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Burgers' Zoo free-ranging species in Burgers Bush, Desert and Mangrove

Discussion in 'Netherlands' started by lintworm, 10 Mar 2015.

  1. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    There are some actual exotic snail species in the Bush though, including a Subulina spec. the garden snails are natives that found there way in, just like the house sparrows...
     
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    Never knew they had like 4+ frog species in the bush. Sadly there is no place you can get a guarantee on spotting them. I often look for them on the adventure route and the area near the caiman. (Still no idea why that area is closed off. Bird safety I guess?)
     
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    I hardly doubt the have 4+ frog species in the Bush. In 2013 the zoo kept a total of 4 amphibian species, which for sure consisted of Montserrat whistling frog, Amazon milk frog and Colorado toad. Which leaves one extra amphibian, which will have been kept in the Bush, this will either have been a tree frog or a poison dart frog. Maybe this species is still present and I very much doubt any new species have purposefully been added, as this goes normally accompanied by some sort of press release.
     
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    We can always ask the zoo itself. They should have a list of species they released in there right?
     
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    Thanks for the information.
    Do you know of any other species?

    I am quiet sure that the frogs i have seen were poison dart frogs, eventhough it was quiet dark, they hopped different than the Montserrat frogs. Shorter distances.

    Someone even said they saw a toad in the bush, most likely a native species but i have not seen one myself.

    The tree frog looked like an american tree frog, or maybe glassfrog.

    I think that happens quiet often to the zoos that people try to get rid of their pets.

    And the bush is huge and some of them may remain unrecognized a long time.
     
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    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Some updates from today's visit:

    BUSH

    The leafbird and African darter are still going strong :)

    The smaller turtle species in with the capybara are not Pond turtles but Asian leaf turtle (Cyclemys dentata). I removed the arowana, pitta and Bornean river turtle from the list, as they are not longer present.

    DESERT

    They now keep a scorpion again in the tunnel, a Arizona desert hairy scorpion (Hadrurus arizonensis)

    MANGROVE

    Several cichlid species were added to the manatee tank: Pantano cichlid (Cincelichtys pearsei), Blue-eyed cichlid (Archocentrus spilurus), Firemouth cichlid (Thorichthys meeki) and Salvin's cichlid (Cichlasoma salvini).

    No bird species seem to have been added yet this year.
     
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    I assume the new bird species will come once the birdflu quarrantaine has been lifted. As the whistling ducks are also behind the scenes.

    The sign in the mangrove also removed the four-eyed fish.
     
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    Based off a video on their Facebook it appears that there are still yellow legged honeycreepers in the Bush
     
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    And according to the same video, the leafbird is still alive as well!:)
     
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    Somebody removed him from Zootierliste recently, but I have seen him in March and he appeared to be doing just fine....
     
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    I think the last leafbird is a "she". :)
     
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    Based off the video it definitely is a she.
     
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    It is a pity they only have the one individual. Nice species ...
     
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    Now I am curious to know where those feedinglocations are, as I am sure seeing the light like that it would be somewhere near the adventure route. The hunt for the leafbird continues?


    Link to the video for those who can't find it or too lazy to search:
     
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    Updates from today's visit:
    Desert: blue-winged teal have been added to the freeroaming area. I saw at least one; either a female or eclipse male.

    Mangrove
    : there are now two fulvous whistling-ducks on-show again, and a new species for the zoo is indigo bunting, of which we saw a juvenile (so probably from this year). We didn't see any adults but I assume those will still be present. Burgers' zoo now has three of the species in this genus, as they already had painted and rose-bellied!
     
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    There are 2 blue-winged teals, a male and a female. There is at the moment still only one male indigo bunting. In the near future a female will be added.
     
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    The Mangrove species were already added ;), but good to know they have Blue-winged teals again, they were kept there about 10 years ago, but were only present for a few years.
     
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    All Blue-winged Teal drakes should still be eclipse right now. Mine are.
     
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    You realise Indigo Bunting cocks have an eclipse plumage?
     
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    Nope, I did not, that's interesting to know! That would explain there only being one male present, but it being one that didn't look 100% right. Thanks!