Zoo Animals
Native Animals
The native animals that live in the woods, swamps and waters of the Lowcountry are more and more displaced by a rapidly growing population. At the Lowcountry Zoo, you will see the following animals in their naturalistic habitats. All of these animals were either born in captivity in an AZA accredited zoo or have sustained an injury and would not survive in the wild.
Domestic Animals of the Plantation
In 2003, Brookgreen Gardens opened the first major animal exhibit in over 20 years, the Dalton and Linda Floyd - Domestic Animals of the Plantation Exhibit. This new exhibit provides an element of education not only for the Lowcountry Zoo but it connects the zoo to The Lowcountry Trail and Brookgreen's history. The animals in this exhibit are now considered "rare breeds" and are much more like animals of the 1800s than the highly specialized hybrid descendants of today.
Cypress Aviary
The Cypress Aviary is the only known aviary built over an existing cypress swamp. You may stroll through on an elevated boardwalk and observe the birds feeding and flying in this natural setting. Some of the birds you may observe in the aviary are listed below.
- Black-crowned night herons
- Egrets
- Fulvous whistling ducks
- Great blue herons
- Hooded merganser
- Ibises
- Redhead ducks
- Wood ducks
