Beautiful and Diverse
The Santa Barbara Zoo is home to 146 species of mammals, reptiles, birds and insects. More than 500 animals are exhibited in open, naturalistic habitats. If you can’t visit us in person, you can find out more about some of our animals here.
KEY:
currently not on view
Ambassador, meets with public
Mammals
LARGE MAMMALS
Asian elephant
Giant anteater
Masai giraffe
SMALL MAMMALS
Asian small-clawed otter
Fennec fox
Indian crested porcupine
Island fox
Slender-tailed meerkat
Southern three-banded armadillo
BIG CATS
African lion
Amur leopard
Snow leopard
MONKEYS
Goeldi’s monkey
Golden lion tamarin
White-eared titi
BARNYARD
Churro sheep
European rabbit
Guinea hog
San Clemente Island goat
MARSUPIALS
Koala
Virginia opossum
Birds
PHEASANTS
Golden pheasant
Himalayan impeyan pheasant
Palawan peacock pheasant
WATERFOWL
Southern screamer
Mandarin duck
Marbled teal
White-faced whistling duck
Bar-headed goose
Black swan
Black-necked swan
FLAMINGOS
Chilean flamingo
PIGEONS/DOVES
Black-naped fruit dove
Blue crowned pigeon
Luzon bleeding heart dove
FROGMOUTHS
Tawny frogmouth
TURACOS
Livingston’s turaco
PENGUINS
Humboldt penguin
IBISES
Sacred ibis
Scarlet ibis
HAMERKOPS
Hamerkop
CROWS & JAYS
Raven
GULLS, TERNS & PELICANS
Bonaparte’s gull
Inca tern
Brown pelican
VULTURES
California condor
Ruppell’s griffon vulture
Turkey vulture
HAWKS, EAGLES & OWLS
Red-tailed hawk
Bald eagle
Common barn owl
HORNBILLS
Rhinoceros hornbill
Southern ground hornbill
KINGFISHERS
Laughing kookaburra
TOUCANS
Toco toucan
COCKATOOS & MACAWS
Goffin’s cockatoo
Lesser sulphur-crested cockatoo
Sulphur-crested cockatoo
Blue-and-yellow macaw
Military macaw
Scarlet macaw
HONEYEATERS
Blue-faced honeyeater
Amphibians
FROGS
Bicolored poison dart frog
Black-legged poison dart frog
Green & black poison arrow frog
Poison arrow frog
Yellow & blue poison arrow frog
Smoky jungle frog
Golden mantilla
TOADS
Boreal toad
Cane toad
SALAMANDERS & NEWTS
California newt
Fish
Freshwater angelfish
Peppered catfish
Goldfish (Koi)
Guppy
Almorha loach
Red piranha
Plecostomus
Black neon tetra
Neon tetra
Invertebrates
COCKROACHES
Caribbean giant cockroach
Madagascar hissing cockroach
MILLIPEDES
Giant African millipede
SPIDERS & TARANTULAS
Black widow spider
Chilean rose hair tarantula
Mexican red-kneed tarantula
Pink zebra beauty tarantula
SCORPIONS
Asian forest scorpion
Reptiles
ALLIGATORS
American alligator
Chinese alligator
TURTLES
Hieroglyphic river cooter
River cooter
Aquatic box turtle
Japanese pond turtle
Pacific pond turtle
Matamata turtle
Western pond turtle
Yellow-spotted Amazon River turtle
TORTOISES
African spurred tortoise
Burmese black tortoise
Desert tortoise
Leopard tortoise
Radiated tortoise
LIZARDS
African fat-tailed gecko
Bearded dragon
Henkel’s leaf-tailed gecko
Madagascar day gecko
Rio Fuerte beaded lizard
Caiman lizard
Frilled lizard
Granite spiny lizard
Cuban green anole
San Esteban Island chuckwalla
Western chuckwalla
Desert iguana
Water monitor
Blue-tongued skink
Northern blue-tongued skink
Prehensile-tailed skink
NON-VENOMOUS SNAKES
Bullsnake
California mountain kingsnake
Desert rosy boa
Garden tree boa
Jamaican boa
Santa Cruz gopher snake
Sonoran gopher snake
Madagascar giant hognose snake
Ball python
Burmese python
Woma
VENOMOUS SNAKES
Taylor’s cantil (Mexican moccasin)
Southern Pacific rattlesnake
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake
False water cobra
