Riverbanks Zoo adds new member to zoo family

Toucan Tuesdays returning to Riverbanks Zoo

Photo: Riverbanks Zoo and Garden website

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– Riverbanks Zoo is adding a new member to the zoo family.

The award-winning bird team at the zoo hatched a Toco Toucan for the first time in over a decade.

Toucan parents Ramsay and Dora were introduced to each other June 2019 and seen then the bird team at the zoo has been hoping the two create a chick, say zoo officials.

Both of them arrived at the zoo in July 2018 and January 2019.

Riverbanks Bird Keeper, Amy Gooding says, “I always hoped this day would come, but honestly didn’t think it would. I screamed for joy when I found out we had a fertile egg, and now to see this little guy hopping around…it’s why I got into this field.”

Guests can plan to see the new chick on exhibit in the spring of 2025.