All four giant otters were on exhibit together yesterday. As I understood it, the arrangement was otherwise two on/two off exhibit. The Madagascan species were all back out on exhibit, though the former blue bellied roller aviary is still empty.
Look's like DWA has acquired another yapok. Dallas World Aquarium Newsletter - Q2-2016 For a first time 2 Keel-billed toucans have been hatched. Dallas World Aquarium Newsletter - Q2-2016
The aquarium appears to be moving several animals off and on exhibit as well as adding new ones. The exhibit housing red backed saki monkeys now exhibits capuchin birds, long wattled umbrella bird, nocturnal curassow, Andean, Guinean, and scarlet cock of the rocks. In the opening entry bali mynah have returned and red birds of paradise have been placed on exhibit. And yes there is a yapok again but good luck seeing it it is almost always sleeping under moss.
Wow, that is a species list I'd love to see. The umbrellabird(s) have been there a while but behind the scenes. What did you mean by scarlet cock of the rock- perhaps a subspecies of Andean? I only know of two species, Andean and Guianan. It's now considerably easier to see capuchinbirds. Are the saki monkeys and other birds formerly in that exhibit still there? Also, do you know of any potential exhibit plans for Amazonian umbrellabirds or horned guans (both formerly on exhibit but now behind the scenes), or the two species of quetzal behind the scenes? Was there anything in the former blue bellied roller exhibit (in the Madagascar area)? It's been under renovation for a while.
I have not checked on the roller. The birds and saki monkeys formerly on exhibit are no longer on exhibit, however at the very beginning going up the stairs to the rain forest you can look out the window above the blue penguins and see the saki monkeys in an area behind the scenes. They have scarlett cock of the rock on their sign as if it is another species but I believe it is just a subspecies or variant since I also only know of two species and was thrown into a loop trying to find the scarlett cock of the rock on google. I have no clue about what they have planned, but the quetzals are something iv'e been looking out for. Currently there are quetzals on exhibit between the two large free flight aviaries however to my knowledge they are not the species that have been behind the scenes.
Thanks! The quetzals on exhibit, as of my last visit, are golden-headed. The aquarium has breeding pairs/groups of golden headed, resplendent, and crested quetzals behind the scenes, with eventual plans for exhibit.
Great news from the fish-department : first steps toward breeding Flashlight fishes : http://www.reef2rainforest.com/2017...ng-the-prize-of-captive-bred-flashlight-fish/
Does anyone know the status of any curl crested jays at the aquarium? I found a staff member and asked them if they still had one and where I could find it. (After they texted the people in charge of free flight birds in the first area, the answer was not in the first aviary, but maybe in Mundo Maya). I'm not very confident they still have one, or at least one on exhibit.
To be fair, you'll probably know more about the Texas zoos than most of te rest of this site since you seem to be the most regular visitor. Anyways, I had messaged the aquarium on Facebook a while back and tried to get an answer to the same question. The answer I received indicated that the bird was a female, and in the "Rainforest Free-Flight Aviary" which leads me to think the Orinoco exhibit. It also said "if patient enough, she's not hard to spot" which proved not to be true after three visits, and I still did not see the bird.
The DWA has announced the hatching of three Grey-winged Trumpeters - the first time this species has hatched at the aquarium.
New website: Mundo Maya | Dallas World Aquarium. I think the introductory video (which is also on the new website) had quetzal in it, which it does not have now. The Aquarium does not offer any reciprocity, does it?
