This species list represents Sydney Zoo’s collection as of 17th December 2022 and adds onto this species list [Sydney Zoo Species List 2021 [Sydney Zoo]] by @akasha to continually document what is still a relatively new facility in its early years. The full review will be posted in my thread over the coming weeks to flesh out the zoo further. A few points to consider - there definitely could have been more species of fish in the zoo’s aquarium especially in the saltwater tanks and with the rainbowfish. There is also a new freshwater community tank that has been established right near the exit with an eclectic mix of mainly exotic species. Also, the actual exhibit space the nyala had seemed to be flexible as they could enter the rhino yard but also had a middle ‘buffer zone’ where the rhino could not enter. The ostriches were seen but fenced off in the back-of-house area away from the other animals.
italics = signed but not seen
Primate Boulevard
1.Capybara
2.Hamadryas Baboon
3.Common Chimpanzee
4.Black-capped Capuchin
Asia
1.Hybrid Tiger
2.Asian Small-clawed Otter
3.Red Panda
4.empty – now houses a new Red Panda
5.Asian Elephant
6.Asian Elephant
7.closed – usually second tiger enclosure
8.Sumatran Orangutan
Africa
1.Cape Porcupine, Meerkat
2.Dromedary
3.Cheetah
4.African Lion
5.Hybrid Giraffe, Plains Zebra
6.Southern White Rhinoceros, Nyala, Ostrich (off-display)
7.Spotted Hyena
8.African Wild Dog
9.Meerkat [isolated exhibit near chimpanzees]
Australia
1.Dingo
2.Red Kangaroo, Kangaroo Island Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby, Tammar Wallaby, Yellow-footed Rock-Wallaby, Emu
3.Koala
4.Koala
5.Common Wombat
6.Lace Monitor
7.Tasmanian Devil
8.Tammar Wallaby
9.Koala – multiple exhibits
Reptile/Nocturnal House:
1.Lace Monitor
2.Perentie
3.Australian Scrub Python
4.Centralian Python
5.Diamond Python
6.Common Death Adder
7.Broad-headed Snake
8.Tiger Snake
9.Red-bellied Black Snake
10.Eastern Brown Snake
11.Inland Taipan
12.Shingleback, Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink
13.Burn’s Dragon, Central Netted Dragon
14.Frilled Dragon
15.Boyd’s Forest Dragon
16.Merten’s Water Monitor
17.Heath Monitor
18.Black-headed Monitor
19.Rough-scaled Python
20.Green Tree Python
21.Green Tree Frog
22.Green and Gold Bell Frog
23.Magnificent Tree Frog
24.Spiny Katydid
25.Goliath Stick Insect
26.Spiny Leaf Insect
27.Flinders Ranges Scorpion
28.Centralian Knob-tailed Gecko, Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko
29.Feathertail Glider
30.Spinifex Hopping-Mouse
31.Fat-tailed Dunnart
32.Greater Bilby, Ghost Bat
33.Long-nosed Potoroo
34.Common Wombat [nocturnal viewing connected to outdoor enclosure]
35.Common Ringtail Possum
36.Yellow-bellied Glider
37.Yellow-bellied Glider, Squirrel Glider
38.Eastern Quoll
Aquarium
1.Pig-nosed Turtle, Snakehead Gudgeon, Murray River Rainbowfish, Yellow-eyed Mullet, Olive Perchlet, Spotted Scat
2.Murray Cod, Eel-tailed Catfish, Crimson-spotted Rainbowfish, Murray River Rainbowfish, Western Carp Gudgeon, Common Yabby
3.Eastern Long-necked Turtle, Eastern Water Dragon, Gulf Saratoga, Indo-Pacific Tarpon, Sevenspot Archerfish, Giant Glassfish, Banded Rainbowfish, Mono
4.Alligator Snapping Turtle, Red Rainbowfish, Banded Rainbowfish, Crimson-spotted Rainbowfish, Pacific Blue-eye, Mono
5.Common Yabby
6.Barbour’s Seahorse, Coral Cardinalfish, Yellow Coral Goby, Zebra Dartfish, Red-spotted Blenny, Mandarinfish, Morrison’s Dragonfish, Dwarf Hawkish, Leopard Wrasse, Orange-spot Surgeonfish, Yellow Boxfish, Peppermint Shrimp, Sand-sifting Sea Star, Edible Sea Cucumber
7.Pink Anemonefish, Common Clownfish, Blacktail Humbug, Blackaxil Puller, Golden-head Sleeper Goby, Sixline Wrase, Bicolour Blenny, Dusky Surgeonfish, Coral Beauty, Skunk Cleaner Shrimp + signed anemones
8.Longfin Eel, Fork-tailed Catfish, Golden Perch
9.Little Penguin
10.Bull Shark, Barramundi, Silver Perch, Jade Perch, Milkfish, Yellow-eye Mullet, Australian Bass. Mono
11.Freshwater Angelfish, Neon Tetra, Rummynose Tetra, Glowlight Tetra, Black Phantom Tetra, Emperor Tetra, Crimson-spotted Rainbowfish, Western Carp Gudgeon
12.Eastern Long-necked Turtle
13.Saltwater Crocodile
14.Southern Cassowary [enclosure outside aquarium]
italics = signed but not seen
Primate Boulevard
1.Capybara
2.Hamadryas Baboon
3.Common Chimpanzee
4.Black-capped Capuchin
Asia
1.Hybrid Tiger
2.Asian Small-clawed Otter
3.Red Panda
4.empty – now houses a new Red Panda
5.Asian Elephant
6.Asian Elephant
7.closed – usually second tiger enclosure
8.Sumatran Orangutan
Africa
1.Cape Porcupine, Meerkat
2.Dromedary
3.Cheetah
4.African Lion
5.Hybrid Giraffe, Plains Zebra
6.Southern White Rhinoceros, Nyala, Ostrich (off-display)
7.Spotted Hyena
8.African Wild Dog
9.Meerkat [isolated exhibit near chimpanzees]
Australia
1.Dingo
2.Red Kangaroo, Kangaroo Island Kangaroo, Red-necked Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby, Tammar Wallaby, Yellow-footed Rock-Wallaby, Emu
3.Koala
4.Koala
5.Common Wombat
6.Lace Monitor
7.Tasmanian Devil
8.Tammar Wallaby
9.Koala – multiple exhibits
Reptile/Nocturnal House:
1.Lace Monitor
2.Perentie
3.Australian Scrub Python
4.Centralian Python
5.Diamond Python
6.Common Death Adder
7.Broad-headed Snake
8.Tiger Snake
9.Red-bellied Black Snake
10.Eastern Brown Snake
11.Inland Taipan
12.Shingleback, Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink
13.Burn’s Dragon, Central Netted Dragon
14.Frilled Dragon
15.Boyd’s Forest Dragon
16.Merten’s Water Monitor
17.Heath Monitor
18.Black-headed Monitor
19.Rough-scaled Python
20.Green Tree Python
21.Green Tree Frog
22.Green and Gold Bell Frog
23.Magnificent Tree Frog
24.Spiny Katydid
25.Goliath Stick Insect
26.Spiny Leaf Insect
27.Flinders Ranges Scorpion
28.Centralian Knob-tailed Gecko, Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko
29.Feathertail Glider
30.Spinifex Hopping-Mouse
31.Fat-tailed Dunnart
32.Greater Bilby, Ghost Bat
33.Long-nosed Potoroo
34.Common Wombat [nocturnal viewing connected to outdoor enclosure]
35.Common Ringtail Possum
36.Yellow-bellied Glider
37.Yellow-bellied Glider, Squirrel Glider
38.Eastern Quoll
Aquarium
1.Pig-nosed Turtle, Snakehead Gudgeon, Murray River Rainbowfish, Yellow-eyed Mullet, Olive Perchlet, Spotted Scat
2.Murray Cod, Eel-tailed Catfish, Crimson-spotted Rainbowfish, Murray River Rainbowfish, Western Carp Gudgeon, Common Yabby
3.Eastern Long-necked Turtle, Eastern Water Dragon, Gulf Saratoga, Indo-Pacific Tarpon, Sevenspot Archerfish, Giant Glassfish, Banded Rainbowfish, Mono
4.Alligator Snapping Turtle, Red Rainbowfish, Banded Rainbowfish, Crimson-spotted Rainbowfish, Pacific Blue-eye, Mono
5.Common Yabby
6.Barbour’s Seahorse, Coral Cardinalfish, Yellow Coral Goby, Zebra Dartfish, Red-spotted Blenny, Mandarinfish, Morrison’s Dragonfish, Dwarf Hawkish, Leopard Wrasse, Orange-spot Surgeonfish, Yellow Boxfish, Peppermint Shrimp, Sand-sifting Sea Star, Edible Sea Cucumber
7.Pink Anemonefish, Common Clownfish, Blacktail Humbug, Blackaxil Puller, Golden-head Sleeper Goby, Sixline Wrase, Bicolour Blenny, Dusky Surgeonfish, Coral Beauty, Skunk Cleaner Shrimp + signed anemones
8.Longfin Eel, Fork-tailed Catfish, Golden Perch
9.Little Penguin
10.Bull Shark, Barramundi, Silver Perch, Jade Perch, Milkfish, Yellow-eye Mullet, Australian Bass. Mono
11.Freshwater Angelfish, Neon Tetra, Rummynose Tetra, Glowlight Tetra, Black Phantom Tetra, Emperor Tetra, Crimson-spotted Rainbowfish, Western Carp Gudgeon
12.Eastern Long-necked Turtle
13.Saltwater Crocodile
14.Southern Cassowary [enclosure outside aquarium]
