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Brookfield Zoo Brookfield Zoo - Bird List (September 2021)

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  1. Zoo Birding

    Zoo Birding Well-Known Member

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    This list was from my first trip to the Brookfield Zoo. I unfortunately didn't get to seeing the entire zoo but I will post my list of birds I did see and didn't see. If there are other species that aren't mentioned here, please let me know. Thank you :)

    Birds seen:
    • Common emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae novaehollandiae)
    • Fulvous whistling-duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
    • Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae ssp.)
    • Brazilian teal (Amazonetta brasiliensis ssp.)
    • Puna teal (Spatula puna)
    • Rosy-billed pochard (Netta peposaca)
    • Helmeted curassow (Pauxi pauxi pauxi)
    • Blue-billed curassow (Crax alberti)
    • Wattled curassow (Crax globulosa)
    • Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii ssp.)
    • Crested partridge (Rollulus rouloul)
    • Congo peacock (Afropavo congensis)
    • Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
    • White-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica ssp.)
    • Victoria crowned-pigeon (Goura victoria ssp.)
    • Jambu fruit-dove (Ptilinopus jambu)
    • White-cheeked turaco (Tauraco leucotis leucotis)
    • Violet turaco (Musophaga violacea)
    • Greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
    • Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides ssp.)
    • Grey gull (Leucophaeus modestus)
    • Inca tern (Larosterna inca)
    • Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)
    • American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
    • Great egret (American) (Ardea alba egretta)
    • Snowy egret (Egretta thula thula)
    • Boat-billed heron (Central American) (Cochlearius cochlearius ridgwayi)
    • White ibis (Eudocimus albus)
    • Scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
    • Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
    • Andean condor (Vultur gryphus)
    • Andean cock-of-the-rock (Peruvian) (Rupicola peruvianus peruvianus)
    • Blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis ssp.)
    • Blue-crowned laughingthrush (Pterorhinus courtoisi ssp.)
    • Violet-backed (Amethyst) starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster ssp.)
    • Emerald starling (Lamprotornis iris)
    • White-rumped shama (thrush) (Copsychus malabaricus ssp.)
    • Taveta golden-weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps)
    • Eastern paradise-whydah (Vidua paradisaea)
    • Paradise tanager (Tangara chilensis ssp.)
    Birds listed but not seen during trip:
    • Wood duck (Aix sponsa)
    • Blue-winged teal (Spatula discors)
    • Redhead (Aythya americana)
    • Beautiful fruit-dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus ssp.)
    • Sunbittern (Amazonian) (Eurypyga helias helias)
    • Speckled mousebird (Colius striatus ssp.)
    • Amazonian motmot (Momotus momota [momota or ignobilis])
    • Blue-bellied roller (Coracias cyanogaster)
    • Curl-crested araçari (Pteroglossus beauharnaesii)
    • Violaceous euphonia (Euphonia violacea ssp.)
    • Venezuelan troupial (Icterus icterus [icterus or ridgwayi])
    • Red-capped cardinal (Paroaria gularis)
    • Silver-beaked tanager (Ramphocelus carbo ssp.)
    • Blue-grey tanager (Thraupis episcopus cana)
    • Blue-necked tanager (Stilpnia cyanicollis ssp.)
    • Turquoise tanager (Tangara mexicana ssp.)
    • Purple honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus ssp.)
    • Green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza ssp.)
    • Saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola ssp.)
     
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