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Song Sparrow Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 5 uplands

#ki: animalia #ph: chordata #cl: aves #or: passeriformes #fa: passerellidae #ge : melospiza #sp: melospiza melodia

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this male northern cardinal is a bright yellow instead of the species’ typical red. this bird was spotted by amateur birdwatcher jeremiah vreeland in port st lucie, florida. this bird shows an example of xanthochromism, where a typically red pigment is muted and displays as yellow. it’s believed that this extremely rare mutation has very low odds, and this cardinal is probably one of less than 10-15 individuals on the planet with this appearance.

#ki: animalia #ph: chordata #cl: aves #or: passeriformes #fa: cardinalidae #ge: cardinalis #sp: cardinalis cardinalis

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American goldfinch, male … Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Smyrna, Delaware … 5/21/22

#ki: animalia #ph: chordata #cl: aves #or: passeriformes #fa: fringillidae #ge: spinus #sp: spinus tristis

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American Robin baby timeline from our front porch :) 

click through the pics to see which day is which - they grow up SO fast!

#ki: animalia #ph: chordata #cl: aves #or: passeriformes #fa: turdidae #ge: turdus #sp: turdus migratorius

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2023-04-24

#Please correct my species id if im wrong but this looks like a house finch #ki: animalia #ph: chordata #cl: aves #or: passeriformes #fa: fringillidae #ge: haemorhous #sp: haemorhous mexicanus

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Megisto cymela, the Little Wood Satyr is a species of Satyrinae butterfly native to the Eastern United States and Southeastern Canada. Spotted in Northern Illinois.

#upload #ki: animalia #ph: arthropoda #cl: insecta #or: lepidoptera #fa: nymphalidae #ge: megisto #sp: megisto cymela

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Lentinus arcularius, Polyporus arcularius, or the spring polypore. Found in Northern Illinois.

#upload #ki: fungi #ph: basidiomycota #cl: agaricomycetes #or: polyporales #fa: polyporaceae #ge: polyporus #ge: lentinus #sp: polyporus arcularius #sp: lentinus arcularius

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Rhombophryne coudreaui by Galileo giornale di scienza

#sp: rhombophryne coudreaui #ge: rhombophryne #fa: microhylidae #or: anura #cl: amphibia #ph: chordata #ki: animalia

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Some more delicate, pearlescent box tree moths for your motivational moth enjoyment.

This moth was accidentally introduced to the UK in 2007, and it’s generally described in very unflattering terms and as a pest on ornamental box trees. Which is fkn rude tbh - the moth didn’t ask humans to transport it around the globe in their ridiculously faffy topiary. It’s just doing what moths do, living it’s best life, and I think it’s beautiful regardless.

May we be loved even if we destroy the occasional over-pruned bit of twiddly-ass hedging. (& I would also like to be pearlescent)

#sp: cydalima perspectalis #ge: cydalima #fa: crambidae #or: lepidoptera #cl: insecta #ph: arthropoda #ki: animalia

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Sound on if you guys wanna know what a little King Vulture sounds like 👀

#sp: sarcoramphus papa #ge: sarcoramphus #fa: cathartidae #or: accipitriformes #cl: aves #ph: chordata #ki: animalia

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Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)

© Adam Fry

#sp: alauda arvensis #ge: alauda #fa: alaudidae #or: passeriformes #cl: aves #ph: chordata #ki: animalia

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Ray Palmer

#sp: mycena roseilignicola #ge: mycena #fa: mycenaceae #or: agaricales #cl: agaricomycetes #ph: basidiomycota #ki: fungi

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This Sahara frog [Pelophylax saharicus] is too busy enjoying the Moroccan muck to notice he has a bee on his back. The Sahara frog has a wide distribution across Northern Africa, and is often found in waterways both natural and man-made. This frog was spotted by photographer Edgar A. Wefer.

#sp: pelophylax saharicus #ge: pelophylax #fa: ranidae #or: anura #cl: amphibia #ph: chordata #ki: animalia

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Imagine meeting the woman of your dreams, only to be too small for her to even notice you exist. That is the reality for many a male toad, including this Asian common toad [Duttaphrynus melanostictus] amplexing a female over twice his size. Image taken in Sri Lanka by photographer Pinyob.

#sp: duttaphrynus melanostictus #ge: duttaphynus #fa: bufonidae #or: anura #cl: amphibia #ph: chordata #ki: animalia

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in some bizarre coincidence I found mutant albino isopods from three different species this last May! complete albino isopods have no pigmentation at all, not even in their eyes

Armadillidium nasatum, Trachelipus rathkii, Porcellionides pruinosus

#sp: armadillidium nasatum #sp: porcellionides pruinosus #sp: trachelipus rathkii #ge: armadillidium #ge: porcellionides #ge: trachelipus rathkii #fa: armadillidiidae #fa: trachelipodidae #fa: porcellionidae #or: isopoda #cl: malacostraca #ph: arthropoda #ki: animalia

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Equatorial velvet worm, Peripatidae, Onychophora

Photographed in Panama by squiresk

#fa: peripatidae #or: euonychophora #cl: udeonychophora #ph: onychophora #ki: animalia

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#sp: convallaria majalis #ge: convallaria #fa: asparagaceae #or: asparagales #ki: plantae #monocotyledon #angiospermae #tracheophyta #ge: viola #fa: violaceae #or: malpighales #eudicotidae