Thursday, 21 July 2016

21-7-2016 VILLALONGA RESERVOIR - LITTLE EGRET (Egretta garzetta)

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The Little Egret is a small white heron with attractive white plumes on crest, back and chest, black legs and bill and yellow feet. It f...

21-7-2016 PEGO MARSHES - BLACK WINGED STILT (Himantopus himantopus)

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Black-winged stilts (Himantopus himantopus) are very long-legged wading birds. They are found in both warm and hot climates, feed on small ...

26-11-2015 SINGAPORE - EARED DOVE (Zenaida auriculata)

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https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148762267
Sunday, 17 July 2016

17-7-2016 VILLALONGA RESERVOIR - EPAULET SKIMMER DRAGONFLY (Orthetrum chrysostigma)

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The main geographic range of Orthetrum chysostigma (Epaulet Skimmer) lies in Africa, where it’s found in almost every country, and Arabia...

17-7-2016 VILLALONGA RESERVOIR - LITTLE RINGED PLOVER (Charadrius dubius)

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The little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius ) is a small plover. The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentio...

17-7-2016 VILLALONGA RESERVOIR - GREY HERON (Ardea cinerea)

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The Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a large long-legged wading bird of the heron native to Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It li...

17-7-2016 VILLALONGA RESERVOIR - GREEN SANDPIPER (Tringa ochropus)

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The green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus ) is a small wader (shorebird) of the Old World. The green sandpiper represents an ancient lineage o...

17-7-2016 POTRIES, VALENCIA - SCARLET DARTER DRAGONFLY (Crocothemis erythraea)

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The scarlet dragonfly (Crocothemis erythraea) is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. Its common names include broad scarle...

17-7-2016 POTTRIES, VALENCIA - LITTLE BITTERN (Ixobrychus minutus)

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Little Bitterns were once widespread in Central Europe. In the meantime it is a poorly distributed breeding bird of the lowlands, sporadi...
Friday, 15 July 2016

27-3-2015 GALLE, SRI LANKA - WHITE THROATED KINGFISHER (Halcyon smyrnensis)

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Large-headed, predominantly brown kingfisher with electric-blue back and wings, heavy red bill, and snow-white patch from the throat th...

27-3-2015 SRI LANKA - COMMON MYNA (Acridotheres tristis)

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The common myna or Indian myna (Acridotheres tristis), sometimes spelled mynah, is a bird in the family Sturnidae, native to Asia. An omniv...

23-3-2015 PENANG, MALAYSIA - COMMON MYNA (Acridotheres tristis)

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The Common myna (Acridotheres tristis) is a tropical bird with a strong territorial instinct, which has adapted extremely well to urban e...
Wednesday, 13 July 2016

12-6-2016 MONTE CORONA, ADOR - MOORISH GECKO (Tarentola mauritanica)

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Tarentola mauritanica, known as the common wall gecko, is a species of gecko (Gekkota) native to the western Mediterranean area of North A...

28-1-2014 MURCIA - MOUFLON (orientalis ssp. musimon)

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The European mouflon (Ovis aries musimon primitive domestic sheep. It was originally found only on the Mediterranean islands of Corsica a...

3-1-2016 HONG KONG - ORIENTAL MAGPIE ROBIN (FEMALE) (Copsychus saularis)

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The Oriental magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis ) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdi...

13-6-2005 MONTE CORONA, ADOR - EUROPEAN STRIPED SHIELDBUG (Graphosoma italicum ssp. italicum)

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20-12-2015 SINGAPORE - WHITE WINGED DUCK (Asarcornis scutulata)

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The white-winged duck or white-winged wood duck (Asarcornis scutulata) is a large species of duck, formerly placed in the genus Cairina w...

26-11-2015 JURONG, SINGAPORE - GREEN IMPERIAL PIGEON (Ducula aenea)

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The green imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea) is a large forest pigeon. The large range extends from Nepal, southern India and Sri Lanka eastwar...

26-11-2015 SINGAPORE - EURASIAN GREAT CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax carbo)

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The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), known as the black shag or kawau in New Zealand, formerly also known as the great black cormor...

26-11-2015 SINGAPORE - EASTERN CATTLE EGRET (Bubulcus ibis ssp. coromandus)

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The eastern cattle egret (Bubulcus coromandus) is a species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate ...
Tuesday, 12 July 2016

26-11-2015 SINGAPORE - YELLOW VENTED BULBUL (Pycnonotus goiavier)

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The yellow-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier), or eastern yellow-vented bulbul, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It ...
Monday, 11 July 2016

3-7-2016 MONTE CORONA, ADOR - BLACK SOLDIER FLY (HERMETIA ILLUCENS)

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Hermetia illucens, the black soldier fly, is a common and widespread fly of the family Stratiomyidae. Since the late 20th century, H. illuc...