Barcelona Zoo (Parc Zoològic de Barcelona in Catalan, Parque Zoológico de Barcelona in Spanish) is a zoo in the Parc de la Ciutadella in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The zoo used to be internationally known as the home of Snowflake, the only known albino gorilla, who died in 2003.
Animals Terrarium: Opened in 1972, the Barcelona Zoo's terrarium has one of the largest reptile and amphibian collections in Europe. Aviarium: The aviary was constructed in the 1970s and renovated in 2002. It houses 70 species of birds from all over the world. Palmeral: Located by the zoo entrance, the Palmeral consists of thirteen aviaries with different species of macaws and cockatoos. The aviaries are made out of either colourful wooden huts or galvanised steel tube and mesh. Marmoset Gallery: Constructed in 1990, the Marmoset Gallery consists of indoor and outdoor enclosures for 7 species of marmosets and tamarins. Sahel Savannah: A new complex was constructed in 2018 to improve the habitats for the zoo's African animals like giraffes, lions and African elephants. Vegetation from the Sahel region such as acacias, grasses and euphorbias are planted in the complex to recreate the habitat. The area was known as the home of Yoyo, an African elephant who at the age of her death in 2024 was estimated to be the oldest African elephant in captivity. Dolphinarium: Barcelona declared itself free of cetaceans in 2018, when the zoo's last three dolphins were transferred to the Attica Zoological Park in Athens. A petition on Change.org by the activist Olivia Mandle, asking that the dolphins be moved to a marine sanctuary, gathered more than 57,000 signatures.
Mammals
African bush elephant African forest buffalo Bactrian camel Banded mongoose Barbary macaque Barbary sheep Black howler monkey Black-faced impala Black-tailed prairie dog Blue wildebeest Bornean orangutan Brazilian tapir Brown bear California sea lion Capybara Chapman's zebra Chimpanzee Common hippopotamus Cotton-top tamarin Crested porcupine De Brazza's monkey Drill Eastern bongo Emperor tamarin Eurasian otter European bison European mouflon Giant anteater Golden-headed lion tamarin Goitered gazelle Goeldi's monkey Guanaco Iberian wolf Indian muntjac Jaguar Lion Lyle's flying fox Meerkat Mhorr gazelle Northern talapoin Patas monkey Pileated gibbon Pygmy hippopotamus Pygmy marmoset Red kangaroo Red panda Red-capped mangabey Red-handed tamarin Red-necked wallaby Ring-tailed lemur Rothschild's giraffe Saharan dorcas gazelle Scimitar oryx Silvery marmoset Southern white rhinoceros Spotted deer Spotted hyena Sri Lankan leopard Sumatran tiger Variegated spider monkey Warthog Western lowland gorilla White-naped mangabey
Birds
African sacred ibis American flamingo Black crowned crane Black-crowned night heron Black-naped fruit dove Black-necked swan Blacksmith lapwing Black-winged stilt Blue crowned pigeon Blue-and-yellow macaw Blue-breasted kingfisher Blue-crowned motmot Blue-throated macaw Chilean flamingo Cinereous vulture Common shelduck Crested partridge Crested screamer Dalmatian pelican Egyptian vulture Eurasian scops owl Eurasian spoonbill European roller Glossy ibis Great curassow Green-backed heron Grey-winged trumpeter Griffon vulture Guinea turaco Humboldt penguin Hyacinth macaw Inca jay Indian peafowl Laughing kookaburra Lesser grey shrike Lesser sulphur-crested cockatoo Little bittern Little egret Luzon bleeding-heart Marbled teal Mindanao bleeding-heart Nicobar pigeon Northern bald ibis Palawan peacock-pheasant Pied avocet Pied crow Pied imperial pigeon Purple swamphen Red-and-green macaw Red-crested turaco Red-fronted macaw Rosy-billed pochard Saddle-billed stork Scarlet ibis Silvery-cheeked hornbill Southern ground hornbill Spangled cotinga Speckled mousebird Spectacled owl Sunbittern Superb fruit dove Triton cockatoo Wattled jacana Western plantain-eater White cockatoo White stork White-collared kingfisher White-naped pheasant pigeon Victoria crowned pigeon Violet turaco
Reptiles and amphibians
African dwarf crocodile African spurred tortoise Aldabra giant tortoise Black marsh turtle Broad-snouted caiman Chinese alligator Dumeril's ground boa Galapagos tortoise Gila monster Green anaconda Hermann's tortoise Indian python Komodo dragon Majorcan midwife toad Montseny brook newt Rhinoceros iguana Siamese crocodile Yacare caiman
Incidents On 8 December 2014, a 45-year-old man jumped into the lion enclosure. He was bitten and scratched, but was rescued and eventually recovered from the injuries.
On 8 December 2020, four lions at the zoo tested positive for COVID-19.
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