Jurong Bird Park

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Lory Loft

The Jurong Bird Park ( Chinese裕廊飞禽公园; Malay Taman Burung Jurong ) is a zoo in Singapore , in which birds are kept. The bird park has a size of 20 hectares and is located on the western slope of Jurong Hill area Boon Lay in the district Jurong .

More than 5,000 birds of around 400 species can be seen there, especially species from Southeast Asia . The park has the largest publicly accessible aviary , the so-called waterfall aviary . It houses over 1500 birds of 60 species on 20,000 m². There is also Jurong Fall , an artificial 30 meter high waterfall.

In Lory Loft , a 3000 m² and nine story high aviary, over 1000 Loris can be seen.

The bird park opened on January 3, 1971. The cost was 3.5 million Singapore dollars .

Web links

Commons : Jurong Bird Park  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ birdpark.com.sg Jurong Bird Park 2013, 5000 birds in 400 species

Coordinates: 1 ° 19 ′ 5 "  N , 103 ° 42 ′ 26"  E