Wildlife HQ Zoo (formerly Queensland Zoo), is located at the Big Pineapple, Woombye, Queensland on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland and opened in November 2013. In March 2014 many animals were relocated from the now closed Alma Park Zoo.
Opening hours
The zoo is open every day of the year except Christmas Day. It is open between 9am and 4pm with the last entry at 3pm.
Animals
Wildlife HQ has a range of species from around the world. Currently eleven species of bird are kept at the zoo including red-tailed black cockatoos, sulphur-crested cockatoos, southern cassowaries, emu, laughing kookaburra and tawny frogmouths. The zoo currently has more than twenty-five exotic mammal species (including thirteen primate species presently) and continue to expand their species holdings. The zoo also houses several Australian species of mammals including koalas, wallabies, kangaroos, bettongs, potoroos, quokkas, quoll, a wombat and an echidna. The majority of the zoo's reptile collection is exhibited in the ‘’Reptile Barn’’ which displays a diverse collection of non-venomous snakes, lizards and tortoises.30 June 2016 New Reptile Barn. Retrieved on 3 December 2021.
Complete species (and subspecies) list of animals at the zoo below.
Birds
Australian masked owl Blue peafowl Cape Barren goose Eclectus parrot Emu Helmeted guineafowl Laughing kookaburra Red-tailed black cockatoo Southern cassowary Sulphur-crested cockatoo Tawny frogmouth
Mammals
African wild dog Alpaca Bilby Binturong Black-and-white ruffed lemur Blackbuck Black-capped capuchin Black-handed spider monkey Bolivian squirrel monkey Brush-tailed rock-wallaby Cape porcupine Capybara Cotton-top tamarin Dingo Domestic guinea pig Eastern grey kangaroo Eastern quoll Emperor tamarin Fallow deer Fennec fox Golden lion tamarin Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo Hamadryas baboon Koala Long-nosed potoroo Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo Maned wolf Meerkat Miniature pony Mountain brushtail possum Night monkey Northern white-cheeked gibbon Pygmy marmoset Quokka Red-necked wallaby Red kangaroo Red panda Red-rumped agouti Ring-tailed lemur Rufous bettong Short-beaked echidna Siamang Southern hairy-nosed wombat Squirrel glider Sugar glider Sun bear Swamp wallaby Tasmanian devil White-tufted marmoset
Reptiles
Alligator snapping turtle American alligator Ball python Black-headed python Boa constrictor Boyd's forest dragon Burmese python Central bearded dragon Central netted dragon Corn snake Darwin carpet python Diamond carpet python Eastern blue-tongued lizard Fijian crested iguana Gilbert's lashtail dragon Green iguana Green tree python Jungle carpet python Lace monitor Plumed basilisk Radiated tortoise Rhinoceros iguana Saltwater crocodile Shingleback lizard Spencer's goanna Spotted tree monitor Woma python
Incidents In April 2014, a tarantula was stolen from the zoo.
In May 2014, there were concerns that a local music festival would impact the animals at the zoo.
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