16 Dec 2023

Socotra beetle (Tenebrionidae)

Elevation: 81 meters.

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15 Dec 2023

Histeromorphus plicatus

Elevation: 139 meters.

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20 Oct 2019

Southern Kori (Ardeotis kori ssp. kori)

Bustards are very large birds, and the southern kori (Ardeotis kori ssp. kori) is the largest flying bird in Africa. They have a wingspan of up to 275 cm (9…

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15 Oct 2018

Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori)

Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) is an amazing bird, one of the largest flying bird species on the planet. Yet you rarely see it fly, but when you do it's very…

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9 Oct 2018

Rüppell’s Korhaan (Eupodotis rueppellii)

Bustards blend in perfectly with the desert landscape and in withered vegetation, and often not seen unless they are moving. It sounds like this:

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23 Nov 2016

Indo Hermit Crab (Coenobita brevimanus)

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23 Nov 2016

Strawberry Hermit Crab (Coenobita perlatus)

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2 Feb 2015

African migrant (Catopsilia florella)

This African migrant (Catopsilia florella) was the first of many species of butterflies I encountered on Socotra, and here I found at least 6 males of…

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2 Feb 2015

African migrant (Catopsilia florella)

This is the female African migrant (Catopsilia florella) I encountered around the mangrove forest on Shuab beach of west Socotra.

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13 Dec 2014

Swamp Skimmer (Orthemis cultriformis)

Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC) is protecting primary rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon, and this is one of countless species of dragonflies I…

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