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Birmingham Zoo Inc

Birmingham, Alabama 35223 — 2630 Cahaba Rd

License: 64-C-0222 Type: C Last Inspected: Jan 30, 2026 Address: 2630 Cahaba Rd
16 Inspections
4 Total Violations
3 Critical
0 Repeat Violations

Animals on Record

RAINBOW LORIKEET: 184 DOMESTIC GOAT: 180 COCONUT LORIKEET: 115 AMERICAN FLAMINGO: 110 SHEEP INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 81 GIRAFFE: 57 SUNSET LORIKEET / SCARLET-BREASTED LORIKEET: 54 COTTON-TOP TAMARIN: 52 AFRICAN ELEPHANT: 49 COMMON SQUIRREL MONKEY: 48 BLACK-HANDED SPIDER MONKEY: 47 PALLAS'S CAT: 43 RED JUNGLEFOWL: 43 MARIGOLD LORIKEET: 42 BLACK HOWLER: 41 VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 39 NICOBAR PIGEON: 39 RED PANDA: 38 DE BRAZZA'S MONKEY: 37 EMERALD STARLING: 34 GREEN ARACARI: 32 BLACK SPIDER MONKEY: 30 NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR: 30 SNOWY-CROWNED ROBIN-CHAT: 30 NAKED MOLE-RAT: 28 CAPE PORCUPINE: 28 GIANT OTTER: 28 COYOTE: 27 BURCHELL’S / GRANT’S / CHAPMAN’S / PLAINS ZEBRA: 27 SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN: 27 NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER: 26 SPOTTED THICK-KNEE / CAPE THICK-KNEE: 26 BLACK-FOOTED CAT: 24 VIOLET-BACKED STARLING: 24 RING-TAILED LEMUR: 23 DOMESTIC PIG / POTBELLY PIG / MICRO PIG: 23 BLUE DUIKER: 22 CHINCHILLA: 22 LAR GIBBON: 22 LION: 22 BLACK-CAPPED SQUIRREL MONKEY: 22 RED-FLANKED DUIKER: 22 PREVOST'S SQUIRREL / TRI-COLORED SQUIRREL: 21 CROWNED LEMUR: 21 RED-CRESTED TURACO: 21 BLUE-BELLIED ROLLER: 21 PIED IMPERIAL-PIGEON: 20 BEAUTIFUL FRUIT-DOVE: 20 MASKED LAPWING: 20 BRUSH-TAILED RAT-KANGAROO: 19 STRIPED SKUNK: 19 WHITE RHINOCEROS: 18 ETHIOPIAN DWARF MONGOOSE: 18 RUDDY DUCK: 18 BLACK CROWNED-CRANE: 18 RED-CRESTED CARDINAL: 18 BLACK VULTURE / MEXICAN VULTURE: 18 FENNEC FOX: 17 SUNBITTERN: 17 DOMESTIC FERRET: 16 VICTORIA CROWNED-PIGEON: 16 JAMBU FRUIT-DOVE: 16 BORNEAN ORANGUTAN: 15 RED RIVER HOG: 15 GRAY FOX / GREY FOX: 15 BONGO: 15 NORTHERN RED-BILLED HORNBILL: 15 PHEASANT PIGEON: 15 WHITE-HEADED BUFFALO-WEAVER: 15 BOBCAT: 14 GROUNDHOG / WOODCHUCK: 14 WHITE-CRESTED LAUGHINGTHRUSH: 14 TAWNY FROGMOUTH: 14 HOFFMANN'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 13 CALIFORNIA SEA LION: 13 JAGUAR: 13 SOUTH AMERICAN COATI: 12 WHITE-NAPED CRANE: 12 SANDHILL CRANE: 12 MUTE SWAN: 12 MARBLED TEAL: 12 RED-CROWNED CRANE / JAPANESE CRANE: 12 CINEREOUS VULTURE: 12 GOLDEN EAGLE: 12 SOUTHERN GROUND-HORNBILL: 12 SAND CAT: 11 SERVAL: 11 FISHING CAT: 11 SOUTHERN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 11 RED-BILLED LEIOTHRIX: 11 SOUTHERN SCREAMER / CRESTED SCREAMER: 11 BLUE-FACED HONEYEATER: 11 LESSER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC: 10 GIANT ANTEATER: 10 AMAZONIAN MOTMOT: 10 WILD TURKEY: 10 GRANTS ZEBRA: 9 HAZEL DORMOUSE: 9 BLACK RHINOCEROS: 9 COMMON OSTRICH: 9 EASTERN SCREECH-OWL: 9 BUFF-CRESTED BUSTARD: 9 NEOTROPICAL OTTER: 8 AFRICAN PYGMY-GOOSE: 8 ANGOLAN COLOBUS: 7 WILDCAT: 7 HIPPOPOTAMUS: 7 RED FOX (INCLUDES SILVER FOX & CROSS FOX): 7 SPECTACLED OWL: 7 MANDRILL *MALE: 6 YELLOW-BACKED DUIKER: 6 EUROPEAN POLECAT: 6 ROSS'S TURACO: 6 SPECKLED MOUSEBIRD: 6 BLACK-NECKED SWAN: 6 WHITE-THROATED GROUND DOVE: 6 KORI BUSTARD: 6 EURASIAN EAGLE-OWL: 6 BARRED OWL: 6 RED-TAILED HAWK: 6 SECRETARYBIRD: 6 GREAT HORNED OWL: 6 GREATER ROADRUNNER: 6 HARRIS'S HAWK: 6 GREATER VASA PARROT: 6 EURASIAN MAGPIE / BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE: 6 TAVETA GOLDEN-WEAVER: 6 PUMA / MOUNTAIN LION / COUGAR: 6 OCELOT: 5 BARN OWL / WESTERN BARN OWL / AMERICAN BARN OWL /: 5 HEDGEHOG: 4 TIGER: 4 ROCK HYRAX: 4 ROSEATE SPOONBILL: 4 SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO / GREATER SULPHUR-: 4 GREEN WOODHOOPOE: 4 NORWAY RAT / LAB RAT (COMMON RESEARCH/PET: 3 OLDFIELD MOUSE: 3 COMMON BROWN LEMUR: 2 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG (MOST COMMON PET HEDGEHOG): 2 CHINCHILLA (DOMESTICATED): 2 BLUE CRANE / STANLEY CRANE: 2 CRESTED COUA: 2 WHITE COCKATOO / UMBRELLA COCKATOO: 2 NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 2 WESTERN GORILLA: 1 GRANT'S GAZELLE: 1 SOUTHERN FLYING SQUIRREL: 1 GREY SHORT-TAILED OPOSSUM: 1 WHITE-NOSED COATI: 1 BARN OWL / WESTERN BARN OWL / AMERICAN BARN OWL / EASTERN BARN OWL: 1 LAUGHING KOOKABURRA: 0 SOUTHERN OPOSSUM: 0

What's in This Report

16
USDA Inspections on Record
Latest: Jan 30, 2026
4
Violations Documented
3 Critical · 1 Non-Critical

The full report includes:

Complete inspection timeline with dates
Every violation code and description
Inspector narratives — what they saw
Severity ratings for each violation
Repeat offense flags
Links to original USDA reports

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