Posts

Showing posts from March, 2025

Oriental Magpie Robin

Image
 The 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐩𝐢𝐞-𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐧 (𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬) is a 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝 that was formerly classes as a member of the 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞, but now considered an 𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐥𝐲𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫. They are 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 and 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 birds with a 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥 that is held 𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 as they forage on the ground or perch conspicuously. Occuring across most of the 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 and 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚, they are common birds in 𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬 as well as 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬. They are particularly 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 for 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬. This species is 𝟏𝟗 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥, which is usually held 𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 when 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝. When they are 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 the tail is 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 like other birds. The 𝐦...

Giant Panda

Image
 The 𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 (𝐀𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐜𝐚), also known as the 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫 or simply 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚, is a bear species 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 to 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚.It is characterized by its 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐭 with 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 around the 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 and 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬. The giant panda is 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 to 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚. It is found in 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 in 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 in the country, mainly in 𝐒𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐚𝐧, and also in neighbouring 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢 and 𝐆𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐮.The species has been located at elevations of 𝟐,𝟒𝟎𝟎 to 𝟑,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐦 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥. They frequent habitats with a 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬, typically 𝐨𝐥𝐝-𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬, but may also venture into 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐬. The giant panda has a body shape 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. It has 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐮𝐫 o...

Baffin Island

Image
 𝐁𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 in the 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐮𝐭, is 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 in 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝-𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 in 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐬 (𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝), and 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐡-𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 It's area is 𝟓𝟎𝟕,𝟒𝟓𝟏 𝐤𝐦^𝟐.                The Red Fox at Baffin Island  The 𝐁𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 run along the 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 of the island and are a part of 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚. The 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 is 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐎𝐝𝐢𝐧, with an elevation of at least 𝟐,𝟏𝟒𝟑 Another peak of note is 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝, located in 𝐀𝐮𝐲𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐮𝐪 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤, with an elevation of 𝟐,𝟎𝟏𝟏 𝐦. 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐫, with an elevation of 𝟏,𝟔𝟕𝟓 𝐦, is said to have the 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢?...

Golden Poison Frog

Image
 The 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 (𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐬), also known as the 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 or 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠, is a 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 from the 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚. The golden poison frog has become 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 due to 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 within its 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞. Despite its small size, this frog is considered to be 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭. The golden poison frog is the 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 of the poison dart frog family, and can reach a 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 of nearly 𝟑𝟎 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬 with a 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 of 𝟔 𝐜𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬.𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 are typically 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 than 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬.𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 are 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝, while 𝐣𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐬 have 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 with...