Pigeons and Sandgrouse in North American Zoos

Here are the species I've seen in zoos since I started seriously recording birds in zoos starting November of 2019:

(NOTE: BLUE = listed but not seen; RED = no longer there)

November 2019 - Zoo Miami (INCOMPLETE; First Visit)

• White-throated ground dove (Alopecoenas xanthonurus)
• Crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes ssp.)
• Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica nicobarica)
• Sulawesi bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba tristigmata ssp.)
• Luzon bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba luzonica ssp.)
• Mindanao bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba crinigera ssp.)
• Pheasant pigeon (Green-nape) (Otidiphaps nobilis nobilis)
• Victoria crowned-pigeon (Goura victoria ssp.)
• Pied imperial-pigeon (Ducula bicolor)

September 2021 - Brookfield Zoo (INCOMPLETE; First Visit)

• White-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica ssp.)
• Victoria crowned-pigeon (Goura victoria ssp.)
• Jambu fruit-dove (Ptilinopus jambu)
• Beautiful fruit-dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus ssp.)

September 2021 - Lincoln Park Zoo (First Visit)

• Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica nicobarica)
• Luzon bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba luzonica ssp.)
• Pheasant pigeon (Green-nape) (Otidiphaps nobilis nobilis)
• Victoria crowned-pigeon (Goura victoria ssp.)
• Jambu fruit-dove (Ptilinopus jambu)

November 10, 2021 - Los Angeles Zoo

• Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica nicobarica)
• Bruce's green-pigeon (Treron waalia)

December 10, 2021 - San Diego Safari Park (INCOMPLETE; First Visit)

• Pink pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri)
• Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica nicobarica)
• Luzon bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba luzonica ssp.)
• Pheasant pigeon (Green-nape) (Otidiphaps nobilis nobilis)
• Victoria crowned-pigeon (Goura victoria ssp.)
• Green imperial-pigeon (Rufous-naped) (Ducula aenea paulina)

December 11, 2021 - San Diego Zoo (INCOMPLETE; First Visit)

• Rameron (African olive) pigeon (Columba arquatrix)
• Metallic pigeon (Columba vitiensis ssp.)
• Adamawa turtle-dove (Streptopelia hypopyrrha)
• Philippine collared-dove (Streptopelia dusumieri)
• Laughing dove (Streptopelia senegalensis senegalensis)
• Emerald-spotted wood-dove (Turtur chalcospilos)
• Tambourine dove (Turtur tympanistria)
• Blue-headed wood-dove (Turtur brehmeri ssp.)
• Namaqua dove (Oena capensis ssp.)
• Asian emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica ssp.)
• Wonga pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca)
• Diamond dove (Geopelia cuneata)
• Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica nicobarica)
• Pheasant pigeon (Green-nape) (Otidiphaps nobilis nobilis)
• Pheasant pigeon (White-nape) (Otidiphaps nobilis aruensis)
• Western (Blue) crowned-pigeon (Goura cristata)
• Victoria crowned-pigeon (Goura victoria ssp.)
• Pink-necked green-pigeon (Treron vernans)
• Bruce's green-pigeon (Treron waalia)
• Pink-headed (Temminck's) fruit-dove (Ptilinopus porphyreus)
• Black-chinned fruit-dove (Ptilinopus leclancheri ssp.)
• Wompoo fruit-dove (Vogelkop Mountain) (Ptilinopus magnificus puella)
• Marianan fruit-dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla)
• Beautiful fruit-dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus ssp.)
• Black-naped fruit-dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus ssp.)
• Green imperial-pigeon (Rufous-naped) (Ducula aenea paulina)
• Purple-tailed imperial-pigeon (Ducula rufigaster ssp.)
• Collared imperial-pigeon (Ducula mullerii ssp.)
• Papuan mountain-pigeon (Gymnophaps albertisii ssp.)

January 3, 2022 - Zoo Atlanta

• Speckled pigeon (Columba guinea guinea)
• Wonga pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca)
• Victoria crowned-pigeon (Goura victoria ssp.)
• Bruce's green-pigeon (Treron waalia)
• Pied imperial-pigeon (Ducula bicolor)

January 6, 2022 - Oakland Zoo

• Speckled pigeon (Columba guinea guinea)

January 18, 2022 - Fresno Chaffee Zoo

• Socorro dove (Zenaida graysoni)
• Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica nicobarica)
• Luzon bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba luzonica ssp.)
• Pheasant pigeon (Green-nape) (Otidiphaps nobilis nobilis)
• Beautiful fruit-dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus ssp.)
• Pied imperial-pigeon (Ducula bicolor)

 

Fresno has Socorro Dove?! That's an interesting piece of news indeed!

 

Pictures I took on my trip on March 28, 2021. When I went there last month, they were hiding. I saw every bird in their aviary except them. They are the hide and seek champions

 

Good to see other facilities are taking on this extinct in the wild species! Also a good additional reason to visit Fresno once the Asia complex opens.

 

Shell Factory & Nature Park has Victoria Crowned Pigeon and Ring-Necked Dove

 

Laura Quinn Wild Bird Sanctuary in the Florida Keys currently holds White-crowned Pigeons. They also have a Short-tailed Hawk. Both species are quite rare in US zoos it seems.

 

Doesn't seem like St. Louis has any captive mourning doves anymore, though plenty have made themselves at home on zoo grounds.

 

Fresno Chaffee now included pink-headed fruit-doves.

 

They are (were?) kept unsigned in the Cypress Swamp, so if you're saying that just because you didn't see them or evidence of them it's hard to say for sure.

 

Sequoia Park Zoo keeps Nicobar pigeon. They no longer keep band-tailed pigeon.

Kansas City Zoo keeps grey-capped emerald dove.

 

Oh, my bad. I figured they would have been in the Bird House. I haven't seen mourning doves in the Cypress Swamp but given the nature of the exhibit and the fact they are unsigned they would be easy to miss.

 

I've confirmed from a keeper that there are in fact mourning doves in the Cypress Swamp, they are just difficult to spot.

 

Wild Adventures Theme Park has Victoria crowned pigeon and bleeding-heart dove (according to the zoo's website).

Bleeding Heart Doves
Victorian Crowned Pigeon

 

I know this was some time ago but do you happen to remember where you learned that they were this subspecies? I have done some quick google searches and found nothing to suggest they are, but also nothing to prove you wrong, either. Is there any other interesting information that you have about San Diego's metallic pigeons?

 

The Roger Williams Park Zoo's jambu fruit doves have been relocated to the Bronx Zoo.

 

Livingston Ripley no longer has Malagasy Turtle Dove. They do have Stock Pigeon and Crested Pigeon.

 

Also Smithsonian National Zoo

Also Zoo Miami

Also Peace River Wildlife Center, Popcorn Park Animal Refuge, and Zoo Miami

Also Smithsonian National Zoo

Also Cohanzick Zoo

Also Bronx Zoo

Also Zoo Miami

Also Smithsonian National Zoo. Philadelphia Zoo no longer keeps this species.

Also Bronx Zoo

Also ZooTampa

Also National Aquarium

Also Key West Butterfly Conservatory, National Aquarium, and Popcorn Park Animal Refuge

Also Disney's Animal Kingdom and Philadelphia Zoo

Also Disney's Animal Kingdom.

Also Disney's Animal Kingdom

Also Zoo Miami

Also Disney's Animal Kingdom and Zoo Miami. ZooTampa does not keep this species.

Also Disney's Animal Kingdom

Philadelphia Zoo no longer keeps this species.

Also Bronx Zoo

Central Park Zoo and Philadelphia Zoo no longer keep this species.

Also ZooTampa

Additionally, in April 2022, I saw Japanese Wood Pigeons in Wings of Asia at Zoo Miami, but I'm not sure if they're still there.

 

For band-tailed pigeons, Smithsonian will also have albilinea. I believe Nashville has this species as well.

~Thylo

 

Abilene Zoo in Texas holds ring-necked dove and white-winged dove.

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Abilene Zoo

 

BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo in Louisiana holds Bruce's green pigeon, grey-capped emerald dove, Nicobar pigeon, pied imperial pigeon, and Victoria crowned pigeon.

BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo