Zoopark Zajezd have reopened its Terarium house (chameleons, iguanas, birds etc.). They have added two new bird species on show, black-faced dacnis (Dacnis lineata) and blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus).
The zoo built a simple pen for European tortoises near dromedaries. It has 3 sections - for Marginated, Hermann´s and Greek tortoises. The new Latin American house is not fully completed yet, but the zoopark already moved their tamarins into its outside aviaries (because main season started and they didnt want them to sit empty). On show are currently - golden-headed lion tamarins, white-headed marmoset, common marmoset, golden-handed tamarin and white-lipped tamarin (this species has fresh twins). When house is 100% completed (circa August), it will also host wild guinea pigs, three.banded armadillo, Chacoan maras, red-footed tortoise and maybe more.
New exhibit is a spacious cage for snow owls (in newer zoo part). Latin American house got a new room with reptiles. Species on show - plumed basilisk, west Cuban anole, many-colored bush anole and Mexican musk turtle. Soon some tanagers should come too. FB
Latin American birds added on exhibit: silver-beaked tanager, black-faced dacnis and red-legged honeycreeper.
New African bird species in Terarium house - Red-cheeked Cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus) - Grey-headed Oliveback (Nesocharis capistrata)
The people who own Zájezd are importing farm-bred song birds from South America regularly. However most of them are pre-ordered by private keepers and so they dont get on show at all before they get sold. Hopefully this species will remain here.
Corsac foxes got 4 cubs. They were born on 14th of March, 3 males and 1 female, and now start to explore their exhibit. Article
After a visit to the Zoopark last month, I can now give an up-to-date list of chameleon species that are currently being kept. Due to the short lifespan of chameleons , species come and go all the time, but this is the species list as of april/may 2023; Species on public display; Domergue's leaf chameleon (Brookesia thieli)* Veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) Flapneck chameleon (Chamaeleo dilepis)* Jewelled chameleon (Furcifer lateralis) Giant Madagascar chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti) Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) Warty chameleon (Furcifer verrucosus) Green chameleon (Furcifer viridis)* Boehme’s two-horned chamaeleon (Kinyongia boehmei)* Jackson's chameleon (Trioceros jacksonii jacksonii) Mount Kenya Jackson’s chameleon (Trioceros jacksonii xantholophus) Seen behind the scenes; Pondo dwarf chameleon (Bradypodion caffrum)* Brown leaf chameleon (Brookesia superciliaris)* African chameleon (Chamaeleo africanus) High-casque chameleon (Trioceros hoehnelii)* * = Only holding in Europe. After this visit I was able to add 10 new species and 1 new subspecies of chameleon to my list!
Zoopark Zájezd has bred a yellow-crowned gonolek, a first-time breeding success in a European zoo. Zoopark Zájezd
New species on show is common yellow-toothed cavy (mixed in common marmoset exhibit). Capuchinbirds are kept off-show, they were imported on order for another holder and will leave soon. The zoo owner still has open export quota left for different tropical bird species from Surinam so new imports are planned. The last blue iguana is a male and will go on breeding loan to Austria soon. That means this species wont be kept any longer. The exhibit will be probably used for birds. The long term plan of the zoo owner is to close the old part of the zoo (with lemurs, chameleons etc.) for public and expand instead the new areal (farm animals). New land was bought already including forest for this expansion, but open question is feasibility of construction of infrastructure (electricity, water, sewage...) on that land. So lets see what happens. The old part would in such case only be accessible for visiting keepers/potential animal buyers in guided tour. Source, with some pics
