Species Found Only In U.S. Zoos

Blackduiker said:
According to ISIS, my source for my list of species in zoos, none of these are in "zoos" outside of the USA. The Brown Pelicans kept in Germany are not Californian. The Philippines have no "zoos" listed that exhibit Calamian Deers. Nor are the facilities in Antananarivo listed as "zoos" according to ISIS. And if there is any zoo in Mexico or elsewhere that exhibit California Condors, please provide a source of reference. Other than wild releases south of the US border, I can find no evidence that they exist in any zoo outside of America. And isn't this thread dealing with species not found outside of American "zoos" not including reserves? I stand by my list.
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ISIS is not by any means a service used by all zoos, including some in the US and Europe that are quite prominent. There is a well established and collection-rich zoo in downtown Antananarivo with a wide variety of lemurs. That said, I agree with your skepticism about any Caifornia Condors being held by a Mexican zoo--they must almost certainly be Andean Condors?
 
According to zootierliste, the brown pelicans at Walsrode and Halle are indeed California brown pelicans, while Halle also has eastern brown pelicans.

As for the condors, San Diego sent a pair down there a few years back.
San Diego Zoo Public Relations Blog Archive Change is in the Wind for California Condor Conservation

First Two Chicks of the 2011 Season Hatch at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

An exceptional sighting was caught on video at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park as a California condor chick hatched last week with the assistance of its parents. In years past, the practice of the California Condor Recovery Program was to hand raise the first egg laid by a condor pair, but the conservation program’s goals are changing. Today, more condor eggs laid are being left with the parents so they can raise and mentor the chicks.

Two chicks have already hatched at the Safari Park this year, on March 14 and 16 respectively, and each is being raised by its parents. Two other eggs are in incubators. Whether raised by parents or by zookeepers using puppets, all condor chicks are candidates for release in Arizona, California or Baja California, Mexico.

Since the recovery program began in the 1980s—when there were only about 22 condors left in the world—the Park has hatched 165 chicks and released 80 birds in the wild. There are now more than 370 condors, and the number is growing as eggs are laid and hatched at the breeding centers at the Safari Park, Los Angeles Zoo, World Center for Birds of Prey, and Oregon Zoo. Eggs have been laid in the wild as well.

In addition, in 2011 the breeding centers are exchanging eggs to increase the gene pool of each population. One week ago, two condors that hatched and fledged at the Safari Park last year were sent to Arizona for release.

A California condor egg hatches after 56 days of incubation. The emerging chick hatches with white down and a light pink bald head. When the chick fledges at 6 months old, it is fully grown with black-and-white feathers and a black head. When it reaches maturity, the bird’s head turns pink once again.

The California Condor Recovery Program is implemented by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, zoos in the U.S. and Mexico, and U.S. and Mexican government agencies. Although listed by the federal government as an endangered species in 1967, the California condor population continued to decline, reaching a critical low of less than two dozen birds. In 1982, the condor breeding program was successfully established at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park and Los Angeles Zoo. Today, two additional breeding centers are assisting with the recovery of the species at The Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey and the Oregon Zoo. In addition, condors are part of an education program that allows guests at the San Diego Zoo, Santa Barbara Zoo and Mexico City’s Chapultepec Zoo to see North America’s largest bird up close.

The 1,800-acre San Diego Zoo Safari Park (historically referred to as Wild Animal Park) is operated by the not-for-profit San Diego Zoo and includes a 900-acre native species reserve. The organization focuses on conservation and research work around the globe, educates millions of individuals a year about wildlife and maintains accredited horticultural, animal, library and photo collections. The Zoo also manages the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research. The important conservation and science work of these entities is supported in part by The Foundation of the Zoological Society of San Diego.
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Yes, chapultepec zoo does still have 2 male california condors in a massive flight cage. The birds came from san diego. I saw them a few weeks ago. It is surprising that the international registers on mexican zoos are so inaccurate.
 
Blackduiker said:
According to ISIS, my source for my list of species in zoos, none of these are in "zoos" outside of the USA. The Brown Pelicans kept in Germany are not Californian. The Philippines have no "zoos" listed that exhibit Calamian Deers. Nor are the facilities in Antananarivo listed as "zoos" according to ISIS. And if there is any zoo in Mexico or elsewhere that exhibit California Condors, please provide a source of reference. Other than wild releases south of the US border, I can find no evidence that they exist in any zoo outside of America. And isn't this thread dealing with species not found outside of American "zoos" not including reserves? I stand by my list.
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with regards to ISIS, as reduakari says, the data-base only includes those zoos that are registered with them. It is not a complete listing for every zoo in the world by any means. Also the data is only as accurate as the information provided by the zoo (for example, San Diego is renowned for its incorrect listings). And if a zoo stops providing data then what is on ISIS stays exactly as it is, which gives you false readings. It is a very useful tool but you must be aware of its limitations and it helps to know which zoos keep their records updated and which don't.

To provide an example from your list, the brown pelicans, like many other zoos Halle lists their ones on ISIS just as brown pelican (no subspecific identity provided) but they are western birds, and Walsrode doesn't keep records on ISIS at all so their ones are not listed.
 
Blackduiker said:
According to ISIS, my source for my list of species in zoos, none of these are in "zoos" outside of the USA.
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Ituri said:
According to zootierliste, the brown pelicans at Walsrode and Halle are indeed California brown pelicans, while Halle also has eastern brown pelicans.
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Halle's Californian Brown: http://www.zoochat.com/131/californian-brown-pelican-halle-04-09-a-241578/

ISIS is nowhere near being comprehensive, as noted - Zootierliste is much more reliable for European zoos. :)
 
Thanks for putting up this exciting thread!

Black Chuckwallas are kept at Landau and Straubing in Germany.
San Esteban Island Chuckwalla is kept at Toronto Zoo.

Californian pelicans are also kept at World of Birds, Cape Town. The owner told me they arrived at the same time Walsrode imported its birds and came from the same Californian rescue center.

I've summed up the species named so far and added some (bold). Apart from that I set up two categories: zoos holdings only in the U.S. and zoos holdings out of the range countries/along with zoos in other range countries only in the U.S.

1. zoos holdings only in the U.S.

Little blue heron
Tricolored heron (only found evidence about U.S. holdings, but might be kept in Central or South America and therefore belong in the lower category)
Yellow-crowned night heron (only found evidence about U.S. holdings, but might be kept in Central or South America and therefore belong in the lower category)
Hawaiian hawk
Mississippi kite
Niuafoo scrub fowl (only at San Diego Zoo)
Attwater´s prarie chicken
Guam rail
Crested auklet
Parakeet auklet
Least auklet
Whiskered auklet
Rhinoceros auklet
Horned puffin
Forster's imperial pigeon (the two birds at San Diego and Miami should be the only ones at zoos)
Moluccan imperial pigeon (only at Houston Zoo)
Grey imperial pigeon (only at San Diego Zoo)
Ornate fruit dove (only at San Diego Zoo and Cincinnati)
Pink-crowned fruit dove
Red-billed malcoha (only at San Diego Zoo)
Micronesian kingfisher
Red-throated bee-eater (only at Oklahoma City, those at Jurong/Singapore (still listed on ISIS) are definitely gone)
Capuchin babbler (only at San Diego Zoo)
Golden honeyeater
Yellow-billed Magpie
Abaco Island boa
Bimini boa
Haitian ground boa
Virgin Islands boa
Rowley's palm viper
March's palm pitviper
Exuma Island iguana
Arizona Chuckwalla
Little golden-mantled flying fox (might be kept on the Philippines)
Pemba flying fox (only at Phoenix Zoo)
Wolf's guenon (might be kept in African zoos)
Desert cottontail rabbit
Commerson's dolphin
San Clemente Island fox
Santa Rosa Island fox
American marten
Hawaiian monk seal (kept at Sea World San Antonio and exhibited at Waikiki Aquarium)
Bay duiker (might be kept in African zoos)
Jentink's duiker (only at Gladys Porter Zoo)
Royal antelope
Houston toad
Kihansi spray toad
Mountain yellow-legged frog
Red-Legged frog
Rabb's fringe-limbed treefrog (Only at Atlanta Zoo)


2. zoos holdings out of the range countries/along with zoos in other range countries only in the U.S.

Black-headed heron (Tampa Lowry Park Zoo, kept & bred at World of Birds Cape Town)
Great blue heron (kept at Zoo Sauvage de St-Félicien/Quebec)
Snowy egret (no holdings out of American countries (OK, the range of that species covers quite some countries), those at Jurong/Singapore (still listed on ISIS) are definitely gone just like the last ones in Europe at a German bird park)
Jabiru (only at DWA out of South America)
White-faced ibis (no holdings out of American countries)
Crested eagle (only at DWA out of South America)
Japanese mountain hawk-eagle (out of Japan only at L.A. Zoo)
California condor (only in the U.S. and Mexico)
Maleo (only at Bronx Zoo out of Indonesia)
Whooping crane (only in the U.S. and Canada)
Saffron toucanet (only at DWA out of South America)
Many-banded aracari (only at DWA out of South America)
Curl-crested jay (only at DWA out of South America)
Orinoco crocodile (only in the U.S. out of South America)
Jamaican iguana (out of Jamaica only in the U.S.)
Perentie (only at Dallas Zoo out of Australia)
Mary River tortoise (only at Baltimore Aquarium out of Australia)
Coquerel's sifaka (out of Madagascar only in the U.S.)
Tree pangolin (out of Central Africa only at San Diego Zoo)
Sumatran rhinoceros
Mountain tapir
Chacoan peccary
Calamian deer (out of the Philippines only in the U.S.)
Peninsular pronghorn
 
If you mean with Pink-crowned fruit dove Ptilinopus regina, there is a pair in Plzen, Czech republic
 
kiang said:
And where would these be?
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I was thinking the same thing, only ever heard of white-lipped & collared on this side of the pond! To part-quote a certain Mr Maguari, "How about sending some over to us Chacoan starved Europeans..." :p
 
I m quite sure there are Commerson's in Japan, there were pictures taken of some on the Dutch forum zoosite.
 
Yes, there are Commerson's dolphins in Japan. Four parks (Toba Aquarium, Adventure World, Miyajima Aquarium and Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium) keep that specie. Japan and the US are the only countries in the world that have these dolphins in captivity.

There are also Chacoan peccaries in Argentina and Paraguay.
 
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