New World Monkeys & Exotic Birds Introduced at Pilikula Biological Park: Visit Soon to Take a Look

Three species of New World monkeys and four more species of exotic birds are an added attraction at the Pilikula Biological Park now. The New World monkeys – squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus), common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) and red-handed tamarin (Saguinus midas) – and the exotic birds – blue gold macaw (Ara ararauna), violet turaco (Musophaga violacea), green turaco (Turaco, Musophaga and Corythaeola), and galah (Eolophus Roseicapilla) – have been displayed in enclosures developed from donation by the Reliance Foundation.

The park has made nine enclosures, four each for the primates and the exotic birds and the remaining for endangered wolves, from the ₹1 crore donation. They have been introduced from the Green Zoo and Rescue Centre, Jamnagar, Gujarat. In addition, the zoo has acquired a pair of endangered wolves from the Visakhapatnam zoo of Andhra Pradesh in exchange for a tiger.