ZooChat Challenge (Global) 2017

55) Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)- Birdworld
56) Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)- Birdworld
57) White-throated Magpie-Jay (Calocitta formosa)- Birdworld
58) Wattled Starling (Creatophora cinerea)- Birdworld
59) Splendid Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis splendidus)- Birdworld
60) White-crested Laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus)- Birdworld
61) Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis)- Birdworld
62) White-eared Bulbul (Pycnonoctus leucotis)- Birdworld
63) Asian Black Bulbul (Hypsipetes leucocephalus)- Birdworld
64) Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush (Garrulax pectoralis)- Birdworld

 

Saint Louis Zoo 7/31/17:
148. Golden white-eye Cleptornis marchei
149. Blue-faced honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis

 

World Bird Sanctuary 8/1/17:
150. American crow Corvus brachyrhynchos

Permanently captive bird.

 

Figured I should update my list here as well with my progress over the last few months, as I do have in fact seen more than nine passerines this year.

10. Purple glossy-starling (Lamprotornis purpureus)
11. Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
12. Crested oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)
13. Red-legged honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)
14. Common raven (Corvus corax)
15. Red-crested cardinal (Paroaria coronata)
16. Red siskin (Carduelis cucullata)
17. Guianan cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola rupicola)
18. Bali mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi)
19. Snowy-crowned robin-chat (Cossypha niveicapilla)
20. Montserrat oriole (Icterus oberi)
21. White-tailed jay (Cyanocorax mystacalis)
22. Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
23. Long-tailed finch (Poephila acuticauda)
24. Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae)
25. Scarlet-headed blackbird (Amblyramphus holosericeus)
26. Rose-bellied bunting (Passerina rositae)
27. Blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis)
28. Inca Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)
29. Red-billed blue magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha)
30. Jungle mynah (Acridotheres fuscus)
31. Turquoise tanager (Tangara mexicana)
32. Pied crow (Corvus albus)
33. Asian glossy starling (Aplonis panayensis)
34. Common hill mynah (Gracula religiosa)
35. Java sparrow (Padda oryzivora)
36. Wattled starling (Creatophora cinerea)
37. Peking robin (Leiothrix lutea)
38. Chestnut-backed ground-thrush (Zoothera dohertyi)
39. White-eared bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis)
40. Purple glossy-starling (Lamprotornis purpureus)
41. Saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola)
42. Village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus)

 

Hagenbeck Zoo
150. Hildebrandt's starling - Lamprotornis hildebrandtii
151. Taveta golden weaver - Ploceus castaneiceps
152. Paradise whydah - Steganura paradisaea
153. Black-cheeked waxbill - Estrilda erythrontos
154. Chestnut-headed sparrow lark - Errmopterix leucotis
155. Speckle-fronted weaver - Sporopipes frontalis
156. Cape canary - Serinus canicollis
157. Red-billed oxpecker - Buphagus erythrorhynchus

Weltvogelpark Walsrode
158. Blue-winged pitta – Pitta moluccensis
159. Pompadour cotinga – Xipholena punicea
160. Flame-faced tanager – Tangara parzudakii
161. Silver-beaked tanager – Ramphocelus carbo
162. Blue dacnis – Dacnis cavana
163. Thick-billed euphonia- Euphonia laniirostris
164. Blue-necked tanager – Tangara cyanicollis
165. Red-cowled cardinal – Paroaria dominicana
166. Amethyst starling - Cinnyriclincus leucogaster (quite sure I’ve seen this earlier, but have discovered I hadn’t claimed it)
167. Pin-tailed whydah – Vidua macroura
168. Piapiac – Ptilostomus afer
169. Golden-bellied grosbeak – Pheucticus chrysogaster
170. Sickle-billed vanga – Falculea palliata
171. Redpoll – Carduelis flammea
172. Hawfinch – Coccothraustes coccothraustes
173. White-tailed jay – Cyanocorax mystacalis
174. Magpie shrike – Urolestes melanoleucus
175. Black-headed sibia – Malacias desgodinsi
176. Greater bird-of-paradise – Paradisaea apoda
177. Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise – Seleucidis melanoleuca
178. Raggiana bird-of-paradise – Paradisaea raggiana
179. Yellow-faced myna – Mino dumontii
180. Emei Shan leocichla – Leocichla omeiensis
181. Long-wattled umbrellabird – Cephalopterus penduliger
182. Great kiskadee – Pitangus sulphuratus
183. Andean cock-of-the-rock – Rupicola peruvianus
184. Capuchinbird – Perissocephalus tricolor
185. Scarlet-headed blackbird – Amblyramphus holosericeus
186. Green oropendola – Psarocolius viridus
187. Montezuma oropendola – Psarocolius montezuma
188. Chestnut-backed scimitar babbler – Pomatorhinus montanus
189. Saffron-crowned tanager – Tangara xanthocephala
190. White-breasted wood-swallow – Artamus leucorhynchus

Note that I realised I had one species (Ploceus cucullatus) listed twice under different common names.

Your reign of terror at the top is over, @Vision. At least for the moment. It's going to be very close I think. We've both fired our Plzen and Walsrode shots now: much hinges on what you can find at Bronx.

And don't think I haven't noticed you loitering in third, @jayjds2.

 

It seems my reign "of terror" has indeed passed... However, don't think you'll get away with it that easily! In 6 hours, I'll be on a plane to Czechia to visit all relevant zoos there.

Very nice list though, and congratulations on surpassing me! Nice to see you did see the pin-tailed whydah, we left their hall for last and were chased out as it closed a bit earlier than we anticipated.

Also, your post made me realize something: in April, both yellow and golden-bellied grosbeaks were listed on zootierliste, and the signage in walsrode was very confusing so I wasn't certain whether or not I saw yellow (a species I'd already seen in Burgers zoo) or golden-bellied (a new species). However, since then they seem to have been identified as golden-bellied on zootierliste, and you list them as such as well, so:

Weltvogelpark Walsrode, 08/04/2017:
183) Golden-bellied grosbeak, Pheucticus chrysogaster

 

Oi. I said you'd fired your Plzen shot! Nobody said anything about reloading...

 

Unfortunately, it seems I'll continue to loiter, as I've just about exhausted the available passerines. After scraping what I could from Omaha and Cincinnati, I'll be pretty solid at my total, while you, @Vision, and @FunkyGibbon continue to creep higher and higher.

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo 8/5/17:
151. Salvadori's weaver Ploceus dichrocephalus
152. Chinese hwamei Garrulax canorus
153. Northern red bishop Euplectes franciscanus
154. Scott's oriole Icterus parisorum
155. Hooded oriole Icterus cucullatus

Cincinnati Zoo 8/6/17:
156. Red-crested finch Coryphosingus cucullatus

 

They are, alas.

 

65) Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis)- Chester Zoo

 

Catch me if you can.

Berlin Zoo
191. Blue-grey tanager – Thraupis episcopus
192. Black-and-white seedeater – Sporophila luctuosa
193. Blue grosbeak – Passerina caerulea
194. African quailfinch – Ortygospiza atricollis
195. Red-winged pytilia – Pytilia phoenicoptera
196. Golden-headed manikin – Ceratopipra erythrocephala
197. White-eared catbird – Ailuroedus buccoides
198. Black-throated finch – Poephila cincta
199. Double-banded finch – Taeniopygia bichenovii
200. Red-rumped cacique – Cacicus haemorrhous
201. Australian magpie – Gymnorhina tibicen
202. Trumpet manucode – Manucodia keraudrenii
203. Greater blue-eared glossy starling – Lamprotornis chalybaeus
204. Asian pied starling – Gracupica contra
205. Common myna – Acridotheres tristis
206. Rueppell’s glossy starling – Lamprotornis purpuroptera
207. Fire-crowned bishop – Euplectes hordeacea
208. White-eared bulbul – Pyconotus leucotis
209. Western bluebill – Spermophaga haematina
210. Grey-headed oliveback – Nesocharis capistrata
211. Black-faced dacnis – Dacnis lineata
212. African yellow white-eye – Zosterops senegalensis
213. Black-faced firefinch – Lagonostica vineacea

Berlin Tierpark
214. Swallow tanager – Tersina viridis
215. Greater Antillean bullfinch – Loxigilla violacea
216. Red-crested finch – Coryphospingus cucullatus
217. Blue-and-yellow tanager – Thraupis bonariensis
218. Chinese hwamei – Leucodioptron canorum
219. Greater necklaced laughing-thrush – Garrulax pectoralis
220. Lesser necklaced laughing-thrush – Garrulax monileger
221. Chinese babax – Babax lanceolatus
222. White-browsed laughing-thrush – Pterorhinus sannio
223. Blue whistling thrush – Myophobus caeruleus
224. Scarlet-faced liocichla – Liocichla ripponi
225. Red-vented bulbul – Pycnonotus cafer
226. Violaceous euphonia – Euphonia violacea
227. Antillean siskin – Carduelis dominicensis
228. Red-winged starling – Onychognathus morio

Leipzig Zoo
229. Peters’s twinspot – Hypargos niveoguttatus
230. Yellow-crowned gonolek – Laniarius barbarous
231. Tricolour parrot-finch – Erythrura tricolor

 

Oh, but I can!

Zoologická zahrada Zlin, 09/08/2017:
184) White-necked raven, Corvus albicollis

Zoologická zahrada Ostrava, 11/08/2017:
185) Red-billed chough, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Zoologická zahrada Praha, 12/08/2017:
186) Horned lark, Eremophila alpestris
187) White-throated laughingthrush, Garrulax albogularis
188) Rufous-cheeked laughingthrush, Garrulax castanotis
189) Barred laughingthrush, Ianthocincla lunulata
190) Scarlet-faced liocichla, Liocichla ripponi
191) Red-winged laughingthrush, Trochalopteron formosum
192) Silver-eared laughingthrush, Trochalopteron melanostigma
193) Helmeted friarbird, Philemon buceroides
194) Golden-crested myna, Ampeliceps coronatus
195) Red-billed buffalo-weaver, Bubalornis niger
196) Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs

Zoologická zahrada Plzeň, 13/08 & 17/08/2017:
197) Chestnut bulbul, Hemixos castanonotus
198) Cream-striped bulbul, Pycnonotus leucogrammicus
199) Light-vented bulbul, Pycnonotus sinensis
200) Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus
201) Hypocolius, Hypocolius ampelinus
202) Black-throated accentor, Prunella atrogularis
203) Rufous scrub-robin, Erythropygia galactotes
204) Black wheatear, Oenanthe leucura
205) Moussier's redstart, Phoenicurus moessieri
206) European black redstart, Phoenicurus ochruros
207) Siberian thrush, Zoothera sibirica
208) Oriole warbler, Hypergerus atriceps
209) Red-fronted laughingthrush, Garrulax rufifrons
210) Chestnut-flanked white-eye, Zosterops erythopleurus
211) Montane white-eye, Zosterops poliogastrus
212) Sumatran treepie, Dendrocitta occipitalis
213) Sulawesi myna, Basilornis celebensis
214) Eastern fox sparrow, Passerella iliaca
215) Painted firetail, Emblema pictum
216) Chestnut-breasted munia, Lonchura castaneothorax
217) Dusky munia, Lonchura fuscans
218) Grand munia, Lonchura grandis
219) White-headed munia, Lonchura maja
220) Plum-headed finch, Neochmia modesta
221) Timor sparrow, Padda fuscata
222) Black-throated finch, Poephila cincta
223) Masked finch, Poephila personata
224) Oriental greenfinch, Carduelis sinica
225) Red-headed bunting, Emberiza bruniceps
226) Rock bunting, Emberiza cia
227) Cuban grassquit, Tiaris canorus
228) European serin, Serinus serinus

Zoologická zahrada Decin, 14/08/2017:
229) Black-faced munia, Lonchura molucca

ZOO Dvůr Králové, 15/08/2017:
230) Wattled starling, Creatophora cinerea
231) Cape sparrow, Passer melanurus
232) Yellow-mantled widowbird, Euplectes macroura

To @KevinVar, @GerbenElzinga and my delight, a lot of Plzen's off-show species have been moved on-display all at once (as can be seen if you compare the above list with the full species list I made in february). For almost all of those species, no signage was present, so identifying all of the waxbills, finches, buntings, etc. was a bit of a challenge in itself!

I understand that this does sound very coincidental and perhaps unrealistic, so as such I have made sure to have pictures of almost every species listed above, that I can share if necessary.

 

I was indeed thinking you might have uploaded the offshow list as well . That said it means that the already full aviaries are now even more overstocked....

 

Don't worry, all species on this list are species seen in on-show aviaries from the visitor path!
We did also go off-show, but the bird area was now largely confined to just extra individuals of things that are on-show. A lot of the cages were empty, and a lot of the mammals were moved to former bird cages in which they have more space.

Non-passerine highlights that were moved on-show include (but are not limited to) greater vasa parrot, white-eared brown pigeon, Stephan's dove, European cuckoo, Madagascar partridge, red-throated bee-eater, collared pratincole...

You are correct in saying a lot of the aviaries were now even more over-crowded than before, though! I like Plzen a lot, but they should consider exploring more/other ways of displaying their wonderful bird collection.

 

Contrary to many others you list, these were already on show early June and this aviary was one of my highlights...

I was surprised a bit by how few aviaries there were given the amount of space available. I mean if you want to bring in so many new species, you can construct 10 or 20 extra aviaries in the same style as already present.

Plzen could be wonderful, if they kick stop overstocking everything and demolish some of the small enclosure. Nobody cares to see yellow, slender, dwarf and zebra mongoose and cusimanses next to each other. Throw the zebra and yellow mongooses out and all you still have a choice collection, but then you don't need to keep slender mongooses in a small aquarium of less than 5 square meters... The same goes for many other species groups as well, especially lemurs....

 

I was just sitting at my computer when I had a thought that this thread had been silent for a few months now and my summer's been so hectic this year that I didn't notice how long it'd been. I was curious if people had given up on the challenge. Now imagine my surprise when I realized I simply haven't been getting post notifications anymore for my own thread! Sorry folks..

As for the Song Thrush at Living Coasts, since the zoo has gone ahead and officially made them a part of their collection I'd say it's fair to include them.

~Thylo

 

I couldn't agree more. Certainly with lemurs it's an odd choice, because they have 2 relatively large exhibits for ring-tailed lemurs, but all of their Eulemur collection is confined to small indoor terraria, with perhaps a small rotating aviary outdoors. Same goes for their Varecia... If they got rid of one ring-tailed group (as much as I love the species!) they could offer at least 2 Eulemur/Varecia species a much larger combined exhibit, freeing more space to perhaps double sizes of exhibits in the Madagascar house...

 

Your word is your bond, as they say.

That'll be decisive I think. I have very few significant shots left to fire.

 

66) Purple Grenadier (Uraeginthus ianthinogaster)- Five Sisters Zoo Park
67) Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)- Five Sisters Zoo Park