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Disney's Animal Kingdom

Q: Where is Disney's Animal Kingdom?

United States. Disney's Animal Kingdom is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States. Its coordinates are 28.358° N, 81.590° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, about 90 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Disney's Animal Kingdom?

288 species. Citizen-science photos record 288 species at Disney's Animal Kingdom, including Roseate Spoonbill, Taveta Golden-Weaver, Saddle-billed Stork, African Spoonbill and Black-necked Swan. 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 Disney's Animal Kingdom in the wild?

Roseate Spoonbill: Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. Some of the animals photographed at Disney's Animal Kingdom also live in the parks and cities we cover: Roseate Spoonbill (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge), Taveta Golden-Weaver (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Arusha National Park) and Saddle-billed Stork (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Gonarezhou National Park).

Q: Is Disney's Animal Kingdom accredited?

AZA. Open registers list Disney's Animal Kingdom with AZA and WAZA. These marks come from Wikidata, and they are shown here as a fact, not as an endorsement.

Q: When did Disney's Animal Kingdom open and how big is it?

Opened 1998, 155 ha. Disney's Animal Kingdom, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1998 and covers about 155 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 288 species are photographed there.

🇺🇸 United States

AZAWAZA

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 288 spp. present

Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park is a zoological theme park at Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. Owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company through its Experiences division, it was the largest theme park in the world upon opening, covering 580 acres (230 ha). The park is themed around the natural world through both real-life and imagined representations of animals and locations. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

28.358° N 81.590° W

🎟️ Visit

Essentials

Entrance

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Tourism

High

Species present

288

species

Opened

1998

Size

Large

Accreditations

World Association of Zoos and AquariumsWorldwide network of zoos, aquariums and their regional and national associations
Association of Zoos and AquariumsNorth American standards for animal welfare and conservation

Visit

Getting there

disneyworld.disney.go.com/destinations/animal-kingdom ↗

Who runs it

Owned by: Disney Experiences

What visitors say

We took a trip to Disney World and chose to spend one day at Disney’s Animal Kingdom with the kids.

There’s actually a lot to do in Animal Kingdom for young families, and we’ve found our daughter appreciates the park more with each visit.

My first stop was the Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail, where I met the king of the habitat, Gino, a western lowland silverback gorilla who’s been at the park since it opened.

🦒 Animals in captivity

Platalea ajaja

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge+ 35 more parks

Ploceus castaneiceps

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

in Arusha National Park+ 2 more parks

Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Gonarezhou National Park+ 30 more parks

Platalea alba

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Lake Nakuru National Park+ 37 more parks

Cygnus melancoryphus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

in Torres del Paine National Park+ 3 more parks

Pelecanus rufescens

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Lake Nakuru National Park+ 22 more parks

Suricata suricatta

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park+ 2 more parks

Nettapus auritus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

in iSimangaliso Wetland Park+ 7 more parks

Before you go

Where is Disney's Animal Kingdom?

United States

Disney's Animal Kingdom is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States. Its coordinates are 28.358° N, 81.590° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, about 90 km away.

What animals can you see at Disney's Animal Kingdom?

288 species

Citizen-science photos record 288 species at Disney's Animal Kingdom, including Roseate Spoonbill, Taveta Golden-Weaver, Saddle-billed Stork, African Spoonbill and Black-necked Swan. 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 Disney's Animal Kingdom in the wild?

Roseate Spoonbill: Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

Some of the animals photographed at Disney's Animal Kingdom also live in the parks and cities we cover: Roseate Spoonbill (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge), Taveta Golden-Weaver (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Arusha National Park) and Saddle-billed Stork (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Gonarezhou National Park).

Is Disney's Animal Kingdom accredited?

AZA

Open registers list Disney's Animal Kingdom with AZA and WAZA. These marks come from Wikidata, and they are shown here as a fact, not as an endorsement.

When did Disney's Animal Kingdom open and how big is it?

Opened 1998, 155 ha

Disney's Animal Kingdom, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1998 and covers about 155 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 288 species are photographed there.