ZooChat Challenge Europe 2018

Another species from yesterday that was unsigned but I've just identified (a new species for the zoo)

53) Madagascar Partridge Margaroperdix madagarensis

 

Chester Zoo- 03/02/2018
35) Garganey (Anas querquedula)
36) Red-billed Curassow (Crax blumenbachii)

 

Missed out on some rarities because of aviaries closer to prevent bird flu, but:

Chester Zoo

42. Baer’s pochard (Aythya baeri)
43. Cape teal (Anas capensis)
44. Marbled teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
45. Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
46. African white-backed duck (Thalassornis leuconotus)
47. White-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
48. Garganey (Spatula querquedula)
49. Red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis)
50. Ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca)
51. Smew (Mergellus albellus)
52. Collared partridge (Arborophila gingica)
53. Cabot’s tragopan (Tragopan caboti)
54. Lady Amherst’s pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae)

 

Visited two zoos that should be good for this challenge, but with the temporary closure of the bird house at the first zoo, and the second zoo having almost all of their fowl off-show because of the avian flu, my total this year is a lot less than it should/could have been.

Antwerp Zoo, 10/02/2018:
1) Madagascar teal, Anas bernieri
2) Madagascar partridge, Margaroperdix madagarensis
3) Helmeted guineafowl, Numida meleagris
4) White-faced whistling duck, Dendrocygna viduata
5) Fulvous whistling duck, Dendrocygna bicolor
6) Helmeted curassow, Pauxi pauxi
7) Bar-headed goose, Anser indicus
8) Californian quail, Callipepla californica

Burgers' Zoo, 11/02/2018:
9) Argus pheasant, Argusianus argus
10) Satyr tragopan, Tragopan satyra

 

Rio Safari Elche- 14/02/2018
37) Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
38) Northern Helmeted Curassow (Pauxi pauxi pauxi)
39) Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)

 

Got especially lucky with the last collection listed as almost all their waterfowl have been temporarily moved to the rhino house.

Zoo Frankfurt

55. Northern pintail (Anas acuta)

Wilhelma Zoo

56. Lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
57. Brent goose (Branta bernicla)
58. Argentine shoveler (Spatula platalea)
59. Baikal teal (Sibirionetta formosa)
60. Bronze-winged duck (Speculanas specularis)
61. Eurasian teal (Anas crecca)
62. Puna teal (Spatula puna)
63. Blue-throated piping guan (Pipile cumanensis)
64. Temminck’s tragopan (Tragopan temminckii)
65. Grey junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii)
66. Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracica)
67. Grey partridge (Perdix perdix)

Kölner Zoo

68. Magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata)
69. Black-bellied whistling duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
70. West Indian whistling duck (Dendrocygna arborea)
71. Emperor goose (Anser canagicus)
72. Hawaiian goose (Branta sandvicensis)
73. Lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus)
74. Ross’ goose (Anser rossii)
75. Swan goose (Anser cygnoid)
76. Spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis)
77. Radjah shelduck (Radjah radjah)
78. Orinoco goose (Neochen jubatus)
79. Magellanic steamer duck (Tachyeres pteneres)
80. Brazilian teal (Amazonetta brasiliensis)
81. Maned wood duck (Chenonetta jubata)
82. Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata)
83. Red-shouldered teal (Callonetta leucophrys)
84. Blue-winged teal (Spatula discors)
85. Chestnut teal (Anas castanea)
86. Chilean teal (Anas flavirostris)
87. Chiloe wigeon (Mareca sibilatrix)
88. Chinese spot-billed duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
89. Cinnamon teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
90. Eurasian wigeon (Mareca penelope)
91. Falcated duck (Mareca falcata)
92. Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
93. Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
94. Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis)
95. Meller’s duck (Anas melleri)
96. New Zealand black duck (Anas superciliosa)
97. New Zealand shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis)
98. Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
99. Patagonian crested duck (Lophonetta specularioides)
100. Philippine duck (Anas luzonica)
101. Red-billed teal (Anas erythrorhyncha)
102. South African black duck (Anas sparsa)
103. Sunda teal (Anas gibberifrons)
104. Versicolor teal (Spatula versicolor)
105. Yellow-billed duck (Anas undulata)
106. Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
107. Common pochard (Aythya ferina)
108. Greater scaup (Aythya marila)
109. Ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris)
110. Rosy-billed pochard (Netta peposaca)
111. South African pochard (Netta erythrophthalma)
112. Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
113. Harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
114. Barrow’s goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
115. Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
116. Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
117. Goosander (Mergus merganser)
118. Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
119. Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)
120. Maccoa duck (Oxyura maccoa)
121. Western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
122. Reeves’ pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)
123. Red junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
124. European quail (Coturnix coturnix)
125. Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris)

 

A slow start with exactly the same animals and numbers as @Vision, as both zoos were visited together.

ZOO Antwerpen, 10/02/2018:
1. Madagascar partridge (Margaroperdix madagarensis)
2. Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
3. Helmeted curassow (Pauxi pauxi)
4. Californian quail (Callipepla californica)
5. Madagascar teal (Anas bernieri)
6. Bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)
7. Fulvous whistling duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
8. White-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata)

Burgers' Zoo, 11/02/2018:
9. Argus pheasant (Argusianus argus)
10. Satyr tragopan (Tragopan satyra)

 

First additions for the year, nothing out of the ordinary yet:

Basel Zoo

1. Bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)
2. Black swan (Cygnus atratus)
3. Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
4. Common eider (Somateria mollissima)
5. Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
6. Common pochard (Aythya ferina)
7. Common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
8. Coscoroba swan (Coscoroba coscoroba)
9. Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
10. Eurasian wigeon (Mareca penelope)
11. Ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca)
12. Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
13. Northern pintail (Anas acuta)
14. Red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis)
15. Red-creasted pochard (Netta rufina)
16. Smew (Mergellus albellus)
17. Tufted pochard (Aythya fuligula)
18. Asian blue quail (Coturnis chinensis)
19. Australian brush turkey (Alectura lathami)
20. Crested wood partridge (Rollulus roulroul)
21. Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
22. Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris)

 

Me and @Vision noted the huge duck collection at Koln, in fact I'm astonished they could all fit in the relatively small Rhino House.

 

Must have been quite a spectacle, did you take any pics out of interest?

 

You're telling me! There I was, walking around trying to find SOME species for this challenge and coming up with very little (not to mention getting more and more disappointed when I saw what species would normally be in the lakes were it not for the weather), and then upon entering the rhino house (which only opened later in the day due to the red river hogs in the house having new piglets), I was astonished to find ALL of their species from the lakes bar a few (which I had already seen in closed aviaries on the islands in the middle of the lakes) in there! And more in an aviary round the back of the house! It was pretty nuts haha

Sadly not, the house was too humid and my lens kept fogging up

 

Bioparc Valencia- 17/02/2018
40) Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
41) South African Black Duck (Anas sparsa)
42) Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
43) Fulvous Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)

Oceanografic Valencia- 17/02/2018
44) Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
45) Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
46) South African Shelduck (Tadorna cana)
47) Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
48) Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
49) Eurasian Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca crecca)
50) Black-necked Swan (Cygnus melanocorhyphus)
51) Chiloe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix)

 

@MagpieGoose: Any sign of the Tundra swan at the Oceanografic?

 

No sign of Tundra Swan yesterday sadly

 

Damn, it's a small pet hate of mine that so few places have hand warmers at the entrance to hot humid exhibits, trying to warm up lenses otherwise is a nightmare!

 

I believe I have made a mistake as looking back at my photos from Colwyn Bay I believe the animal I saw was actually;
30) Yellow-billed Teal (Anas flavirostris)

 

Birdworld
25.1.2018

71. Black swan (Cygnus atratus)
72. Black-necked swan (Cygnus melancoryphus)
73. Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
74. Meller's duck (Anas melleri)
75. Plumed whistling duck (Dendrocygna eytoni)
76. Smew (Mergellus albellus)
77. West Indian whistling duck (Dendrocygna arborea)
78. White-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
79. Cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii)
80. Javanese green peafowl (Pavo muticus muticus)
81. Lady Amherst's pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae)
82. Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)
83. Vietnamese pheasant (Lophura hatinhensis)

Marwell
17.2.2018

84. Madagascar partridge (Margaroperdix madagarensis)

Wingham
25.2.18

85. North American wood duck (Aix sponsa)
86. Snow goose (Anser caerulescens)
87. Nepal kalij (Lophura leucomelanos)
88. Silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera)
89. Virginia quail (Colinus virginianus)

 

A fairly disappointing haul from Rotterdam due to the cold weather and bird flu restrictions.

Rotterdam Zoo, 01/03/2018:
11. Red junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
12. Common eider (Somateria mollissima)
13. Common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
14. Marbled teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
15. Red-crested pochard (Netta rufina)

 

I'm going to need to tweek my last post, misidentified some critters!

 

Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom- 10/03/2018
52) Reeves' Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)