Weltvogelpark Walsrode

Walsrode World Bird Park
(Weltvogelpark Walsrode)
Typical aviaries with a restaurant in the background
Interactive map of Walsrode World Bird Park
52°52′54″N 9°35′54″E / 52.881679°N 9.59834°E / 52.881679; 9.59834
Date opened1962
LocationNear Walsrode in the Lüneburg Heath, North Germany
Land area24 hectares (59 acres)
No. of animals4,000
No. of species600
Annual visitors300,000 (2011)
Memberships
Websitewww.weltvogelpark.de

Walsrode World Bird Park (German: Weltvogelpark Walsrode) is a bird park located in the middle of the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany near Walsrode in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany.

It is the largest bird park in the world in terms of species as well as land area, although the Bird Paradise in Singapore (formerly the Jurong Bird Park) claims the largest number of individual birds. Walsrode World Bird Park covers 24 hectares (59 acres) and houses some 4,000 birds of 600 species from every continent and climatic zone in the world. The park celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2012.