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SocotraTenebrionidaeInsects

16 Dec 2023

Socotra beetle (Tenebrionidae)

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SocotraTenebrionidaeInsects

15 Dec 2023

Histeromorphus plicatus

Elevation: 139 meters.

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SikkimIndiaLucanidaeInsects

17 Jul 2023

Sikkim insect (Neolucanus)

Elevation: 1890 meters.

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PeruParacasSternidaeBirds

17 Dec 2014

Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)

There are many hotels very close to the nature reserve in Paracas, and here you will see many birds close to the hotels. As there are no trees here, many like…

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PeruParacasSternidaeBirds

17 Dec 2014

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

The entire coastline of Peru is a desert, but the cold and nutrient rich ocean is rich with fish due to the cold Humbolt Current. Thus the coast was once…

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PeruPucusanaSternidaeBirds

16 Dec 2014

Inca Tern (Larosterna inca)

In the harbor and waters around the fishing village of Pucusana in Peru I found lots of inca terns, and some places they were so tame that I could walk among…

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Amazon rainforestPeruAmazon Research and Conservation CenterAtelidaeMammals

13 Dec 2014

Black-faced Black Spider Monkey (Ateles chamek)

Almost every day I encountered either spider or howler monkeys. This black-faced black spider monkey (Ateles chamek) is part of a group I found during one of…

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Amazon Research and Conservation CenterAmazon rainforestPeruMustelidaeMammals

11 Dec 2014

Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)

Deep in the Peruvian Amazon at Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC) I visited this oxbow lake where a tiny family of giant otters have managed to…

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Amazon rainforestPeruAmazon Research and Conservation CenterAtelidaeMammals

11 Dec 2014

Red Howler Monkey (Alouatta seniculus)

There are many groups of both spider and howler monkeys roaming the forest around Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC), and this group turned up as I…

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Chapada dos Guimaraes National ParkBrazilCombretaceaeLeavesPlants

6 Dec 2014

Combretum mellifluum

Native range of combretum mellifluum is Bolivia, Brazil to Argentina.

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