BioParque do Rio Species list for Bioparque do Rio

Here, we'll discuss about the animal species kept at the Rio de Janeiro zoo (now called Bioparque do Rio). I'll divide the animals by their respective areas, and exhibits, as well as their taxonomical classes. Planned and off-show species will also be added, just like free-roaming and wild creatures.

 

Here's the list:

Bioparque do Rio:

On show:

Imersão tropical/Tropical immersion:

Exhibit 1:

Mammals:
-Mico-leão-dourado/Golden lion tamarin - (Leontopithecus rosalia);

Exhibit 2:

Birds:
-Arara-azul-grande/Hyacinth macaw - (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus);

Exhibit 3:

Birds:
-Jacutinga/Black fronted piping guan - (Pipile jacutinga);
-Mutum-do-sudeste/Red-billed curassow - (Crax blumenbachii);
-Papagaio-chauá/Red browed amazon - (Amazona rhodocorytha);
-Papagaio-do-peito-roxo/Vinaceous-breasted amazon - (Amazona vinacea);

Exhibit 4:

Birds:
-Gaivotão/Kelp gull - (Larus dominicanus);
-Guará/Scarlet ibis - (Eudocimus ruber);

Exhibit 5 (the big walkthrough aviary):

Mammals:
-Preguiça-real ou unau/Linnaeus's two-toed sloth - (Choloepus didactylus);
-Cutia-de-dorso-vermelho/Red-rumped agouti - (Dasyprocta leporina);
-Ouriço-cacheiro-brasileiro/Brazilian porcupine - (Coendou prehensilis);
-Ouriço-cacheiro-paraguaio/Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine - (Coendou spinosus);

Birds:
-Mutum-de-penacho/Bare-faced curassow - (Crax fasciolata);
-Jacuaçu/Dusky-legged guan - (Penelope obscura);
-Jacupemba/Rusty-margined guan - (Penelope superciliaris);
-Pomba-asa-branca/Picazuro pigeon - (Patagioenas picazuro);
-Tucano-de-bico-preto/Channel-billed toucan - (Ramphastos vitellinus);
-Tucano-de-bico-verde/Red-breasted toucan - (Ramphastos dicolorus);
-Tucano-toco/Toco toucan - (Ramphastos toco);
-Seriema-da-perna-vermelha/Red-legged seriema - (Cariama cristata);
-Caturrita/Monk or quaker parakeet - (Myiopsitta monachus);
-Periquito-verde ou periquito-rico/Plain parakeet - (Brotogeris tirica);
-Periquito-de-encontro-amarelho/Yellow-chevroned parakeet - (Brotogeris chiriri)
-Maritaca-de-cabeça-azul/Blue-headed parrot - (Pionus menstruus);
-Maritaca-verde/Scaly-headed parrot - (Pionus maximiliani);
-Papagaio-do-mangue/Orange-winged-amazon - (Amazona amazonica);
-Papagaio-verdadeiro/Turquoise-fronted amazon - (Amazona aestiva);
-Papagaio-campeiro/Yellow-crowned amazon - (Amazona ochrocephala);
-Periquito-de-cabeça-vermelha/Red-masked parakeet - (Psittacara erythrogenys);
-Periquitão-maracanã/White-eyed parakeet - (Psittacara leudophthalmus);
-Maracanã-nobre/Red-shouldered macaw - (Diopsittaca nobilis);
-Ararajuba/Golden parakeet - (Guaruba guarouba);
-Periquito-rei/Peach-fronted parakeet - (Eupsittula aurea);
-Jandaia-de-testa-vermelha/Golden-capped parakeet - (Aratinga auricapillus);
-Periquito-de-cabeça-preta ou príncipe-negro/Nanday parakeet - (Aratinga nenday);
-Maracanã-do-buriti/Red-bellied macaw - (Orthopsittaca manilatus);
-Maracanã-verdadeira/Blue-winged macaw - (Primolius maracana);
-Maracanã-de-colar/Yellow-collared macaw - (Primolius auricollis);
-Arara-canindé/Blue-and-gold macaw - (Ara ararauna);
-Aracanga/Scarlet macaw - (Ara macao);
-Arara-vermelha-grande/Red-and-green macaw macaw - (Ara chloropterus);
-Ararinha-de-testa-vermelha/Red-fronted macaw - (Ara rubrogenys);
-Papagaio-negro-grande/Greater vasa parrot - (Coracopsis vasa);
-Gralha-do-campo/Curl-crested jay - (Cyanocorax cristatellus);
-Gralha-picaça/Plush-crested jay - (Cyanocorax chrysops);
-Gralha-cancã/White-napped jay - (Cyanocorax cyanopogon);

Exhibit 6:

Birds:
-Arara-azul-de-lear/Lear's macaw - (Anodornorhynchus leari);

Aldeia dos répteis/Reptile village:

Exhibit 7:

Reptiles:
-Cágado-de-barbicha/Geoffroy's side necked-turtle - (Phrynops geoffroanus);
-Cágado-de-lagoa/Hilaire's toadhead turtle - (Phrynops hilarii);
-Tracajá/Yellow-spotted river turtle - (Podocnemis unifilis);
-Tigre-d'água-de-orelha-amarelha/D'Orbigny's slider - (Trachemys dorbigni);

Exhibit 8:

Reptiles:
-Jacaré-do-papo-amarelo/Broad-snouted caiman - (Caiman latirostris);

Exhibit 9:

Reptiles:
-Píton-birmanesa/Burmese python - (Python bivittatus);
-Píton-reticulada/Reticulated python - (Malayopython reticulatus);

Jardim Burle Marx:

Exhibit 10:

Birds:
-Flamingo-chileno/Chilean flamingo - (Phoenicopterus chilensis);

Reis da Selva/Kings of the jungle:

Exhibit 11:

Mammals:
-Leão/Lion - (Panthera leo);

Exhibit 12:

Mammals:
-Tigre/Tiger - (Panthera tigris);

Exhibit 13:

Mammals:
-Urso-de-óculos/Andean or spectacled bear - (Tremarctos ornatus);

Ásiaticos/Asiatics:

Exhibit 14:

Mammals:
-Elefante-asiático/Asian elephant - (Elephas maximus);

Carnívoros ou Centro de Conservação de Carnívoros/Carnivores or Carnivore conservation center):

Exhibit 15:

Mammals:
-Onça-pintada/Jaguar - (Panthera onca);

Exhibit 16:

Mammals:
-Jaguatirica/Ocelot - (Leopardus pardalis);

Exhibit 17:

Mammals:
-Puma/Cougar - (Puma concolor);

Exhibit 18:

Mammals:
-Gato-do-mato-pequeno/Oncilla - (Leopardus tigrinus);

Exhibit 19:

Mammals:
-Irara or papa-mel/Tayra - (Eira barbara);

Fazendinha/Petting zoo or little farm:

Exhibit 20:

Mammals:
-Vaca/Cow - (Bos taurus);

Exhibit 21:

Birds:
-Avestruz/Ostrich - (Struthio camelus);

Exhibit 22:

Mammals:
-Cavalo/Horse - (Equus ferus);

Exhibit 23:

Mammals:
-Coelho-doméstico/Domestic rabbit - (Oryctolagus cuniculus);

Birds:
-Galinha-doméstica/Domestic chicken - (Gallus gallus);
-Pato-real/Mallard - (Anas platyrhynchos);

Exhibit 24:

Mammals:
Pônei/Pony - (Equus ferus);

Exhibit 25:

Mammals:

-Bode/Domestic goat - (Capra aegargus);

Ilhas dos primatas/Primate islands:

Exhibit 26:

Mammals:
-Parauacu-do-rio-tapajós/Gray's bald-faced saki - (Pithecia irrorata);
-Cuxiú-de-uta-hick/Uta Hick's bearded saki - (Chiropotes utahickae);
-Mico-de-cheiro-comum/Common squirrel monkey - (Saimiri sciureus);

Exhibit 27:

Mammals:
-Macaco-aranha-da-testa-branca/White-cheeked spider monkey - (Ateles marginatus);

Both exhibits 26 and 27, as well as the lake these 2 islands are located in:

Reptiles:
-Cágado-da-amazônia/Arrau turtle - (Podocnemis expansa);
-Tracajá/Yellow-spotted river turtle - (Podocnemis unifilis);

Exhibit 28:

Mammals:
-Lobo-guará/Maned wolf - (Chrysocyon brachyurus);

Exhibit 29:

Mammals:
-Macaco-caranguejeiro/Crab-eating macaque - (Macaca fascicularis);
-Orangotango-de-sumatra/Sumatran orangutan - (Pongo abelli);

Cerrado:

Exhibit 30:

Mammals:
-Tamanduá-bandeira/Giant anteater - (Myrmecophaga tetradactyla);
-Capivara/Capybara - (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris);
-Catitu/Collared peccary - (Tajacu peccari);
-Anta-brasileira/Brazilian tapir - (Tapirus terrestris);

Birds:
-Ema-comum/Greater rhea - (Rhea americana);

Savana africana/African savanna:

Exhibit 31:

Mammals:
-Hipopótamo-comum/Common hippopotamus - (Hippopotamus amphibius);

Exhibit 32*:

Mammals:
-Sambar-das-ilhas-sunda/Javan rusa - (Rusa timorensis);
-Cobo-de-meia-lua/Waterbuck - (Kobus ellipsiprymnus);
-Carneiro-da-barbária/Barbary sheep - (Ammotragus lervia);

Birds:
-Avestruz/Ostrich - (Struthio camelus);

Exhibit 33*:

Mammals:
-Carneiro-da-barbária/Barbary sheep - (Ammotragus lervia);

Exhibit 34*:

Birds:
-Avestruz/Ostrich - (Struthio camelus);

Exhibit 35:

Mammals:
-Antílope-cervicapra ou simplesmente cervicapra/Blackbuck - (Antilope cervicapra);

Exhibits 32, 33 and 34*:

Birds:
-Ganso-do-nilo/Egyptian goose - (Alopochen aegyptiaca).

*I'm not sure if the Barbary sheep and ostriches live in different exhibits or if all animals live in the same one. The sambars could be from the mainland species (Rusa unicolor).
-Another observation: I did not see one of the two porcupines, the Uta Hick's bearded sakis, common squirrel monkeys, waterbucks, oncillas, bare-faced curassows, Egyptian geese and the green-billed and toco toucans.

Species that I'm 100% sure are being kept off-show:

Mammals:
-Macaco-prego-vermelho/Crested capuchin - (Sapajus robustus);
-Macaco-prego-do-peito-amarelo/Yellow-breasted-capuchin - (Sapajus xanthosternos);
-Babuíno-da-guiné, mas o animal pode ser um híbrido/Guinea baboon, but the animal could be a hybrid - (Papio papio, possibly Papio spp.);
-Babuíno-amarelo/Yellow baboon - (Papio cynocephalos);
-Mandril/Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx);
-Onça-pintada/Jaguar - (Panthera onca);
-Urso-marrom/Brown bear - (Ursos arctos).

Planned, but not acquired yet:

Reptiles:
-Píton/Python - (Pythonidae spp.);*
-Sucuri, possivelmente verde ou amarela/ Anaconda, possibly green or yellow - (Eunectes spp., possibly Eunectes murinus or notaeus);*

Mammals:
-Lêmure, possivelmente de-cauda-anelada/Lemur, possibly ring-tailed ones (Lemuroidea spp., possibly Lemur catta);
-Girafa possivelmente sul-africana/Giraffe, possibly Transvaal ones - (Giraffa spp., possibly Giraffa giraffa);
-Impala/Impala - (Aepyceros melampus);
-Zebra, possivelmente da-planície/Zebra, possibly plains ones - (Equus spp. (Hippotigris subgenus), possibly Equus quagga);
-Suricato/Meerkat - (Suricattta suricatta);
-Ariranha/Giant river otter - (Pteronura brasiliensis);
-Lobo-marinho, possivelmente do-peito-branco/Fur seal, possibly Subantartic ones - (Arctocephalinae spp., possibly Arctocephalus tropicalis);

Birds:
-Galinha-d'angola/Guineafowl - (Numididade spp.)
-Grou-coroado/Crowned crane - (Balearica spp.);
-Pinguim, possivelmente de-magalhães/Penguin, possibly magellanic ones - (Sphenisciformes spp., possibly Spheniscus magellanicus).

*They also plan to bring some anacondas (Eunectes spp.) and pythons (Pythonidae spp.). However, I believe some are already at the zoo, but I heard a zookeeper saying they'd be brought to the institution.

Wild/free-roaming:

Reptiles:
-Teiú-comum/Argentine black and white tegu - (Salvator merianae);

Birds:
-Pato-mudo/Muscovy duck - (Cairina moschata);
-Irerê/White-faced whistling duck - (Dendrocygna viduata);
-Quero-quero-do-sul/Southern lapwing - (Vanellus chilensis);
-Pomba-asa-branca/Picazuro pigeon - (Patagioenas picazuro);
-Pombo-comum/Rock dove - (Columba livia);
-Rolinha-roxa/Ruddy ground dove - (Columbina talpacoti);
-Biguá/Neotropic cormorant - (Phalacrocorax brasilianus);
-Garça-branca-grande/Great egret - (Ardea alba);
-Garça-moura/Cocoi heron - (Ardea cocoi);
-Garça-branca-pequena/Snowy egret - (Egretta thula);
-Caturrita/Monk or quaker parakeet - (Myiopsitta monachus);
-Periquito-verde ou periquito-rico/Plain parakeet - (Brotogeris tirica);
-Periquitão-maracanã/White-eyed parakeet - (Psittacara leucophthalmus);
-Periquito-rei/Peach-fronted parakeet - (Eupsittula aurea);
-João-de-barro/Rufous hornero - (Furnarius rufus);
-Neinei/Boat-billed flycatcher - (Megarynchus pitangua);
-Bem-te-vi-comum/Great kiskadee - (Pitangus sulphuratus);
-Lavadeira-mascarada/Masked water tyrant - (Fluvicola nengeta);
-Sabiá-laranjeira/Rufous-bellied thrush - (Turdus rufiventris);
-Bico-de-lacre-comum/Common waxbill - (Estrilda astrild);
-Chupim/Shiny cowbird - (Molothrus bonariensis);
-Canário-da-terra-verdadeiro/Saffron finch - (Sicalis flaveola).

 

I forgot to translate the name of the Jardim Burle Marx area to English (its translated name is "Burle Marx Garden"). I also forgot to add the house sparrow (pardal-comum - (Passer domesticus)) to the wild/free-roaming list.

 

That's one nicely formulated list, @Enzo , congratulations! Still gonna read it completely with more calm, but it's a great work.

 

I also forgot to add the maroon-bellied parakeets (tiriba-de-testa-vermelha - (Pyrrhura frontalis)). They live in the 5th exhibit, which is the big walkthrough aviary.

 

Have the giant otter exhibit already been built? If yes, wich animal are they temporarily keeping in there?

 

No, I don't think they've started building the aquatic animal area yet.

 

Where are the chimpanzees?

 

@Enzo said the keepers told him the zoo has phased them out. "Pipo" went to Curitiba zoo and "Paulinho" to Sorocaba zoo. And if I'm not wrong, Rio zoo's fan André Sebastião informed @Enzo that "Yoko" probably died.

 

Wait...Sorocaba zoo has chimps again ?

 

Yes. Do you remember that early this year, a female even escaped, and made a blast for those silly anti zoo freaks? Gosh, at those times, I saw one of the most unfear and ridiculous comments I had ever seen a celebrity make. Don't even like to remember.
Returning to the main issue, they nowadays keep this female (Kelly) and a male that came from Rio (Paulinho).

 

Guys, do you remember André (the owner of the zoo's non-official blog)? Well, he told me he met the zoo's director, who said the institution is planning to have (or to expose, if they're already in the collection) southern cassowaries (casuar-do-sul - (Casuarius casuarius) and they'll probably be housed in the Jardim Burle Marx area. Other things he told him were that the Imersão Tropical area would have over 120 species of animals and the howler monkeys (bugio - Alouatta spp.) are going to be housed in the Ilha dos Primatas area.

 

120 species ?

Somehow I'm very skeptical about that.

 

Cassowaries at Jardim Burle marx? I'm considering they will make a separated exhibit for them in there, right?
About Imersão tropical, it already holds something around 50 species if I'm not wrong, right? Are they gonna add more or is 120 a previous number that will be no longer achieved?
About the howlers, it's really great that they will be part of the Ilha dos primatas. I actually consider those exhibits pretty well formulated. They fixed a problem me and @Onychorhynchus coronatus talked about some time ago, wich is the lack of handling area in many island like exhibits. In this case, besides they adding this issue I mentioned, they did a great work with the climbing structures and circulation area.

 

@Enzo Just to be clear, I didn't mean my previous to come across as rude or dismissive.

I was simply stating that 120 species sounds like a stated desired outcome by the bioparque (perhaps they were referring to their long term goal / vision ?) but it sounds very over ambitious to me in terms of feasibility.

Of course it would be great if they do manage it and even better if this showcases native biodiversity but I'm skeptical because even some of the European and North American collections don't hold as many species.

 

No worries. I did not take this as an offense.

 

Man, I also think 120 might be a little too much, but Rio kept (at least before the renovation, not sure about now) a really huge collection of birds and small primates for what I know. It wouldn't scare me if they had something near this number or even more, and the vivariums are really huge. Let's see... For now, as I said, I think they are keeping something around 50 species on the vivariums, if I'm not wrong.

 

Yes could be, I guess time will tell whether they do achieve that goal but anyway I'm glad they are revamping the zoo because it did need it.

 

Yeah, it's a great renovation in a very needy zoo. While we gotta wait to analyze the real results of conservation, the environmental education seems to be already great in there.

 

I have some news for you, guys. I forgot to mention that there is a wild/escaped blue-and-gold macaw (arara-canindé - (Ara ararauna) in the surroundings of the zoo, which visits the institution simply to "date". The specimen has been doing this for more than ten years. Then, we have the Barbary sheep. According to the zoo's director, one of the ewes had a lamb last week. Lastly, I have some unfortunate news: Tanga, the orangutan who gave birth to both females currently living at the zoo has passed away.