What are the Rarest Birds you've Seen in Zoos.

[Osedax]

Probably Taronga's Fiordland Penguins. We are the only zoo worldwide that houses them.

 

[Leo K.]

For me, it's probably Bali Myna

 

[Osedax]

Probably Taronga's Fiordland Penguins. We are the only zoo worldwide that houses them.

And if we're talking rare in the wild, probably Orange-bellied Parrot.

 

[Dassie rat]

I'iwi at Honolulu Zoo

 

[BerdNerd]

Here are some of mine:


Dallas World Aquarium:

Black-And-White Hawk-Eagle
Black-Tailed Trogon
Blue-Banded Toucanet
Golden-Headed Manakin
Handsome Fruiteater
Ivory-Billed Aracari
Lance-Tailed Manakin
Lettered Aracari
Long-Wattled Umbrellabird
Nocturnal Curassow
Papuan Hornbill
Purple-Throated Fruitcrow
Rufous Hornbill
Wire-Tailed Manakin


Dallas Zoo:

Madagascar Pond Heron
Maguari Stork


Honolulu Zoo:

Hawaiian Hawk
Golden White-Eye
Pacific Golden Plover
Short-Eared Owl (Hawaiian subspecies)


Minnesota Zoo:

Pileated Woodpecker


National Aquarium In Baltimore:

Razorbill


San Diego Zoo:

African Darter
African Golden Oriole
Blyth's Tragopan
Chestnut-Backed Scimitar-Babbler
Collared Kingfisher
Fire-Tufted Barbet
Green-Backed Trogon
Orange-Bellied Leafbird
Sociable Weaver
Splendid Sunbird
Tongan Scrubfowl
Yellow-Mantled Widowbird


Sea Life Park Hawaii:

Brown Booby
Great Frigatebird
Red-Footed Booby


Sylvan Heights Bird Park:

Green Pygmy Goose
White-Backed Duck


Taronga Zoo:

Superb Lyrebird


Some of these aren't exactly rare in captivity, but since everyone else is doing it, I'll also list the ones I've seen that are listed as CR or EW:


CR:

Baer's Pochard
Bali Mynah
Blue-Crowned Laughingthrush
Blue-Throated Macaw
California Condor
Edward's Pheasant
Hooded Vulture
Laysan Teal
Negros Bleeding-Heart Dove
Rüppell's Griffon Vulture
Yellow-Crested Cockatoo


EW:

Guam Kingfisher