Kuala Lumpur Bird Park
Seen from the west towards the city centre | |
Date opened | 15 November 1991[1] |
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Location | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Coordinates | 3°08′33″N 101°41′18″E / 3.1424337°N 101.6884661°ECoordinates: 3°08′33″N 101°41′18″E / 3.1424337°N 101.6884661°E |
Land area | 20.9 acres (8.5 ha)[2] |
No. of animals | 3,000[2] |
No. of species | 200[2] |
Annual visitors | 200,000 |
Website | Official Web site |
Kuala Lumpur Bird Park (Malay: Taman Burung Kuala Lumpur) is a 20.9-acre (8.5 ha) public aviary in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is located adjacent to the Lake Gardens within a KL green lung in Bukit Aman, close to the National Mosque and Royal Malaysian Police Museum. The Bird Park houses more than 3,000 birds representing more than 200 species in an enclosed aviary. About 90% are local birds and 10% were imported from countries such as Australia, China, Holland, Indonesia, New Guinea, Tanzania and Thailand.
The bird park is part of the 60-hectare (150-acre) Lake Gardens, which were established in 1888. In addition to the 20.9-acre (8.5 ha) bird park, which was created in 1991, the gardens include an artificial lake, the National Monument, the Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park, the Deer Park, Orchid and Hibiscus gardens, and the former Malaysia Parliament House.[1] It is one of the world's largest covered bird parks.[3]
Transportation
The park is served by the following bus routes[4]
- Intrakota Bus 21C, 48C (From Kota Raya).
- Intrakota Bus 18, 21A (From Chow Kit).
- RapidKL Bus 115 (From KL Sentral).
Image gallery
Feeding time for rainbow lorikeets and a red lory
Rainbow lorikeets in KL Bird Park
See also
- National Zoo of Malaysia (Zoo Negara)
Notes
- ^ a b "KL Bird Park". malaysiasite.nl. WINT. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
- ^ a b c "About Us". klbirdpark.com. Kuala Lumpur Bird Park. Archived from the original on 3 April 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
- ^ url|https://books.google.com/books?id=pR4ZZ6Y3kHcC&pg=PA74&dq=lake+gardens+national++monument&hl=en&ei=EZ1vTe_xBYjLrQfC6vz9Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=lake%20gardens%20national%20%20monument&f=false
- ^ "Getting Here". klbirdpark.com. Kuala Lumpur Bird Park. Archived from the original on 3 May 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
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