Loro Parque



Punta Brava
Puerto de la Cruz/Tenerife 38400
Tel.: 0034-922 373 841
Fax: 0034-922 375 021
Email: loroparque@loroparque.com
Website: Loro Parque

Founded: Loro Parque 1972, Loro Parque Fundación 1994
Total area of Zoo/Aquarium : 6.00 hectares
Adult entrance fee £ 21.00
Child entrance fee £ 12.00
Circa 1500000 visitors annually
349 staff employed

Accredited as Zoo according to EU guidelines 1999/22/EG and UK law on:


Member of the following organisations:
WAZA, EAZA, AIZA, IUCN-CBSG, IUCN-RSG, IZE
Animal holdings
Total number of species: 606
Total number of animals: 7050
Participant in 0 EEP programmes
Participant in 0 ESB programmes
EEP co-ordinator for: 3 programmes
ESB co-ordinator for: 3 programmes



Focus: In-situ & Ex-situ research and species conservation programmes. Wide variety of exhibits and endangered species.

Wolfgang Kiessling, General director and President email: dir.general@loroparque-fundacion.org
Christoph Kiessling, Deputy general director email: diradjunto@loroparque.com
Dr. David Waugh, Direktor, Loro Parque Fundación email: environment@loroparque-fundacion.org
Dr. Matthias Reinschmidt, Curator email: papageien@loroparque-fundacion.org
Dr. Lorenzo Crosta, Vet email: veterinaria@loroparque.com
Prof. Dr. Helga Gerlach, consultant vet
Dr. Andrew Greenwood, consultant vet
Dr. Susan Clubb, advisory council member and consultant vet
Advisory council: Dr. Tomás de Azcárate, Dr. Nigel Collar, Dr. Wolfgang Grummt, Dr. Wolf Iwand, Povl Jörgensen,
Dr. Ian Swingland, Dr. Jørgen Thomsen, Roland Wirth

Ongoing projects:
Ex-situ:
EEP Coordinator:
Blue-throated Macaw Ara glaucogularis
Red-browed Amazon Amazona rhodocorytha
International Studbook Holder:
Blue-throated Macaw Ara glaucogularis
European Studbook Holder:
Mount-Apo Lorikeet Trichoglossus johnstoniae
Red-and-Blue Lory Eos histrio
Red-spectacled Amazon Amazona pretrei
In-situ parrot conservation projects:
Brazil: Recovery Project for the Spix's Macaw Cyanopsitta spixii
Brazil: Conservation of the Red-tailed Amazon, Amazona brasiliensis, in Paraná
Bolivia: Blue-throated Macaw Ara glaucogularis Conservation Project
Ecuador: Yellow-eared Conure Ognorhynchus icterotis I
Colombia: Conservation of the Yellow-eared Conure Ognorhynchus icterotis II
Thailand: Phu Kieo Wildlife Sanctuary Conservation Project
Philippines: The Philippine Red-Vented Cockatoo Conservation Programme
Indonesia - Conservation of Endemic Parrots on Tanimbar Island Phase 2.
St Vincent - The St Vincent Amazon Amazona guildingii conservation project
Colombia - Cordillera Central Parrot Project
Venezuela - Threatened Psittacids of Margarita Island: Symbols for Conservation Education about Venezuela's Insular Biodiversity.
Argentina - Reproductive Ecology, Abundance Patterns, and Conservation of Amazona tucumana in the Yungas of Argentina
Costa Rica - Radio telemetry foraging ecology study of reintroduced Scarlet Macaws (Ara macao) in Curú National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica.

Information last updated on : 11 JUN 10

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