ZooChat Challenge Europe 2023

Diergaarde Blijdorp - (8-02)

65. Gray slender lori (Loris lydekkerianus)

66. Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)
67. Marbled teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris)

 

Helsinki zoo 12/2/2023

1. Asiatic lion, Panthera leo persica
2. Amur leopard, Panthera pardus orientalis
3. Amur leopard cat, Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus
4. Siberian tiger, Panthera tigris altaica
5. Chantaburi warted treefrog, Theloderma stellatum
6. Crested partridge, Rollulus rouloul
7. White-rumped shama, Kittacincla malabarica
8. Hawk owl, Surnia ulula
9. European lynx, Lynx lynx
10. Reticulated hillstream loach, Sewellia lineolata
11. Brown bear, Ursus arctos
12. Common raven, Corvus corax
13. Persian goitered gazelle, Gazella subgutturosa subgutturosa
14. Turkmenian kulan, Equus hemionus kulan
15. Steller's sea eagle, Haliaeetus pelagicus
16. Tawny owl, Strix aluco
17. Leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius
18. Snow leopard, Panthera uncia
19. Tajik markhor, Capra falconeri heptneri
20. Pere david's deer, Elaphurus davidianus
21. Przewalski's horse, Equus ferus przewalskii
22. Musk ox, Ovibos moschatus
23. Bearded vulture, Gypaetus barbatus
24. Nepalese red panda, Ailurus fulgens fulgens
25. Red-tailed racer, Gonyosoma oxycephalum
26. Indian peafowl, Pavo cristatus
27. Common toad, Bufo bufo
28. Eurasian otter, Lutra lutra
29. Zebrafish, Danio rerio
30. Ruff, Calidris pugnax
31. Taiwan beauty rat snake, Elaphe taeniura friesi
32. Mishmi takin, Budorcas taxicolor taxicolor
33. Eurasian teal, Anas crecca
34. Tufted duck, Aythya fuliguöa
35. Wolverine, Gulo gulo
36. Snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus
37. Pine marten, Martes martes
38. Eurasian harvest mouse, Micromys minutus
39. Ural owl, Strix uralensis

 

Added one species to the list on my latest visit to Colchester Zoo (13th February):

24. Giant Asian pond turtle, Heosemys grandis

I looked for the binturong and Asian small-clawed otters, but neither were in evidence again.

 

I'm a bit late to this but here is my current list from my Chester visit in January:

Chester Zoo: 28th January

01. Asian Elephant
02. Swinhoe's Squirrel
03. Filament Barb
04. Mascara Barb
05. Great Hornbill
06. Collared Grosbeak
07. Spotted Laughingthrush
08. Cabot's Tragopan
09. Ruddy Shelduck
10. White-Headed Duck
11. Prevost's Squirrel
12. Tiger
13. Malayan Tapir
14. Sun Bear
15. Binturong
16. Rhinoceros Hornbill
17. Jewel Wasp
18. Tentacled Snake
19. Question Mark Cockroach
20. Blue-Crowned Hanging Parrot
21. Fea's Flying Tree Frog
22. Painted Batagur
23. Asian Giant Tortoise
24. Crested Partridge
25. Turkish Spiny Mouse
26. Omani Blind Cave Fish
27. Red Panda
28. Ferruginous Duck
29. Edward's Pheasant
30. Collared Partridge
31. Red-Tailed Laughingthrush
32. Red-Billed Blue Magpie
33. Brown Wood Owl
34. Himalayan Monal
35. Great Argus
36. Nicobar Pigeon
37. White-Winged Duck
38. Wrinkled Hornbill
39. Grey-Capped Emerald Dove
40. Mountain Peacock-Pheasant
41. Chinese Crocodile Lizard
42. Reticulated Python
43. Mangrove Snake
44. Red Avadavat
45. White-Headed Munia
46. Golden Coin Box Turtle
47. Onager
48. Eurasian Black Vulture
49. Black Stork
50. Marbled Teal
51. Indian Peafowl
52. Lion
53. Indian Rhinoceros
54. Lion-Tailed Macaque

 

Hamerton Zoo: 14th February
1. Eurasian Harvest Mouse
2. Lar Gibbon
3. Masked Palm Civet
4. Rusty-Spotted Cat
5. Cheetah
6. Tiger
7. Corsac Fox
8. Brown Bear
9. Asian Short-Clawed Otter
10. Himalayan Monal
11. Common Shelduck
12. Red-Breasted Goose
13. Bar-Headed Goose
14. Greater Flamingo
15. Little Bittern
16. White Stork
17. Sarus Crane
18. Red-Crowned Crane
19. Demoiselle Crane
20. Snowy Owl
21. Brown Wood Owl
22. Azure-Winged Magpie
23. Red-Billed Blue Magpie
24. Eurasian Jay
25. Egyptian Tortoise
26. Thai Red Mountain Ratsnake
27. Mangrove Snake
28. Dwarf Chain Loach

 

A few additions, first from a ZSL revisit a few weeks ago:

54. Pygmy slow loris, Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus
55. Edwards's pheasant, Lophura edwardsi
56. Chinese giant salamander, Andrias davidianus

...and then from a quick spin around London Wetland Centre this afternoon:

57. Greater scaup, Aythya marila
58. Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
59. Ferruginous duck, Aythya nyroca
60. Fulvous whistling duck, Dendrocygna bicolor
61. Northern pintail, Anas acuta
62. Red crested pochard, Netta rufina
63. White headed duck, Oxyura leucocephala

Unlikely to get many additions from now until summertime as I've got exams but should be a fruitful couple of holiday months then if all goes to plan .

 

Linton Zoo 15/2/23

91 Elongated Tortoise
92 Blue-crowned laughingthrush

 

ZSL London Zoo: 19th February
29. Grey Slender Loris
30. Pygmy Slow Loris
31. Hanuman Langur
32. Northern White-Cheeked Gibbon
33. Lion
34. Collared Partridge
35. Mountain Peacock-Pheasant
36. Marbled Teal
37. Great White Pelican
38. Woolly-Necked Stork
39. Grey-Capped Emerald Dove
40. Eurasian Griffon Vulture
41. Wrinkled Hornbill
42. Red-Whiskered Bulbul
43. White-Rumped Shama
44. Silver-Eared Mesia
45. Emei Shan Leiocichla
46. Blue-Crowned Laughingthrush
47. Chestnut-Backed Thrush
48. Orange-Headed Ground Thrush
49. Big-Headed Turtle
50. Annam Leaf Turtle
51. Mindanao Water Monitor
52. Reticulated Python
53. King Cobra
54. Chinese Giant Salamander
55. Kaiser's Spotted Newt
56. Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)
57. Giant Stick Insect (Tirachoidea jiangfenglingensis)
58. Giant Dead Leaf Mantis (Deroplatys desiccata)
59. Asian Weaver Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina)
60. Jungle Nymph (Heteropteryx dilatata)
61. Question-mark Cockroach (Therea olegrandjeani)
62. Jewel Wasp (Ampulex compressa)
63. Giant Asian Mantis (Hierodula membranacea)
64. Vietnamese Giant Magnolia Snail (Berita cambodgiensis)
65. Bluebottle Fly (Calliphora vomitoria)

 

A few additions from 18/2/23

British Wildlife Centre

I had to check the distribution for the species seen there and only found one which probably doesn't count (wood mouse). Failed to see a few others.

93 Eurasian otter
94 European Badger
95 Red Fox
96 Pine Marten
97 Common Buzzard
98 Marsh Frog
99 Raven
100 Long-eared owl
101 Stoat
102 Red Deer
103 Roe Deer
104 Eurasian Red Squirrel
105 Bank Vole
106 Field Vole
107 House mouse
108 Yellow -necked mouse
109 Brown Rat

Fenn Bell Zoo

110 Fishing Cat

 

Bad Mergentheim Wildlifepark visited on 21.02.2023

Birds

1. Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)
2. Great grey Owl (Strix nebulosa)
3. Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)
4. Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
5. Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
6. Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
7. Eurasian Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus)
8. Northern bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)


Mammals

1. European Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)
2. European Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos)
3. Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx)
4. European Moose (Alces alces)
5. Racoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
6. European wild Boar (Sus scrofa)
7. Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
8. European Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
9. Egyptian Fruit Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus)
10. Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus)
11. European fallow Deer (Dama dama)


Total: 19 Species

 

Fairly comprehensive visit today, including a species I wouldn’t have noticed from an onshow viewpoint if it hadn’t been flapping about…sadly a lot of the birds and reptiles that would count are currently offshow…

Paignton Zoo

INVERTEBRATES
1. Stegodyphus sarasinorum

FISH
1. Tanichthys micagemmae

AMPHIBIANS
1. Fea’s flying frog (Zhangixalus feae)
2. Laos warty newt (Laotriton laoensis)
3. Oriental fire-bellied newt (Cynops orientalis)
4. Vietnamese mossy frog (Theloderma corticale)

REPTILES
1. Indochinese box turtle (Cuora galbinifrons)
2. Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus crocodilurus)

BIRDS
1. Black hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus)
2. Oriental white stork (Ciconia boyciana)
3. Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
4. Sarus crane (Grus antigone antigone)
5. Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
6. Brown eared pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum)
7. Ural owl (Strix uralensis)
8. Mountain peacock pheasant (Polyplectron inopinatum)
9. Red-billed blue magpie (Urocissa erythrorhyncha)
10. White-crested laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus diardi)
11. Cabot’s tragopan (Tragopan caboti)

MAMMALS
1. Pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus)
2. Lar gibbon (Hylobates lar lar)
3. Takin (Budorcas taxicolor taxicolor)
4. Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus)
5. Binturong (Arctictis binturong)

TOTAL: 132

 

Let’s compete in this challenge! Thanks @MagpieGoose!

First zoo of the year: Burgers’ Zoo Arnhem (05/01/2023)

Mammals

1. Banteng (Bos javanicus)
2. Indian hog deer (Axis porcinus)
3. Eld’s deer (Cervus eldii)
4. Reeves’ muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi)
5. Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) *
6. Lion (Panthera leo) *
7. Leopard (Panthera pardus) *
8. Tiger (Panthera tigris) *
9. Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus)
10. Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)
11. Southern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina)
12. Dusky leaf monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus)
13. Yellow-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae)
14. Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)

* Not the Asian mainland subspecies, but according to the rules it's on species levels, so they count.

Birds

1. Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus)
2. White-winged duck (Asarcornis scutulata)
3. Black hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus)
4. Common emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica)
5. Green imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea)
6. Edwards's pheasant (Lophura edwardsi)
7. Crested partridge (Rollulus rouloul)
8. Asian fairy-bluebird (Irena puella)
9. White-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus)
10. Red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
11. Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

Reptiles

1. Reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus)
2. Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator)

Total: 27 species

 

Johnson's of Old Hurst 25/2/23

111 Siamese crocodile
112 Saltwater crocodile
113 Sloth Bear
114 Leopard cat
115 Ring-necked parakeet
116 Blue eared pheasant

 

Zoo Antwerp - (1-03)

68. Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina)
69. Reeves' muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi)

70. Abdim's stork (Ciconia abdimii)
71. African comb duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
72. Asian blue quail (Synoicus chinensis)
73. Barred buttonquail (Turnix suscitator)
74. Brahminy starling (Sturnia pagodarum)
75. Collared partridge (Arborophila gingica)
76. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)
77. Laughing dove (Streptopelia senegalensis)
78. Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
79. Red avadavat (Amandava amandava)
80. Red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
81. Red-fronted serin (Serinus pusillus)
82. Rosy starling (Pastor roseus)
83. Ruff (Calidris pugnax)

84. Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus)
85. Chinese water dragon (Physignathus cocincinus)
86. Ornate mastigure (Uromastyx ornata)
87. Reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus)
88. Schneider's skink (Eumeces schneideri)
89. South-east asian box turtle (Cuora amboinensis)

90. Long-nosed horned frog (Megophrys nasuta)
91. Luristan newt (Neurergus kaiseri)

92. Asian bonytongue (Scleropages formosus)
93. Pearlspot (Etroplus suratensis)

 

Had a spare minute so quickly counted up the eligible species for the challenge - in total the max score anyone could get is 1091, which can be broken down to:

Mammals - max. 188
Birds - max. 525
Reptiles - max. 250
Amphibs - max. 78
And then 25 apiece for inverts and fish.

Looking through the list of species that count, I'd be surprised if someone didn't reach somewhere in the 300-500 range as many of the species are fairly commonplace.

 

Aquazoo Leerdam yielded the first fish for the challenge this year, and quite a neat list as well!

Fish
1. Zebra Loach, Botia striata
2. Denison Barb, Sahyadria denisonii
3. Garra flavatra
4. Reticulated Hillstream Loach, Sewellia lineolata
5. Malabar Danio, Devario malabaricus
6. Pearl Gourami, Trichopodus leerii
7. Zebrafish, Danio rerio
8. Half-banded Kuhli Loach, Pangio semicincta
9. Banded Archerfish, Toxotes jaculatrix
10. Green Chromide, Etroplus suratensis
00. Loas Fireback Snakehead, Channa sp. "laos fireback" *

* As far as I know the exact species to which this variant of snakehead belongs to is not certain, and it may be an undescribed (sub)species, so I am not sure if I can count it.

 

Firstly: I forgot one bird species in Burgers Zoo:
12. Waldrapp’s ibis (Geronticus eremita)

2nd zoo of the year: Diergaarde Blijdorp (01/03/2023)

Mammals
15. Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus)
16. Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra)
17. Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra)
18. Francois' leaf monkey (Trachypithecus francoisi)
19. Greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
20. Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus)
21. Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)
22. Northern treeshrew (Tupaia belangeri)
23. Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
24. Prevost's squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii)
25. Red panda (Ailurus fulgens)
26. Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
27. Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis)
28. Tufted deer (Elaphodus cephalophus)
(+ the right subspecies of lion and leopard this time)

Birds
13. Asian woollyneck (Ciconia episcopus)
14. Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
15. Baer's pochard (Aythya baeri)
16. Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
17. Black-headed ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)
18. Blue-crowned laughingthrush (Garrulax courtoisi)
19. Common black kite (Milvus migrans)
20. Common eider (Somateria mollissima)
21. Common murre (Uria aalge)
22. Common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
23. Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
24. Eurasian great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
25. Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)
26. European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur)
27. Fulvous whistling-duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
28. Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
29. Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)
30. Indian eagle-owl (Bubo bengalensis)
31. Little egret (Egretta garzetta)
32. Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
33. Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica)
34. Northern pintail (Anas acuta)
35. Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
36. Pacific kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
37. Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
38. Plum-headed parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala)
39. Red-crested pochard (Netta rufina)
40. Red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
41. Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
42. Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
43. White-naped crane (Grus vipio)
44. Wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus)

Reptiles
3. Annam leaf turtle (Mauremys annamensis)
4. Burmese rock python (Python bivittatus)
5. McCord's box turtle (Cuora mccordi)
6. Kleinmann's tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni)

Amphibians
1. Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra)

Fish
1. Banded archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix)
2. Giant gourami (Osphronemus goramy)
3. Ocellated featherback (Chitala ornata)
4. Rosy barb (Pethia conchonius)
5. Tinfoil barb (Barbonymus schwanefeldii)
6. Tricolor sharkminnow (Balantiocheilos melanopterus)

Invertebrates
1. Giant Malaysian Leaf insect (Phyllium giganteum)
2. Migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) or Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)
I’m not sure which species of locust it is in the enclosure at the Crocodile River of Blijdorp, however both would count, so I included it as one. Maybe someone can confirm which species they keep at Blijdorp (or both in that enclosure)

Total: 87 species



@MagpieGoose I've a question about the rules: is it 25 fish+invertebrates or 25 fish + 25 invertebrates?

 

25 fish + 25 invertebrates!

I'm going to say this one won't count sadly!

 

National Marine Aquarium

FISH
1. Three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

TOTAL: 133

 

Zoo Dresden, Germany, 22/01/23

Mammals

13/ Caracal / Caracal caracal / karakal
14/ Western Tur / Capra caucasica / kozorožec kavkazský
15/ Himalayan Tahr / Hemitragus jemlahicus / tahr himalájský
16/ Takin / Budorcas taxicolor / takin
17/ Liontail Macaque / Macaca silenus / makak lví
18/ Yellow-throated Marten / Martes flavigula / charza žlutohrdlá
19/ Swinhoe's Striped Squirrel / Tamiops swinhoei / veverka šedobřichá
20/ Nilgai / Boselaphus tragocamelus / nilgau
21/ Hog Deer / Axis porcinus / jelínek vepří
22/ Pygmy white-toothed Shrew / Suncus etruscus / bělozubka nejmenší
23/ Eurasian Harvest Mouse / Micromys minutus / myška drobná
24/ Brown Rat / Rottus norvegicus / potkan

Birds

29/ Northern Nutcracker / Nucifraga caryocatactes / ořešník kropenatý
30/ Northern Hawk-Owl / Surnia ulula / sovice krahujová
31/ Little Grebe / Tachybaptus ruficollis / potápka malá
32/ Eurasian Curlew / Numenius arquata / koliha velká
33/ Harlequin Duck / Histrionicus histrionicus / kačka strakatá
34/ Common Redshank / Tringa totanus / vodouš rudonohý
35/ Bar-headed Goose / Anser indicus / husa tibetská
36/ Goosander / Mergus merganser / morčák velký
37/ Common Goldeneye / Bucephala clangula / hohol severní
38/ Blue-crowned Laughingthrush / Pterorhinus courtoisi / sojkovec modrohlavý
39/ European Goldfinch / Carduelis carduelis / stehlík obecný
40/ Yellowhammer / Emberiza citrinella / strnad obecný
41/ Common chaffinch / Fringilla coelebs / pěnkava obecná
42/ Song Thrush / Turdus philomelos / drozd zpěvný
43/ Common Reed Bunting / Emberiza schoeniclus / strnad rákosní
44/ Griffon Vulture / Gyps fulvus / sup bělohlavý
45/ Snowy Owl / Bubo scandiaca / sovice sněžní

Invertebrates

01/ Phaenopharos khaoyaiensis / strašilka
02/ Malaysian Orchid Mantis / Hymenopus coronatus / kudlanka korunková

Total: 74