Butterfly Creek (zoo)
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| 37°00′16″S 174°47′17″E / 37.0045°S 174.7881°E | |
| Date opened | 2003 |
| Location | 10 Tom Pearce Drive, Auckland Airport, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Land area | 8 acres |
| No. of species | ~60 |
| Memberships | Zoo and Aquarium Association |
| Website | www |
Butterfly Creek is a wildlife facility located adjacent to Auckland Airport, Auckland, New Zealand. Situated on approximately 8 acres of land, it was initially established a walk-through butterfly garden (the butterfly house remaining the flagship attraction of the place) and has now expanded to having a number of both native and exotic animal species including two saltwater crocodiles (the only crocodiles kept in New Zealand) named Goldie and Scar who were brought from Australia in 2009 after initially being removed from the wild by wildlife authorities after concerns for locals and livestock in the area. The park has become regarded as a secondary zoo for people living in the Auckland city region as-well as a tourist attraction for visiting domestic and international visitors due to its location near the airport.[1][2][3][4]
Exhibits
- Butterfly House
- Arcas cattleheart
- Blue moon
- Blue morpho
- Great yellow mormon
- Paper kite
- Pink rose
- Postman butterfly
- Scarlet mormon
- The clipper
- Tiger longwing
- Yellow-edged giant owl
- (fish species convict cichlid and giant gourami live in the creek waterways in the exhibit too)
- Crocodilians
- Reptile Rooms
- Eastern blue-tongued skink
- Eastern water dragon
- Green iguana
- Inland bearded dragon
- Leopard tortoise
- Madagascar day gecko
- Red-bellied turtle
- (also found in these buildings are exhibits for Brazilian black tarantula, Peruvian pink-toe tarantula and butterfly pupae)
- Exotic Mammals
- Kiwi House
- North Island brown kiwi
- (some smaller exhibits for species of weta at different times)
- New Zealand Eels
- Buttermilk Farm
- Alpaca
- Budgerigar
- Domestic chicken
- Domestic rat
- Goat
- Guinea pig
- Ostrich
- Rabbit
- Sheep
- Sulphur-crested cockatoo
- Tropical Marine Aquarium
- Tropical Freshwater Aquarium
- Black ghost knifefish
- Clown knifefish
- Clown loach
- Common plecostomus
- Cigar shark
- Flagtail
- Jaguar cichlid
- Oscar
- Red-tail plecostomus
- Royal plecostomus
- Sailfin plecostomus
- Silver arowana
- Silver dollar
- Six-banded distichodus
- Striped catfish
References
- ^ Dionne Christian (13 December 2014). "Auckland Butterfly Creek: The Real Macaw". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ Pamela Wade (August 14, 2022). "Butterfly Creek: Auckland's unusual combination of zoo, amusement park and conservation hub". Stuff (New Zealand). Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ Emily Ford (December 23, 2017). "Kiwi, otters, and eels to delight in new exhibit at Butterfly Creek". Stuff (New Zealand). Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ Unknown (January 16, 2014). "Dinosaurs come to Butterfly Creek". Stuff (New Zealand). Retrieved 3 September 2023.
External links
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