Toronto Zoo

Below is our collection of photos from the Toronto Zoo.
The photos are presented in order if you walk the zoo by turning left from the main gate.

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* Animal is a former zoo resident.
   Animal (in brackets) is an unidentified species. 
  Some animals are in multiple locations but are only included on this list once. 

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Indo-Malaya

Indo-Malaya birds may be found in the Indian Rhino House, Malayan Woods or Indo-Malaya Pavilion. 

	Outdoor Exhibits
Indian Peafowl	Himalayan Tahr
	Indian Rhino House
Indian Rhino	Babirusa	Malayan Tapir*
Cattle Egret

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Malayan Woods Pavilion

Indo-Malaya birds may be found in the Indian Rhino House, Malayan Woods or Indo-Malaya Pavilion.
Butterflies not available during winter months and species vary annually. 

	Entrance Area
Chinese Big-Headed Turtle	Jumbo Gourami	Archerfish
	Butterflies
Brown Clipper Butterfly	Common Mormon Butterfly	Asian Swallowtail Butterfly
Banded Peacock Butterfly	Paper Kite Butterfly	Plain Tiger Butterfly
Red Lacewing Butterfly	Zebra Longwing Butterfly	Leopard Lacewing Butterfly
Scarlet Mormon Butterfly
	Birds
Luzon Bleeding Heart Dove	Red-Billed Blue Magpie	Javan Whistling Duck
Zebra Dove	Pekin Robin
	Insects
Malaysian Wood Nymph	Indian Ornamental Tree Spider*	(Malaysian Shrimp)*
Dragon-Headed Katydid	Malaysian Black Scorpion	Gooty Sapphire
Dead Leaf Mantis	Atlas Beetle
	Exit Area
Clouded Leopard	Red-Tailed Green Ratsnake

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Indo-Malaya Pavilion

Indo-Malaya birds may be found in the Indian Rhino House, Malayan Woods or Indo-Malaya Pavilion.

	Outside Entrance
- Kartiko Memorial -
	Entrance Area
Black-Throated Laughing Thrush	False Gharial	Malaysian Painted Turtle
Spotted Pond Turtle	Tentacled Snake	Malayan Bonytongue
Giant Snakehead*
	Upstairs
Prevost's Squirrel*	Wrinkled Hornbill	White-Crested Laughing Thrush
	Waterfall
Siamese Catfish	Fairy Bluebird	Mandarin Duck
Pied Imperial Pigeon	Palawan Peacock Pheasant	- Waterfall -
	Aquarium
Clown Loach	Tinfoil Barb	Tri-Colour Shark
Mekong Barb	Sun Catfish	Goldfin Tinfoil Barb
Bighead Carp	Black Carp	Grass Carp
	Turtles Of Indomalaya
	Vietnamese Box Turtle	Burmese Star Tortoise
Asian Brown Tortoise	Spiny Turtle	Malayan Water Monitor*
	Birds
Temminck's Tragopan	Crested Wood Partridge	Malayan Crested Fireback Pheasant
Pheasant Pigeon	Nicobar Pigeon	Red Line Torpedo Barb
Cabot's Tragopan
	Gaur Pavilion*
Gaur (Bull)*		Gaur (Calf & Mom)*
	Orangutan Area
Reticulated Python	Sumatran Orangutan
White-Handed Gibbon
	Reptiles & Amphibians
Tokay Gecko	Crocodile Lizard	Crocodile Newt
Boelen's Python	Monocled Cobra	Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle
	Exit Area
Great Hornbill	Sumatran Tiger	- Boardwalk -

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African Pavilion (Burrows & Caves Of Africa)

	Cave
Naked Mole Rat	Cave Cricket	Emperor Scorpion
Egyptian Fruit Bat	Straw-Coloured Fruit Bat
	Aquarium
Ngege

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African Rainforest Pavilion

	Gorillas
Western Lowland Gorilla	Gorilla [Charles]	Gorilla [Infant]
	Otter Area
Flat-Tailed Tortoise	Spider Tortoise	Spotted-Necked Otter
Violaceous Plantain Eater	Hamerkop	Von der Decken's Hornbill
Triangular Spotted Pigeon	- Logged Rainforest -	African Clawed Frog
Painted Mantella Frog	Tomato Frog	- African Art -
	Crocodile
Dwarf Crocodile	Bongo*	Mandrill*
Sitatunga*	White-Faced Whistling Duck*	- Canoe -
	Aquariums
Black Diamond Cichlid	African Lungfish	Polkadot Upside Down Catfish
Elephantnose Fish*	Mottled Bichir
Congo Tetra	Yellow-Tailed Congo Tetra	Featherfin Squeaker
Two Stripe White Lip	Perrieri	Ocellated Catfish
	Lake Malawi Cichlids

There are over 700 species of cichlids in Lake Malawi.

melanochromis auratus ♀ melanochromis auratus ♂	labeotropheus trewavasae ♀ labeotropheus trewavasae ♂	labeotropheus fuelleborni ♀ labeotropheus fuelleborni ♂
labidochromis caeruleus ♀ labidochromis caeruleus ♂	sciaenochromis fryeri ♀ sciaenochromis fryeri ♂	mylochromis melanonotus ♀ mylochromis melanonotus ♂
copadichromis chrysonotus ♀ copadichromis chrysonotus ♂	copadichromis borleyi ♀ copadichromis borleyi ♂	pseudotropheus aurora ♀ pseudotropheus aurora ♂
pseudotropheus saulosi ♀ pseudotropheus saulosi ♂	spilonotus tanzania ♀ spilonotus tanzania ♂	pseudotropheus demasoni
metriaclima callainos	cyrtocara moorii	placidochromis electra
protomelas taeniolatus	melanochromis interruptus	fossorochromis rostratus
pseudochromis fainzilberi

	Meerkat Area
Slender-Tailed Meerkat	White-Cheeked Turaco	Superb Starling
Blue-Bellied Roller	Wattled Crane
	Aquariums
Veiled Chameleon	Meller's Chameleon	Aba Aba
African Bonytongue	Bristlenose Catfish	Reedfish
Chocolate-Striped Squeaker	Betsiboka Killifish	Mangarahara Cichlid
	Nile Monitor
Ornate Nile Monitor	White-Throated Bee Eater*
	Birds
Royal Starling	Speckled Mousebird	Yellow-Vented Bulbul
Spur-Winged Plover*	Black Crake	Lovebird*
	Boardwalk Area
Pygmy Hippopotamus	African Spoonbill	Egyptian Goose
African Yellow-Billed Duck*	Sacred Ibis	Radiated Tortoise
Nile Softshell Turtle	Red River Hog	Ring-Tailed Lemur
Aldabra Tortoise	Grey Crowned Crane
	Snakes
Gaboon Viper	Royal Python	- Drums -

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African Savanna

	Outdoor Exhibits
Masai Giraffe	African Elephant*	Warthog
River Hippopotamus	Southern Ground Hornbill
	Kesho Park
Greater Kudu	Impala	White-Headed Vulture
Southern White Rhino	- Kesho Safari Tours -	Cape Shelduck
Hamadryas Baboon*	Cheetah	Grevy's Zebra
Marabou Stork	Olive Baboon	Ostrich
	Lion's Den
- Kopje -	African Lion	White Lion
Caracal*	Patas Monkey*	Crested Porcupine
- Anti-Poaching Patrol -	Sable Antelope	Common Eland
Spotted Hyena
	Penguin Pool
White-Breasted Cormorant	Pink-Backed Pelican	South African Fur Seal*
African Penguin	- Penguin Pool -	Penguin [Chick]
	Road to Canada
Ankole-Watusi	Blue Wildebeest

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Canadian Domain

	Outdoor Exhibits
Canada Lynx	Raccoon	Cougar
Elk	Bald Eagle	Wood Bison
- Grizzly Wood Carving -	Grizzly Bear	- Traditional Knowledge Trail -
	Weston Pond
Trumpeter Swan	- Waterfowl Viewing -	American Moose

Weston Pond  - Located at the bottom of the Canadian Domain hill is a great waterfowl viewing area. (Also see Rouge Valley at the bottom of this page.) 
Signage lists these potential visitors to the pond.

Mallard Duck [Male]	Mallard Duck [Female]	Canada Goose
Wood Duck [Male]	Wood Duck [Female]	Midland Painted Turtle
Green-Winged Teal	American Golden-Eye	Gadwall
Great Blue Heron	American Black Duck	Sora Rail
American Widgeon	Bufflehead	Blue-Winged Teal
Northern Pintail	Mute Swan

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Americas Pavilion

	Outside Entrance
- First Nation Art Garden -	Ring-Necked Pheasant	Great Horned Owl
	Birds
Scarlet Ibis	Sunbittern	Blue-Crowned Motmot
Purple Gallinule	Green Aracari	Piping Guan
	Porcupine Area
Spectacled Owl	Plush Crested Jay	Prehensile-Tailed Porcupine
Jamaican Boa	Boa Constrictor	Tiger Rat Snake*
	Primate Corner
Crested Tinamou	Pygmy Marmoset	Common Marmoset
Two-Toed Sloth	Golden Lion Tamarin	Double-Striped Thicknee
White-Faced Saki	Agouti*	Wooly Opossum*
	Aquariums
Green Surf Anemone	Giant Pacific Octopus	Strawberry Anemone
Leather Sea Star	Sea Pen	Shiner Perch
White-Blotched River Stingray	Arowana*	Black Pacu*
Red-Breasted Piranha
	Reptiles & Amphibians
Panamanian Golden Frog	Axolotl	Lemur Leaf Frog
Yellow-Striped Poison Dart Frog	Splash-Backed Poison Dart Frog	Blue Dyeing Poison Dart Frog
Yellow & Blue Poison Dart Frog	Green Black Poison Dart Frog	Eyelash Viper
Puerto Rican Crested Toad	Granular Glass Frog*	Waxy Monkey Tree Frog*
Blanding's Turtle
	River Otter Indoor Area
Burrowing Owl*	Eastern Loggerhead Shrike	Black-Footed Ferret
River Otter
	Insects
Giant Bird-Eating Spider	Giant Centipede	Pink Ramshorn Snail
Sunburst Diving Beetle	Ferocious Water Bug	Vinegaroon
Desert Hairy Scorpion		Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
Brazilian Giant Cockroach	Black Widow	Green Bottle Blue Tarantula
Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula	Giant African Snail *(invasive)
	Alligator
Spiny Softshell Turtle	American Alligator
	Birds
White-Lined Tanager	Turquoise Tanager	Silver Beak Tanager
Opal Rumped Tanager	Rufous-Collared Sparrow	Red-Crested Finch
	Caiman Pond
Spotted Turtle	Mata Mata Turtle	Yellow-Spotted Amazon River Turtle
Cuvier's Smooth-Fronted Caiman	Blind Cave Fish*	Butterfly Goodeid
Round Goby
	Lizard Wall
Electric Eel	Beaded Lizard	Reticulate Gila Monster
San Esteban Island Chuckwalla	Desert Grassland Whiptail
	Beaver & Otter Pools
Pumpkinseed Sunfish	Snapping Turtle	Largemouth Bass
Beaver	Midland Painted Turtle
	Meet The Snake Keeper
Black Rat Snake
	Aquariums
Northern Pacific Rattlesnake	Florida Gar	American Eel
Massasauga Rattlesnake

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Americas

	Waterfall
Capybara	Scarlet Macaw	Blue & Yellow Macaw
	Mayan Temple Ruins
American Flamingo	Black-Handed Spider Monkey
Jaguar	Jaguar [Melanistic]
	Enclosures
Llama	Mara*

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Tundra Trek

	Outdoor Exhibits
- Bush Plane -	Arctic Wolf	Arctic Fox
Lesser Snow Goose	European Reindeer	Snowy Owl
Polar Bear	Polar Bear (Cub)	Polar Bear [Underwater]
- Bowhead Whale -

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Greenhouse

	Orchid Oasis
Orchids	Orchid Mantis	Orchids

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Wildlife Health Centre

This is a live facility where medical procedures are performed daily on the zoo's animals.

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Wonders Of Wetlands

The wetlands is a great viewing area to see local wildlife, especially frogs and turtles. (See Rouge Valley at the bottom of this page.)

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Australasia Pavilion

	Entrance Area
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo	Koala*	Bettong
	Birds
Kookaburra	Galah	Scarlet-Chested Parrot [Female]
Emerald Dove	Rainbow Lorikeet*	Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo*
Tawny Frogmouth	Scarlet-Chested Parrot [Male]	Crested Pigeon
Crimson Rosella	Grey-Headed Flying Fox*	Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Blue-Faced Honeyeater*	New Zealand Shoveller	Little Pied Cormorant
	Aquariums
Fly River Turtle	Frilled Lizard	MacLeay's Spectre
Thorny Devil Stick Insect	Red Claw Yabby
	Reptile Wall
Red-Bellied Short-Necked Turtle	Black Tree Monitor	Emerald Tree Monitor*
Blue-Tongued Skink	Emerald Tree Boa	White-Lipped Python
Green Tree Python	Stimson's Python	Bearded Dragon
Solomon Island Monkey- Tailed Skink	Fiji Island Banded Iguana
	Marsupial Exhibit
Flemish Giant Rabbit*	Tasmanian Devil*	Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat
Short-Beaked Echidna	Swamp Wallaby	Komodo Dragon
	Edge Of Night
Sugar Glider	Solomon Island Leaf Frog	White's Tree Frog

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Australasia Pavilion (Great Barrier Reef)

	Small Aquariums
Dwarf Zebra Hermit Crab	Six Line Wrasse	Blue Assessor
Yellow Tang	Flame Angelfish	Live Reef Corals
Mushroom Coral	Trumpet Coral	Pot-Bellied Seahorse
Lionfish
	Large Aquarium
Clown Triggerfish	Longnose Butterflyfish	Cinnamon Clownfish
Brownbanded Bamboo Shark	Bicolor Angelfish	Blackback Butterflyfish
Bluegirdled Angelfish	Convict Tang	Yellow & Blueback Fusilier
Mimic Surgeonfish	Quoy's Parrotfish	Round Batfish
Scribbled Angelfish	Palette Surgeonfish	Threadfin Butterflyfish
One-Spot Butterflyfish	- SpongeBob -	Pennant Coral Fish
Semicircle Angelfish	Orange Lyretail Anthias*
Surge Wrasse*	Six-Banded Angelfish*	Three Stripe Damselfish*
	Jellies
Moon Jellyfish

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Australasia

	Outdoor Exhibits
Western Grey Kangaroo	Emu*	Bennett's Wallaby

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Eurasia

	Panda Experience*
Chinese Giant Salamander	Giant Panda*	Giant Panda [Cub]*
	Outdoor Exhibits
Amur Tiger	Barbary Sheep	Red Panda
- Dr. Schofield Statue -	- Yurt -	Bactrian Camel
Przewalski's Horse	Mouflon	Yak
Steller's Sea Eagle	Eagle Owl	Chamois
Snow Leopard	West Caucasian Tur	Dhole*
Lion-Tailed Macaque	Japanese Macaque*	Barbary Ape*
Dromedary Camel*

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Kids Zoo

	Birds
Secretary Bird	Crested Seriema	Gyrfalcon
	Prairie Dog Burrow
Guinea Pig	Black-Tailed Prairie Dog*
	Treehouse
- Treehouse -	Domestic Rabbit	Woodchuck
Eastern Box Turtle	Raven
	Dog Skunk House
Striped Skunk
	Petting Zoo
Alpaca	Nubian Goat	Nigerian Dwarf Goat

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Waterside Theatre

During summer months animal performances are held here.

	Bird Show
Miniature Donkey	Lanner Falcon	Red-Tailed Hawk
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill	Laggar Falcon	Green-Winged Macaw
Domestic Ferret	Harris's Hawk

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Special Events & Exhibits

	Stingray Bay*
Cownose Ray*	Southern Stingray*	Nurse Shark*
	Special Exhibits
Albino Alligator*	-Titan Arum-
	Special Events
New Guinea Singing Dog*	Dinosaurs Alive!*	Washed Ashore*
	Animal Ambassadors
Californian Rabbit

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Rouge Valley

These are other wild animals that we have encountered on the zoo grounds. (Also see Weston Pond above)

	Birds
Black-Capped Chickadee	European Starling	Grey Catbird
House Sparrow	Yellow Warbler	Goldfinch
Red-Tailed Hawk	Ring-Necked Duck	Robin
Seagull	Turkey Vulture	Tree Swallow
Downy Woodpecker	Blue Jay	Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Mourning Dove	Barn Swallow	Northern Flicker
	Fish
Common Carp
	Insects
American Cockroach	Cabbage White Butterfly	Widow Skimmer Dragonfly
	Mammals
Chipmunk	Eastern Grey Squirrel	Northern Short-Tailed Shrew
Woodchuck	Raccoon	Red Squirrel
	Reptiles & Amphibians
American Toad	Green Frog

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* Animal is a former zoo resident.
 Animal (in brackets) is an unidentified species. 
 Some animals are in multiple locations but are only included on this list once.  

Other Animals (May be off exhibit or no longer at the zoo)

American Kestrel, Barn Owl, Barred Owl, Bedotia Marojejy, Betsileo Mantella Frog, Black-Breasted Thrush, Blue Dacnis, Blue-Grey Tanager, Chinchilla, Chinese Soft-Shelled Turtle, Coral Beauty, Costa-Rican Katydid, Desert Cockroach, Domino Cockroach, Domestic Rat, Dumbo Eared Rat, Dusky Gopher Frog, Dwarf Rabbit, Eastern Fox Snake, Eastern Mantella Frog, Eastern Milk Snake, Freshwater Pufferfish, Giant Katydid, Golden Mantella Frog, Gold-Ringed Pufferfish, Gray Rat Snake, Great White Pelican, Green Anole, Guyanese Red-Tailed Boa, Harlequin Tuskfish, Hog Island Boa, Home's Hingeback Tortoise, Honduran Milk Snake, Honey Ant, Jade-Headed Buffalo Beetle, Lau Banded Iguana, Leaf Cutter Ant, Lord Howe Island Stick Insect, Mali Spiny-Tailed Lizard, Mudpuppy, Oregon Spotted Frog, Rainbow Killifish, Red-Spotted Newt, Red-Tailed Black Shark, Rheocles vatosoa, Snowflake Moray Eel, Striped-Kneed Tarantula, Sudanese Uromastyx, Turkey Vulture, Vancouver Island Marmot, Whip Spider, Wood Turtle, Wyoming Toad, Yellow-Bellied Congo Chafer Beetle

Last Updated: Dec 2022