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Nombre común: Cacique candela, turpial de vientre rojo , chango ventrirrojo
Nombre cientifico:Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster
Nombre en ingles: Red-bellied Grakle
Nombre en alemán: Rotbauchsarling
Nombre en francés: Carouge á ventre rouge
Lugar de la foto: 2260 msnm, Teyuna Birding , La Ceja, Antioquia, Colombia
Masai Mara National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
Cheetah Brothers on a hunt. Another Happy Caturday Image.
The world’s fastest land animal is racing against extinction. Help us win the race! 7,100 left in the wild. IUCN red list vulnerable.
Celebrate the cheetah on December 4th! In 2010, Dr. Laurie Marker designated December 4th as International Cheetah Day. The annual celebration was set in remembrance of a cheetah cub named Khayam, that she raised at Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon.
Khayam was a cheetah trained for the first research project in rewilding. The research was to determine if captive-born cheetahs could be taught to hunt. In 1977, Dr. Marker took Khayam to Namibia for the research project. She witnessed how endangered the cheetah was becoming on that trip. As a way to protect their livestock, farmers were eliminating cheetahs from the landscape in very large numbers.
In 1990, Dr. Marker launched CCF and relocated to Namibia to mitigate the problem of farmer-cheetah conflict. Because of her interactions with Khayam, Dr. Marker dedicated her life to becoming the cheetah’s champion. She chose December 4th – Khayam’s birthday – to be the day the world would join together in celebration of the fastest land mammal. Wikipedia
Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus), a medium-sized wild cat of South and Southeast Asia. It lives mostly in the vicinity of wetlands, along rivers, streams, oxbow lakes, in swamps and mangroves where it preys mostly on fish.
8 year old male, Miso-Chi, lives at the San Diego Zoo and has an artificial mangrove in which to "catch" his dinner.
Conservation status: Vulnerable
River hippo, Hippopotamus amphibius, in Amboseli National Park, Kenya, Africa. Conservation status: Vulnerable
This is #2 in my series of emotive self portraits.
If you'd like to see the first or read more about why I'm doing these, #1 in the series is in the first comment.
In camera double exposure and long exposure with movement.
Male leopard (Panthera pardus) ~ 2.5 years of age, named the "Moroni" male. He is the son of Piccadilly and is currently nomadic (i.e., no defined territory).
Mala Mala Game Reserve, South Africa
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
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Male calf African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) named Umzula-zuli or "Zuli" for short with one of his older sibblings. Zuli was born to mother Ndulamitsi, better known as “Ndula” on August 12,2018 - World Elephant Day. San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Vulnerable - An infrequently encountered Brazilian endemic, the Striated Softtail can be found from southern Bahia south to Rio de Janeiro. Restricted-range species: present in Atlantic Forest Lowlands EBA. Population estimated at 2500–10,000 individuals; declining as a result of habitat destruction. Distribution within seemingly favourable habitat seems patchy. Evidently requires areas of dense vine tangles in tracts of tall forest, which have been almost eliminated in much of its range. Populations exist in several protected areas, including Boa Nova, Serra das Lontras, Alto Cariri and Descobrimento National Parks, Sooretama Biological Reserve, Serra Bonita Private Reserve, Una Biological Reserve and Desengano State Park. Considered Vulnerable at the national level in Brazil (1, 2). This one was photographed at Itacaré - Bahia.
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Nombre común: Bangsia aurinegre
Nombre científico: Bangsia melanochlamys
Nombre re en ingles: Black and gold Tanager
Nombre en alemán : Blauschulher Bergtangare
Nombre en francés: Tangara à cape noire
Lugar de la foto: 1687 msnm, Reserva Natural El SUTÚ, vereda Costa Rica, Municipio de Mistrató, Risaralda, Colombia
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The Nubian ibex is a desert-dwelling goat species found in mountainous areas of northern and northeast Africa, and the Middle East. It was historically considered to be a subspecies of the Alpine ibex (C. ibex), but is now considered a distinct species. The wild population is estimated at 4,500 mature individuals, and it is classified as vulnerable. Males begin growing a beard at age 2 or 3, which continues to grow longer and darker as they age. During the autumn breeding season, mature males grow a "rutting fur" on their breast and sides which is very dark brown. Nubian ibex live in rough, dry, mountainous terrain, where they eat mainly grasses and leaves, especially from Acacia trees. (Wikipedia)
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We were driving into the park when we saw something mysterious on the ridge. It turned out to be the horns of this magnificent animal. Slowly, the horns grew larger as he made his way up the back side of the ridge. At the top, he surveyed his kingdom and his family. Based on descriptions, he is likely a full adult male. Further down was a younger male and several females. What a treat :-)
Here is the link to our Arabian Peninsula birding trip: ebird.org/tripreport/431495
Green Mubazzarah, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. November 2025.
Rockjumper Birding Tours.
Nombre común: Guacamaya Verde
Nombre científico: Ara militaris
Nombre en inglés: Military Macaw
Nombre en Alemán: Soldatenara
Nombre en francés: Ara militaire
Lugar de la foto: Reserva Natural Torre La Vega, Puerto Triunfo, Antioquia, Colombia
Hyacinth Macaw - Vulnerable.
The Hyacinth Macaw is the largest parrot in the world and easily one of the most spectacular. It is an enormous bird weighing on average 1.5 kilograms (3.5 pounds) and is completely blue save its dark bill and bare yellow orbital ring and stripe at base of its lower mandible. It is completely dependent on the fruits of a number of palm species and has a necessarily massive bill to aid in the cracking of the tough exterior. Due to its dependence on palm fruit its range is regulated by the presence and abundance of its preferred species and is distributed in north central and south central Brazil into extreme north west Paraguay where it can be found in palm savannas, Mauritia palm stands, open dry woodland, gallery forest and the edge of humid lowland forest.
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The Greek Tortoise, also known commonly as the spur-thighed tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. It is one of five species of Mediterranean tortoises (genera Testudo and Agrionemys).
The Greek tortoise is a very long-lived animal, achieving a lifespan upwards of 125 years, with some unverified reports up to 200 years.
Greek tortoises are also commonly kept as pets, as they have an easy-going personality. (Wikipedia)
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So interesting to see this tortoise just wandering down the trail. In Canada, at least where I live, we only have turtles.
Silen, Bulgaria. May 2016.
Neophron Tours.
Cuckoo - Cuculus Canorus
The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals.
This species is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa. It is a brood parasite, which means it lays eggs in the nests of other bird species, particularly of dunnocks, meadow pipits, and reed warblers. Although its eggs are larger than those of its hosts, the eggs in each type of host nest resemble the host's eggs. The adult too is a mimic, e that species is a predator, the mimicry gives the female time to lay her eggs without being seen to do so.
The English word "cuckoo" comes from the Old French cucu and it first appears about 1240 in the poem Sumer Is Icumen In - "Summer has come in / Loudly sing, Cuckoo!" in modern English.
The scientific name is from Latin. Cuculus is "cuckoo" and canorus, "melodious ".
A study using stuffed bird models found that small birds are less likely to approach common cuckoos that have barred underparts similar to the Eurasian sparrowhawk, a predatory bird. Eurasian reed warblers were found more aggressive to cuckoos that looked less hawk-like, meaning that the resemblance to the hawk helps the cuckoo to access the nests of potential hosts. Other small birds, great tits and blue tits, showed alarm and avoided attending feeders on seeing either (mounted) sparrowhawks or cuckoos; this implies that the cuckoo's hawklike appearance functions as protective mimicry, whether to reduce attacks by hawks or to make brood parasitism easier.
The common cuckoo is an obligate brood parasite; it lays its eggs in the nests of other birds. At the appropriate moment, the hen cuckoo flies down to the host's nest, pushes one egg out of the nest, lays an egg and flies off. The whole process takes about 10 seconds. A female may visit up to 50 nests during a breeding season. Common cuckoos first breed at the age of two years.
More than 100 host species have been recorded: meadow pipit, dunnock and Eurasian reed warbler are the most common hosts in northern Europe; garden warbler, meadow pipit, pied wagtail and European robin in central Europe; brambling and common redstart in Finland; and great reed warbler in Hungary.
Studies were made of 90 great reed warbler nests in central Hungary. There was an "unusually high" frequency of common cuckoo parasitism, with 64% of the nests parasitised. Of the nests targeted by cuckoos, 64% contained one cuckoo egg, 23% had two, 10% had three and 3% had four common cuckoo eggs. In total, 58% of the common cuckoo eggs were laid in nests that were multiply parasitised. When laying eggs in nests already parasitised, the female cuckoos removed one egg at random, showing no discrimination between the great reed warbler eggs and those of other cuckoos.
It was found that nests close to cuckoo perches were most vulnerable: multiple parasitised nests were closest to the vantage points, and unparasitised nests were farthest away. Nearly all the nests "in close vicinity" to the vantage points were parasitised. More visible nests were more likely to be selected by the common cuckoos. Female cuckoos use their vantage points to watch for potential hosts and find it easier to locate the more visible nests while they are egg-laying.
Nombre común: Cacique candela, turpial de vientre rojo , chango ventrirrojo
Nombre cientifico:Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster
Nombre en ingles: Red-bellied Grakle
Nombre en alemán: Rotbauchsarling
Nombre en francés: Carouge á ventre rouge
Lugar de la foto: 2260 msnm, Teyuna Birding , La Ceja, Antioquia, Colombia
31- year-old female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) "Chinook" enjoying the fresh snow provided on International Polar Bear Day (2/27/26).
San Diego Zoo's Polar Bear Plunge
Conservation status: Vulnerable
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Masai Mara National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
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The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five species in the genus Panthera, a member of the Felidae. The leopard occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia and is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because leopard populations are threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation and are declining in large parts of the global range.
Contemporary records suggest that the leopard occurs in only 25% of its historical global range. Leopards are hunted illegally, and their body parts are smuggled in the wildlife trade for medicinal practices and decoration.
Compared to other wild cats, the leopard has relatively short legs and a long body with a large skull. It is similar in appearance to the jaguar, but generally has a smaller, lighter physique. Its fur is marked with rosettes similar to those of the jaguar, but the leopard's rosettes are smaller and more densely packed, and do not usually have central spots as the jaguar's do. Both leopards and jaguars that are melanistic are known as black panthers.
The leopard is distinguished by its well-camouflaged fur, opportunistic hunting behavior, broad diet, and strength (which it uses to move heavy carcasses into trees), as well as its ability to adapt to various habitats ranging from rainforest to steppe, including arid and montane areas, and its ability to run at speeds of up to 58 kilometres per hour (36 mph). – Wikipedia
26 year old female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) "Chinook"
International Polar Bear Day at the San Diego Zoo's Polar Bear Plunge.
Conservation status: Vulnerable
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The beautiful maiden pink, Dianthus deltoides, is a small, perennial wildflower now on the Amber list as vulnerable because of habitat loss caused by overgrazing.
It grows on dry, lime-rich grassy banks and sand dunes in southeast Scotland, and seems to be thriving at St Cyrus National Nature Reserve, where it is monitored. I bought some seeds from Scotia Seeds, and it's now also thriving in a pot in my garden!
I love their serrated petals and the blue pollen.
La morena gigante es una anguila grande, que alcanza hasta 3 m de largo y 30 kg de peso. Su cuerpo alargado es de color marrón. Mientras que los juveniles son de color canela con grandes manchas negras, los adultos tienen manchas negras que se transforman en manchas parecidas a las de un leopardo detrás de la cabeza.
La morena gigante es carnívora y nocturna, cazando a sus presas dentro del arrecife. Se sabe que participa en la caza cooperativa con el mero coralino errante (Plectropomus pessuliferus). Estas dos especies de peces son cazadores complementarios: mientras la anguila caza en el arrecife, puede asustar a sus presas y sacarlas de sus escondites, dejándolas para que el mero se las coma. De manera similar, la caza del mero sobre el arrecife puede hacer que la presa intente buscar refugio en el arrecife, donde la morena puede emboscarlos.
Aunque intimidante, no es agresiva con buceadores si no se la provoca, pero su mordedura es peligrosa, no por veneno, sino por la gran cantidad de bacterias en su boca.
Los adultos tienen manchas negras que se transforman en manchas parecidas a las de un leopardo detrás de la cabeza.
The giant moray eel is a large eel, reaching up to 3 m in length and 30 kg in weight. Its elongated body is brown. While juveniles are tan with large black spots, adults have black spots that develop into leopard-like markings behind their heads.
The giant moray eel is carnivorous and nocturnal, hunting its prey within the reef. It is known to engage in cooperative hunting with the wandering grouper (Plectropomus pessuliferus). These two fish species are complementary hunters: as the eel hunts on the reef, it can startle its prey out of hiding, leaving them vulnerable for the grouper to eat. Similarly, the grouper's hunting above the reef can cause prey to seek refuge on the reef, where the moray eel can ambush them.
Although intimidating, it is not aggressive towards divers unless provoked, but its bite is dangerous, not because of venom, but because of the large amount of bacteria in its mouth
theGiant Moray Eel (Gymnothorax javanicus) , one of the largest moray eels, inhabiting reefs of the Indo-Pacific and Red Sea, known for its dark brown coloration with unique spots, large and muscular body (up to 3 meters), and its cooperative hunting with groupers, feeding on fish and crustaceansAlthough intimidating, it is not aggressive towards divers unless provoked, but its bite is dangerous, not because of venom, but because of the large amount of bacteria in its mouth.
The fringe-eared oryx (Oryx beisa callotis) is a large antelope native to East Africa, primarily found in southeastern Kenya and northeastern Tanzania. It is distinguished from other oryx species by the prominent tufts of long black hair at the tips of its ears.
It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Major threats include poaching for meat and horns, as well as habitat loss due to agriculture and competition with livestock. The total population of mature individuals is estimated to be between 3,000 and 4,000.
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
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Female cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) and mother of three 18-month-old offspring. She was pregnant again at the time of this picture and has since delivered more babies. Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, Africa. Conservation Status: Vulnerable
(His trophy seems to be a small lizard)
Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster
(Red-bellied Grackle / Cacique candela)
La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
The red-bellied grackle is endemic to Colombia where it is found in all three Andean ranges at altitudes of 800 to 2,400m (2,600 to 7,900ft) above sea level.
Its natural habitat is tropical forest, but the trees are increasingly being felled for timber and to make way for agriculture, and little virgin forest remains within its range.
H. pyrohypogaster was formerly classified as "endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature but in 2012 the threat level was lowered to "vulnerable". This is on the basis that, although its forest habitat remains under pressure, it has been found at some new locations where it was not known before. The total population is now estimated to be in the range 2,500 to 9,999 individuals.
~18 month old female koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named “Coolaroo” living in the Australia Outback habitat at the San Diego Zoo.
Conservation status: Vulnerable
Londolozi Game Reserve
South Africa
In Kruger National Park
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The lion (Panthera leo) is a species in the cat family (Felidae). The lion is sexually dimorphic; males are larger than females with a typical weight range of 150 to 250 kg (331 to 551 lb) for the former and 120 to 182 kg (265 to 401 lb) for the latter. Male lions have a prominent mane, which is the most recognisable feature of the species.
A lion pride consists of a few adult males, related females and cubs. Groups of female lions typically hunt together, preying mostly on large ungulates. The species is an apex and keystone predator, although they scavenge when opportunities occur.
Typically, the lion inhabits grasslands and savannas but is absent in dense forests. It is usually more diurnal than other big cats, but when persecuted it adapts to being active at night and at twilight. In the Pleistocene, the lion ranged throughout Eurasia, Africa and the Americas from the Yukon to Peru but today it has been reduced to fragmented populations in Sub-Saharan Africa and one critically endangered population in western India.
It has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1996 because populations in African countries have declined by about 43% since the early 1990s. Habitat loss and conflicts with humans are the greatest causes for concern. – Wikipedia
A beautiful adult male Eyrean Earless Dragon cuts a fine portrait on the edge of the desolate and vast moon plain near Coober Pedy in central South Australia. Surrealism at its zenith.
26 year old female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) "Chinook", the oldest of three polar bears that live at the San Diego Zoo's Polar Bear Plunge. Chinook also came to San Diego in May 1996 as a one year old orphan. Conservation status: Vulnerable
Lewa Downs
Kenya
East Africa
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The cheetah is a large cat of the subfamily Felinae that occurs in Southern, North and East Africa, and a few localities in Iran. The species is IUCN Red Listed as vulnerable, as it suffered a substantial decline in its historic range in the 20th century due to habitat loss, poaching, illegal pet trade, and conflict with humans. By 2016, the global cheetah population has been estimated at approximately 7,100 individuals in the wild. Several African countries have taken steps to improve cheetah conservation measures. It is the fastest land animal.
Cheetahs are active mainly during the day hunting their major activity. Adult males are sociable despite their territoriality, forming groups called coalitions. Females are not territorial; they may be solitary or live with their offspring in home ranges.
Carnivores, cheetah mainly prey upon antelopes and gazelles. They will stalk their prey to within 100–300 m (330–980 ft), charge towards it and kill it by tripping it during the chase and biting its throat to suffocate it to death. Cheetahs can reach speeds of 112 km/h (70 mph) in short bursts, but this is disputed by more recent measurements. The average speed of cheetahs is about 64 km/h (40 mph).
Cheetahs are induced ovulators, breeding throughout the year. Gestation is nearly three months long, resulting in a litter of typically three to five cubs (the number can vary from one to eight). Weaning occurs at six months; siblings tend to stay together for some time. Cheetah cubs face higher mortality than most other mammals, especially in the Serengeti region. Cheetahs inhabit a variety of habitats – dry forests, scrub forests and savannahs. -Wikipedia
At times one feels exposed and vulnerable
On explore: Explore / Interestingness / August 2011 / 23rd
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"The real subject is yourself facing the world" - Thierry Girard
the sable ( hippotragus niger niger ) is maybe the most beautiful african antelope.
perhaps a little frightened by my presence or in a gesture of challenge he started to pee.
a big bull like this can reach +230kgs and the horns arrive till +160cm long!!!
they are proud animals used to confront their natural enemies with the horns ...unfortunatly their beauty expose them as an hunting trophy.
hunting and habitat destruction reduced drastically the population.
all the 4 african subspecies are critically endangered or vulnerable.
the niger niger is the most "common" subspecie but just to give an idea in zimbabwe the wild population drop in 20 years from 25000es to...450!!!
in south africa and botswana situation is much better but you can see them just in a few parks.
mokala national park has been opened to give home to some rare antelopes including sables.
we hope for a better future.
"so beauty"
mokala national park,SA
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