deboas's Favorites
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Lesson's Motmot (Momotus lessonii)Observer
juancruzadoDescription
Inmovilizado por semillas pegajosas de Pisonia aculeata (atrapapájaros)
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Genus MegalobulimusObserver
herminiovilelaDescription
Provavelmente se trata da espécie referida
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mreithDescription
Gesneria brachysepala was for the first time collected by Erik L. Ekman at the 4th of October 1928 and had not been seen ever since. The species was known from a single locality in South Western Haiti. G. brachysepala has been searched for, by two Gesneriad experts: The Laurence E. Skog expedition in 1970 and the expedition of John L. Clark in 2015. They did however not find it, and Laurence E. Skog considered it extinct. The species was rediscovered in July 3, 2019 in a ravine about 1 km east of the type locality.
Reith, M (2020). Rediscovery of Gesneria brachysepala Urb. & Ekman. Gesneriads, the Journal for Gesneriad Growers. Vol.70 Nr.1
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Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo (Neomorphus geoffroyi)Observer
tomaz_meloDescription
Próximo ao rio Jurupari, Feijó, AC, Brasil.
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Greater Wilfred's Red-nosed Mouse (Wilfredomys oenax)Observer
andersonwarkentin
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Waterfall Fountainbush (Psoralea cataracta)Observer
mr_fabDescription
Listed as EXTINCT, last seen 1804
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Myrmecotypus iguazuObserver
petermartingDescription
Amazing mimic of the Golden Carpenter Ant (Camponotus sericeiventris): https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/141749-Camponotus-sericeiventris
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Tribe EricrocidiniObserver
petermartingDescription
Clamped on a stick sleeping
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Viadana piracicabaeObserver
deboasDescription
What impressed me was that the pattern on the wings was different on the two sides
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Genus HemikypthaObserver
petermartingDescription
Originally found on a petiole of Cecropia pachystachya sapling, but removed to photograph before it hopped away. I found it again the next day, where it had over-nighted on the plant in the last photo, here's the obs: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36539362
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North Atlantic Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena ssp. phocoena)Observer
naturpel
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Headlight Beetles (Tribe Pyrophorini)Observer
deboasDescription
Came buzzing in while I was washing in the stream and landed in the water. Appeared unconcerned about this, simply walking along the stone bottom of the stream until it exited the water.
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Genus SimpulopsisObserver
deboasDescription
Shell had been glued to a dead leaf that fell in the camp
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Amazon Puffing Snake (Spilotes sulphureus)Observer
deboasDescription
Estimated at two metres long. Immobile in vegetation at (human) head height. I was focused on looking for birds' nests and only noticed the snake when I was less than two metres from it! It vibrated the tip of its tail gently, either as a warning or as a way to express tension. I initially thought it had just swallowed some prey, but when I moved away it deflated its throat, and when I moved closer again it inflated it again - so it was a defensive/threat posture.
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Nursery Bittercress (Cardamine occulta)Observer
silversea_starsongDescription
Growing rogue in and near the gardens.
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deboasDescription
Found by a local, so precise location it was taken from the wild is unknown. Accuracy circle set to 5 km to reflect this.
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Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)Observer
troydeclanPlace
Missing LocationDescription
About 70 km offshore. Flew by (did not land) on ship.
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Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)Observer
mako252Description
being eaten by Parasitic Jaeger
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Scorpion Beetle (Onychocerus albitarsis)Observer
elivieiraDescription
This beetle has a unique adaptation: the terminal segments of the antennae have evolved a scorpion-like sting!
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00114-007-0316-1
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Merlin (Falco columbarius)Observer
anudibranchmomDescription
Experts - What is going on here? This male American Kestrel sure did seem to have the hots for this female Merlin. He kept trying to get close to her and even brought her a few treats (insects?) from the grass beneath the fence. She accepted the treats but didn't seem thrilled with the attention. However, when he flew off, she followed him...
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Common Goldeneye × Hooded Merganser (Bucephala clangula × Lophodytes cucullatus)Observer
deboasDescription
Observation duplicated on eBird: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46197874
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Northwestern Garter Snake (Thamnophis ordinoides)Observer
deboasDescription
Northwestern, I guess, but is colour pattern a reliable indicator of species?
