Scintharista forbesii

Scintharista forbesii

Elevation: 479 meters.


Scintharista forbesii

Scintharista forbesii

Scintharista forbesii is one of two short-horned grasshopper species I encountered. Socotra is home to many species of insects, but I am focusing on flora for…


Scintharista forbesii

Scintharista forbesii

Scintharista forbesii is one of two short-horned grasshopper species I encountered at this location, at 918 meters elevation. Socotra is home to many species…


Acorypha bimaculata

Acorypha bimaculata

Acorypha bimaculata is one of two short-horned grasshopper species I encountered at this location, at 918 meters elevation. Socotra is home to many species of…


Yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus)

Yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus)

A brief encounter with yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus), one of the many species (12 to date) of tits. It was foraging inside thickets alongside…


Rainbow Metalmark (Caria trochilus)

Rainbow Metalmark (Caria trochilus)

A large tree had fallen down, and under the root a small pond had formed. This together with a cone of light where the canopy of the fallen tree once was, I…


Ladder-tailed nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)

Ladder-tailed nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)

Here in the Peruvian Amazon I found many nightjars around an oxbow lake at Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC), and this ladder-tailed nightjar…