Wildlife HQ Zoo (formerly Queensland Zoo), is located at the Big Pineapple, Woombye, Queensland on the

Sunshine Coast, Queensland The Sunshine Coast is a peri-urban region in South East Queensland, Australia. It is the district defined in 1967 as "the area contained in the Shires of Landsborough, Maroochy and Noosa, but excluding Bribie Island". Located north of the ce ...

and opened in November 2013. In March 2014 many animals were relocated from the now closed Alma Park Zoo.

Opening hours

The zoo is open every day of the year except Christmas Day. It is open between 9am and 4pm with the last entry at 3pm.

Animals

Black and White Ruffed Lemur at Wildlife HQ

Wildlife HQ has a range of species from around the world. Currently eleven species of bird are kept at the zoo including red-tailed black cockatoos, sulphur-crested cockatoos,

southern cassowaries The southern cassowary (''Casuarius casuarius''), also known as double-wattled cassowary, Australian cassowary or two-wattled cassowary, is a large flightless black bird. It is one of the three living species of cassowary, alongside the dwarf ...

, emu, laughing kookaburra and tawny frogmouths. The zoo currently has more than twenty-five exotic mammal species (including thirteen primate species presently) and continue to expand their species holdings. The zoo also houses several Australian species of mammals including koalas, wallabies, kangaroos, bettongs, potoroos, quokkas, a wombat and an echidna. The majority of the zoo's reptile collection is exhibited in the ‘’Reptile Barn’’ which displays a diverse collection of non-venomous snakes, lizards and tortoises.30 June 201
New Reptile Barn
Retrieved on 3 December 2021. Complete species (and subspecies) list of animals at the zoo below. ;Birds * Australian masked owl *

Blue peafowl The Indian peafowl (''Pavo cristatus''), also known as the common peafowl, and blue peafowl, is a peafowl species native to the Indian subcontinent. It has been introduced to many other countries. Male peafowl are referred to as peacocks, ...

* Cape Barren goose * Eclectus parrot * Emu * Helmeted guineafowl * Laughing kookaburra * Red-tailed black cockatoo * Southern cassowary * Sulphur-crested cockatoo * Tawny frogmouth ;Mammals Koala at Wildlife HQ

* African wild dog * Alpaca * Bilby * Black-and-white ruffed lemur * Blackbuck *

Black-capped capuchin The tufted capuchin (''Sapajus apella''), also known as brown capuchin, black-capped capuchin, or pin monkey is a New World primate from South America and the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Margarita. As traditionally defined, it is one of th ...

* Black-handed spider monkey * Bolivian squirrel monkey * Brush-tailed rock-wallaby * Cape porcupine *

Capybara The capybaraAlso called capivara (in Brazil), capiguara (in Bolivia), chigüire, chigüiro, or fercho (in Colombia and Venezuela), carpincho (in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) and ronsoco (in Peru). or greater capybara (''Hydrochoerus hydro ...

* Cotton-top tamarin *

Dingo The dingo (''Canis familiaris'', ''Canis familiaris dingo'', ''Canis dingo'', or ''Canis lupus dingo'') is an ancient (Basal (phylogenetics), basal) lineage of dog found in Australia (continent), Australia. Its taxonomic classification is de ...

* Domestic guinea pig * Eastern grey kangaroo * Eastern quoll * Emperor tamarin * Fallow deer * Fennec fox * Golden lion tamarin *

Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo (''Dendrolagus goodfellowi''), also called the ornate tree-kangaroo, is an endangered, long-tailed, bear-like mammal native to rainforests of New Guinea. Like most tree-kangaroos (genus ''Dendrolagus''), it lives in th ...

Hamadryas baboon The hamadryas baboon (''Papio hamadryas'' ) is a species of baboon within the Old World monkey family. It is the northernmost of all the baboons, being native to the Horn of Africa and the southwestern region of the Arabian Peninsula. These re ...

* Koala * Long-nosed potoroo * Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo * Maned wolf *

Meerkat MeerKAT, originally the Karoo Array Telescope, is a radio telescope consisting of 64 antennas in the Meerkat National Park, in the Northern Cape of South Africa. In 2003, South Africa submitted an expression of interest to host the Square Kilom ...

Miniature pony A miniature horse is a breed or type of horse characterised by its small size. Usually it has been bred to display in miniature the physical characteristics of a full-sized horse, but to be little over in height, or even less. Although such hor ...

Mountain brushtail possum The mountain brushtail possum, or southern bobuck (''Trichosurus cunninghami''), is a nocturnal, semi-arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae native to southeastern Australia. It was not described as a separate species until 2002. Taxono ...

* Northern white-cheeked gibbon * Pygmy marmoset * Quokka * Red-necked wallaby * Red kangaroo * Red panda *

Ring-tailed lemur The ring-tailed lemur (''Lemur catta'') is a large strepsirrhine primate and the most recognized lemur due to its long, black and white ringed tail. It belongs to Lemuridae, one of five lemur families, and is the only member of the ''Lemur'' ge ...

* Rufous bettong * Serval * Short-beaked echidna * Siamang *

Southern hairy-nosed wombat The southern hairy-nosed wombat (''Lasiorhinus latifrons'') is one of three extant species of wombats. It is found in scattered areas of semiarid scrub and mallee from the eastern Nullarbor Plain to the New South Wales border area. It is the s ...

* Squirrel glider * Sugar glider * Sun bear * Swamp wallaby *

Tasmanian devil The Tasmanian devil (''Sarcophilus harrisii'') (palawa kani: purinina) is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. Until recently, it was only found on the island state of Tasmania, but it has been reintroduced to New South Wales in ...

White-tufted marmoset The common marmoset (''Callithrix jacchus'') also called white-tufted marmoset or white-tufted-ear marmoset is a New World monkey. It originally lived on the northeastern coast of Brazil, in the states of Piaui, Paraiba, Ceará, Rio Grande do ...

;Reptiles

Alligator snapping turtle The alligator snapping turtle (''Macrochelys temminckii'') is a large species of turtle in the family Chelydridae. The species is native to freshwater habitats in the United States. ''M. temminckii'' is one of the heaviest freshwater turtles in ...

* American alligator * Ball python * Black-headed python * Boa constrictor *

Boyd's forest dragon Boyd's forest dragon (''Lophosaurus boydii'') is a species of arboreal lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to rainforests and their margins in the Wet Tropics region of northern Queensland, Australia. It is the larger of the two ...

Burmese python The Burmese python (''Python bivittatus'') is one of the largest species of snakes. It is native to a large area of Southeast Asia and is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Until 2009, it was considered a subspecies of the Indian python ...

* Central bearded dragon *

Central netted dragon The central netted dragon or central netted ground dragon (''Ctenophorus nuchalis'') is a species of agamid lizard occurring in a wide range of arid to semiarid regions of Australia. It is widespread across the continent, commonly found in open, ...

* Corn snake * Darwin carpet python * Diamond carpet python * Eastern blue-tongued lizard * Fijian crested iguana * Gilbert's lashtail dragon * Green iguana * Green tree python * Jungle carpet python * Lace monitor * Plumed basilisk * Radiated tortoise * Rhinoceros iguana * Saltwater crocodile * Shingleback lizard * Spencer's goanna * Spotted tree monitor * Woma python

Incidents

In April 2014, a tarantula was stolen from the zoo. In May 2014, there were concerns that a local music festival would impact the animals at the zoo.

References

{{Zoos of Queensland 2013 establishments in Australia Zoos established in 2013 Tourist attractions on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland Zoos in Queensland