plover, Blue-naped Mousebird, Green Woodhoopoe, Red-and-Yellow Barbet, Crested Coua, Red-billed Firefinch, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (unsigned: Black-headed Weaver, Emerald-spotted Wood Dove)
Pygmy Hippo Area (accessed by gorillas, Scripps Aviary and Treetops Way)
Large Glass-fronted Exhibit: Pygmy Hippo, Wolf’s Mona Monkey, Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey, cichlids
Medium Glass-fronted Exhibit: Slender-snouted Crocodile, cichlids
Row of 7 smaller herp terrariums, on opposite side of hippo & crocodile viewing area:
- Green Tree Python, Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle
- Kimberly Rock Monitor
- Black-headed Python
- Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink
- Golden Armadillo Lizard, Mozambique Girdled Lizard
- Emerald Tree Boa*, Amazon Milk Frog (*signed as C. caninus but visually C. batesii)
- Lace Monitor
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Also one small aquatic tank, unsigned; not sure its inhabitants)
Scripps Aviary (large walk-through):
The upper (main) level of Scripps was closed during my 2025 visit. I was able to photograph the signage still, but did not have time to look at signage in the other 2 areas and verify I had everything:
African Pygmy Goose, African Openbill Stork, African Spoonbill, Hamerkop, Southern Bald Ibis, White-headed Lapwing, Black Crake, African Olive Pigeon, Adamawa Turtle Dove, Bruce's Green Pigeon, Tambourine Dove, Senegal Laughing Dove, Blue-headed Wood Dove, Blue-spotted Wood Dove, Crested Coua, Fischer’s Turaco, Blue-eared Glossy Starling, Purple Glossy Starling, Superb Starling, White-crowned Robin-chat, Northern Red Bishop, Black-headed Weaver, Taveta Golden Weaver, African Golden Oriole, African Gray Parrot, Red and Yellow Barbet, Blue-bellied Roller, Common Bulbul, Violet-backed Starling, Green Woodhoopoe
African Ape Area (between Scripps Aviary and Treetops Plaza/Aviary Trail)
From Scripps Aviary to Treetops Plaza,
2 small but tall Wire Aviaries, next to lower entrance of Scripps Aviary (viewable from 2 levels):
- Hamerkop, Crested Coua, White-crested Turaco, Black-headed Weaver, Magpie Shrike, Senegal Laughing Dove
- Blue Coua, Madagascar Crested Ibis, Purple Glossy Starling, Red-and-Yellow Barbet
Another small but tall Wire Aviary (
nearby I think, but not connected): Crested Coua, Snowy-crowed Robin-chat, Golden-breasted Bunting, Emerald Starling, Blue-naped Mousebird
Medium Mesh Primate Exhibit: Vervet Monkey
Medium Mesh Aviary: African Crowned Eagle
Large yard with multiple viewing areas: Bonobo
Large yard with multiple viewing areas: Western Lowland Gorilla
Small Glass-fronted Aviary by Bonobo viewing: Red-cheeked Cordon Bleu, Red-billed Firefinch, Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Aviary Trail (roughly two dozen small wire aviaries, all clustered together by gorillas and Parker Aviary):
- Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise (x4, all connected)
- Magnificent Bird-of-Paradise, Mindanao Bleeding-heart Dove
- Collared Lory
- Crested Wood Partridge, Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon, Blue-crowned Laughingthrush, Orange-bellied Leafbird
- Hooded Pitta, Blyth’s Tragopan, Wompoo Fruit Dove, Tricolored Parrotfinch, Red-billed Leiothrix
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, Blue-crowned Lorikeet
- Palm Cockatoo
- Many-colored Fruit Dove, Red-billed Leiothrix
- White-breasted Woodswallow
- Golden-fronted Leafbird, Scarlet-faced Liocichla, Fairy Bluebird, Wompoo Fruit Dove
- Superb Bird-of-Paradise (x2 – one also holding Wompoo Fruit Dove)
- Black Bulbul, Mountain Peacock-pheasant, Malayan Long-tailed Parakeet, Pink-headed Fruit Dove, Chestnut-backed Thrush
- Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
- Chestnut-backed Scimitar-babbler
- Grosbeak Starling
- Papuan Mountain Pigeon, White-eared Bulbul, Chestnut-backed Scimitar-babbler, Grosbeak Starling
- Guam Kingfisher
- White-crested Laughingthrush
- Bali Myna
Parker Aviary (smaller walk-through):
Free-Flying: Inca Tern, Blue-crowned Motmot, Crested Oropendola, Yellow-rumped Cacique, Black-spotted Barbet, Andean Cock-of-the-Rock, Sunbittern, White-faced Whistling Duck, Toco Toucan, Blue-headed Macaw
Large Wire-fronted Exhibit on one side: Capuchinbird, Gray-winged Trumpeter, Andean Cock of the Rock, Blue-crowned Motmot
Owens Aviary: currently closed for renovations, has been since 2023 (?). Typically holds Asian and Australasian birds (many of which have been distributed elsewhere in the zoo) with a small open-topped tank for Fly River Turtle and Asian fish
Orangutan Trail
Indoor-Outdoor Primate Exhibit: Silvery Leaf Monkey
Large Glass-fronted Yard: Sumatran Orangutan,
Siamang
Tiger Trail
Small Mesh-fronted Aviary: Collared Lory, Collared Finchbill, White-naped Pheasant Pigeon
Medium Glass-fronted Exhibit: Siamese Crocodile
(
Note: next to the crocodiles there also used to be a glass-fronted exhibit with a small number of birds. I don’t have any photos or memory of it from this visit, so not sure if I walked past it accidentally or if it’s gone)
Small Wire-fronted Exhibit: Fishing Cat
Tiger River Aviary (medium mesh aviary): Collared Finchbill, Pied Imperial Pigeon, White-collared Kingfisher, Victoria Crowned Pigeon, Fawn-breasted Bowerbird, Great Argus, White-breasted Woodswallow, Blue-crowned Laughingthrush, Black-naped Oriole, Many-colored Fruit Dove, Masked Lapwing, Black-collared Starling, Gadwall, Redhead, Ruddy Duck, Ring-necked Duck, Canvasback, Scaly-sided Merganser (unsigned: Northern Shoveler)
Open-topped Yard/Connected Yards: Malayan Tapir
Small Wire Aviary: Chestnut-backed Thrush, Pink-headed Fruit Dove, Palawan Peacock-pheasant, Collared Finchbill, Golden-crested Myna
Open-topped Yards (x2): Malayan Tiger
Small Wire Aviary: Fairy Bluebird, Black-chinned Fruit Dove, Black-throated Laughingthrush, Siamese Fireback, Collared Finchbill, Red-billed Leiothrix
Ituri Forest (from Tiger Trail / Scripps Aviary to lower end of Center Street)
Medium yard: Okapi
Large aquatic exhibit: River Hippo, unsigned fish
Small Wire Aviary, by food and gift area: Crested Coua, Madagascar Partridge, Oriole Warbler, Emerald Starling, Senegal Laughing Dove, White-bellied Go-away-bird, White-crowned Robin-chat
Very Large, Multilayer Exhibit, split in middle by walkway: Allen's Swamp Monkey, Schmidt's Red-tailed Monkey, Red River Hog, Spotted-necked Otter
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And that concludes the list
