Scientific Name: Fittonia verschaffeltii pearcei

Scientific name: Eriocnemis luciani

Common name: Sapphire-vented puffleg

Nombre: Colibrí pantalón de frente azul, Calzoncitos colilargo, Calzadito colilargo norteño, Zamarrito colilargo, Quinde calzonario.

It is found between 2,400 and 3,500m

Lugar de la captura: Zuro Loma, Ecuador

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Scientific name: Onychoprion anaethetus

Trinomial name: Onychoprion anaethetus melanopterus

Ssp name: O. a. melanopterus

Common name: Bridled tern

Nombre: Charrán monja, Charrán embriado

Lugar de la captura: República Dominicana

As per Wikipedia:

The bridled tern (Onychoprion anaethetus) is a seabird of the family Laridae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus comes from onux meaning "claw" or "nail", and prion, meaning "saw". The specific anaethetus means "senseless, stupid".

This species breeds in colonies on rocky islands. It nests in a ground scrape or hole and lays one egg. It feeds by plunge-diving for fish in marine environments, but will also pick from the surface like the black tern and the gull-billed tern. It usually dives directly, and not from the "stepped-hover" favoured by the Arctic tern.

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Scientific name: Trogon personatus

Trinomial name: Trogon personatus assimilis

Ssp name: T. p. assimilis

Common name: Masked Trogon

Nombre: La Soledad.

Lugar de la captura: Napo, Ecuador

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Scientific name: Catharus ustulatus

Name: Swainson's Thrush

Nombre: Zorzalito de swainson

Lugar de la captura: Sachatamia, Ecuador

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Scientific name: Mellisuga minima

Common name: Vervain hummingbird

Nombre: Zumbadorcito, Zumbador verbena, Zumbaflor

Lugar de la captura: República Dominicana

According to Wikipedia: Mellisuga is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. They are notable for being the first and second smallest bird species in the world.

The genus was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the vervain hummingbird as the type species.[ The name Mellisuga is a combination of the Latin words mel or mellis, meaning "honey" and sugere, meaning "to suck".

Scientific name: Vanellus chilensis

Common name: Southern Lapwing

Nombre: Alcaraván, Plover Chilensis.

Lugar de la captura: Panamá

Baby African Bush Elephants, scientifically known as Loxodonta africana, are incredibly adorable and endearing creatures. They are born weighing around 200-250 pounds (90-115 kilograms) and stand about 2.5 to 3 feet (76-91 centimeters) tall at the shoulders.

These young elephants are highly social animals and rely on close bonds with their family members for protection and learning. They are under the constant care and guidance of their mothers and other experienced female elephants within the herd. Baby elephants stay close to their mothers, learning essential survival skills, such as finding water, identifying edible plants, and understanding social behaviors within the herd.

Play is an essential aspect of their early development. They engage in playful activities, such as mock charging, splashing in water, and chasing birds or other small animals. Through play, they hone their motor skills and social interactions, preparing them for adulthood.

Baby African Bush Elephants are heartwarming creatures to observe in the wild, and their presence contributes to the rich tapestry of life in the African savannah.

Scientific name: Pheucticus chrysogaster

Common name: Golden grosbeak

Nombre: Picogrueso ventriamarillo. Picogordo amarillo, Piquigrueso de vientre amarillo

Lugar de la captura: Puembo, Ecuador

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Scientific name: Anetia pantheratus)

Common name: Great King

Nombre: Rey mayor

Lugar de la captura: Republica Dominicana

Scientific name: Setophaga petechia

Trinomial name: Setophaga petechia chlora

Ssp name: S. p. chlora

Place of Capture: Seven Brothers Keys (off Hispaniola), República Dominicana

• Turkey vulture

• Buitre cabeza roja / Aura gallipavo

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Accipitriformes

Family:Cathartidae

Genus:Cathartes

Species:C. aura

Aguas Dulces, Rocha, Uruguay

Scientific name: Euphonia laniirostris

Common name: Thick-billed Euphonia

Nombre: Calandria piquigruesa, Curruñatá piquigordo, Eufonia piquigruesa, Fruterito de pico grueso.

Lugar de la captura: Amagusa reserve, Mashpi, Pichincha, Ecuador.

Scientific name: Sporophila corvina

Trinomial name: Sporophila corvina hoffmannii

Ssp name: S. c. hoffmannii

Common name: Variable Seedeater - - Western Pacific

Nombre: Espiguero variable, Semillerito aurito, Semillerito variable.

Lugar de la captura: Panamá

• Amber snails

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

(unranked):clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura

clade Panpulmonata

clade Eupulmonata

clade Stylommatophora

clade Elasmognatha

Superfamily:Succineoidea

Family:Succineidae

Subfamily:Succineinae

Genus:Succinea

Species: S. meridionalis

Solymar, Canelones, Uruguay

Scientific name: Jacana jacana

Common name: Wattled Jacana

Nombre: Jacana Negra

Lugar de la captura: Panamá

• Gaviota austral, gaviota patagona, gaviota gris

• Dolphin gull

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Charadriiformes

Family:Laridae

Genus:Leucophaeus

Species:L. scoresbii

Juvenile

Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Beautiful Early Marsh-orchid (Dachtylorhiza incarnata subsp. incarnata). The genus name Dachtylorhiza means finger-lobed tubers in Greek (‘dactylos’ – finger, ‘rhiza’ – root) with reference to its palmately divided (2-5 lobes) tubers; while ‘incarnata’ in Latin means ‘to make into flesh’. So, the two scientific names together could sound quite poetic: ‘The flesh raised from roots’. Taken at Clattinger Farm, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve, Wiltshire, England.

Scientific name: Cinchus cinclus.

The chocolate-brown, plump dipper can often be seen bobbing up and down on a stone in a fast-flowing river. It feeds on underwater insects by walking straight into, and under the water.

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Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Subclass:Heterobranchia

Order:Stylommatophora

Suborder:Helicina

Superfamily:Orthalicoidea

Family:Odontostomidae

Genus:Clessinia

Spixia Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898 is unaccepted, moved to Clessinia Doering, 1875

Shell length: 19mm

Maldonado, Uruguay

Scientific name: Buteo buteo.

Feeding: Buzzards are big birds, more than capable of taking sizeable birds and animals but, more often than not, they will target smaller prey. Rabbits are an important food source, and the birds suffered during the height of myxomatosis, but they will also take smaller mammals. Compared to all other raptors, Buzzard’s digestive systems are able to deal with a poor-quality diet and, in winter when other prey is hard to find, they are able to feed mostly on earthworms, beetles and other small invertebrates. These will be hunted on foot, and you can find Buzzards regularly sitting on the ground. In favoured fields, large numbers can gather and, although somewhat tolerant of each other, disagreements will break out if individuals get too close to others. In certain areas, usually in the uplands, Buzzards may hover when searching for food. Info: Hawk and Owl Trust.

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Small and totally lame cairn that I stacked using rocks from the shore of the bay between the two points at Iona's Beach Scientific and Natural Area (SNA) on Lake Superior, north of Two Harbors, Minnesota.

Once upon a time, this place was once the site of a charming mom & pop resort called Twin Points Resort. Iona Lind, her husband John and their children ran the resort for over 50 years. Iona kept on for a short time after her husband passed away in the 1980's.

When Iona died, she donated the land and it ended up in the hands of Minnesota's DNR.

Iona's Beach SNA is about halfway between Gooseberry Falls and Split Rock Lighthouse State Parks on Minnesota's legendary, historic Highway 61.

Scientific name: Erithacus rubecula

Scientific name: Euphonia cyanocephala

Common name: Golden-Rumped euphonia

Nombre: Eufonia cabeciazul, Tangara cabeza celeste, Curruñatá corona azul

Lugar de la captura: Puembo, Ecuador

• Jumping spiders

• Saltícidos / Araña saltarina

• Aranhas saltadoras

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Arthropoda

Subphylum:Chelicerata

Class:Arachnida

Order:Araneae

Infraorder:Araneomorphae

Family:Salticidae

Subfamily:Salticinae

Genus:Aphirape

Species: A. flexa

Aphirape flexa is the only species of the genus Aphirape cited for Uruguay

Solymar, Canelones, Uruguay

Scientific name: Megarynchus pitangua

Common name: Boat-billed Flycatcher

Nombre: Atrapamoscas picón, Benteveo pitanguá, Bichofué picudo, Chilero pico ancho, Güis picudo, Luis pico grueso, Luis piquigrueso, Mosquero picudo, Mosquerón picudo, Ñei ñei, Pitanguá, Pitangua, Pitangua guasu

Lugar de la captura: Panamá

Scientific name: Turdus philomelos.

Famous for smashing open snails and for the sweet song which gives this bird its name. The song thrush was once a common sight in UK woodland, but is sadly in decline. Info: Woodland Trust.

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SCIENTIFIC NAME: Struthio camelus

Scientific name: Plectrophenax nivalis.

Only a few pairs of snow bunting breed here, so look out for this striking black-and-white bird in winter around Scotland, the North West and the East coast of England. Info: The Wildlife Trusts.

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Garden visitor.

Scientific name: Meles meles.

Badgers are the UK's largest land predator and are one of the most well-known British species. They are famed for their black and white stripes and sturdy body, using their strong front paws to dig for food.

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Scientific name: Coeligena coeligena

Common name: Bronzy Inca

Nombre: Colibrí Inca bronceado, Colibrí pardo morado.

Lugar de la captura: Cabañas San Isidro, Cosanga, Ecuador

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Scientific name: Corvus palmarum

Corvus palmarum palmarum

Ssp name: C. p. palmarum

Lugar de la captura: República Dominicana

Remarks / Observaciones: "Hispaniolan Endemic"

Scientific name: Alauda arensis.

The skylark is a small brown bird, somewhat larger than a sparrow but smaller than a starling. It is streaky brown with a small crest, which can be raised when the bird is excited or alarmed, and a white-sided tail. The wings also have a white rear edge, visible in flight. It is renowned for its display flight, vertically up in the air. Its recent and dramatic population declines make it a Red List species. Info:RSPB

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Scientific name: Podiceps nigricollis.

Ford Green Nature Reserve. Staffordshire.

This small grebe has beautiful golden tufts of feathers on its face, contrasting with its black head and neck. Its steep forehead makes its head look 'peaked'. A rare breeding bird, it is also uncommon in winter.

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Female.

Scientific name: Calopterx splendens.

The Banded demoiselle is one of the largest damselflies in the UK. It can usually be found flitting around vegetation of slow running streams, rivers, canals and ponds with muddy bottoms. The larvae live underwater amongst roots and vegetation for around two years until its emergence. They are quite vulnerable to water polution so their presence is usually a good indicator of water quality. Info: TVERC.

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Buff-banded Rail

Scientific Name: Gallirallus philippensis

Description: The Buff-banded Rail is a medium-sized stout rail with short legs. It has a distinctive grey eyebrow and an orange-brown band on its streaked breast. The lores, cheek and hindneck are rich chestnut. The chin and throat are grey, the upperparts streaked brown and the underparts barred black and white. The eye is red. Young birds are much paler to white underneath, with indistinct bars and only a faint orange-brown tint on the breast. Downy chicks are fluffy black. This rail walks slowly, with tail raised and flicking constantly.

Similar species: The orange-brown breast band distinguishes the Buff-banded Rail from the similar but smaller Lewin's Rail,Dryolimnas pectoralis, which has a rich chestnut crown and nape and a proportionally longer pink bill.

Distribution: The Buff-banded Rail is widespread in mainland Australia, particularly along the eastern coast and islands, and on Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands. It is also found in south-east Asia, New Guinea and New Zealand.

Habitat: The Buff-banded Rail is seen singly or in pairs in dense reeds and vegetation bordering many types of wetlands or crops. It makes widespread use of artificial wetlands like sewage ponds and drainage channels.

Seasonal movements: The Buff-banded Rail is resident and possibly locally nomadic, though little is known of these movements.

Feeding: The Buff-banded Rail feeds on crustaceans, molluscs, insects, seeds, fruit, frogs, carrion and refuse. It mostly feeds early in the morning and the evening.

Breeding: Breeding is poorly known, but the Buff-breasted Rail nests in long grass, tussocks, rushes or crops. It makes an unlined cup-shaped nest of grasses or reeds. Both parents incubate and the young will leave the nest within 24 hours. Both parents remain with the young, which usually feed themselves, though the female may feed them as well. Two broods may be raised in some seasons.

Calls: Loud creaky squeak when breeding but usually silent.

Minimum Size: 28cm

Maximum Size: 33cm

Average size: 31cm

Average weight: 130g

Breeding season: September to February

Clutch Size: 5 to 8 eggs

Incubation: 19 days

Nestling Period: 1 days

(source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)

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Scientific name: Empidonax alnorum

The alder flycatcher is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. The genus name Empidonax is from Ancient Greek empis, "gnat", and anax, "master". The specific alnorum is Latin and means "of the alders".

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Scientific name Anthocharis cardamines. This female was seen captured in my garden

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Sacred Kingfisher

Scientific Name: Todiramphus sanctus

Description: The Sacred Kingfisher is a medium sized kingfisher. It has a turquoise back, turquoise blue rump and tail, buff-white underparts and a broad cream collar. There is a broad black eye stripe extending from bill to nape of neck. Both sexes are similar, although the female is generally lighter with duller upper parts. Young birds are similar to the female, but have varying amounts of rusty-brown edging to feathers on the collar and underparts, and buff edges on the wing coverts.

Distribution: The Sacred Kingfisher is common and familiar throughout the coastal regions of mainland Australia and less common throughout Tasmania. The species is also found on islands from Australasia to Indonesia and New Zealand.

Habitat: The Sacred Kingfisher inhabits woodlands, mangroves and paperbark forests, tall open eucalypt forest and melaleuca forest.

Seasonal movements: In Australia, Sacred Kingfishers spend the winter in the north of their range and return south in the spring to breed.

Feeding: Sacred Kingfishers forage mainly on the land, only occasionally capturing prey in the water. They feed on crustaceans, reptiles, insects and their larvae and, infrequently, fish. The birds perch on low exposed branch on the lookout for prey. Once prey is located, the Sacred Kingfisher swoops down and grasps it in its bill, returning to the perch to eat it.

Breeding: For most of the year Sacred Kingfishers are mainly solitary, pairing only for the breeding season. Usually two clutches are laid in a season. Both sexes excavate the nest, which is normally a burrow in a termite mound, hollow branch or river bank. The nest chamber is unlined and can be up to 20m above the ground. Both sexes also incubate the eggs and care for the young.

Calls: The voice of the Sacred Kingfisher is a loud "ek ek ek ek" repeated continuously throughout breeding season. Birds also give a "kee kee kee" in excitement and a series of chirring, scolding notes when alarmed.

Minimum Size: 19cm

Maximum Size: 24cm

Average size: 21cm

Average weight: 45g

Breeding season: September to December; occasionally extended to March, if conditions are favourable.

Clutch Size: 3 to 6

Incubation: 18 days

Nestling Period: 26 days

(Sources: www.birdsinbackyards.net and "The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds - Second Edition")

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Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

Subclass: Caenogastropoda

Order: Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Littorinoidea

Family: Littorinidae

Subfamily: Littorininae

Genus: Echinolittorina

Species: E. lineolata

Punta del Diablo, Rocha, Uruguay

Scientific name: Tachybaptus ruricollis.

The little grebe is a fantastic diver, but to help it swim underwater, its feet are placed towards the back of its body, making it rather clumsy on land. It only really comes ashore to breed. Info: The Wildlife Trusts.

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Scientific name : Carcharodus alceae

Également appelé : Hespérie de la Passe-Rose

Scientific name: Mimosa Bimucronata

Popular Name: Maricá

Features: tree or shrub arborescent that can reach up to 15 m high and 40 cm in diameter in adulthood. The flowers are white (or bege) gathered in inflorescences and the fruits in red-brick coloring.

Places of occurrence: Naturally occurs in the states of Bahia, Alagoas, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.

The species of native trees such as Maricá are very indicated for actions of reforestation, environmental preservation, urban afforestation, landscapes or domestic plantations. Reforestation, for example, corresponds to the implantation of forests in areas that have already been degraded, whether for time, by man or nature.

檔名File name： 紅尾歌鴝﹝BIRD05822﹞

鳥類名稱 Bird Name：紅尾歌鴝 / Rufous-tailed Robin.

學名 Scientific Name： Luscinia sibilans.

科名 Family：鶲科(Muscicapidae) 鴝鳥屬(Larvivora).

相機Camera：SONY Alpha DSLR-A100

鏡頭Lens：美能達 Minolta 300 F2.8

原始圖像大小 Original Image Size : 3872x2592 pixel

焦距長度Focal length﹝mm﹞：300

感光度ISO speed ratings：100

光圈F-Number：3.5

曝光時間Exposure time〈s〉：1/30

拍攝地點 Location：

台灣 新北市 野柳地質公園.

Yehliu Geopark, New Taipei, TAIWAN

別名 Other Names： 紅腿歐鴝

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Also know as: common dormouse

Scientific name: Muscardinus avellanarius

This is the first dormouse I have ever seen, they are very rare in my part of the UK, shame the brambles got in the way and hopefully next time I will get a much better picture, but still really excited just to have seen it.

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Scientific name: Phalacrocorax carbo.

The cormorant is an excellent fisher. It is most easily spotted when it is perched, stretching its wings out in the sun to dry after a dive. The UK holds internationally important wintering numbers of cormorant. Info: The Wildlife Trust.

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Scientific name: Phasianus colchicus

Bird family: Pheasants and partridges

UK conservation status: Introduced

Protected by The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Pheasants are large, long-tailed gamebirds. The males have rich chestnut, golden-brown and black markings on their bodies and tails, with a dark green head and red face wattling. Females are mottled with paler brown and black.

They were introduced to the UK long ago and more recent introductions have brought in a variety of races and breeds for sport shooting.

What they eat:

Seeds, grain, shoots and insects.

Population:

UK breeding:2.4 million females

• Kudu / Greater kudu

• Kudú mayor /Gran kudú

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Mammalia

Order:Artiodactyla

Family:Bovidae

Subfamily:Bovinae

Genus:Tragelaphus

Species:T. strepsiceros

Female specimen

Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa

Previously unpublished photos from my trip to RSA in 2018