Zoo
National Zoological Park Delhi
🇮🇳 India
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, India 62 spp. present
The National Zoological Park (originally Delhi Zoo) is a 176-acre (71 ha) zoo in Delhi, India. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
28.604° N 77.246° E
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Essentials
Entrance
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Tourism
High
Species present
62
speciesOpened
1959
Size
Large
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Getting there
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is National Zoological Park Delhi?
New Delhi, India
National Zoological Park Delhi is a zoo or wildlife park in New Delhi, India. Its coordinates are 28.604° N, 77.246° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Keoladeo National Park, about 162 km away.
What animals can you see at National Zoological Park Delhi?
62 species
Citizen-science photos record 62 species at National Zoological Park Delhi, including Blackbuck, Nilgai, Golden Pheasant, Brahminy Kite and Black 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 National Zoological Park Delhi in the wild?
Blackbuck: Kanha National Park
Some of the animals photographed at National Zoological Park Delhi also live in the parks and cities we cover: Blackbuck (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kanha National Park), Nilgai (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Keoladeo National Park) and Brahminy Kite (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Yala National Park).
When did National Zoological Park Delhi open and how big is it?
Opened 1959, 77 ha
National Zoological Park Delhi, a zoo or wildlife park in New Delhi, India, opened in 1959 and covers about 77 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 62 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)