Inokashira zoo species list: Main garden Mammal: Guinea pig Raccoon Mara Capybara Crested porcupine Fennec fox Meerkat Eurasian otter Sika deer Japanese serow Ryukyu flying fox Japanese marten Japanese red fox Japanese giant flying squirrel (no show) Raccoon dog Japanese badger Rhesus macaque Japanese squirrel Tushima leopard cat Birds: Barn owl Snowy owl White bellied go away bird Palawan peacock pheasant Pied imperial pigeon Brown hawk owl Ural owl (no show) Japanese sparrowhawk Common kestrel Japanese scops owl Red headed wood pigeon Dusky thrush Eurasian skylark Green pheasant Japanese white eye Japanese wood pigeon Scaly Thrush Gray bunting White cheeked starling Azure winged magpie Japanese quail Meadow bunting Japanese green woodpecker Pygmy woodpecker Chinese bamboo partridge Copper pheasant (4 subspecies) Reptiles: Japanese rat snake (no show) Aquatic life park: Birds: Little grebe Crested kingfisher (No show) Common shelduck Black faced spoonbill Red crowned crane Eurasian wigeon Black headed ibis Japanese night heron Lesser white fronted goose Nene Mandarin duck Grey heron Black crowned night heron Eurasian oystercatcher Pied avocet Little egret Intermediate egret Oriental white stork Whooper swan Gadwall Falcated duck Mallard Northern shoveler Garganey Eurasian teal Reptile: Alligator snapping turtle Hebius vibakari Amphibians: Hyla japonica Buergeria buergeri Hynobius tokyoensis Rana porosa porasa Rana rugosa Bufo japonicus formosus Rana japonica japonica Japanese giant salamander (there are fish and other invertrabate but I don’t take photo of them to make a full species list.)
For Crested Woodpecker you need to look in the rafters of the exhibit. Were there no pygmy woodpecker?
Done. I actually was doubting whether I'd seen them in an aviary because I have a clear memory of seeing wild ones in the park.
They are in the exhibits next to japanese sparrowhawk scops owl etc, labelled as "japanese bird house" on the map but is a series of small aviarys.
I visited a week ago, and I didn't see them. Are you sure they are still there? I know where you are talking about, but I can't find any recent photos of them.
I didn't see the Japanese green woodpecker or the Japanese pygmy woodpecker in November 2022. However, I was told Inokashira Park itself is a good birding spot to see wild woodpeckers.
I asked a keeper if they were on display, and sadly, both the pygmy and green woodpeckers were not on display. The Kestral was also replaced by a Peregrine Falcon.
For Absent Mammals: Racoon (The Flying Squirrel is on-show) For Absent Birds: White bellied go away bird Palawan peacock pheasant Pied imperial pigeon Brown hawk owl (Ural Owl is on-show) Common kestrel Dusky thrush Japanese white eye Scaly Thrush Gray bunting Meadow bunting Japanese green woodpecker Pygmy woodpecker (some subspecies of Copper pheasant are absent) Crested kingfisher Lesser white fronted goose Nene Pied avocet Whooper swan Falcated duck For Absent Reptiles (Japanese Rat Snake is on show) Alligator Snapping Turtle is replaced by a Snapping turtle
I think these are the biggest losses, are some of them like the gray bunting at any other Japanese facility?
