A Guide to the Rarities of Europe

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What about Romania, Russia, and Spain? Are you going to do them later?
Edit: Apologies if I am a bit of a bother :0

 

Romania and Spain I will do but I switched up the order a bit in my notes so Switzerland comes before alphabetically. Russia I might not due for a number of reasons, at least not imminently

 

Oh, I see, I can imagine Russia would be difficult as there are a lot of rarities there.

 

Hate to be a bother, but how is the list coming along?

 

I’m really sorry but at the moment I really don’t have the time to be working substantially on the thread - however I will try and make progress on weekends when I have time but for now it really isn’t feasible and I apologise

 

Oh, that’s no problem, I was just curious, no pressure! After all, I do know how you feel, I have a crazy school day 5 days a week, so...

 

Portugal

Avintes: Black-faced black spider monkey, Diademed amazon, Greater necklaced laughingthrush, Spanish raven, Four-lined girdled lizard, Tiger ratsnake.

Avintes (Gaia): Iberian badger, Black and white munia, Black-winged kite, Iberian jay.

Cabecao: Calandino, Iberian barbel, Spanish minnowcarp.

Lagos: Blue-billed curassow, Dusky-headed conure, Giant Canada goose, Green magpie, Lesser blue-eared glossy starling, Mindanao rufous hornbill, Western plantain eater.

Vasco de Gama Aquarium

One of two quality aquariums in Lisbon, VdG has a lovely collection in some nice exhibits. It appears to me to be a bit less flashy and commercial than the Oceanario in Lisbon also. This place also led me to the fishes in the genus Achondrostoma, extremely endangered freshwater fish found in small streams in Portugal, since the aquarium is heavily involved in their conservation.

Amphibians: Alpine crested newt, Mediterranean toad, Perez's frog, Portuguese fire salamander, Roughskin newt.

Fish: Angolan tilapia, Baillon's wrasse, Barred hogfish, Blacktail comber, Calandino, Canary damsel, Chameleon cichlid, Giant goby, Iberian chub, Portuguese nase, Sand sole, Senegal seabream, Senegalese sole, Sixbarred angelfish, Spotted seabass, Thickback sole, Western ruivaco, Yellow-headed goby.

In summary, 23 rarities, of which 8 are bolded and 5 are underlined.

Lisbon Oceanario

The second of the two fantastic Lisbon aquariums, this city's focus on aquatic life stems undoubtedly from its position - at the mouth of the Tagus where it throws itself into the Atlantic. This aquarium does more to showcase the grandeur of the ocean - the sharks and rays and groupers contrasting with the generally smaller fish in VdG.

Mammals: Alaskan sea otter.

Birds: Common murre, Razorbill.

Amphibians: American toad, Dusky salamander, Gray tree frog.

Fish: African moon tetra, Bar jack, Atlantic chub mackerel, Blackeye goby, Black perch, Blacknose shark, Blacksmith chromis, Blue hottentot, Bluebanded goby, Bull ray. Canary rockfish, China rockfish, Devil ray, Dogtooth grouper, Fransmadam, Kelp bass, Magpie perch, Pygmy leatherjacket, Puffadder shyshark, Rainbow seaperch, Red stumpnose, Redfingers, Round fantail stingray, Sailfin sculpin, Sapphire damsel, Schoolmaster snapper, Sixbarred angelfish, South American pilchard, Striped cowfish, Swellshark, Tiger rockfish, Treefish, Two-lined monocle bream, Two-tone fingerfish, West Atlantic devil ray, White steenbras, Yellow-brown wrasse.

In summary, 43 rarities, of which 14 are bolded and 6 are underlined.

Lisbon Zoo

The somewhat less impressive Lisbon zoo has nevertheless a decent collection, with a few nice rarities such as the Black-faced impala or Iberian lynx as well as a strong parrot collection. Despite this, its exhibits are fairly average to poor.

Mammals: Angolan giraffe, Black-cheeked red-tailed monkey, Black-faced impala, Cape eland, Iberian lynx, Syrian brown bear.

Birds: Ambon red lory, Aymara parakeet, Blue-streaked lory, Golden-fronted parakeet, Kuhl's brown-necked parrot, Red-browed amazon, Short-tailed parrot, Southern blue-crowned parakeet, Southern red-fan parrot.

Reptiles: Adanson's mud turtle.

In summary, 16 rarities, of which 5 are underlined.

Lourosa: Black-billed curassow, Nocturnal curassow, Picazuro pigeon, Red-billed curassow, Red-winged tinamou.

Miranda do Corvo: Iberian badger, Iberian beech marten, Iberian mongoose, Iberian magpie, Marbled newt.

Monte Selvagen: Angolan vervet, Northern pig-tailed macaque, Rueppell's glossy starling.

Montemor Europaradise: Guianan brown capuchin.

Oporto: Black-cheeked red-tailed monkey, Red-browed amazon, Desert kingsnake, Long-nosed tree snake, Southeastern girdland lizard, Wide-tailed zonosaur, Redbelly newt.

Villa Nova St Andre: Chimango caracara.

Funchal NHM: Brown moray, Madeira rockfish, Madeiran goby.

Porto Moniz

This place in Madeira appears to have quite a lovely collection in fairly nice exhibits. Notable rarities include the Madeiran ray and Emerald wrasse.

Fish: African striped grunt, Atlantic chub mackerel, Blacktail comber, Brown moray, Canary damsel, Dotted moray, Emerald wrasse, Forkbeard, Island grouper, Macaronesian sharpnose puffer, Madeira rockfish, Madeiran goby, Madeiran ray, Pike dentex, Spotted butterfly ray, Spotted torpedo, White trevally.

In summary, 17 rarities, of which 5 are bolded and 2 are underlined.

Apologies in the delay; was really busy over the last couple of months. I will hopefully be able to post a few more updates in the next week or so but I might well have to finish off the UK etc over the end of year holidays .

 

Keep up the good work!!!

 

Note: This post does not contain the entirety of Switzerland - it misses out Zurich and a couple of other zoos. These will come in due course but this is because the rest of Switzerland was in a different notebook which I don't have access to right now. However, it will come with Spain or Sweden in a later post.

Romania

Bacau: Danube bleak, Eastern slowworm.

Bucuresti: Blue-tailed monitor, Cantor's giant softshell turtle, Eyed dabb lizard, Lesser spiny eel, Triplespot wrasse, Yellow-brown wrasse, Zig-zag eel.

Cluj-Napoca: Crete spiny mouse.

Constanta: Angostura cichlid, Chizumulu bluegray mbuna, Dwarf moony, Iceblus labidochromis, Pink squirrelfish, Slender rainbowfish, Spotted hoplo, Three spot cichlid.

Constanta Dolfinarium: Pacific bottlenose dolphin.

Galati: Bicolor scalyfish, Blackgullet cichlid, Cutter's cichlid, Danube ruffe, Dnieper chub, Petzea rudd, Romanian barbel, Yellow cichlid.

Oradea: Silver otocinclus, Little corydoras.

Ploiesti: Two spot barb.

Sibiu: Interior Alaskan wolf.

Serbia

Beograd: Bighead carp, Red striped earth eater.

Beograd Zoo: American red fox, Coyote, Aru Islands cassowary.

Jagodina: Black piranha, Coyote, Golden-rumped parakeet, Spot-nosed monkey.

Kolut: African golden oriole, Cuvier's toucan.

Kragujevac: Long-finned goby, Mudminnow.

Palic: Western grey kangaroo, Crimson-fronted parakeet.

Temerin: Spot-nosed monkey.

Slovenia

Celje: Arabian horned viper.

Ljubljana: Balkan cross adder, Giant horned lizard, Anderson's salamander, Balkan water frog.

Maribor: Argentine boa, Balkan emerald lizard, Chameleon forest dragon, Chinese beauty snake, Freckled monitor, Paulson's Pacific boa.

Piran: Giant goby, Mediterranean starry ray, Roule's goby.

Postojna: Olm.

Switzerland

Zoo Basel

Perhaps has a slightly less complete ABC collection than other large zoos, but makes up for this with some lovely rarities pretty much entirely in very nice exhibits. Not the best zoo in the country (Zurich), but not too far behind either. Its rarity collection is predominantly comprised of fish, but it does have a lovely tanager collection also.

Mammals: Ansell's mole rat, Kalahari lion, Woolly monkey.

Birds: Bay-headed tanager (ssp. toddi), Blue-necked tanager, Ring-necked dove, Sociable weaver, Turquoise tanager (NS).

Reptiles: Northern Australian snapping turtle, Olive tree skink, Sakishima grass lizard, Tentacled snake.

Amphibians: Hellbender.

Fish: Burlow's dwarf cichlid, Blue panaque, Blueback blue-eye, Brilliant bristlenose pleco, Bristlenose catfish, Chain moray, Chameleon whiptail, Chiquitano cichlid, Fathead minnow, Gabun hemichromis, Golden Congo tetra, Graysby, Hawkfish anthias, Highfin glassy perchlet, Lattamonni, Montagu's blenny, Mosshead warbonnet, Peacock rockskipper, Penpoint gunnel, Pointed-nose guitarfish, Reef squirrelfish, Rhone streber, Smudge spot cory, Sturgeon catfish, Three beacon pleco, Tucano tetra, Ucayali catfish, Zebra spiny eel.

In summary, 41 rarities, of which 17 are bolded and a further 8 are underlined.

Bellevue: Crab-eating raccoon, White-tailed antsangy, Miritiba pearly parakeet, West African crocodile, Western black-capped lory.

Tierpark Dählhölzli

Another nice Swiss collection, this time in the capital, this zoo mostly caters for European animals but occasionally strays towards rarities from further afield. As such, while this list comprises predominantly exotic animals, this does not paint the real picture of the park's collections. Despite this, the rarity list has a few lovely species, such as the only Arctic terns and Ussuri brown bears in Europe.

Mammals: Ussuri brown bear.

Birds: Arctic tern, Turquoise tanager (NS).

Reptiles: Allison's anole, Alpine viper, Emerald long-tailed lizard, Giant ameiva, Madagascar flat-tailed tortoise, Mauritius day gecko, Red diamond rattlesnake, Reisinger's tree monitor.

Amphibians: Greenhouse frog, Pleasing poison frog, Riggenbach's reed frog.

In summary, 14 rarities, of which 2 are bolded and a further 3 are underlined.

Buchs: Barbary falcon, Eastern saker falcon, Rufous-legged owl.

Goldau: Syrian brown bear, Black woodpecker, Yellow-billed chough.

Gossau: Angolan python.

Kerzers Papiliorama

A nice collection, but one which ZTL apparently somewhat overstates - it does not have most of the amazing sunbird species it claims to, or at least not on show. Fortunately, it still has a really nice collection with a few very interesting species like the Four-eyed opossum, Collared sunbird and Tropical mockingbird.

Mammals: Common water rat, Crab-eating raccoon, Four-eyed opossum, Yucatan squirrel.

Birds: Blue ground dove, Collared sunbird, Common ground dove, Indigo bunting, Tropical mockingbird, White-winged dove, Yucatan jay.

Reptiles: Belize slider, White-lipped mud turtle.

Amphibians: Greenhouse frog.

Fish: Gilded catfish.

La Chaux-de-Fonds

A nice reptile collection I hadn't heard of before, this place appears to have a fairly interesting venomous snake collection in particular.

Reptiles: Brazilian lancehead, Caucasus viper, Chinese cobra, Chinese moccasin, Egyptian cobra (NS), Guatemalan spiny-tailed iguana, Koch's day gecko, Lansberg's hognose viper, Levantine viper, Mali spiny-tailed lizard, Sochurek's saw-scaled viper, Timor monitor.

Fish: Rhone streber.

In summary, 13 rarities, of which 1 is bolded and 1 is underlined.

Langenthal: Red-headed finch

Aquatis Lausanne

The biggest collection of freshwater fish in Europe, and definitely one of the best as well. Some lovely herps to add to a whole host of unique freshwater fish species.

Reptiles: Alpine viper, Chinese habu, Sumatran pit viper, West African crocodile.

Amphibians: Alpine crested newt, Italian alpine newt, Marbled newt, Sardinian tree frog, Shangcheng stout salamander, Southern marbled newt.

Fish: Agassiz's glassfish, Banded knifefish, Black and blue malawi cichlid, Black-banded rainbowfish, Brackishwater frogfish, Canera's blenny, Cobalt blue goby, Corsula, Exquisite rainbowfish, Flagtail butterfly tetra, Fly-sparkled hardyhead, Giant otocinclus, Golden congo tetra, Itaituba freshwater stingray, Jaguar catfish, Lori's anthias, Ornate rainbowfish, Purple-spotted gudgeon, Rhone streber, Sepik rainbowfish, Silver hemiodus, Snakeskin gourami, Striated wrasse, Trahira, Vulture catfish, Western rainbowfish.

In summary, 36 rarities, of which 11 are bolded and a further 7 are underlined.

Le Vaud: Bank vole, Fieldfare, Long-tailed field mouse.

Meyrin: Chinese habu, Chinese moccasin, East African Jameson's mamba, Red-sided skink, Sakishima habu, Shangcheng stout salamander, Yellow-spotted monitor.

Rothenburg: Bank myna, Barking deer, Black-billed turaco, Eastern hill myna, Western bronze-naped pigeon.

Rudolfingen: Gray ratsnake.

Zoo de Servion: Ambon red lory.

Sempach: Eurasian tree sparrow, Western water rail.

Servion Tropiquarium: Giant ameiva, Haitian curly-tailed lizard, Waterberg flat lizard, Western bluetongue, Rococo toad.

To be continued, though not for another week at least since I do not have the necessary notebook with me as mentioned before.

 

Now getting towards the latter stages of the alphabet, finishing off Switzerland and Slovakia. Sorry if this is a significantly shorter post, I'm just trying to get this done in short bursts now .

Wallenwil: Ashy pitviper, Coast garter snake, Dusky pygmy rattlesnake, Wagner's viper.

Wila: Alpine viper.

Winterthur: Rufous-collared sparrow.

Zeihen: Bronze-winged parrot, Cordilleran parakeet, Papuan king parrot, Rueppell's parrot.

Zug: Black francolin, Bronze-winged parrot, Eurasian nutcracker, Eastern hill myna.

Zoo Zurich

One of the best quality zoos in Europe for sure, with some of the most amazing exhibits in the world, not least the Pantanal and Lewa areas, However, the crowning glory of the park is of course Masoala, a large indoor rainforest recreating the jungle of North-Eastern Madagascar. Lemurs, geckos and birds roam free within. Otherwise, the zoo has a good collection, though not on par with other European juggernauts perhaps but with some nice species either way.

Mammals: Goodman's mouse lemur, Mongolian wolf, \Nubian ibex, Sri Lankan elephant.

Birds: Blue-necked tanager, Green-backed trogon, Madagascar blue pigeon, Panama boat-billed heron, Pitta-like ground roller, Plush-crested jay, Red and white crake, Saffron finch, Spectacled eider.

Reptiles: Black-bellied slider, Common flat-tail gecko, East African black mud turtle, Eastern shingleback, Giant monitor, Saint Vincent's bush anole, Santa Cruz giant tortoise, Sonoran desert sidewinder, Volcan Wolf giant tortoise, Spotted Martinique anole, Western hingeback tortoise, Western cliff anole.

Amphibians: Red and blue poison dart frog.

Fish: Banana fusilier, Flame anthias, Grandidier's Malagasy cichlid, Pinkbar goby, Staghorn damselfish, Unicolor pleco.

In summary, 32 rarities, of which 7 are bolded and a further 3 are underlined.

Slovakia

Zoo Bojnice

Definitely the best collection in Slovakia, Bojnice has twice the rarities of every other zoo in the country combined. It boasts a nice herp collection along with a fantastic mammal lineup.

Mammals: African grass rat, Agile wallaby, Hamlyn's monkey, Persian jird (rossicus), Seurat's spiny mouse, Two-spotted palm civet, Western lesser white-nosed monkey.

Birds: Goliath heron.

Reptiles: Common variable skink, Western Madagascar tree boa.

Amphibians: Treasury Island tree frog.

Fish: Bluehead tyrannochromis, Chilumba zebra mbuna, Dusky parrotfish, Fenestratus cichlid, Malawi trout.

Bratislava: East African sand boa (NS), Indian black turtle, Little corydoras.

Kosice: Bezoar ibex, Wagner's gerbil, Australian sarus crane, Upper Guinea bulbul, Common wondergecko.

Will be back with Spain, shortly followed by Sweden in due course. After that, only Ukraine and the UK remains, so hopefully I can complete the thread before the new year.

 

This whole post will be dedicated to Loro Parque, then the rest of Spain will follow. Loro Parque is quite simply the biggest parrot collection in the world and by my rarity system, the best bird collection in the continent (though this is in most other respects not true, since most place it behind Walsrode). Despite this, the astonishing parrot collection meant it was actually faster to go through the psittaculine section on ZTL rather than search up Loro Parque's species list. The park holds the vast majority of parrot species in captivity in Europe, with 210 parrot rarities. In context, the 20 additional rarities of other vertebrate groups almost appear insignificant, yet the park also holds Killer whales and Chinstrap penguins.

Loro Parque

Mammals: Killer whale

Birds: Abbott's sulphur-crested cockatoo, Blood-stained cockatoo, Eastern red-tailed black cockatoo, Gang gang cockatoo, Glossy black cockatoo, Goliath palm cockatoo, Long-billed black cockatoo, Short-billed black cockatoo, Southwestern red-tailed black cockatoo (NS), Tasmanian yellow-tailed black cockatoo, Timor sulphur-crested cockatoo, Western corella, Yellow-tailed black cockatoo (NS), Pesquet's parrot, Ambon red lory, Bechstein's violet-necked lory, Biak lorikeet, Blue-crowned lory, Blue-eared lory, Blue-streaked lory, Brown lory, Cardinal lory, Collared lory, Deplanche's lorikeet, Fergusson Island purple-bellied lory, Leaf lorikeet, Little lorikeet, Marigold lorikeet, Massena's lorikeet, Meyer's black-capped lory, Morotai yellow-backed lory, Mount Goliath stelle lory, Musk lorikeet, Mustard-capped lorikeet, Orange-capped emerald lorikeet, Ornate lorikeet, Pale-headed lorikeet, Plum-faced lorikeet, Plum-faced lorikeet, Purple-crowned lorikeet, Red-breated lory, Scaly-breasted lorikeet, Sepik lorikeet, Stella's lorikeet, Stresemann's lorikeet, Sumba marigold lorikeet, Talaud red and blue lory, Wallace violet-necked lory, Western black lory, Western black-capped lory, Yellow-billed lorikeet, Yellowish-streaked lory, Philippine hanging parrot (NS), Vernal hanging parrot, Blue-fronted fig parrot, Double-eyed fig parrot (NS), Edwards's fig parrot, Western large fig parrot, Bangs black parrot, Brown-headed parrot, Cape parrot, Eastern black parrot, Kuhl's brown-necked parrot, Masai Jardine's parrot, Orange-bellied senegal parrot, Orange-crowned parrot, Red-bellied parrot, Rueppell's parrot, Western vasa parrot, Yellow-bellied senegal parrot, African ring-necked parakeet, Alexandrine parakeet (NS), Ambon king parrot, Andaman moustached parakeet, Aru Islands eclectus parrot, Blue-naped parrot, Blue-rumped parrot, Burmese blossom-headed parrot, Buru king parrot, Common blossom-headed parrot, Dammerman's moustached parakeet, Emerald-collared parakeet, Everett's blue-backed parrot, Fly River king parrot, Grand eclectus parrot, Great-billed parrot, Grey-headed parakeet, Indian ring-necked parakeet, Indochinese moustached parakeet, Javan moustached parakeet, Laos Alexandrine parakeet, Malabar parakeet, Moszkowski's king parrot, Red-headed lovebird, Red-winged parrot (NS), Riedel's eclectus parrot, Salawati king parrot, Slaty-headed parakeet, Southern rosy-faced lovebird, Sulawesi blue-backed parrot, Western red-winged parrot, Wetar jonquil parrot, Adelaide rosella, Blue-winged parrot, Common bluebonnet, Golden-shouldered parrot, Mallee ringneck, Maroon shining parrot, Northern crimson rosella, Northern rosella, Ouvea parakeet, Pale crimson rosella, Red-winged bluebonnet, Twenty eight ringneck, Yellow rosella, Blue-bellied parrot, Blue-breasted parrot, Blue-headed parrot (NS), Bronze-winged parrot, Ceara blue-winged parrotlet, Dusky parrot, Green-thighed parrot, Pileated parrot, Santarem green-rumped parrotlet, Short-tailed parrot, Southern red-fan parrot, Spectacled parrotlet, Turquoise-rumped parrot, White-capped parrot, Belize-yellow-headed amazon, Black-billed amazon, Blue-cheeked amazon, Costa Rica mealy amazon, Diademed amazon, Grand Cayman amazon, Greater yellow-headed amazon, Hispaniolan amazon, Lesser white-fronted amazon, Lesser yellow-naped amazon, Marajo amazon, Mexican white-fronted amazon, Natterer's amazon, Northern festive amazon, Northern mealy amazon, Red-spectacled amazon, Roatan yellow-naped amazon, Salvin's amazon, Tres Marias amazon, Tucuman amazon, Yellow-billed amazon, Yellow-faced amazon, Yellow-lored amazon, Yellow-naped parrot (NS), Bolivian green military macaw, Colombian green military macaw, Lear's macaw, Lichtenstein's noble macaw, Red-bellied macaw, Andean burrowing parrot, Andean parakeet, Austral parakeet, Aymara parakeet, Azara's parakeet, Barred parakeet, Black-capped parakeet, Cactus parakeet, Carriker's conure, Chiriqui amazon, Choco parakeet, Common aztec parakeet, Common golden-winged parakeet, Common maroon-bellied parakeet, Common maroon-tailed parakeet, Common mountain parakeet, Common pearly parakeet, Common tui parakeet, Common cobalt-winged parakeet, Crimson-fronted parakeet, Curacao brown-throated parakeet. Northern blue-crowned parakeet, Dusky-headed conure, Fiery-shouldered parakeet, Golden-capped parakeet, Green parakeet, Grey-cheeked parakeet, Gustav's parakeet, Hispaniolan parakeet, Maroon-fronted parrot, Miritiba pearly parakeet, Northern blue-crowned parakeet, Orange-chinned parrot, Orange-fronted parakeet, Plain parakeet, Red-billed parakeet, Red-eared parakeet, Red-throated parakeet, Roberts' parakeet, Rose-fronted parakeet, Rose-headed parakeet, Sandia parakeet, Santa Cruz parakeet, Scarlet-fronted parakeet, Slender-billed parakeet, Souame's parakeet, Southern blue-crowned parakeet, Southern Mexican orange-fronted parakeet, Surinam brown-throated parakeet, Thick-billed parrot, Tuipara parakeet, Venezuelan parakeet, White-winged parakeet, Yellow-chevroned parakeet, Blue-breasted kingfisher, Cinnamon ground dove (NS), Chinstrap penguin, Western rockhopper penguin.

Reptiles: Mali spiny-tailed iguana.

Fish: Blacktail comber, Brown moray, Canary damsel, Dotted moray, Double whiptail, Fenestratus cichlid, Humpback unicornfish, Island grouper, Lepidolamprologus nkambae, Longfin yellowtail, Madeira rockfish, Spiny butterfly ray, Tiger moray, Wolf cichlid.

In summary, 230 rarities, of which 81 are bolded and a further 37 are underlined.

 

It's not in the continent

 

Holy... That’s a huge collection of rarities, I shouldn’t be shocked, but I still am.

 

Hehe - good point, though in this case I’d tend to veer towards the more political view of Europe (which of course includes French Guinea, New Caledonia etc.) so my system appears fairly flawed. Either way, fair point but you know what I mean .

 

Back with the next update. Unfortunately, I was writing out Spain and was almost done but forgot to save the draft and lost everything, so I'm completing Ukraine and Sweden first just to get myself back on track, followed swiftly with Spain and then finally the UK.

Sweden

Boras: Deep water hap, Dichfeld's slender cichlid.

Furuvik: Eastern mud turtle.

Goteborg Aquarium

The largest collection of rarities in the country, and, despite its name, one with hardly any fish. It comprises a fair few lovely bird rarities and a nice herp collection, with the highlight being a handful of rare tanager species.

Birds: Blue-necked tanager, Crimson-rumped toucanet, Flame-faced tanager, Great crested grebe, Saffron-crowned tanager, Thick-billed euphonia, White-lined tanager, White-tailed jay, Yellow-hooded blackbird.

Reptiles: Black-headed bushmaster, Catalina Island rattlesnake, Common death adder, Ethiopian mountain adder, Many-horned viper, Red adder, Yucatan Neotropical rattlesnake.

Amphibians: Moor frog, Splendid leaf frog.

Fish: Lattamonni, Masked corydoras, Pantanal eartheater, Regal demoiselle.

In summary, 22 rarities, of which 2 are bolded and a further 6 are underlined.

Helsingborg: Abbott's sulphur-crested cockatoo, Brimstone canary, East red-flanked lorikeet, Red-billed starling, White-lined tanager.

Helsingborg Tropicariet

The second largest rarity collection in the country, with a couple of lovely species. Malayan slow loris, Grey-headed kingfisher and Ivory-billed aracari are the obvious highlights.

Mammals: Malayan slow loris.

Birds: Crimson-rumped toucanet, Grey-headed kingfisher, Ivory-billed aracari, Pale-billed aracari, White-fronted bee eater, White-tailed jay.

Reptiles: Giant Madagascar chameleon, Jackson's chameleon, Leafnose snake, Western barred spitting cobra.

Amphibians: Guibe's mantella.

Fish: Corfu toothcarp.

In summary, 13 rarities, of which 5 are underlined.

Jarvso: White-backed woodpecker.

Kolmarden Tropicarium: Hooded siskin, Florida cottonmouth, South American bushmaster, Terciopelo, Timber rattlesnake, Bluestriped angelfish, Shortsnout scorpionfish, Striated frogfish, Trahira.

Lysekil: Daubed shanny, Spotted dragonet, Witch flounder.

Malmo Aquarium: Spotted green snake, Taylor's strange agama, Wavy chameleon, Yellow-spotted monitor, Painted belly frog, Borneo mudskipper, Regan's pike cichlid.

Malmo Reptilcenter: Baracoa anole, Gran Canaria giant lizard, Italian wall lizard (NS), Oaxacan spiny-tailed iguana, Ornate girdled lizard, Pacific giant gecko, Striped mud turtle, Italian fire salamander, Japanese toad, Smoky jungle frog.

Orsa Gronklitt: Kodiak bear.

Skansen Akvariet: Hoffmann's two-toed sloth, Boomslang, Central American bushmaster, Northern black-tailed rattlesnake, Red-spotted pitviper, Spotted turtle, Wagler's temple pitviper.

Skansen Zoo: Bank vole, White-backed woodpecker, Fourhorn sculpin.

Ystad: Rosy boa.

Ukraine

Askaniya Nova: Western saiga.

Charkiw Dolphinarium: Jamaican giant anole, Pacific bottlenose dolphin.

Charkiw Zoopark: Central Russian hare, Burton's mouthbrooder, Channel catfish, Eastern rainbowfish, Goldbelly topminnow, Kapuas river barb, Striped dwarf catfish, Spiny catfish.

Cherkasy

A large collection of snakes, up there with Eimsheim, Nockalm etc.

Reptiles: Blunt-nosed viper, Coastal carpet python, Dumeril's Madagascan swift, Eastern four-lined ratsnake, Ecuadoran milksnake, Huamantlan rattlesnake, Kramer's pitviper, Large whip snake, Mexican moccasin, Mexican pygmy rattlesnake, New Guinea snake-necked turtle, Pope's tree viper, Russian blunt-nosed viper, Speckled rattlesnake.

Amphibians: African common toad, Carvalho's Surinam toad, Great Plains toad, Hispaniolan common treefrog, Mitchell's reed frog, Yellow-striped poison frog.

In summary, 20 rarities, of which 1 is bolded and a further 5 are underlined.

Kyjiw EKZOland: Parson's chameleon, Short-toed rock agama, Small-toothed palm civet.

Kyjiw Akvarium: Black-saddled coralgrouper, Broomtail wrasse, Orange-spotted grouper, White-spotted guitarfish.

Kyjiw Zoopark

Largest zoo in Ukraine with a fantastic collection. Highlights include Critically Endangered Himalayan brown bears and a couple of unique pipistrelle species as well as a fabulous bird collection including a number of European species only rarely seen in captivity on the continent.

Mammals: Himalayan brown bear, Kuhl's pipistrelle, Nathusius's pipistrelle.

Birds: Azure tit, Black-rumped waxbill, Eurasian osprey, Long-tailed parakeet, Long-tailed rosefinch, Masked finch, Montagu's harrier, Orange-crowned parrot, Red-throated twinspot, Siberian goldfinch, Siberian blue robin, Turkestan laughing dove, Ussuri long-tailed rosefinch, Vernal hanging parrot.

Reptiles: Coastal carpet python, Dumeril's Madagascan swift, Huachuca mountain kingsnake, Indian flapshell turtle, Red-spotted beaked snake, Venerable collared lizard, Western spiny-tailed iguana.

Amphibians: Hispaniolan common treefrog, Southern crested newt, Tschudi's Caribbean toad, Yellow-striped poison frog.

Fish: Yellowtail catfish.

In summary, 29 rarities, of which 7 are bolded and a further 4 are underlined.

Lisne: Allen's swamp monkey, Common slender mongoose, Congo Basin Wolf's monkey, Eastern lesser white-nosed monkey, Grey-cheeked mangabey, Cardinal lory, Common redpoll, Great bustard, Massena's lorikeet.

Mykolayiv Zoo

An interesting collection for sure, though not quite as large or intriguing as that of Kyiv's zoo. Highlights include Caspian Sea wolves, Spotted-legged turtles and Sooty mangabies.

Mammals: Caspian Sea wolf, Indian sloth bear, Sooty mangabey.

Birds: Great bustard, Greater spotted eagle.

Reptiles: Black-headed royal snake, Eastern four-lined ratsnake, Eastern fox snake, Loggerhead musk turtle, Ornate girdled lizard, Peninsula cooter, Spotted-legged turtle, Western hingeback tortoise.

Amphibians: African common toad, Danube crested newt.

Fish: Dwarf pencilfish, Fenestratus hap, Myer's loach, Platinum acara, Slender rasbora, Two-spotted angelfish.

In summary, 21 rarities, of which 4 are bolded and a further 1 is underlined.

Odesa Zoopark: Caspian gull, Montagu's harrier, Eastern fox snake, Kotschy's gecko, Bosca's newt.

Yalta Dolphinarium: Pacific walrus.

Yalta Zoopark: Agile mangabey, Congo Basin Wolf's monkey, Sooty mangabey.

And that's those two countries done, with only Spain and the UK remaining!
I might do the UK before Spain actually, I'll have to see what happens.

 

I did a double-take when I saw this and almost corrected you before deciding to check ZTL myself first. I had no idea Rosy Boas were that rare in Europe; they're fairly common in American zoos (admittedly they are native here).

 

So - I lied. Here is the UK, part 1

United Kingdom

Aberford: Australian ibis, Erckel's francolin, Southern helmeted curassow.

Alfriston: Arabian rock hyrax, Indochinese binturong, Baird's rat snake.

Arundel Wetland Centre: African white-backed duck, Atlantic harlequin duck, Black-necked grebe, Common scoter, East Indian wandering whistling duck, Long-tailed duck, Spectacled eider.

Askham Bryan: Northern mesquite lizard, Danube crested newt, Lake Urmia newt, Red and blue poison frog, Freiberg's mbuna.

Axminster: Egyptian mongoose, Finlayson's squirrel, Hokkaido squirrel, Potto, Florida sandhill crane.

Aylesbury: Bornean peacock pheasant, Brown-breasted barbet, Cape robin-chat, Eastern moustached laughingthrush, Painted bunting, Silver-eared mesia (ricketti), White-collared yuhina.

Banham: Northern bamboo lemur, African harrier hawk, Rufous-legged owl.

Bassenthwaite: Northern grey hornbill, Durango Mountain kingsnake.

Howletts: Dusky langur, Francois' langur, Heck's macaque, Malayan sambar.

Bewdley: Taiwan sika deer, Paulson's Pacific boa, West African carpet viper, West African Nile crocodile, Black grouper, Honeycomb moray.

Billericay: Tailless tenrec.

Birmingham (Akamba Tropical House): Lesser blue-eared glossy starling.

Birmingham SeaLife: Alaskan sea otter, Arabian picassofish, Blackfin trevally, Dwarf moray, Indigo hamlet, Itaituba freshwater stingray, Jenkins' whipray, Southern fiddler.

Birmingham Wildlife park: Grey slender loris, Potto, Eastern indigo snake, Madagascar rain frog.

Blackpool SeaLife: Arabian carpetshark, Atlantic stingray, Barrier reef chromis, Blotchy swellshark, East Atlantic red gurnard, Hourglass moray, Tasselled wobbegong.

Blackpool Zoo: American comb duck.

Bobbington: Eyed dabb lizard, Jackson's chameleon, Morelet's tree frog.

Bolton Aquarium

A collection that I had more or less never heard of before but actually appears to have loads of rarities, most of which are unique in Europe. Any fish lover passing by the area should definitely take a look - it appears to be a somewhat unsung treasure hoard of fish rarities! With a reminder that my lists for fish are by no means complete:

Fish: Amazon brycon, Bigtooth river stingray, Black buntingi, Blackbelly tilapia, Blue wolffish, Canara pearlspot, Colombian banjo catfish, Costa Rican livebearing fish, Damba, Fantastic Congo tetra, Gary Lange's rainbowfish, Knife livebearer, Lake Kuromai rainbowfish, Lapis tetra, Linke's liquorice gourami, Patrick's rasbora, Pygmy glass danio, Rainbow tetra, Red-blue Peru tetra, Sailfin tetra, Salvador molly, Senckenberg rainbowfish, Shadow catfish, Sifontes's thorny catfish, Silver tetra, Striped rasbora, Tiger limia, Upsidedown catfish, Vatani rohtee, Wahrindi, Wapoga red laser rainbowfish, Wolasi ricefish.

In summary, 32 rarities, of which 21 are bolded and a further 5 are underlined.

Bournemouth Oceanarium: Arabian carpetshark, Forest hingeback tortoise, Greyface moray.

Bourton on the Water: Collared finchbill, Desert finch, Southern masked weaver, White-throated orange-headed ground thrush.

Yorkshire Wildlife Park: Venezuelan red howler.

Bratton Fleming (Exmoor)

A lovely collection, particularly for small carnivores. It is well known for holding the only Spotted fanaloka on public display in Europe along with Neunkirchen, but is also home to taxa such as the West African ratel or the Bluestripe garter snake.

Mammals: Arabian rock hyrax, Indochinese binturong, Ringtail, Spotted fanaloka, West African ratel.

Birds: Buff-necked ibis, Honduras boat-billed heron, Northern festive amazon, Thick-billed parrot.

Reptiles: Bluestripe garter snake, Californian red-sided garter snake.

In summary, 11 rarities, of which 2 are bolded and a further 4 are underlined.

Bridlington: African silverbill, Taiwan sika deer.

Bristol Aquarium: Hawaiian squirrelfish, Indian butterflyfish, Llanos catfish, Queensland yellowtail angelfish, Redspotted hawkfish, Shore rockling, Vermiculate river stingray, Yellow-spotted moray.

Bristol Zoo

Despite the zoo on the current site being slated to close in due course, the collection will likely live on on the zoo's other site further out of the city, called Wild Place. As such:

Mammals: Agile gibbon, Comoro flying fox, Kowari.

Reptiles: Aruba Island rattlesnake, Central Vietnamese flowerback box turtle, Leptien's spiny-tailed lizard, Western dwarf crocodile.

Amphibians: Chapa bug-eyed frog.

Fish: Blackbelly tilapia, Konye, Lake Keppe barombi mbo cichlid, Molly, Oriental weatherloach, Rio Negro chocolate cichlid, Silver loach, Violet cichlid.

In summary, 16 rarities, of which 3 are bolded and a further 1 is underlined.

Broxbourne: Short-toed rock agama, Tree runner.

Burford (Cotswold WP)

Another lovely little zoo, this time in the Cotswold's, a very beautiful and striking area in itself. The park holds a particularly impressive South American and Madagascan collection, with rarities such as Crowned sifaka, Greater bamboo lemur and Splendid mantella.

Mammals: Arabian rock hyrax, Crowned sifaka, Greater bamboo lemur, Hammerhead bat, Spinifex hopping mouse.

Birds: Eastern moustached laughingthrush, Great bustard.

Reptiles: Cameroon sailfin chameleon, Fiji short-crested iguana, Seychelles giant tortoise.

Amphibians: Coroneted treefrog, Mexican leaf frog, Painted Indonesian treefrog, Splendid mantella, Vermiculated treefrog.

In summary, 15 rarities, of which 1 is bolded and 1 is underlined.

Burscough: Black spur-winged goose, East Indian wandering whistling duck, Greater brazilian teal, Greenland white-fronted goose, Lake duck, Northern cinnamon teal, South African yellow-billed duck.

Canterbury: British jay, British red-billed chough, Eurasian water shrew, Eurasian water vole, Long-tailed field mouse.

Chessington: Nguru pygmy chameleon.

Chester Zoo

The best zoo in the UK without a doubt, and also the best collection in the country. 80 rarities in total, including Coquerel's sifaka, Black-browed barbet, Bermuda skink and Tuatara. A particularly large number of Asian rarities due to the relatively recent opening of Islands as well as the numerous pre-existing complexes containing Asian species. The zoo also has a strong Madagascan collection as well as a fair few waterfowl rarities.

Mammals: Balabac chevrotain, Coquerel's sifaka, Grandidier's vontsira, Northern narrow-striped boky, Small Indian mongoose.

Birds: African white-backed duck, Black-browed barbet, Blue-necked tanager, Chestnut-bellied partridge, Cinnamon ground dove (NS), Collared grosbeak, Collared trogon, Fire-tufted barbet, Greater brazilian teal, Grey-winged blackbird, Indian red-billed blue magpie, Javan green magpie, Lake duck, Passerini's tanager, Pink-headed fruit dove, Timor sparrow, White-headed munia, White-throated orange-headed ground thrush, Yellow-faced myna.

Reptiles: Amazon Basin emerald tree boa, Angulated tortoise, Bell's forest dragon, Bermuda skink, Cameroon sailfin chameleon, Gariau forest dragon, Green crested lizard, Indochinese box turtle, Leach's anole, Mount Ibity Madagascar ground gecko, Oriental brown-sided skink, Parson's chameleon, Pronk's day gecko, Pygmy leaf chameleon, Tentacled snake, Tuatara, Wide-tailed zonosaur, Zhou's box turtle.

Amphibians: Amazon poison frog, Black-spotted rock frog, Fea's treefrog, Little rock frog, Madagascar rain frog, Mao-Son frog, Mexican leaf frog, Montseny brook salamander, Morelet's tree frog, Painted Indonesian treefrog, Yellow stream frog.

Fish: Alfred's licorice gourami, Apsara barb, Axelrod's rasbora, Blue ribbon tetra, Caerulean tetra, Common twig catfish, Damba, European smelt, Gangetic leaffish, Geisler's lizard tetra, Green's moon tetra, Large pinstripe hillstream loach, Linke's liquorice gourami, Mummichog, Nobol distichodus, Olive skiffia, Orangefin coppery carp, Orangestriped squeaker, Patzcuaro allotoca, Poll's synodontis, Rainbow diamond kogal tetra, Rainbow tetra, Rohan's barb, Striped glass catfish, Swamp licorice gourami, Tweedie's gourami, Zacapa allotoca.

In summary, 80 rarities, of which 15 are bolded and a further 21 are underlined.

Chew Magna: Virginia opossum.

Colchester: Black saki, Syrian rock hyrax, Western blue duiker, Mindanao rufous hornbill, Gariau forest dragon, Clown barb, Silverspot squirrelfish, Striped Barombi mbo cichlid, Taiwan bitterling, Violet soldierfish.

Congresbury: Virginia opossum, Boreal owl, Pale chanting goshawk, Short-tailed boa.

Crocodiles of the World: American crocodile, Black caiman, Blue-tailed monitor, South African Nile crocodile, West African crocodile.

Crawley Tilgate: Pearly parakeet, Coroneted treefrog, Yellow-faced amazon.

Desford: Eastern red-tailed black cockatoo, Red-capped cardinal, Red-winged laughingthrush, Brown-necked parrot.

Diss: Black-tailed marmoset, Common slender mongoose, Javan rusa, White-collared brown lemur, Freckled duck, Greater roadrunner, Painted stork, South American yellow-billed duck, Sunda teal, Western piping hornbill.

Dudley: Coahuilan box turtle, Eyed dabb lizard, Florida box turtle, Lesser siren, Southern crested newt.

Part 2 coming soon, including Whipsnade, Hamerton and London .

 

I literally shouted "yes!" out loud to myself when I saw you uploaded this. It is unbelievably useful