Storks, Hamerkop, and Shoebill in North America

Don't tell that to Slim during the breeding season! He's quite the dapper bird if you ask me!!!

Marabou Stork Slim by Sarus Crane posted 13 Feb 2020 at 8:21 PM

 

Just come across this thread, but a couple to add:

Kansas City has Yellow Billed Stork
Omaha, Topeka, and the Lincoln's Children's Zoo all have Hammerkop

 

I don't think Bronx has room for more Painted Storks, as it is their current numbers have been split between three different areas of the zoo. Part of the reason Painted is being phased-out is in favor or trying to grow the more endangered Milky Stork population, though at the moment the two populations are pretty equal in size.

I believe it's been some time since Bronx last bred their Lesser Adjutant, and I fear lack of interest from other zoos has made them decide to end the program.

~Thylo

 

So their Lesser Adjutant program is officially ending? Maybe the birds can be moved to Racine to induce breeding there as a larger group like how San Diego has all the Milky's. Bronx used to be really good at breeding them even sending offspring to Paignton in the UK. What parts of the zoo other than Jungle world have the Painted's been moved to? Aquatic Bird House? I haven't been to the Bronx Zoo yet.

 

Catoctin Zoo may hold marabous and Abdim's storks, I'd need someone to confirm though.

 

SDZSP has two male marabou storks, they were recently acquired.

 

Bronx bred lesser adjutant in both 2015 and 2018, so they some relatively recent births. I don’t think they are ending there program as much as sustaining it at current size due to lack of institutional interest and hoping to send out surplus birds to other zoos here or abroad.

 

They have both.

 

No, what I said was pure conjecture. I have no insight into the actual plans the zoo has for their adjutant storks, but I very much hope they continue with them as they are a unique endangered species the zoo has done very well with. The Paignton birds have all since died I believe, unfortunately.

The zoo has Painted Storks in World of Birds and the ABH now as well.

That's good news then! That's what I hope they are doing.

~Thylo

 

Omaha keeps Hamerkop.

 

SDZSP holds saddle-billed stork.

 

Safari North Wildlife Park keeps abdim’s stork

 

Overdue Update:


Mycteria

Milky Stork (2 holders)

San Diego
SDZSP

Yellow-billed Stork (9 holders)

Dallas
Fort Worth
Franklin Park
Fresno Chaffee
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Oakland
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Zoo Tampa

Painted Stork (2 holders)

Bronx (4.5)
Zoo Miami (6.5)

Wood Stork (5 holders)

Birmingham
Dallas
Houston
Ponce Inlet Marine Science Center
Sedgwick County


Anastomus

African Openbill (6 holders)

Cameron Park
Fort Worth
Lowry Park
San Diego
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Zoo Miami (1.1)


Ciconia

Abdim’s Stork (19-20 holders)

America’s Teaching Zoo
Audubon (6.4.4)(offshow)
Baton Rouge
Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park
Catoctin
Creation Kingdom
Dallas?
Fort Worth
Fresno Chaffee
Jacksonville
Lee Richardson
Lincoln Park
Milwaukee
Safari North Wildlife Park
Safari West
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Special Memories
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Timbavati Wildlife Park
World Bird Sanctuary

Storm’s Stork (2 holders)

Bronx
San Diego Zoo Safari Park

Maguari Stork (3 holders)

Audubon
Dallas (1.1?)
San Antonio

Oriental Stork (1 holder)

Louisville

White Stork (26-27 holders)

African Lion Safari (1.1.3)
Akron?
Birmingham
Brookfield
Cleveland Metroparks
Dallas
Detroit
Dickerson Park
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Fort Wayne’s Children’s
Grant’s Farm
Honolulu
Lincoln Children’s
Lincoln Park
Memphis
Metro Richmond
North Florida Wildlife Center
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Safari West
San Antonio
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Sedgwick County
Toledo
Tulsa
Virginia
Zoo Atlanta
Zoo Knoxville
Zoo Miami (0.0.1)

Black Stork (5 holders)

Binder Park
Central Park
Dallas
Fort Wayne’s Children’s
Louisville


Ephippiorhynchus

Black-necked Stork (2 holders?)

San Antonio? (1.0)
Zoo Miami? (2.0)

Saddle-billed Stork (22 holders)

ABQ Biopark
Audubon (2.1)(offshow)
Baton Rouge
Cincinnati (0.1)
Columbus (0.2)
Dallas
Detroit
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Fort Worth
Franklin Park
Kansas City
Lowry Park
Maryland
Nashville
Philadelphia
Safari West
SDZSP
Sedgewick County
St. Louis
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Toledo
Zoo Miami


Leptoptilos

Lesser Adjutant (2 holders)

Bronx
Racine

Marabou Stork (27 holders)

Abilene
ABQ Biopark
African Lion Safari (1.1.2)
Albuquerque
Audubon
Baton Rouge
Binder Park
Brevard
Brights
Catoctin
Cleveland Metroparks
Dallas
Gladys Porter
Greater Vancouver
Honolulu (1.1)
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Lion Country Safari
Memphis
Milwaukee
SDZSP (2.0)
San Francisco (1.1)
St. Louis
Toronto (1.2)
Zoo Tampa
Zoo de Granby


Scopus

Hamerkop (35 holders)

Albuquerque
Aquatica San Antonio
Busch Gardens Tampa
Calgary (1.1)
Cincinnati
Columbus
Dallas
Fort Worth
Franklin Park
Honolulu
Jacksonville
Lee Richardson
Lincoln Children’s
Lincoln Park
Little Rock
Lowry Park
Maryland
Memphis
Milwaukee (1.1)
National Aviary
Oakland
Omaha
Oregon (1.1)
Philadelphia
Safari West
San Antonio
San Diego
San Diego Zoo Safari Park (1.1)
San Francisco (1.1)
Santa Barbara
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Topeka
Toronto (2.0)
Tulsa
Zoo Atlanta


Balaeniceps

Shoebill (3 holders)

Dallas World Aquarium (1.1)
Houston (1.1)
Zoo Tampa (1.1)

 

San Antonio no longer has black-necked stork or maguari stork on display. The sign for the black-necked stork has been removed, after being up with the flamingos for a year (never saw the stork though). Saw the black-necked at Miami though last September.

 

Apparently Hemker Park & Zoo has a few African Openbills somewhere in the park, although I didn’t see any when I was there last September.
EDIT: Hemker also had a single European White Stork in September.

 

Isn’t the milky stork breeding group only held at the Safari park not the zoo?

 

I thought they still had some at the zoo, but maybe they've all moved over now?

 

What happened to the remaining Shoebill at the San Diego Safari park? I thought Houston Zoo phased out Shoebills.

 

I was told it was shipped out, I don't know where to. You're correct about Houston, I forgot to pull that listing.
Anyone know if Houston's died or were sent away, and where SDZ's last one went?

@ThylacineAlive since he reported on Houstons awhile ago.

 

I thought they said in a video they concentrated the entire population to an off exhibit area at the Safari park for breeding.