Wednesday, 20 November 2024

20-11-2024 EL HONDO, ALICANTE - RED KNOBBED COOT (Fulica cristata)

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The red-knobbed coot or crested coot, (Fulica cristata ), is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae. It is a resident bree...

20-11-2024 EL HONDO, ALICANTE - EURASIAN KESTREL (FEMALE) (Falco tinnunculus)

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Kestrels have light-brown plumage with dark spots. Males have a grey-blue head, while females are all brown. The species has pointed wings a...

20-11-2024 SANTA POLO, ALICANTE - SLENDER BILLED GULL (Chroicocephalus genei)

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The slender-billed gull (Chroicocephalus genei ) is a mid-sized gull which breeds very locally around the Mediterranean and the north of the...

20-11-2024 EL HONDO, ALICANTE - WESTERN SWAMPHEN (Porphyrio porphyrio)

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The western swamphen (known as Purple Swamphen) (Porphyrio porphyrio ) is a swamphen in the rail family Rallidae, one of the six species of ...

20-11-2024 EL HONDO, ALICANTE - GREATER FLAMINGO (JUVENILE) (Phoenicopterus roseus)

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The Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread and largest species of the flamingo family. It was described by Peter Si...
Tuesday, 19 November 2024

19-11-2024 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - EURASIAN KESTREL (FEMALE) (Falco tinnunculus)

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Kestrels have light-brown plumage with dark spots. Males have a grey-blue head, while females are all brown. The species has pointed wings a...
Monday, 18 November 2024

18-11-2024 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - LANTANA PLUME MOTH (Lantanophaga pusillidactylus)

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Lantanophaga pusillidactyla, the lantana plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is native to the southern United States, Mexi...

18-11-2024 ADR CAMPO, VALENCIA - BLACK REDSTART (FEMALE) (Phoenicurus ochruros)

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The Black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) is a small passerine bird in the genus Phoenicurus. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as...
Sunday, 17 November 2024

25-1-2017 PEGO MARJAL, ALICANTE - EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH (MALE) (Carduelis carduelis)

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The European goldfinch is native to Europe, North Africa, and western and central Asia. It is found in open, partially wooded lowlands and i...

STEPPE GRASSANDS, MONGOLIA - MONGOLIAN PALLAS CAT (Otocolobus manul ssp. manul) (FROM BBC ASIA)

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The Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul), also known as the manul, is a small wild cat with long and dense light grey fur, and rounded ears s...

17-11-2024 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - COMMON CHAFFINCH

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The Eurasian chaffinch, or simply the chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), presents a striking dichotomy in plumage between the sexes. The male is...

17-11-2024 FONT EN CARROS, VALENCIA - EUROPEAN STONECHAT (MALE) (Saxicola rubicola)

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The European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola ) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a subspecies of the common stonechat. Lon...
Friday, 15 November 2024

GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA - GOBI BEAR (Ursus arctos gobiensis ) (FROM BBC ASIA}

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The Gobi bear (Ursus arctos gobiensis ), known in Mongolian as the Mazaalai (Мазаалай), is a subspecies of the brown bear (Ursus arctos ) th...

15-11-2024 HIMALAYAS - SNOW LEPPARD (Panthera uncia) (FROM BBC ASIA)

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The Snow leopard has a white furry coat with yellow/brownish tinges and is covered with rings of brown/black rosettes/spots. The markings as...
Tuesday, 12 November 2024

12-11-2024 PEGO MARJAL, ALICANTE - LITTLE EGRET (Egretta garzetta)

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The little egret (Egretta garzetta) is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae. It is a white bird with a slender black beak, long b...

10-11-2024 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - ASSASSIN BUG (Coranus griseus)

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Like all members of its family, the gray Assassin bug (Coranus griseus) is a formidable predator of other small arthropods. It is close to a...

10-11-2024 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - TARANTULA HAWK WASP (Cryptocheilus hispanicus)

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A tarantula hawk is a spider wasp (Pompilidae) that preys on tarantulas. Tarantula hawks belong to any of the many species in the genera Pep...

12-11-2024 PEGO MARJAL, ALICANTE - PLAIN TIGER BUTTERFLY (Danaus chrysippus)

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Danaus chrysippus, also known as the plain tiger, African queen, or African monarch, is a medium-sized butterfly widespread in Asia, Austral...

12-11-2024 PEGO MARJAL, ALICANTE - GREY HERON (Ardea cinerea)

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Raising a nest full of baby herons is hard work! During the breeding season, some Gray Herons spend up to 23 hours per day foraging and some...

12-11-2024 PEGO MARJAL, ALICANTE - EURASIAN KESTREL (Falco tinnunculus),

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The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel or Old World kestrel, is a species of predatory...
Monday, 11 November 2024

11-11-2024 XERACO, VALENCIA - SMALL WHITE BUTTERFLY (Pieris rapae)

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Pieris rapae is a small- to medium-sized butterfly species of the whites-and-yellows family Pieridae. It is known in Europe as the small whi...
Sunday, 10 November 2024

10-11-2024 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - SARDINIAN WARBLER (FEMALE) (Sylvia melanocephala)

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The Sardinian warbler (Curruca melanocephala ) is a common and widespread typical warbler from the Mediterranean region. Like most Curruca s...

10-11-2024 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - EUROPEAN ROBIN (Erithacus rubecula)

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The European robin (Erithacus rubecula) is a small insectivorous passerine bird. The term robin is also applied to some birds in other famil...

10-11-2024 MONASTERIO LLUXTENT, VALENCIA - RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY (Vanessa atalanta)

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Vanessa atalanta, the red admiral or, previously, the red admirable, is a well-characterized, medium-sized butterfly with black wings, red b...
Friday, 8 November 2024

8-11-2024 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - SARDINIAN WARBLER (FEMALE) (Sylvia melanocephala)

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The Sardinian warbler (Curruca melanocephala ) is a common and widespread typical warbler from the Mediterranean region. Like most Curruca s...