Recently, there has been some discussion about the former collection of monotremes, marsupials and Australian birds of Rotterdam Zoo in the "Photographic Guide to Monotremes and Marsupials". The heydays would have been around the Notogaea Exhibition. After a little search, I was able to acquire a species list of the exhibition. The "Notogaea-tentoonstelling, het Vijfde Werelddeel" was held between 1 November 1977 and 1 March 1978 and showed the flora and fauna of Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. With cooperation of Australian zoos (the four major ones, among others), the zoos of Wellington and Otorohanga, Bayer River Zoo on New Guinea and a couple of European zoos (Antwerpen, Basel, Berlin, Stuttgart and London), several rare Oceanic species came to Rotterdam. Most animals were kept in the complex of the Rivièra Hall (the actual hall, the bird wing, and the wing for apes and pachyderms). Wallabies and kangaroos were kept at new enclosures on the area of a former play ground. Next to these enclosure was a green house with a collection of Oceanic plants. Several species of birds were kept in a complex of aviaries next to this green house. An exhibition building next to the enclosures for polar bears and pinnipeds (the current tiger enclosure) showed taxidermed specimen of tuatara, platypus, numbat, koala and birds-of-paradise, a moa skeleton and a thylacine skull among others. After the exhibition, many animals stayed in Rotterdam. For example, until the closing of the Henri Martin-huis, nocturnal marsupials remained a major component of this nocturnal house. The kangaroo enclosures, green house and aviaries disappeared quite recently, about eight or ten years ago, and were replaced by the current giraffe enclosure, Crocodile River and okapi enclosure respectively.
Mammals Short-beaked Echidna - Tachyglossus aculeatus Virginia Opossum - Didelphis virginiana Kowari - Dasyuroides byrnei Spotted Quoll - Dasyurus quoll (= D. maculatus) Tasmanian Devil - Sarcophilus harrisi Common Spiny Bandicoot - Echymipera kalubu Common Brushtail Possum - Trichosurus vulpecula Suger Glider - Petaurus breviceps Common Wombat - Vombatus ursinus Long-nosed Potoroo - Potorous tridactylus Dusky Pademelon - Thylogale bruyni Grizzled Tree Kangaroo - Dendrolagus inustus Matschie's Tree Kangaroo - Dendrolagus matschiei Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo - Dendrolagus goodfellowi Papuan Forest Wallaby - Dorcopsulus macleayi Tammar Wallaby - Macropus eugenii Agile Wallaby - Macropus agilis Red-necked Wallaby - Macropus rufogriseus Red Kangaroo - Macropus rufus Eastern Grey Kangaroo - Macropus giganteus Wallaroo - Macropus robustus Chestnut Tree Mouse - Pogonomys macrourus
Reptiles New Guinea Snake-necked Turtle - Chelodina novaeguineae Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle - Emydura albertisii Green Sea Turtle - Chelonia mydas Hawksbill Sea Turtle - Eretmochelys imbricata Freshwater Crocodile - Crocodylus johnstoni Bearded Dragon - Amphibolurus barbatus (= Pogona barbata) Eastern Water Dragon - Physignatus lesuerii Amboina Sail-finned Lizard - Hydrosaurus amboinensis Indonesian blue-tongued Skink - Tiliqua gigas Shingleback - Trachydosaurus (= Tiliqua) rugosus Cunningham's Skink - Egernia cunninghami Spotted Tree Monitor - Varanus timorensis Emerald Tree Monitor - Varanus prasinus Sand Goanna - Varanus goudli Green Tree Python - Chondropython (= Morelia) viridis White-lipped Python - Liasis albertisi Scrub Python - Liasis amethistinus Children's Python - Liasis childreni Amphibians White-lipped Tree Frog - Hyla (= Litoria) infrafrenata
Birds (non-passerines) Emu - Dromaius novaehollandiae Southern Cassowary - Casuarius casuarius Wattled Brush-Turkey - Aepypodius arfakianus Waigeo Brush-Turkey - Aepypodius bruijnii Cape Barren Goose - Cereopsis novaehollandiae Black Swan - Cygnus atratus Australian Shelduck - Tadorna tadornoides Radjah Shelduck - Tadorna radjah Paradise Shelduck - Tadorna variegata Plumed Whistling Duck - Dendrocygna eytoni Australian Wood Duck - Chenonetta jubata Jabiru - Xenorhynchus asiaticus Straw-necked Ibis - Threskiornis spinicollis Weka - Gallirallus australis Pukeko - Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus Nicobar Pigeon - Caloenas nicobarica Western Crowned-Pigeon - Goura cristata Scheepmaker's Crowned-Pigeon - Goura scheepmakeri Victoria Crowned-Pigeon - Goura victoria Crested Pigeon - Ocyphaps lophotus Green-naped Pheasant-Pigeon - Otidiphaps nobilis Kea - Nestor notabilis Palm Cockatoo - Probosciger aterrimus Little Corella - Cacatua sanguinea Galah - Cacatua (= Eolophus) roseicapillis Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo - Cacatua galerita White Cockatoo - Cacatua alba Major Mitchell's Cockatoo - Cacatua leadbeateri Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo - Calyptorhynchus funereus Red-tailed Black Cockatoo - Calyptorhynchus magnificus (= banksii) Rainbow Lorikeet - Trichoglossus haematodus Black Lory - Chalcopsitta atra Blue-streaked Lory - Eos reticulata Brown Lory - Chalcopsitta duivenbodei Dusky-orange Lory - Pseudeos fuscata Black-capped lory - Lorius lory Princess Parrot - Polytelis alexandrae Hooded Parrot - Psephotus chrysopterygius dissimilis Scarlet-chested Parrot - Neophema splendida Eclectus Parrot - Eclectus roratus Red-winged Parrot - Aprosmictus erythropterus Eastern Rosella - Platycercus eximius Green-winged King Parrot - Alisterus chloropterus Red-fronted Kakariki - Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae Southern Boobook - Ninox novaeseelandiae Tawny Frogmouth - Podargus strigoides Common Kookaburra - Dacelo gigas (= novaeguinea) Blue-winged Kookaburra - Dacelo leachi Strangely, kiwi's aren't mentioned in the catalogus. Probably the two kiwi's arrived after the start of the exposition. They came for sure in 1977 from New Zealand because of the Notogaea Exhibition.
Great job AWP, thanks for this. One little correction however : Blijdorp never kept de Bruijn's ( Waigeo ) brush turkeys. The species they kept was mis-identified for this species but were in fact Arfak wattled brush-turkeys ( Aepypodius arfakianus arfakianus ). With this species they had the world-first-breeding in 1985 and I can remember having seen this species during this period.
Birds (passerines) Estrildid finches - Estrildidae Yellow-faced Myna - Mino dumontii Red Wattlebird - Anthochaera carunculata Singing Honeyeater - Meliphaga virescens Red Bird-of-paradise - Paradisaea rubra Raggiana Bird-of-paradise - Paradisaea raggiana Lawes's Parotia - Parotia lawesii Brown Sicklebill - Epimachus meyeri Magnificent Riflebird - Ptiloris magnificus Wilson's Bird-of-paradise - Diphyllodes respublica Hunstein's Magnificent Bird-of-paradise - Diphyllodes (= Cicinnurus) magnificus hunsteini Golden-winged Magnificent Bird-of-paradise - Diphyllodes (= Cicinnurus) magnificus chrysopterus
Fishes Australian Lungfish - Neoceratodus forsteri Giant Grouper - Promicrops (= Epinephelus) lanceolatus Spotted Scat - Scatophagus argus Diamond Moonfish - Monodactylus argenteus Atlantic Mudskipper - Periophthalmus barbarus McCullochs Rainbowfish - Nematocentris (= Melanotaenia) maccullochi Chequered Rainbowfish - Nematocentris maculata (= M. splendida inornata) Fly River Rainbowfish - Nematocentris (= Melanotaenia) sexlineata Sentani Rainbowfish - Chilatherina sentaniensis "Fish and invertebrates of the Great Barrier Reef"
Are you sure the mammal-list is complete. As I remember seeing Doria's tree-kangaroo in Blijdorp. I also remember 2 species of tree-kangaroo that were kept in the cafeteria next to the playground what is now part of the crocodile river. Those animals went afterwards to the former bear-pit which is now under the eagle-owl aviary.
@DDcorvus I just listed all species that are mentioned in the official catalogus of the exhibition. The three species of tree kangaroo were kept in the central hall and the primate/pachyderm wing according to the catalogus. I know tree kangaroos (I think Goodfellow's) were kept in the former bear-pit during the nineties, as well as in the nocturnal house.
Yes I do remember the tree-kangaroos being kept in wooden-made cages ( a row of at least 3 aviary-looking enclosures ) in the part between the area were now the gorilla-indoor enclosures are and the indoor-pygmy hippo-enclosure. There were indeed ( at least ) 3 different species.
Thanks both, I was quite a bit younger so my memory is vague, but still wondering which species I saw. The aviaries where clearly temporary as they were too small for the species and I suspect it might have been in the time the tree-kangaroos moved from the Henri Martin House to the bear-pit.
In fact, they did till 1990 .. a singleton. It was transferred out early nineties along with the Matschie's group they held. Last in the infamous glass greenhouses that were used as restaurant extension area. Always nice to sit there sipping coffee in front of the aviaries and sundry.
Are the Kea birds still there? I traveled 300 km to see them in Zoo D'Amnéville. It would save me a lot of money and time knowing I could see them at only half that distance. (This is my first time using this forum lol)
Blijdorp currently has no Keas (Nestor notabilis), I recommend using Zootierliste to see which zoos have them in Europe. Currently only Artis, Burgers Zoo, Dierenpark de Paay, Zoo Veldhoven and Dierenpark Zie-Zoo have them in The Netherlands. Since your profile states you are from Belgium, there you can find them in Zoo Antwerpen and Pairi Daiza. Source: Zootierliste ZootierlisteHomepage
Antwerpen hasn't had keas since the bird of prey aviaries on the side of the station were demolished. Not sure why their entry on ztl wasn't deleted.
I am most likely visiting Pairi Daiza somewhere in august so I can see and confirm the birds there. I have the option to choose between Blijdorp and Zie-ZOO, both having their pro's and cons... Guess I'll visit them both! Yeah, because of the new Amur tiger and snow leopard enclosures the bird part above it is off limits too... had a kid ask me where the eagles were but yeah... good luck finding that one (unless the statue above the bird building counts).
If you click on the Antwerp zoo bit on the kea page it does specify that they handed them to Berlin. I'm not sure if they ever plan on returning them home in Antwerp once the renovations are done.
