Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park is another example of this, although I didn't actually see any Tamarins in the bit of wood where they are signposted.
I've only ever seen them in the enclosure/house within the wooded area, apparently they do come out but owing to the proximity to the neighbouring park they tend to stay close to home. Also they are pied tamarins, not exactly the boldest of species in the first place...
Glacier Ridge Animal Farm has more free-roaming animal species than any zoo I have ever seen. I'm sure I am forgetting some species, but the ones I remember are: Rock Pigeon, Helmeted Guineafowl, Canada Goose, Whooper Swan, Domestic Cat, Swan Goose, Graylag Goose, Domestic Goat, Domestic Chicken, and Black Swan.
No, they aren't. One of Salzburg Zoo's past directors, Heinrich Windischbauer, established the free-ranging griffon vulture colony in the 1960s.
Anyone, at your service. Zoo Salzburg - Landeplatz für Geier - Verband der Zoologischen Gärten (VdZ) e.V http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/HdN_7_0066-0067.pdf
I hadn't realized there was a species of griffon vulture native to Europe. Interesting to see there is a free ranging colony. Are these birds native to Austria?
Europe has several vultures, but Griffon is probably the commonest. I have seen them in Bulgaria, but the largest population is in Spain/Portugal, with around 25,000 pairs. They are mainly mountain birds, so I would expect the Austrian birds to be at least within the historic range. There have been several reintroduction programmes, and the French population is also increasing.
That's why Gyps fulvus is also called Eurasian griffon. Yes, before they were wiped out, just as in other parts of Europe, mainly as summer visitors.
Brown howler in a brazilian zoo named Piracicaba Zoo, even though I'm not sure of its origins... It could be wild, but it wasn't scared by people around and the zoo wasn't in a forest like some do.
