New Animals at the Zoo

New Additions to the Houston Zoo Family

Saving Critically Endangered Birds

Blue-Billed Curassow

In 2021 the Zoo successfully hatched one of the most endangered of all birds, the blue-billed curassow. One chick was hand-reared while the other chick was parent-reared by the bluebilled curassow hen. Parent-rearing by a curassow is rare and hasn’t been attempted in more than 25 years at the Zoo. Typically, the Zoo foster-rears curassow chicks with a domestic chicken but with the addition of the new Pantanal exhibit, it allowed for more space to attempt parent-rearing.

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Blue-billed curassow chick and hen

Asian elephants, Teddy and Winnie Ocelot, Sriracha Four painted terrapins were hatched. It’s the first time the Zoo has hatched the endangered turtle.