Bird House at Ueno Zoo closed on June 15, 2025, for reconstruction due to the aging of the facility. The birds kept in the bird cages were also removed from display on June 18, 2025. Future plans include redevelopment aimed at creating a better exhibition and living environment for the birds.
Bird migration has begun (more details here).
The final day Bird House will be open is Sunday, June 15, 2025, and the final day the bird cages will be on display is Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Please see the relocation schedule. We appreciate your understanding as the number of exhibited species is gradually decreasing.
In conjunction with the closure Bird House, we will be holding the "Thank You, Bird House Exhibition." Please see here for details.
Exhibition end date
*Species not noted are being kept in the back area. We will inform you again when they are put on display.
Ends on Wednesday, October 23, 2024-triton cockatoo (on display next to the Pygmy Hippopotamus enclosure West Garden from June 11, 2026)
Ends April 9, 2025 (Wednesday)・ Japanese Quail (raised in a facility within the park that is not open to the public)
- Black-necked Stilt (on display at "Children's Zoo STEP" from October 8, 2025)
Ends on April 20, 2025 (Sunday)- Blue-rumped Lovebird (kept in a facility not open to the public within the park)
Ends on April 27, 2025 (Sunday)- Crested Stint (Moved to Sapporo Maruyama Zoo on October 13, 2026)
- Red-backed woodpecker (kept in a facility not open to the public within the park)
- White-winged Dove (Moved to Chiba City Zoological Park on June 29, 2026)
- Black-and-white spurred hawk (Moved to Sapporo Maruyama Zoo on October 13, 2026)
Ends on April 29, 2025 (Tuesday)- Kingfisher (Died May 3, 2025)
Ends on May 11, 2025 (Sunday)-Japanese Scops-owl (on display in "Birds of Japan II" from June 1, 2025)
-Azure-winged Magpie Starling (Moved to Chiba City Zoological Park on June 29, 2026)
Ends on May 15, 2025 (Thursday)- Nile Plover (Moved to Kakegawa Flower and Bird Park on October 2, 2026)
- European Starling (Moved to Sapporo Maruyama Zoo on October 13, 2026)
Ends on May 25, 2025 (Sunday)-White-bellied Go-away-bird (moved to Kobe Animal Kingdom on June 8, 2026, and to Saitama Children's Zoo on July 12, 2026)
- Crested Hornbill (2 birds moved to Omiya Park Small Animal Zoo on July 4, 2025; 2 birds exhibited in the Crane House in East Garden)
- Oriental Scops Owl (to be moved to Hitachi City Kamine Zoo on September 28, 2026)
-Eurasian Oystercatcher (on display at "Tsuru-sha" from May 27, 2025)
Ends June 1, 2025 (Sunday)- Ryukyu Kingfisher (on display at "Birds of Japan I" from June 4, 2025, died on January 26, 2026)
Ends June 15, 2025 (Sunday)- White-headed Weaver (raised in a non-public facility within the park; moved to Omiya Park Small Animal Zoo on July 4, 2025 (3 birds))
- Japanese Sparrow (Moved to Saitama Children's Zoo on March 18, 2026)
- Crested partridge (Moved to Kakegawa Kachoen on October 2, 2026 (1 bird) - Moved to Sapporo Maruyama Zoo on October 13, 2026 (1 bird))
- Green-winged Macaw (Moved to Kakegawa Kachoen on October 2, 2026)
- Southern Tamandua (Female to be moved to Kobe Animal Kingdom in November 2025 / Male to be exhibited in the "Small Mammal House" on July 14, 2026)
Ends June 18, 2025 (Wednesday)- Toucan (Moved to Adventure World on April 10, 2026)
(May 2, 2025)
(May 12, 2025: Added future plans)
(May 18, 2025: Final exhibition date updated)
(May 26, 2025: Added information regarding the re-exhibition locations for species whose exhibit ended on May 25)
(June 2, 2025: Final exhibition date updated)
(June 9, 2025: Added information on the re-exhibition locations for species whose exhibits ended on May 11 and June 1.)
(June 16, 2025: Added information about Bird House closure and updated the final exhibition date.)
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