Tropical Encounters - Two-Toed Sloth Exhibit

Aug. 2nd, 2014.

How does this tropical house compare with its crosstown rival tropical building at the Minnesota Zoo?

What were the species highlights of the Como Zoo tropics building?

@DavidBrown Como Park's tropical building is much smaller and not even comparable to the larger structure at Minnesota Zoo. Como Park has a Central & South American theme, with the Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth being the only mammal species there. Signage is very poor, with about a dozen or so bird species but few informational signs on what is flying around one's head. Croaking Ground Dove, Bananaquit and various tanagers are all that I've recorded from my visit in 2014. There is a Leafcutter Ant display, a Green Anaconda exhibit and an impressive tank full of some large Amazonian fish that is probably the highlight of the building.

@DavidBrown Snowleopard has summed it up pretty well. The signage is poor, especially where free-flying birds are concerned. I know they have a cotinga species (either Spangled or Lovely). I know they used to have some rare tanager species that I can only assume came from DWA, though I don't know if they still keep any of those. I've heard rumors of Golden-Headed Manakins, though I can't confirm these either.

Note that the sloth rotates between here and the primate house. I personally think the highlight of this building, however, is the caecillian tank.