Zoo
Vogelpark Avifauna
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Netherlands 149 spp. present
Vogelpark Avifauna (English: Avifauna Bird Park) is a large bird park in Alphen aan den Rijn, in the western Netherlands. It was the first dedicated bird park in the world. The park has a lot of greenery and ponds, and also a restaurant and a children's playground. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
52.140° N 4.649° E
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
Paid
Tourism
High
Species present
149
speciesOpened
1950
Size
Medium
Visit
Getting there
- Access
- Partly wheelchair accessible
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
VU
Steller's Sea-Eagle
Haliaeetus pelagicus
Before you go
Where is Vogelpark Avifauna?
Netherlands
Vogelpark Avifauna is a zoo or wildlife park in the Netherlands. Its coordinates are 52.140° N, 4.649° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Wadden Sea National Park, about 224 km away.
What animals can you see at Vogelpark Avifauna?
149 species
Citizen-science photos record 149 species at Vogelpark Avifauna, including Inca Tern, Vulturine Guineafowl, American Flamingo, Red-crowned Crane and Common Peafowl. 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 Vogelpark Avifauna in the wild?
Inca Tern: Machalilla National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Vogelpark Avifauna also live in the parks and cities we cover: Inca Tern (about 10% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Machalilla National Park), Vulturine Guineafowl (about 60% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Samburu National Reserve) and American Flamingo (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve).
Does Vogelpark Avifauna charge an entrance fee?
Yes, it is paid
The open map data for Vogelpark Avifauna lists it as a paid-entry attraction. It does not include ticket prices or any change since it was last edited, so check the official website before you go.
When did Vogelpark Avifauna open and how big is it?
Opened 1950, 10 ha
Vogelpark Avifauna, a zoo or wildlife park in the Netherlands, opened in 1950 and covers about 10 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 149 species are photographed there.
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