Indian Rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis) exhibiting the Flehmen response in Kaziranga NP, Assam, India The Flehmen response allows a mammal to detect scents through the mouth.
Month: September 2015
Pallas’s Squirrel
Pallas’s Squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus), Doi Inthanon, Thailand
Rose-faced Parrot
Rose-faced Parrot (Pyrilia pulchra), Mashpi, Ecuador
Masked Mountain-tanager
Masked Mountain-tanager (Buthraupis wetmorei), Reserva Ecologica Cayambe-Coca, Ecuador
Collared Inca
Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata), Guango Lodge, Ecuador
Garnet Pitta
Garnet Pitta (Erythropitta granatina), Taman Negara, Malaysia
Norhayati’s Flying Frog
Norhayati’s Flying Frog (Rhacophorus norhayatii), Taman Negara, Malaysia This frog cannot fly, but it can glide with the help of its extensively webbed feet.
Sangihe Tarsier
Sangihe Tarsier (Tarsius sangirensis), Gunung Sahengbalira, Sangihe, Indonesia Not the best image of this strange animal, but there are few photos of it.
Green-backed Kingfisher
Green-backed Kingfisher (Actenoides monachus), Tangkoko Nature Reserve, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Snowshoe Hare
Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus), Lake County, Minnesota Hiding in a burrow it dug to get to food under the snow.
Great Gray Owl
Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa), Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota
Crimson-rumped Toucanet
Crimson-rumped Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus haematopygus), Un Poco del Choco, Ecuador
Paramo Scenery
High elevation grassland in the Reserva Ecologica Cayambe-Coca, Ecuador. The habitat of the Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus).
Delias ninus
Delias ninus, Bukit Fraser, Malaysia
Malayan Whistling Thrush
Malayan Whistling-thrush (Myophonus robinsoni), Bukit Fraser, Malaysia This bird is restricted to only a few mountains in Peninsular Malaysia.