This list is based on the official information from the zoo's staff and zoo's official communication vehicles; All these species exist in the zoo nowadays, I won't add the ones that are not displayed and/or are in the zoo's private area. Counting all the animals (except butterflies), the zoo has near 4500 animals from 256 species. The zoo is also a rehabilitation institution, so there are many species of animals that live there just for rehabilitation/conservation, so I didn’t include them here once they are located out of the visitation area. This way, I’m listing here the 174 species of animals you can see in a visit to Belo Horizonte’s zoo and aquarium. Obs: some animals in the zoo's species list are named with very local names, (specially a few bird and fish species) so I couldn't find their real name in english. Mammals: (35 species) · African-elephant · Amazonian-wooly-monkey · Arabian-oryx · Bactrian-camel · Black-howler-monkey · Brazilian-agouti · Brazilian-bush-dog · Brazilian-ferret · Brazilian-lesser-deer · Brazilian-peccari · Brazilian-porcupine · Brazilian-Tapir · Capybara · Colo-colo-cat · Common-chimpanzee · Elipsen-waterbuck · Fallow-deer · Giant-anteater · Golden-belied-capuchin-monkey · Greater-rhea · Hipopotamus · Jaguar · Lesser-anteater · Lion · LLama · Maned-Wolf · Marsh-deer · Ocelot · Paca · Plains-zebra · Puma · Red-deer · Two-toed-sloth · Western-lowland-gorila · White-rhinoceros Reptiles: (24 species) · Amazonian-boa · Amazonian-slider · Aperema-slider · Ball-python · Bearded-slider · Broad-snouted-caiman · Burmese-python · Corn-snake · Iguana · Leopard-gecko · Marble-bothrops-snake · Muçuã-slider · Nile-monitor · Parrot-snake · Pogona-lizard · Rattlesnake · Red-eared-slider · Red-footed-tortoise · Reticulated-python · Suaçuboia · Tegu-lizard · Yellow-anaconda · Yellow-eared-slider · Yellow-footed-tortoise Fish: (20 species) · Acará-camaleão · Anual-fish · Barrigudiho · Canivete · Joaninha · Koi-fish · Lambari-bocarra · Mandi-chorão · Manjuba · Mato-grosso · Mocinha · Mussum · Piaba-facão · Piabinha · Piau-três-pintas · Pirá-tamanduá · Poison-dart-frog · Surubim · Tamboatá · Timboré · Trairão Birds: (97 species) · American-kestrel · Araponga · Australian-cassowary · Australian-goose · Azulão · Barn-owl · Bico de pimenta · Bico de veludo · Black-swan · Blue-and-yellow macaw · Blue-fronted-amazon · Canário da terra · Canário do amazonas · Cerrado-parakeet · Chattering lory · Chopim do brejo · Collared-lesser-macaw · Common-ostrich · Crested-oropendola · Curicaca-ibis · Curl-crested-jay · Eagle-owl · Egyptian-goose · Estorninho · Festive-amazon · Galo de campina · Ganso maned · Golden-parakeet · Golden-pheasant · Graúna · Greater-blue-macaw · Greater-rhea · Green-billed-toucan · Grey-crowned-crane · Harpy-eagle · Horned-owl · Horned-screamer · Indian-peacock · King vulture · Mandarim-duck · Maracanã-macaw · Marianinha · Marreco colorado · Marreco toucinho · Melro metálico · Minas-Gerais-parakeet · Mutum cavalo · Mutum do amazonas · Mutum do norte · Mutum do sudeste · Nepal-pheasant · Orange-winged-amazon · Pega · Perdiz · Periquitão de anel · Periquito testinha · Pintassilgo · Pintassilgo do nordeste · Pionus parrot · Plush-crested-jay · Pomba apunhalada · Purple chested parrot · Rainbow lory · Red-and-green-macaw · Red-browed-amazon · Red-fan-parrot · Rei alexandrino · Resplendent quetzal · Sabiá laranjeira · Saíra andorinha · Saíra dourada · Sanhaço de fogo · Saracura três potes · Savanna-hawk · Scarlet-Ibis · Scarlet-macaw · Socó boi · Sofrê · South-american-tinamou · Tadorna ferrugem · Tico tico argentino · Tico tico da mata · Tiê sangue · Tiê tinga · Tiriba de cara suja · Tiriba de orelha branca · Toco toucan · Trinca ferro · Urumutum · Vulturina · Whistling-heron · White-naped-jay · White-swan · Wood-duck · Yellow-crowned-amazon · Yellow-faced-amazon · Yellow-fronted-parakeet Obs: the zoo has also many species of butterfly at the papillorama located inside the park, but i couldn’t find the name of the species.
Thats quite a nice list ! For the species for which you don't know the English name, try to take a decent photo - in the Gallery already seen you can make good photos - and place them in the Gallery. In this way we can try to find-out the English names for them. Again thanks for taking the time to give us such a complete list of ýour' zoo !
Thank you, I'll try! Actually, the zoo has a huge bird complex that i never had the chance to entirely photograph. gonna post some and edit the names if I find out. Also, I'll search a little more and try to find out more species names. Even having been to this zoo more than 40 times, I haven't got pictures of all the animals, I wanna photograph them all in my next visit... looking forward for the end of the quarantine in my country...
Thanks Chlidonias. I was hoping it was a grison, but when I keyed 'Brazilian ferret' into Google, all I got were details of a breed of ferret.
Just try to check some of the species from which @David Matos Mendes missed the English names : Marreco colorado = Red-crested pochard Marreco toicinho = White-cheeked ( Bahama ) pintail Merlo metalico = Glossy starling species
Thanks for the correction. I commited a mistake, in portuguese we use the same word to refer to ferrets and grisons, wich is "furão", and once the zoo sign sais "furão brasileiro", I thought this would be the translation. Gonna change it at the list
There is a time limit on editing posts; I believe for regular members it is 60 minutes from the post time. It mainly works better for fixing mistakes or typos you notice within a few minutes, rather than continually editing or updating lists. I was thinking of taking a closer look over your list and seeing if I could identify the English names for some more of the species; that might help give you enough edits to justify posting an updated list for everyone
Ah, yes, so i'm probably gonna take notes of all the species names so I can update everything in one time, so that I don't need to make many updates... How can I substitute the list's post after I finish the complete list? Sorry for the many questions, as a new user I don't know a lot about this platform...
No worries, we were all new once (and I just had to fix what I said about editing time because it was longer than I thought, so it can happen to anybody clearly ) I just meant post your updated list here, as a separate stand-alone post like the one you just did. That's how non-staff members on the site, like myself, run their species lists (the moderators have greatly expanded editing abilities for their lists).
Suaçuboia = Amazonian tree boa Azulão = Ultramarine grossbeak Bico de pimenta = Black throated grossbeak Bico de veludo = Cinammon tanager Canário da terra = Saffron finch Canário do amazonas = Orange fronted yellow finch Estorninho = Common starling Galo de campina = Red cowled cardinal Graúna = Giant cowbird Marianinha = White-Bellied parrot Marreco colorado = Red crested pochard Marreco toucinho = White cheeked pin tail Melro-metálico = Greater blue eared starling Mutum cavalo = Razor billed currasow Mutum do amazonas = Amazonian currasow Mutum do Norte = Alagaos currasow Mutum do sudoeste = Red billed currasow Pega = Variable oriole Perdiz = Partridge Periquito testinha= Tui parakeet Pintassilgo = Hooded siskin Pintassilgo do norte = Yellow faced siskin Pomba apunhalada = Luzon bleeding heart dove (Literally translates as "the stabbed dove") Rei alexandrino = Alexandrine parakeet Sabiá laranjeira = Rufous bellied thrush * (The word "Sabiá" is deceptive in Brazil as can refer to birds from several different families or genus as shown by two species below compared to this species) Sabiá andorinha = Swallow tanager Saíra dourada = Gilt edged tanager Sanhaço de fogo = Red tanager Saracura três potes = Grey cowled wood rail Socó boi = Rufescent tiger heron Sofrê = Campo oriole Tadorna ferrugem = Ruddy shelduck Tico tico argentino = Rufous collared sparrow Tico tico do mato = Half collared sparrow Tiê sangue = Brazilian tanager Tiê tinga = Magpie tanager Tiriba de cara suja = Green cheeked parakeet Tiriba de orelha branca = White eared parakeet Trinca ferro = Green winged saltator Urumutum = Nocturnal currasow Vulturina = Vulturine guinea fowl
Muito obrigado, amigo! I'll take notes of all these names so that I can update the entire list. Probably only missing the fish now... Gonna search and change. Once more, thank you so much!
Although David has already answered this I thought I would add something that you might find interesting. The grison is often kept and commonly sold as a "pet" in Brazil (despite it being illegal) in a way similar to the ferret in Europe and North America and the same name "ferret" is applied to it. This is why there are many individuals of this species that end up being confiscated by the environmental police and brought to zoos throughout the country (or just dumped in a cage by anonymous "owners" on a zoos doorstep in the early hours of the morning).
Yes, that's a sad true, and it unfortunately happened once more a few days ago in BH... this time not with grisons, but with two hedgehogs and a few reptiles, in this case, taken by the police from ilegal owners... Animais silvestres e exóticos são apreendidos no Bairro Goiânia, em BH