ZooChat Challenge Europe 2018

LaughingDove said:
This is a challenge that Warsaw Zoo is particularly good for:

1) Radjah Shelduck Tadorna radjah
2) Mute Swan Cygnus olor
3) Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
4) Cape Teal Anas capensis
5) White-winged Wood-duck Asarcornis scutulata
6) Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
7) Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
8) Black Swan Cygnus atratus
9) Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
10) Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
11) Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
12) Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
13) Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
14) Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
15) Bare-faced Currasow Crax fasciolata
16) Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
17) Edward's Pheasant Lophura edwardsi
18) Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii
19) Swinhoe's Pheasant Lophura swinhoii
20) Blue Peafowl Pavo cristatus
21) Hazel Grouse Bonasa bonasia
22) Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
23) Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix
24) Sri Lankan Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
25) White-necklaced Partridge Arborophila gingica
26) Siamese Fireback Lophura diardi
27) Congo Peafowl Afropavo congensis
28) Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
29) Roul-roul Partridge Rollulus rouloul
30) Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
31) Madagascan Teal Anas bernieri
32) Brazilian Teal Anas brasiliensis
33) Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota
34) Capercaille Tetrao urogallus
35) Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
36) Elliot's Pheasant Lophura ellioti
37) Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus
38) White Eared-pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon
39) Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae
40) Reeves' Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii
41) Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera
42) Carolina Wood Duck Aix sponsa
43) Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri
44) Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
45) Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
46) Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
47) European Pochard Aythya ferina
48) Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
49) Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
50) Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
51) European Quail Coturnix coturnix
52) Chinese Painted Quail Synoicus chinensis

And there are a few more species that I should be able to add when they come back on show in summer.

I've got quite a lot of travelling planned for this year but none of it is in Europe so I may not get to another European Zoo until possibly September.
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Another species from yesterday that was unsigned but I've just identified (a new species for the zoo)

53) Madagascar Partridge Margaroperdix madagarensis
 
MagpieGoose said:
Welsh Mountain Zoo
27) Nepal Kalij (Lophura leucomelanos)
28) Yellow-necked Spurfowl (Pternistis leucoscepus)
29) Ringed Teal (Callonetta leucophrys)
30) Yellow-billed Duck (Anas undulata)
31) Rosy-billed Pochard (Netta peposaca)
32) Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
33) Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
34) Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
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Chester Zoo- 03/02/2018
35) Garganey (Anas querquedula)
36) Red-billed Curassow (Crax blumenbachii)
 
ShonenJake13 said:
Hamerton Zoo

35. Common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
36. Great curassow (Crax rubra)
37. Paradise shelduck (Tadorna variegata)
38. Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae)
39. Silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera)
40. Vulturine guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum)
41. Yellow-knobbed curassow (Crax daubentoni)
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Missed out on some rarities because of aviaries closer to prevent bird flu, but:

Chester Zoo

42. Baer’s pochard (Aythya baeri)
43. Cape teal (Anas capensis)
44. Marbled teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
45. Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
46. African white-backed duck (Thalassornis leuconotus)
47. White-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
48. Garganey (Spatula querquedula)
49. Red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis)
50. Ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca)
51. Smew (Mergellus albellus)
52. Collared partridge (Arborophila gingica)
53. Cabot’s tragopan (Tragopan caboti)
54. Lady Amherst’s pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae)
 
Visited two zoos that should be good for this challenge, but with the temporary closure of the bird house at the first zoo, and the second zoo having almost all of their fowl off-show because of the avian flu, my total this year is a lot less than it should/could have been.

Antwerp Zoo, 10/02/2018:
1) Madagascar teal, Anas bernieri
2) Madagascar partridge, Margaroperdix madagarensis
3) Helmeted guineafowl, Numida meleagris
4) White-faced whistling duck, Dendrocygna viduata
5) Fulvous whistling duck, Dendrocygna bicolor
6) Helmeted curassow, Pauxi pauxi
7) Bar-headed goose, Anser indicus
8) Californian quail, Callipepla californica

Burgers' Zoo, 11/02/2018:
9) Argus pheasant, Argusianus argus
10) Satyr tragopan, Tragopan satyra
 
MagpieGoose said:
Chester Zoo- 03/02/2018
35) Garganey (Anas querquedula)
36) Red-billed Curassow (Crax blumenbachii)
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Rio Safari Elche- 14/02/2018
37) Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
38) Northern Helmeted Curassow (Pauxi pauxi pauxi)
39) Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
 
ShonenJake13 said:
Missed out on some rarities because of aviaries closer to prevent bird flu, but:

Chester Zoo

42. Baer’s pochard (Aythya baeri)
43. Cape teal (Anas capensis)
44. Marbled teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
45. Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
46. African white-backed duck (Thalassornis leuconotus)
47. White-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
48. Garganey (Spatula querquedula)
49. Red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis)
50. Ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca)
51. Smew (Mergellus albellus)
52. Collared partridge (Arborophila gingica)
53. Cabot’s tragopan (Tragopan caboti)
54. Lady Amherst’s pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae)
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Got especially lucky with the last collection listed as almost all their waterfowl have been temporarily moved to the rhino house.

Zoo Frankfurt

55. Northern pintail (Anas acuta)

Wilhelma Zoo

56. Lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
57. Brent goose (Branta bernicla)
58. Argentine shoveler (Spatula platalea)
59. Baikal teal (Sibirionetta formosa)
60. Bronze-winged duck (Speculanas specularis)
61. Eurasian teal (Anas crecca)
62. Puna teal (Spatula puna)
63. Blue-throated piping guan (Pipile cumanensis)
64. Temminck’s tragopan (Tragopan temminckii)
65. Grey junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii)
66. Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracica)
67. Grey partridge (Perdix perdix)

Kölner Zoo

68. Magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata)
69. Black-bellied whistling duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
70. West Indian whistling duck (Dendrocygna arborea)
71. Emperor goose (Anser canagicus)
72. Hawaiian goose (Branta sandvicensis)
73. Lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus)
74. Ross’ goose (Anser rossii)
75. Swan goose (Anser cygnoid)
76. Spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis)
77. Radjah shelduck (Radjah radjah)
78. Orinoco goose (Neochen jubatus)
79. Magellanic steamer duck (Tachyeres pteneres)
80. Brazilian teal (Amazonetta brasiliensis)
81. Maned wood duck (Chenonetta jubata)
82. Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata)
83. Red-shouldered teal (Callonetta leucophrys)
84. Blue-winged teal (Spatula discors)
85. Chestnut teal (Anas castanea)
86. Chilean teal (Anas flavirostris)
87. Chiloe wigeon (Mareca sibilatrix)
88. Chinese spot-billed duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
89. Cinnamon teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
90. Eurasian wigeon (Mareca penelope)
91. Falcated duck (Mareca falcata)
92. Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
93. Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
94. Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis)
95. Meller’s duck (Anas melleri)
96. New Zealand black duck (Anas superciliosa)
97. New Zealand shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis)
98. Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
99. Patagonian crested duck (Lophonetta specularioides)
100. Philippine duck (Anas luzonica)
101. Red-billed teal (Anas erythrorhyncha)
102. South African black duck (Anas sparsa)
103. Sunda teal (Anas gibberifrons)
104. Versicolor teal (Spatula versicolor)
105. Yellow-billed duck (Anas undulata)
106. Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
107. Common pochard (Aythya ferina)
108. Greater scaup (Aythya marila)
109. Ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris)
110. Rosy-billed pochard (Netta peposaca)
111. South African pochard (Netta erythrophthalma)
112. Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
113. Harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
114. Barrow’s goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
115. Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
116. Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
117. Goosander (Mergus merganser)
118. Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
119. Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)
120. Maccoa duck (Oxyura maccoa)
121. Western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
122. Reeves’ pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)
123. Red junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
124. European quail (Coturnix coturnix)
125. Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
 
A slow start with exactly the same animals and numbers as @Vision, as both zoos were visited together.

ZOO Antwerpen, 10/02/2018:
1. Madagascar partridge (Margaroperdix madagarensis)
2. Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
3. Helmeted curassow (Pauxi pauxi)
4. Californian quail (Callipepla californica)
5. Madagascar teal (Anas bernieri)
6. Bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)
7. Fulvous whistling duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
8. White-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata)

Burgers' Zoo, 11/02/2018:
9. Argus pheasant (Argusianus argus)
10. Satyr tragopan (Tragopan satyra)
 
First additions for the year, nothing out of the ordinary yet:

Basel Zoo

1. Bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)
2. Black swan (Cygnus atratus)
3. Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
4. Common eider (Somateria mollissima)
5. Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
6. Common pochard (Aythya ferina)
7. Common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
8. Coscoroba swan (Coscoroba coscoroba)
9. Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
10. Eurasian wigeon (Mareca penelope)
11. Ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca)
12. Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
13. Northern pintail (Anas acuta)
14. Red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis)
15. Red-creasted pochard (Netta rufina)
16. Smew (Mergellus albellus)
17. Tufted pochard (Aythya fuligula)
18. Asian blue quail (Coturnis chinensis)
19. Australian brush turkey (Alectura lathami)
20. Crested wood partridge (Rollulus roulroul)
21. Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
22. Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
 
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FunkyGibbon said:
Me and @Vision noted the huge duck collection at Koln, in fact I'm astonished they could all fit in the relatively small Rhino House.
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You're telling me! There I was, walking around trying to find SOME species for this challenge and coming up with very little (not to mention getting more and more disappointed when I saw what species would normally be in the lakes were it not for the weather), and then upon entering the rhino house (which only opened later in the day due to the red river hogs in the house having new piglets), I was astonished to find ALL of their species from the lakes bar a few (which I had already seen in closed aviaries on the islands in the middle of the lakes) in there! And more in an aviary round the back of the house! It was pretty nuts haha

Dormitator said:
Must have been quite a spectacle, did you take any pics out of interest?
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Sadly not, the house was too humid and my lens kept fogging up :(
 
MagpieGoose said:
Rio Safari Elche- 14/02/2018
37) Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
38) Northern Helmeted Curassow (Pauxi pauxi pauxi)
39) Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
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Bioparc Valencia- 17/02/2018
40) Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
41) South African Black Duck (Anas sparsa)
42) Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
43) Fulvous Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)

Oceanografic Valencia- 17/02/2018
44) Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
45) Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
46) South African Shelduck (Tadorna cana)
47) Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
48) Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
49) Eurasian Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca crecca)
50) Black-necked Swan (Cygnus melanocorhyphus)
51) Chiloe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix)
 
Dormitator said:
70. White-necklaced partridge (Arborophila gingica)
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Birdworld
25.1.2018

71. Black swan (Cygnus atratus)
72. Black-necked swan (Cygnus melancoryphus)
73. Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
74. Meller's duck (Anas melleri)
75. Plumed whistling duck (Dendrocygna eytoni)
76. Smew (Mergellus albellus)
77. West Indian whistling duck (Dendrocygna arborea)
78. White-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
79. Cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii)
80. Javanese green peafowl (Pavo muticus muticus)
81. Lady Amherst's pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae)
82. Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)
83. Vietnamese pheasant (Lophura hatinhensis)

Marwell
17.2.2018

84. Madagascar partridge (Margaroperdix madagarensis)

Wingham
25.2.18

85. North American wood duck (Aix sponsa)
86. Snow goose (Anser caerulescens)
87. Nepal kalij (Lophura leucomelanos)
88. Silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera)
89. Virginia quail (Colinus virginianus)
 
KevinVar said:
ZOO Antwerpen, 10/02/2018:
1. Madagascar partridge (Margaroperdix madagarensis)
2. Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
3. Helmeted curassow (Pauxi pauxi)
4. Californian quail (Callipepla californica)
5. Madagascar teal (Anas bernieri)
6. Bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)
7. Fulvous whistling duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
8. White-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata)

Burgers' Zoo, 11/02/2018:
9. Argus pheasant (Argusianus argus)
10. Satyr tragopan (Tragopan satyra)
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A fairly disappointing haul from Rotterdam due to the cold weather and bird flu restrictions.

Rotterdam Zoo, 01/03/2018:
11. Red junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
12. Common eider (Somateria mollissima)
13. Common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
14. Marbled teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
15. Red-crested pochard (Netta rufina)
 
MagpieGoose said:
Bioparc Valencia- 17/02/2018
40) Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
41) South African Black Duck (Anas sparsa)
42) Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
43) Fulvous Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)

Oceanografic Valencia- 17/02/2018
44) Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
45) Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
46) South African Shelduck (Tadorna cana)
47) Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
48) Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
49) Eurasian Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca crecca)
50) Black-necked Swan (Cygnus melanocorhyphus)
51) Chiloe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix)
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Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom- 10/03/2018
52) Reeves' Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)
 
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