I was unable to confirm the species at Living Treasures on my visit.
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I was unable to confirm the species at Living Treasures on my visit.
The monorail is going to be demolished due to a lack of parts to keep it running in good condition. Maintaining the monorail would cost more than getting rid of it altogether. 
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article260011200.html
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article260011200.html
And then there was one...The monorail is going to be demolished due to a lack of parts to keep it running in good condition. Maintaining the monorail would cost more than getting rid of it altogether.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article260011200.html
Are you referring to the Bronx Zoo's Wild Asia monorail?
Yyyup. And I really hope that stays in service for years to come.
SusScrofa
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I emailed the zoo regarding if there is any expected date to when the new Indian Rhinoceros enclosure and Asian River will be reopened. They still have no set dates, unfortunately.
I also asked if they keep Black-headed Spider Monkeys since one of the individuals is all-black and I was told they indeed keep a single female Ateles fusciceps rufiventris.
I also asked if they keep Black-headed Spider Monkeys since one of the individuals is all-black and I was told they indeed keep a single female Ateles fusciceps rufiventris.
A 7-year old male Bornean orangutan named Jiwa has arrived from the Phoenix Zoo to be paired with the zoo's 9-year old female, Bella.
Love is in the air at Zoo Miami, where Bella the Bornean orangutan hopefully finds her perfect match
Love is in the air at Zoo Miami, where Bella the Bornean orangutan hopefully finds her perfect match
SusScrofa
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Asian River Life is re-opened!
I'm at the zoo, the clouded leopards and small-clawed otters are on exhibit including underwater viewing.
Part of Wings of Asia is closed, but the main area is opened so I doubt its due to avian flue. I also received a complete list of all species in Wings of Asia main aviary from a keeper. if anyone wants me to type the complete list I can do it later.
I'm at the zoo, the clouded leopards and small-clawed otters are on exhibit including underwater viewing.
Part of Wings of Asia is closed, but the main area is opened so I doubt its due to avian flue. I also received a complete list of all species in Wings of Asia main aviary from a keeper. if anyone wants me to type the complete list I can do it later.
SusScrofa
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Some other news from my visit:
1. Orinoco crocodiles have bred and recently the hatchlings have gone on display. They are in outdoor terrarium by the entrance of Amazon & Beyond.
2. Many of the snakes in Amazon & Beyond reptile house are off display due to some contagion.
3. The zoo seems to have very recently put a new snake species on exhibit in the Amazon reptile house, the Cuban Racer (Cubophis cantherigerus). It doesn't even have full signage yet, just a printed paper. It presumably replaces the Side-striped Palm Viper as its in that exhibit. However, it was not on display when I went due possibly to being exposed to that contagion.
4. There is an Addax calf on display. Not sure when it was born.
5. The Bay Duiker are off display and have been for some time now (several months). Keeper told me they have been attempting to breed them bts over the last few months.
6. The New Guinea Singing Dogs are off display and have been for some time.
1. Orinoco crocodiles have bred and recently the hatchlings have gone on display. They are in outdoor terrarium by the entrance of Amazon & Beyond.
2. Many of the snakes in Amazon & Beyond reptile house are off display due to some contagion.
3. The zoo seems to have very recently put a new snake species on exhibit in the Amazon reptile house, the Cuban Racer (Cubophis cantherigerus). It doesn't even have full signage yet, just a printed paper. It presumably replaces the Side-striped Palm Viper as its in that exhibit. However, it was not on display when I went due possibly to being exposed to that contagion.
4. There is an Addax calf on display. Not sure when it was born.
5. The Bay Duiker are off display and have been for some time now (several months). Keeper told me they have been attempting to breed them bts over the last few months.
6. The New Guinea Singing Dogs are off display and have been for some time.
I'd be very interested in a species list, it's one of my favourite exhibits at the zoo but its been about 5 years since I last visited.
Thank you
Sumatran Orangutan Bella and her new mate Jiwa are getting along really well. Bella is treated like a princess by the zoo like how Fiona is in Cincinnati.
SusScrofa
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Here it is!
Note that I did not get scientific names, but I added them after searching the common names from the list I got. Some species like Black Bulbul have several species under that name, so I just indicated it with an sp.
** = These are in inclosures within the main aviary.
PASSERIFORMES
- Chestnut-backed Thrush (Geokichla dohertyi)
- Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis)
- Indian Shama (Kittacincla malabarica)
- Common Myna (Hybrid)
- Metallic Starling (Aplonis metallica)
- Black-collared Starling (Gracupica nigricollis)
- Black-throated Laughingthrush (Garrulax chinensis)
- Scarlet-faced Liocichla (Liocichla ripponi)
- Black Bulbul (Hypsipetes sp)
- Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
- Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)**
- White-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis)
- Flame-throated Bulbul (Rubigula dispar)
- Collared Finchbill (Spizixos semitorques)
- Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus)
- Red-billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythrorhyncha)
- Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis)
- Chinese Oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorhynchus)
- Raggiana Bird Of Paradise (Paradisaea raggiana)
- White-eared Catbird (Ailuroedus buccoides)
- Fawn-breasted Bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)
CORACIFORMES
- Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
- Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis)**
PICIFORMES
- Fire-tufted Barbet (Psilopogon pyrolophus)
CUCULIFORMES
- Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris)**
COLUMBIFORMES
- Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
- White-throated Ground Dove (Alopecoenas xanthonurus)
- Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica)
- Green Imperial Pigeon (Ducula aenea)
- Pied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bicolor)
- Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula rubricera)
- Mindanao Bleedingheart (Gallicolumba crinigera)
- Luzon Bleedingheart (Gallicolumba luzonica)
- Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria)
- Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
- Pheasant Pigeon (Otidiphaps nobilis nobilis)
- Jambu Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus jambu)**
- Wompoo Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus magnificus)**
- Black-naped Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus)**
- Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus)**
CHARADRIIFORMES
- Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
CICONIFORMES/PELICANIFORMES
- White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
- Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
- Waldrapp (Geronticus eremita)
- Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
GRUIFORMES
- Sarus Crane (Grus antigone)
- Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)
- Swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)
GALLIFORMES
- Great Argus (Argusianus argus)
- Green Junglefowl (Gallus varius)
- Vietnamese Pheasant (Lophura edwardsi??)
- Crested Fireback Pheasant (Lophura ignita)
- Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus)
- Germain's Peacock Pheasant (Polyplectron germaini)
- Mountain Bamboo Partridge (Bambusicola fytchi)
- Crested Partridge (Rollulus rouloul)
ANSERIFORMES
- Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)
- Common Pintail Duck (Anas acuta)
- Cape Teal (Anas capensis)
- Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
- Falcated Duck (Anas falcata)
- Baikal Teal (Anas formosa)
- Sunda Gray Teal (Anas gibberifrons)
- Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
- Indian Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
- White-winged Duck (Asarcornis scutulata)
- Australasian Shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis)
- Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus)
- Smew (Mergellus albellus)
- Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus)
- Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)
- Cotton Pygmy Goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)
- Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
- Baer’s Pochard ( Aythya baeri)
- Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
- Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
- Marbled Duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
- Plumed Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni )
- Spotted Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna guttata)
- Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa)
- Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata)
On March 9th, the zoo posted on their Indian Rhino blog that Eddie their Black Rhino bull moved into the back Indian Rhino yard.
How DO you move a RHINO?
Also, I took a TON of 4k 60fps video during my 2-day visit in March and am editing it all into a comprehensive video. Right now it's 2 hours & 32 minutes long. I've already done the entrance, Everglades pond, Critter Connection, Amazon & Beyond, Africa, and Asia. Now I'm working on Wings of Asia and the ending. Then I'll score it. I'm guessing it'll be well over 3 hours long when all is said and done with timestamps for all the different species depicted. I'm sure it'll take an eternity to encode and render the final video but it'll be worth it in the end. This will be the longest video of Zoo Miami on the internet and may perhaps be the longest video of any zoo online! I didn't have enough time to get to Australia or Everglades but since I was very focused on acquiring the hoofstock I had to sacrifice seeing some exhibits to focus on others. Regardless, it'll be awesome. To get an idea of what it'll be like check out my older 2016 visit. I also figured out how to correctly color grade the HLG files in Premiere. The iPhone 12's and 13's are different (don't use Rec 709 color profile) and you first have to change the clips to Rec 2020 before working with them. Additionally having to create workable proxies for all the clips makes the process that much longer. I'm excited to finish it and share it with everyone.
How DO you move a RHINO?
Also, I took a TON of 4k 60fps video during my 2-day visit in March and am editing it all into a comprehensive video. Right now it's 2 hours & 32 minutes long. I've already done the entrance, Everglades pond, Critter Connection, Amazon & Beyond, Africa, and Asia. Now I'm working on Wings of Asia and the ending. Then I'll score it. I'm guessing it'll be well over 3 hours long when all is said and done with timestamps for all the different species depicted. I'm sure it'll take an eternity to encode and render the final video but it'll be worth it in the end. This will be the longest video of Zoo Miami on the internet and may perhaps be the longest video of any zoo online! I didn't have enough time to get to Australia or Everglades but since I was very focused on acquiring the hoofstock I had to sacrifice seeing some exhibits to focus on others. Regardless, it'll be awesome. To get an idea of what it'll be like check out my older 2016 visit. I also figured out how to correctly color grade the HLG files in Premiere. The iPhone 12's and 13's are different (don't use Rec 709 color profile) and you first have to change the clips to Rec 2020 before working with them. Additionally having to create workable proxies for all the clips makes the process that much longer. I'm excited to finish it and share it with everyone.
Thank you. Do they no longer have Javan Pond Heron?
This once has an incredible list of inhabitants!
SusScrofa
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They were not on the list I was given nor did I see them. They're either off exhibit or gone.
Zoo treats Loggerhead sea turtle laden with eggs:
Pregnant Sea Turtle Treated For Shark Bite at Zoo Miami – NBC 6 South Florida
By Tuesday morning, the turtle had deposited over 100 eggs which were carefully collected so that they could be transported by the Miami-Dade Parks Sea Turtle Conservation Program staff with the approval of FWC and inserted into a man-made nest for incubation.
Though some eggs were initially deposited in water and therefore unlikely to hatch, there is still hope that some of the eggs are fertile and will hatch successfully.
Pregnant Sea Turtle Treated For Shark Bite at Zoo Miami – NBC 6 South Florida
By Tuesday morning, the turtle had deposited over 100 eggs which were carefully collected so that they could be transported by the Miami-Dade Parks Sea Turtle Conservation Program staff with the approval of FWC and inserted into a man-made nest for incubation.
Though some eggs were initially deposited in water and therefore unlikely to hatch, there is still hope that some of the eggs are fertile and will hatch successfully.
Interesting. When I visited the zoo around 4 years ago they were *by far* the most populous bird in the aviary, numbering literally in the hundreds. A keeper mentioned they didn't even know exactly how many were in there since they just kept breeding. I thought they were joking until something spooked the birds in the aviary and all the pond herons flushed from the trees, and the collective flock took up roughly half the available air space in the (extremely large) aviary. To see so many in the air at one time was a genuinely impressive sight, but really drove home that the keeper was not joking in the slightest.
Three nyala calves were born; two males on May 24 and 26, and a female on May 28.