Zoo

Belfast Zoo

Q: Where is Belfast Zoo?

United Kingdom. Belfast Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 54.656° N, 5.942° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Snowdonia National Park, about 245 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Belfast Zoo?

9 species. Citizen-science photos record 9 species at Belfast Zoo, including Laughing Kookaburra, California Sea Lion, Slender-tailed Meerkat, Common Peafowl and Gentoo Penguin. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Q: Where can you see the animals of Belfast Zoo in the wild?

Laughing Kookaburra: Royal National Park. Some of the animals photographed at Belfast Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Laughing Kookaburra (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Royal National Park), California Sea Lion (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Channel Islands National Park) and Slender-tailed Meerkat (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park).

Q: When did Belfast Zoo open and how big is it?

Opened 1934, 24 ha. Belfast Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom, opened in 1934 and covers about 24 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 9 species are photographed there.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United Kingdom 9 spp. present

Belfast Zoological Gardens (also known as Belfast Zoo) is a zoo in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is in a relatively secluded location on the northeastern slope of Cavehill, overlooking Belfast's Antrim Road. Opened in 1934, it is the second-oldest zoo in Ireland, after Dublin Zoo, which opened in 1831. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

54.656° N 5.942° W

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Essentials

Entrance

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Tourism

High

Species present

species

Opened

1934

Size

Large

What visitors say

🦒 Animals in captivity

LC Endemic

Dacelo novaeguineae

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Royal National Park+ 15 more parks

Zalophus californianus

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Channel Islands National Park+ 7 more parks

Suricata suricatta

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park+ 2 more parks

Pavo cristatus

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

in Udawalawe National Park+ 26 more parks

Pygoscelis papua

Daily sighting probability —

Not in our parks or cities

Phoenicopterus chilensis

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Lauca National Park+ 4 more parks

Tockus deckeni

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Tarangire National Park+ 14 more parks

Cynomys ludovicianus

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

in Badlands National Park

Before you go

Where is Belfast Zoo?

United Kingdom

Belfast Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 54.656° N, 5.942° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Snowdonia National Park, about 245 km away.

What animals can you see at Belfast Zoo?

9 species

Citizen-science photos record 9 species at Belfast Zoo, including Laughing Kookaburra, California Sea Lion, Slender-tailed Meerkat, Common Peafowl and Gentoo Penguin. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Where can you see the animals of Belfast Zoo in the wild?

Laughing Kookaburra: Royal National Park

Some of the animals photographed at Belfast Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Laughing Kookaburra (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Royal National Park), California Sea Lion (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Channel Islands National Park) and Slender-tailed Meerkat (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park).

When did Belfast Zoo open and how big is it?

Opened 1934, 24 ha

Belfast Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United Kingdom, opened in 1934 and covers about 24 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 9 species are photographed there.