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Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) resting amid the eucalyptus branches. She lives in the Australia Outback habitat of the San Diego Zoo, the largest koala colony and the most successful koala breeding program outside of Australia. Conservation status: Vulnerable
Young female cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) named "Maggie" who was born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park's Cheetah Breeding Center (part of the international Cheetah Breeding Center Coalition). Maggie now lives at the San Diego Zoo as an animal ambassador.
Conservation status: Vulnerable
These are the two most recent cubs of the Piccadilly female - the leopard (Panthera pardus) we tracked the previous day. On the morning we found them, mom had tucked them into a wooded area while she went out hunting. The cubs were ~3-6 month old when we saw them in July, one male and one female. Sadly, reports from the game reserve suggest that in September the male cub was killed by a local lion pride.
MalaMala Game Reserve, South Africa
Conservation status: Vulnerable
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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
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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One of a coalition of five male cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus), sometimes called the 5 Musketeers or the Fast Five, that have been together since the Fall of 2016. This is a historic grouping because of its large number and consists of two brothers and three non related males. Together they are able to hold larger territory and bring down larger prey. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, Africa, Conservation Status: Vulnerable
This photo was taken on the way to Stuormuorkkegårttje, a beautiful waterfall in the Stora Sjöfallets National Park in Sweden.
Due to the wooden planks the hike is very easy. A further benefit is the protection of the vulnerable arctic fauna.
19 year old female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) "Tatqiq" enjoying a special day of snow at the San Diego Zoo.
Conservation status: Vulnerable
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
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Atlantic Puffin has a Conservation Status under the IUCN of Vulnerable www.iucnredlist.org/species/22694927/132581443
An Atlantic Puffin engages in some bill clacking with another at the famous Elliston viewing site on the Bonavista Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland, Canada.
… I think I run away sometimes
Whenever I get too vulnerable
That's not your fault (Yeah)
… See I wanna stay the whole night
I wanna lay with you 'til the sun's up
I wanna let you inside
Oh, heaven knows I've tried
… I wish that I could I let you love
Wish that I could let you love me
Bearded Reedling - Panurus Biarmicus
Norfolk Titchwell
aka Bearded Tit. (M)
This species is a wetland specialist, breeding colonially in large reed beds by lakes or swamps. It eats reed aphids in summer, and reed seeds in winter, its digestive system changing to cope with the very different seasonal diets.
Often having to take grit in order to help digestion.
The bearded reedling is a species of temperate Europe and Asia. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate other than eruptive or cold weather movements. It is vulnerable to hard winters, which may kill many birds. The English population of about 500 pairs is largely confined to the south and east with a small population in Leighton Moss in north Lancashire. In Ireland a handful of pairs breed in County Wexford. The largest single population in Great Britain is to be found in the reedbeds at the mouth of the River Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, where there may be in excess of 250 pairs.
Other Breeding areas include Norfolk and Somerset and Alkborough Flats, lincolnshire.
Population:
UK breeding:
630 pairs
Europe:
232 - 437,000 birds
(Ognorhynchus icterotis) B28I3142 Mirador El Robles - Jardin Colombia
The yellow-eared Parrot (Ognorhynchus icterotis) is an endangered Parrot of the tropics in South America. It is found in the Andes of Colombia. This species was thought to be extinct up until April 1999, when a group of researchers that were sponsored by ABC and Fundación Loro Parque, discovered a total of 81 individuals in the Colombian Andes. It is currently enlisted as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. Its current population trend is increasing, in part due to conservation measures implemented to protect the existing populations of the species. It is closely associated with the wax palm.
The number of mature individuals in the population is supposed about 212...
Male koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) waking up for breakfast at the San Diego Zoo. Conservation status: Vulnerable
Dragonflies are important in wetland ecosystems, vulnerable to wetland drainage, excess nutrients, pesticides and shoreline "cleaning." They eat a broad range of insects from mosquitoes to beetles to other dragonflies. Over 60 dragonflies are found in Central Florida. Some species do not venture far from the water where they breed, while others, such as the Wandering Glider, migrate long distances.
The four-spotted pennant dragonfly is found throughout the southern tier of the United States as far west as Arizona. It's also been spotted in New Jersey. In Florida, its found in most peninsular counties, including all of South Florida, and in a few panhandle counties as far west as Leon and Wakulla. Like other dragonflies, it likes to be around lakes and ponds, since that's where it spends the first part of its life, and that's where it reproduces. The scientific name of the four-spotted pennant is brachymesia gravida. Mature individuals have a dark, slender body, a large black spot between the nodus and stigma of each wing and white stigmas (the only dragonfly with white stigmas). Juveniles are mostly orange-brown with white spots on the side of the face.
This Four-spotted Pennant is from my archives! (Hope I am right about the ID Mary)
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. Conservation Status - Vulnerable.
Wishing everyone a Peaceful Monday!
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It's been a while since I posted one of my safari Leopards that I love so much (the Leopards, not my photos). I though the BnW might be appropriate here as this was a night sighting with the light coming from our guide's torch.
It's funny how you can suddenly feel very small when sitting in the back of an open-top jeep without sides in the pitch blackness of a South African night in the middle of the bush with no signs of humanity for many many kilometres. Then your guide shines a torch on a leopard mid-prowl, and she roars into the night. Whether in warning or anger or for help I don't know. Then the calls & cackles of hyenas come answering back, in number. You feel very alive, and vulnerable. And thrilled to be taking the scene in with all your senses, sight, smell, sound and the "feel" of the moment. Wondrous memories of a wondrous time for me.
Have a great weekend out there everyone and watch out for those leopards & hyenas.
Vulnerable - In 1988 the total population of the species was estimated to be only 2500 individuals. It is threatened with extinction due to the destruction of its habitats and illegal trade. In this year of 2014 the great blue macaw climbed one position in the IUCN red list, now being classified as "vulnerable" (VU).
This wild one was at the trees of Porto Jofre Hotel, Pantanal.
Happy Blue Monday!
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Aguila Marcial, Martial Eagle, Polemaetus bellicosus.
IUCN: Vulnerable
Moremi Game Reserve
Okavango Delta
Botsuana
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. Here, at Pantanal, looking outside its natural nest. For a Peaceful Blue Monday!
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A. cygnoides is currently classified as Vulnerable (VU) by the IUCN Red List based on ongoing population declines and range losses
Total population was estimated as 60–90,000 individuals in 2012.
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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.
At times one feels exposed and vulnerable
On explore: Explore / Interestingness / August 2011 / 23rd
About Instruction #47
"The real subject is yourself facing the world" - Thierry Girard
Leopard (Panthera pardus), likely the "Flat Rock Male" born 2013. Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa.
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Some facts: The ocelot, also known as the dwarf leopard, is a wild cat distributed extensively within South America including the islands of Trinidad and Margarita, Central America, and Mexico. It has been reported as far north as Texas. North of Mexico, it is found regularly only in the extreme southern part of Texas,although there are rare sightings in southern Arizona.
The ocelot is similar in appearance to a domestic cat. Its fur resembles that of a clouded leopard or jaguar and was once regarded as particularly valuable. As a result, hundreds of thousands of ocelots were once killed for their fur. The feline was classified as a vulnerable species from 1972 until 1996, and is now listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocelot
Photographed at Pousada Santa Teresa, Mato Grosso at the end of the day.
Have a wonderful Tuesday!
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If I show you all my demons
And we dive into the deep end
Would we crash and burn like every time before?
I would tell you all my secrets
Wrap your arms around my weakness
If the only other option's letting go
I'll stay vulnerable, yeah
Head: LeLUTKA - Lake
Skin: Glam Affair - Reese
Eyes: Avi-Glam
Nails: Bloom
30 year old female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) named "Chinook" went rolling in the mud after coming out of her pool. Rolling on the ground after swimming is a natural behavior.
San Diego Zoo's Polar Bear Plunge. Conservation status: Vulnerable
Londolozi Game Reserve
Near Kruger National Park
South Africa
Happy Caturday again!
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.
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
Rusty Blackbird - a lifer - seen in near dark east of Calgary late last year. This is North America’s most rapidly declining species with an estimated 80-99% decline in the population in the last 40 years.
Southwild Pantanal Lodge
The Pantanal
Brazil
South America
The bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata) is a species of bird in the Cracidae family, the chachalacas, guans, curassows, etc. It is found in eastern-central and southern Brazil, Paraguay, and eastern Bolivia, and extreme northeast Argentina, in the cerrado, pantanal, and the southeastern region of the Amazon basin. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The bare-faced curassow lives in moist, semi-deciduous and gallery forests, often near the fringes of the woodland. It mainly feeds on fruit, but seeds, flowers and small invertebrates are also eaten. Breeding takes place in the summer in the southern part of its range, with the nests being platforms of sticks in trees.
The bare-faced curassow has a wide range and is fairly numerous in parts of its range, however it is subject to hunting and to the destruction of its habitat and the total population is likely to be declining quite rapidly. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as "vulnerable". – Wikipedia