While cleaning my basement, I stumbled upon a notebook containing a list I made of the San Diego Zoo's collection in the summer of 1990, when Tiger River had recently opened and the first phase of Gorilla Tropics (the Scripps aviary, several smaller aviaries, and the gorilla exhibit) was new (the bonobos, eagles, colobus/managabey, and some other smaller bird exhibits were still under construction). At this time, the old Bird and Primate plazas were still in existence, though the Bird Plaza in particular had some empty exhibits hose denizens had already moved to other locations (by the following year, many more exhibits on both plazas were empty). I had a full day at the zoo, but not the benefit of the longer evening hours now offered during the summer, and so did not manage to cover the entire zoo - I know that I missed the reptile plaza, the hummingbird aviary (which I was barely able to see before I had to leave, and for which I was unable to write down any of the species), and the aviary behind the bus stop, and I know that certain areas toward the end of my visit were rushed through (my notes for some of the smaller exhibits on Horn & Hoof are lacking, among others). But, for all of you fellow zoo nerds, I thought I'd post this list, as I certainly found it interesting. I plan on posting in several chunks (as long as there is interest from you all - this can be a bit time-consuming) - so here is the first part. Flamingo Lagoon: Little Blue Heron, White Ibis, Yellow-billed Spoonbill, Caribbean Flamingo, Canvasback, American Goosander Macaws: Hyacinth Macaw, Blue & Yellow Macaw, Military Macaw, Scarlet Macaw, Green-winged Macaw Tiger River Gavial Green Tree python Fishing Cat Indian Pond Heron, Milky Stork, Lesser Adjutant Stork, Oriental Ibis, White Spoonbill, Indian Whistling Duck, Radjah Shelduck, Cotton Teal, Pied Avocet, Australian Stone Curlew, Red-wattled Lapwing, White-breasted Kingfisher, Indian Roller, Chinese Bulbul, Black-throated Laughing Thrush, Red-tailed Laughing Thrush, Crested Shrike-jay, Azure-winged Magpie, Indian Flying Fox Cattle Egret, Malayan Tapir Reticulated Python Black-naped Fruit Dove, Crimson-breasted Barbet, Golden-breasted Fulvetta, Gold-crested Mynah, Larger Mouse Deer Prevost's Squirrel Sumatran Tiger Ferruginous Wood-partridge, Great Argus Pheasant, Golden Pheasant, Golden Heart, Lesser Brown Fruit Dove, Yellow-breasted Fruit Dove, Blue-winged Pitta, Daurian Redstart, Red-tailed Laughting Thrush, Red-faced Liocichla, Silver-eared Mesia, Thai Black Drongo Gorilla Tropics Scripps Aviary Black-headed Heron, Hammerkop, Abdim's Stork, Hermit Ibis, African Spoonbill, White-faced Whistling Duck, African Pygmy Goose, Cape Teal, Red-billed Pintail, Hottentot Teal, African Pygmy Falcon, African Jacana, Pied Avocet, Common Pratincole, Crowned Plover, South African Speckled Pigeon, Olive Pigeon, Red-eyed Dove, Laughing Dove, Black-billed Wood Dove, Namaqua Dove, African Green Pigeon, Gray Plantain-eater, Lady Ross's Turaco, Speckled Mousebird, Woodland Kingfisher, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Brown-hooded Kingfisher, Lilac-breasted Roller, Racket-tailed Roller, Rufous-crowned Roller, Blue-bellied Roller, Bearded Barbet, Oriole Warbler, Amethyst Starling, Southern Boubou, Fiscal Shrike, White-browed Robin Chat, Snowy-headed Robin Chat, White-crowned Robin Chat, Groundscraper Thrush, Arrow-marked Babbler, White-headed Buffalo Weaver, Hildebrandt's Starling, Wattled Starling Trumpeter Hornbill, Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, Suni Greater Painted Snipe, Black-headed Plover, White-fronted Sand Plover, Afircan Green Pigeon, White-bellied Go-away Bird, Little Bee-eater, White-eared Barbet, Fire-spotted Woodpecker, Snowy-headed Robin Chat, Capuchin Babbler, Splendid Sunbird, Golden-breasted Starling Congo Peafowl, Tambourine Dove, African Green Pigeon, Black-winged Lovebird, Schalow's Turaco, Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Long-crested Helmetshrike, White-crowned Robin Chat Bird Plaza Barbary Partridge, White-bellied Bustard, Egyptian Plover, Red-faced Lovebird Black-breasted Buttonquail, Goffin's Cockatoo African Pygmy Goose, African Jacana, Nyasa Lovebird, White-browed Robin Chat, Splendid Sunbird, Yellow-mantled Widowbird Dusky Lory Black-winged Ground Dove, Long-wattled Umbrella Bird, Spangle-cheeked Tanager Black-breasted Buttonquail, Hooded Parrot Sunbittern, Black-winged Ground Dove, Crimson Fruitcrow, Silver-throated Tanager, Spangle-cheeked Tanager, Swallow Tanager Hawk-headed Parrot Red-necked Aracari Black-breasted Buttonquail, Bronze-winged Parrot Bare-faced Ground Dove, Capuchin Bird, Andean Solitaire, Orange-billed Sparrow, Golden-browed Chlorophonia, Bay-headed Tanager, Golden-masked Tanager Taviuni Shining Parrot Crested Wood Partridge, Brown-backed Emerald Dove, Red-flanked Lorikeet, Lesser Green Broadbill, Orange-headed Ground Thrush, Yellow-breasted Laughing Thrush, Striated Yuhina Kea Bar-shouldered Dove, Blue-winged Parrot, Satin Bowerbird Blue-cheeked Amazon Yellow-crowned Amazon Galah Philby's Rock Partridge, Red-bellied Macaw Golden Conure Javanese Collared Dove, Pompadour Green Pigeon, Black-chinned Fruit Dove, Philippine Hanging Parrot, Red-tailed Minla Masked Shining Parrot Picui Dove, Turquoise Tanager, Red-legged Honeycreeper Thick-billed Parrot Amboina King Parrot Australian King Parrot Red-capped Parrot Kandavu Shining Parrot Guam Kingfisher, Blue-winged Leafbird, Blue-backed Fairy Bluebird Primate Plaza Ring-tailed Lemur Red Ruffed Lemur Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur Bolivian Reed Titi White-faced Saki Mantled Howler Bolivian Red Howler Golden-breasted Mangabey Cherry-crowned Mangabey Schmidt's Redtail Monkey Moustached Monkey Owl-faced Monkey L'Hoest's Monkey DeBrazza's Monkey Allen's Swamp Monkey Celebes Macaque Drill Kikuyu Colobus Fossa Siberian Yellow-throated Marten Grey-headed Tayra Guam Rail Red-flanked Douc Langur White-sideburned Black Leaf Monkey Siamang Bornean Orangutan Sumatran Orangutan Chinese Water Deer North Indian Muntjac Reeves's Muntjac That seems like a good place to break for now. A few thoughts I had while typing this: While the loss of species hoofstock at the Zoo (and Safari Park) is oft-bemoaned (that'll be covered in another post), I was struck by the incredible diversity of birds, many of which are no longer represented in any American collections. Four species of spoonbill, five species of roller (four in one aviary alone), all three species of Prosopeia parrot, a huge number of Neotropical bird species (there is little dedicated to South American birds any longer)... Not to mention the primates - two species of howlers (both barely represented at present, and not in San Diego's collection), five species of guenon (including sorely missed Owl-faced), the douc langurs... Hope at least some of you found this interesting.... I will follow up next week with the remainder of the collection.
Thanks for the welcome - I've been lurking for a little while, and I think finding that notebook gave me the push to finally register and start posting...
That's quite the list. I can't wait to see the list for Horn and Hoof Mesa. That seems like such a loss to the zoo. At least for fans of ungulates like me.
On to the two large rain forest aviaries: Plumed Whistling Duck, Mandarin Duck, Baikal Teal, White-faced Pigeon, Wonga Pigeon, Bartlett's Bleeding Heart, White-breasted Ground Pigeon, Pheasant Pigeon, Blue Crowned Pigeon, Yellow-breasted Fruit Dove, Gray-necked Fruit Pigeon, Rufous-bellied Fruit Pigeon, Green-naped Lorikeet, Orange-bellied Leafbird, Blue Whistling Thrush, White-crested Laughing Thrush, Greater Necklaced Laughing Thrush, White-spotted Laughing Thrush, White-browed Laughing Thrush, Red-tailed Laughing Thrush, Timor Helmeted Friarbird, Red Wattlebird, Rothschild' Mynah, Bald Starling, Glossy-mantled Manucode Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo, White-bellied Kingfisher, Great Indian Hornbill, Azure-winged Magpie Red Spurfowl, Temminck's Tragopan, Golden Pheasant, Ashy Wood Pigeon, Nilgiri Wood Pigeon, White-throated Pigeon, Emerald Dove, Nicobar Pigeon, White-breasted Ground Pigeon, Blue Crowned Pigeon, Gray-necked Fruit Pigeon, Celebes Green Imperial Pigeon, Pinon Imperial Pigeon, Goldie's Lorikeet, Indian Roller, Black-headed Woodpecker, Golden-fronted Leafbird, White-throated Laughing Thrush, White-crested Laughing Thrush, Tickell's Laughing Thrush, White-spotted Laughing Thrush, Red-faced Liocichla, Gray-headed Parrotbill, Blue-faced Honeyeater, Belford's Melidectes, Rothschild's Mynah, Golden-breasted Mynah, Yellow-faced Mynah, Black-naped Oriole Double-wattled Cassowary Emu Oriental White Stork Manchurian Crane Demoiselle Crane Eastern Brown Pelican, Lesser Adjutant Stork, Snow Goose, Hawaiian Goose, Aleutian Canada Goose, Orinoco Goose, Ruddy Shelduck, Paradise Shelduck, Spur-winged Goose, White-winged Wood Duck, Mandarin Duck, Maned Goose Southern Great White Pelican, White-breasted Cormorant, Cattle Egret, Saddlebill Stork, African Spoonbill, White-faced Whistling Duck, Black Spur-winged Goose, Hartlaub's Duck, Black Crowned Crane Andean Condor Bald Eagle Harpy Eagle Martial Eagle White-throated Caracara Verreaux's Eagle Owl Children's Zoo Pygmy Marmoset Ring-tailed Lemur Siberian Weasel Rock Cavy Rock Dove Green-billed Toucan European Otter Styan's Red Panda Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo Spider Monkey Echidna Spiny Mouse African Dormouse Sumatran Rhino Indian Rhino Black Rhino African Elephant/Asian Elephant Bat-eared Fox Giant Anteater Northern Margay Black-footed Cat Central Chinese Goral Dall's Sheep Chamois Rocky Mountain Goat Striped Hyena Red River Hog Arabian Wildcat African Civet Kenyan Serval Amur Leopard Cat Chinese Bharal Snow Leopard Chinese Wolf Jaguar North Chinese Leopard Persian Leopard Javan Rhinoceros Hornbill Cuban Hutia Crested Porcupine Aardwolf African Lion Polar Bear Sloth Bear Brown Bear Spectacled Bear Corsac Fox Greater Grison Sun Bear Aviaries - I must have been rushed in the Sun Bear Forest area (I recall the Lion-tailed Macaque and Binturong, as well as at least one Asian woodpecker species in the smaller aviaries around) Goat Canyon Dhole Bactrian Deer MacNeill's Deer Nilgiri Tahr Nubian Ibex Thorold's Deer White-tailed Deer Horn & Hoof Mesa - apologies, this must have been as I realized I was running out of time (this was a field trip as part of a summer program, and I remember getting so engrossed in the zoo as I wandered around that I rushed through large areas of the zoo at the end, frantically scribbling down what I could)... Bongo BantengCentral European Wild Boar Cuvier's Gazelle Tufted Deer Wood Bison Sichuan Takin Wallaroo Grey Kangaroo Przewalski's Horse Arabian Oryx Southern Pudu Mountain Anoa Brindled Gnu Cape Buffalo Damara Zebra Beisa Oryz Dorcas Gazelle Mhorr Gazelle Masai Giraffe Corsac Fox Banded Mongoose Okapi Meerkat Guanaco Bactrian Camel Slender-horned Gazelle Scimitar-horned Oryx Sika Deer, Muntjac Mexican Red Brocket, Horned Screamer Greater Kudu Babirusa, Stork (species not noted) Kenyan Impala Bawean Deer also - from my pictures, though missing from my notes (which, as noted, are incomplete) - Calamian Deer, Russian Saiga, Mesopotamian Fallow Deer, Mishmi Takin, some species of wallaby, some species of wild goat, probably more The aviaries leading into Goat Canyon are somehow missing from my notes as well (I'm fearing that one page from my notebook may be gone entirely) held, among others, Micronesian Megapode, Cabot's Tragopan, and Chinese Monal. I know that I was in too much of a hurry to hit the Kiwi house, and lacked time to take adequate notes around the Koalas (noted several species of lories) or in the Hummingbird Aviary. I did get one additional row of small exhibits: Belanger's Tree Shrew Bay Owl Hedgehog (species unknown) Prevost's Squirrel Bornean Prevost's Squirrel African Ground Squirrel European Red Squirrel Pheasant Pigeon Raggiana Bird of Paradise White-headed Hornbill Spectacled Owl Also, I have a picture taken of an exhibit in one of the canyons (probably Bear Canyon), with a South American Sea Lion (temporary looking exhibit). Sorry the notes from the end of the day were so incomplete - frustrating to me. I know I took hundreds of pictures (which was a much more difficult task in the days before digital cameras - I know I had to buy film there as I ran out), but many of them are lost to time or one of the many moves I've made since then. This was the summer I was 16, working on statistical modeling of northern spotted owl populations at the UCSD (which later became the basis for my senior thesis in college, where expanded into computer modeling of mountain gorilla populations), and while I did not take notes at the other institutions, I also managed to get to Sea World San Diego (when the waterfowl collection there was much larger), Scripps Aquarium, and the San Diego Wild Animal Park. For a young zoo nerd, it was a formative experience - prior to that trip, I'd been only to my local zoos: Cleveland, the Akron Zoo (where I had actually volunteered the entire summer before), Sea World of Ohio (where I later worked for two summers), Columbus, and a few I hit on family vacations: the National Zoo, Brookfield and Lincoln Park Zoos in Chicago, and Busch Gardens Tampa. This 1 day trip to the San Diego Zoo, though, was truly the beginning for me - I made it a quest to hit major zoos whenever I traveled. I remember that one day so well - especially the thrill of seeing species I had no idea were even held in captivity in the U.S., such as Bawean Deer and Oriental White Storks (both long absent from North American collections). This was the time before wild pigs were found in many US collections - red river hogs and wild boars were almost entirely absent (as I recall, for years there was a fear of disease and almost no suids could be imported to this country - anyone know more about this?). Fortunately, I was able to make a return trip to the San Diego Zoo the following summer (I hope I someday run across the notebook I had on that trup), when I was able to spend enough time to cover the entire zoo...and then 10 years later, when I returned during the summer of 2001 (I had since dispatched with making my own lists...), but it's been a long 14 years and I've yet to see the oft-maligned Elephant Odyssey or any of the other new exhibits added since (though the database on ISIS and, in the past year, the forums here) have allowed me to keep up. Hope to get back soon.
Great list! I had posted my San Diego Zoo lists from the past on a Giant Eland photo of mine, but figured I could have them here as well for easier locating: 1999 Mammals Only: Horn and Hoof Mesa: Barbary Red Deer Bantang w/ Eurasian Wild Boar Dorcas Gazelle Calamian Deer Common Duiker Chacoan Pecary Reeve's Muntjac Mara w/ Golden-rumped Agouti Zulu Suni Giant Forest Hog or Bush Pig Takin Giant Eland w/ Black-faced Impala Mhorr Gazelle Red River Hog Lowland Anoa Beisa Oryx Forest Buffalo Curviar's Gazelle w/ Reeve's Muntjac and Warthog Damara Zebra Gerenuk Giraffe Bearded Pig Steppe Polecat Banded Mongoose Bawean Deer Russian Saiga Mesopotamian Fallow Deer Urial African Kopje: Klipspringer Dwarf Mongoose Rock Hyrax South African Ground Squirrel Goat and Sheep Canyon: Japanese Serow Snow Sheep Dall's Sheep Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Mountain Goat Central Chinese Goral Spanish Ibex East Caucasian Tur Warthog Bharal (next to big cats) Big Cat Canyon: Striped Hyena alternated with Siberian Lynx Snow Leopard Jaguar North Chinese Leopard Persian Leopard African Civet Caracal Fossa Corsac Fox Tayra Elephant Mesa/Australia: African Elephant Asian Elephant Black Rhino Common Duiker Baird's Tapir Yellow-backed Duiker Feathertail Glider Wild Cat Banded Mongoose Margay Meerkat Lowland Anoa Indian Fruit Bat Rwenzori Mountain Fruit Bat Soemmerring's Gazelle Parma Wallaby Tasmanian Devil Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo Koala Tiger Quoll Francois Langur Bactrian Camel Bear Canyon: Lion-tailed Macaque Bingturong Malayan Sun Bear Alaskan Brown Bear Manchurian Brown Bear Lion Eurasian Otter Spectacled Bear Children's Zoo: Pygmy Marmoset Red-ruffed Lemur Brown Spider Monkey Gunther's Dik Dik Red Panda North American River Otter House Mouse Naked Mole Rat Madagascar Streaked Tenrec (Can't believe I didn't see or photograph this! Don't even remember writing it down!!! Had no idea how rare in zoos these were/are) Mountain Tapir Primate Mesa: Douc Langur Colobus Monkey Owl Monkey Lesser Spot Nosed Guenon Allen's Swamp Monkey L'host's Guenon Gelada Drill Spider Monkey Paca Ratel Various Marmosets/Tamarains Gorilla Bonobo Orangutan Siamang Tiger River/Ituri Forest/Panda Canyon: Fishing Cat Malayan Tapir Slow Loris Lesser Mouse Deer Malayan Tiger Okapi Hippo DeBrezza Guenon Allen's Swamp Monkey Schmidt's Spot-nosed Guenon Spot-necked Otter Forrest Buffalo Bush Pig Red River Hog Bongo Panda Tufted Deer Polar Bear Plunge: Polar Bear Arctic Fox Siberian Reindeer Siberian Yellow-throated Marten Hunte Amphitheater Show: North American River Otter American Badger Kinkajou Clouded Leopard Cheetah
And here's a list my dad wrote down in 1989 of the species that corresponded to the photos we took (really horrible photos, I was 6 years old and taking half of them haha). Wow even back then I only showed interest in mammals haha. 1.) Wallaby 2.) White Koala 3.) Scimitar horned Oryx 4.) Slender Horned Gazelle 5.) Guanaco 6.) Rock Hyrax 7.) Bawean Deer 8.) South African Sringbok & Kenya Impala 9.) Celebes Babirusa 10.) South African Ostrich 11.) Lowland Nyala 12.) Mhorr Gazelle 13.) Saharan Dorcas Gazelle 14.) Beisa Oryx 15.) Greater Kudu 16.) Damara Zebra 17.) Mandrian Sika Deer 18.) Forest Buffalo 19.) Mexican Red Brocket Deer 20.) Arabian Oryx 21.) Mountain Anoa 22.) Sichuan Takin 23.) Wood Bison 24.) Maxwell’s Duiker 25.) Cuvier’s Gazelle 26.) European Wild Boar 27.) Javan Banteng 28.) Pampas Deer with Patagonia Cavy/Mara 29.) North Indian Muntjac 30.) Sun Bear 31.) African Lion 32.) Southern Lea Lion 33.) Manchurian Brown Bear 34.) Spectacled Bear 35.) Aardwolf 36.) Bat Eared Fox 37.) Corsac Fox w Young 38.) Black Rhino 39.) Indian Rhino 40.) Fishing Cat 41.) Malayan Tapir 42.) Mouse Deer 43.) Sumatran Tiger 44.) DeBrazza’s Guenon 45.) Allen’s Swamp Monkey 46.) Celebes Crested Macaque 47.) Mantled Howler Monkey
