ZooParc de Beauval Zooparc de Beauval news 2022

Antoine said:
Some interesting news regarding the future : the zoo will invest 50 millions in the next three years for 3/4 projects :
- a new large south american aviary of 30 meters high and 1,6 hectare presented as the largest in Europe. Opening in 2023/2024.
- a new entrance aviary with a brand new building and a tunnel to allow visitors to come from the car park without crossing the road.
- the new hotel in the former hospital in the city center (147 rooms).
- a two storey car park on a former factory.

Beauval en passe de créer la plus grande volière d’Europe !
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- In the former masterplan there also was a new big aquatic center planned is. Is that of the table. The rest of the former masterplan is almost all realized (maybe not all species)
- I like a south american aviary, but relativly close is the best aviary (Doué de la Fontaine)
 
@Sneeuwpanter The aquatic center has never been publicly mentionned since the master plan was done (except the big african plains which will arrive soon or later). But, as you said, most part of this master plan has been done so we could expect it in some times.

Sure it will be hard for the zoo to do better than Doué for the new aviary and the planned site is not good in my opinion. Sometimes, there are good surprise and sometimes not ! We just have to wait one year before we know.
 
Tree-kangourou 78 said:
Hello everybody !


The green bill and the White-rumped shama couple are back on stage in the bird tropical house.

Here is the list of birds present in the bird tropical house. This might not be completely exhaustive for free-flight birds. It comes from several visits in 2022 (February and March).
Apologies in advance for possible translation errors on the species common name in English.

Birds in the aviary:

- Papuan lorikeet ( Charmosyna papou )
- Collared kingfisher ( Todiramphus chloris)
- Rhinoceros hornbill of java ( Buceros rhinoceros silvestris )
- Rothschild's mynah ( Leucopsar rothschildi)
- Channel billed toucan ( Ramphastos vitellinus )
- Yellow-bibbed lory ( Lorius chlorocercus )
- Pink-headed fruit dove ( Ptilinopus porphyreus )
- Luzon bleeding-heart ( Gallicolumba luzonica )
- Red-flanked lorikeet (Hypocharmosyna placentis )
- Blue-crowned laughingthrush ( Copsychus malabaricus )
- Green broadbill ( Calyptomena viridis )
- White-rumped shama ( Copsychus malabaricus )
- Pesquet's parrot ( Psittrichas fulgidus )
- Guianan cock-of-the-rock ( Rupicola rupicola ) ( only female )
- Grey-winged trumpeter ( Psophia crepitans )
- Toco toucan ( Ramphastos toco )

Bird in free-flight ( some species have individuals in the aviary and in free-flight ) :

- Violet-backed starling ( Cinnyricinclus leucogaster ) ( only female )
- Jungle myna ( Acridotheres fuscus )
- Bank myna ( Acridotheres fuscus )
- Red-whiskered bulbul ( Pycnonotus jocosus )
- Asian glossy starling ( Aplonis panayensis )
- Red-billed leiothrix ( Leiothrix lutea )
- Common bulbul ( Pycnonotus barbatus )
- Superb starling ( Lamprotornis superbus )
- Java sparrow ( Padda oryzivora )
- Red fody ( Foudia madagascariensis )
- Crested partridge ( Rollulus rouloul )
- Rainbow lorikeet ( Trichoglossus moluccanus )
- Nicobar pigeon ( Caloenas nicobarica )
- Speckled mousebird ( Colius striatus )
- Yellow-streaked lory ( Chalcopsitta scintillata )
- Black-necked stilt ( Himantopus mexicanus )
- Boat-billed heron ( Cochlearius cochlearius )
- Black-naped fruit dove ( Ptilinopus melanospilus )
- sunbitter ( Eurypyga helias )
- Guianan cock-of-the-rock ( Rupicola rupicola ) ( only female )
- Collared kingfisher ( Todiramphus chloris)
- White-rumped shama ( Copsychus malabaricus )
- Luzon bleeding-heart ( Gallicolumba luzonica )
- Rothschild's mynah ( Leucopsar rothschildi)
- Victoria crowned pigeon ( Goura victoria )
- Red crested cardinal ( Paroaria coronata )
- Common bronze wing ( Phaps chalcoptera )
- White-crowned robin-chat ( Cossypha albicapilla )
- Pink-headed imperial pigeon ( Ducula rosacea )

Mammals :

- Linnaeus's two-toed sloth ( Choloepus didactylus) ( death of both individuals )
- Azara's agouti (Dasyprocta azarae)
- Java mouse-deer (Tragulus javanicus)
- Large hairy armadillo ( Chaetophractus villosus )
- Southern three-banded armadillo ( Tolypeutes matacus )


Birds no longer featured since recently :

- Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
- Wattled jacana ( Jacana jacana)
- Great blue turaco ( Corythaeola cristata )




During my last visits, I have always seen two individuals in the aviary
But otherwise, I share the observation, since the renovation of the bird greenhouse in 2013, the number of species presented has tended to decrease inside
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Many thanks, this is super helpful! Let me explain why. So I live in the Netherlands and I have a list of all species in Beauval and their places in the zoo (including indoor holding, mixed species, etc.) I will go to the zoo for the first time in August (after delaying three times because of Covid).

So, currently in my list all the old species of the bird aviaries (which are now refurbished) are listed and I can add all the new species of course, but I don’t know which of the old species have left the zoo and which are in mixed exhibits. I would highly appreciate it if someone could make a list of the new species list, and which species live together. I do understand that this can be a lot of work, so it’s perfectly fine if you don’t.

What I currently know:
* black-headed parrot (Pionites melanocephalus), sun parakeet (Aratinga solstitialis), red-fan parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus), blue ground dove (Claravis pretiosa)
*blue-headed macaw (Primolius couloni), hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), guira cuckoo (Guira guira)
 
During my visit 3 weeks ago, near the duck stream there were a few aviaries already occupied :
- Blue-winged Macaw, White-bellied Parrot and Golden Parakeet
- Galah
- Palm Cockatoo and Masked Lapwing.

Near the hyacinth macaw, there are two other occupied aviaries :
- Blue-throated Macaw and Red-fronted Macaw
- Cuban Amazon

The other aviaries were finished but not occupied except for the two large ones near the bird greenhouse, which were not finished at all. One of them will have two little pond. At this location we found before Australian aviary wirh the Kea, Blue-winged Kookaburra and Eclectus parrots !
 
Some important details about the new giant south-american aviary coming from a newspaper article : in addition to the birds some monkeys, coatis and giant anteaters will live in. Moreover, the aviary will include walkways and suspended bridges and a restaurant with panoramic view. Estimated cost : 10 - 12 millions euros. Date of opening : april 2023

https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr...s-grande-voliere-d-europe-en-projet-a-beauval
 
1Squirrel monkey said:
What I currently know:
* black-headed parrot (Pionites melanocephalus), sun parakeet (Aratinga solstitialis), red-fan parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus), blue ground dove (Claravis pretiosa)
*blue-headed macaw (Primolius couloni), hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), guira cuckoo (Guira guira)
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To complete for the refurbished aviaries with the new species pannels :

Central America :
Cuban amazon, greater curassow, great green macaw.

South America/Brasil :
Guira cuckoo, white-fronted amazon, hyacinth macaw, bare-faced curassow (new), blue-headed macaw.

South America/Brasil :
Green aracari (new), yellow-shouldered amazon.

South America/Brasil (Cerrado) :
Blue-winged macaw, golden parakeet, elegant crested tinamou, black-legged parrot.

South America/Bolivia :
Chaco chachalaca (new), blue-throated macaw, red-fronted macaw.

South America/French guiana :
Black-headed parrot, northern red-fan parrot, crested bobwhite (new), sun parakeet, blue ground dove (new).

Africa :
Grey parrot, vulturine guineafowl (new), village weaver, black-cheeked lovebird (new), Senegal parrot.

Africa :
Blue-bellied roller.

Madagascar :
Greater vasa parrot, Madagascar partridge (new), Madagascar lovebird (new),

Australia :
Major Mitchell's cockatoo, masked lapwing, blue-winged kookaburra.

Australia :
Red-tailed black-cockatoo, bush thick-knee, masked lapwing, galah, common bronzewing.

Pacific Islands :
Kea, swift parrot, Mitchell's or Sumba lorikeet (new but subspecies not precised), red-bellied fruit-dove (new).

Papua New-Guinea :
Palm cockatoo, masked lapwing, grand eclectus parrot, greater sulfur-crested cockatoo,

Asia / Himalyas mountain forests :
Lord Derby's parakeet (new), pink-necked green-pigeon (new), Himalayan monal, brahminy starling.

Indonesia :
Salmon-crested cockatoo, Bali myna, purple-naped lory.

Philippines :
Mindanao lorikeet (new), Palawan peacock pheasant (new), Philippine cockatoo, Luzon bleading heart.

All the aviaries or not full and all birds are not on show but 15 new species so far !
 
According to natureetzoo website, the future South American aviary will host different species of birds (American Flamingos, Ducks, Scarlet Ibises, New World Vultures, [Peruvian?] Pelicans...), but also several enclosures for mammals.
Some Monkeys and Peccaries will be hosted there, and (it may be the most interesting thing) the transfer of Giant Anteaters and Jaguars (now living in the old carnivore quarters, with a pair of each species) to this new installation will happen.
The total complex will have an impressive 1,6 ha surface.

Des nouveautés en 2022 et un plan d'investissement colossal au ZooParc de Beauval - Nature et Zoo
 
Once the jaguars and anteaters move, are the plans to keep on giving new exhibits to the animals left over there? (Tigers, leopards, pumas,....)
I'm really curious to see what ends up being of that entire area.
 
Haliaeetus said:
Some Monkeys and Peccaries will be hosted there, and (it may be the most interesting thing) the transfer of Giant Anteaters and Jaguars (now living in the old carnivore quarters, with a pair of each species) to this new installation will happen.
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I think you may have misread - the way I read it the article says that the movement of the anteaters from the big cat area to the aviary means that the Jaguars will have more space where they are now. The mammal species being moved to the aviary according to Delord are the anteaters, howler monkeys, spider monkey, peccaries and potentially pudus. The jaguars are staying in the big cat area.

However, Delord mentions a few potential future projects: namely upgrading the dwarf mongoose and porcupine exhibits and a major project involving the tigers in a similar move to that undertaken by the lions a few years ago.
 
Il était question d’une nouvelle zone asiatique, derrière les pandas, pour accueillir
les tigres.

En attendant, la fréquentation bat son plein : + 40 % depuis le début de l’année, des week-ends d’avril à plus de 20000 la journée... Trop de visiteurs va t-il tuer le charme de la visite ?
 
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