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Bobby’s Wildlife Dex
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A bird, blurd or other animal a day from my photo record of 1000+ species that I'm so grateful to have seen so far. And thankful to see many more. Based in New Zealand. Thanks for your likes, kind comments and follows. Much appreciated. Enjoy!
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🎨 The Letter ‘F’
🐦 New Caledonian Friarbird (Philemon diemenensis)
📏 27–37 cm
📍 Parc de la Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia 🇳🇨
📅 Oct 2025

#birds #honeyeaters #BirdsSeenIn2025
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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🎨 The Letter ‘F’
🐦 New Caledonian Streaked Fantail (Rhipidura verreauxi)
📏 17–18 cm
📍 Parc de la Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia 🇳🇨
📅 Oct 2025

#birds #fantails #BirdsSeenIn2025
November 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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🎨 The Letter ‘F’
🦊 Cape Fox (Vulpes chama)
📏 45–62 cm plus 30–40 cm tail
📍 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa 🇿🇦
🗓 Dec 2022

#mammals #foxes
November 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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🎨 The Letter ‘F’
🐦 Yellow-olive Flatbill (Tolmomyias sulphurescens)
📏 12.5–14 cm
📍 La Fortuna, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Feb 2025

#birds #tyrantflycatchers
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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🎨 Flycatchers
🐦 African Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis)
📏 17 cm plus long tail
📍 Rust de Winter, Limpopo, South Africa 🇿🇦
📅 Dec 2022

#birds #flycatchers
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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🎨 Flycatchers
🐦 Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius)
📏 14.5–17 cm
📍 Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Mar 2025

#birds #flycatchers
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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🎨 Flycatchers
🐦 Shining Flycatcher (Myiagra alecto)
📏 15–18 cm
📍 Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia 🇦🇺
🗓 Aug 2023

Female and male

#birds #flycatchers
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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🎨 Flycatchers
🐦 Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)
📏 8.8–10.2 cm
📍 Caño Negro, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Mar 2025

#birds #flycatchers
November 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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🎨 Flycatchers
🐦 Melanesian Flycatcher (Myiagra caledonica)
📏 13–14 cm
📍 Parc de la Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia 🇳🇨
📅 Oct 2025

#birds #flycatchers
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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🎨 Flycatchers
🐦 Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
📏 16–18.5 cm
📍 Caño Negro, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Mar 2025

#birds #tyrantflycatchers
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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🎨 Flycatchers
🐦 African Dusky Flycatcher (Muscicapa adusta)
📏 13 cm
📍 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa 🇿🇦
📅 Nov 2022

#birds #flycatchers
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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🎨 Yellow
🦆 Yellow-billed Duck (Anas undulata)
📏 51–58 cm
📍 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa 🇿🇦
🗓 Nov 2022

#birds #waterfowl #ducks
November 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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🎨 Yellow
🐦 Yellow-crowned Bishop (Euplectes afer)
📏 9.5–10.5 cm
📍 Okavango Panhandle, Botswana 🇧🇼
📅 Mar 2019

#birds #weavers
November 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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🎨 Yellow
🐦 Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
📏 17–23 cm
📍 Capertee Valley, New South Wales, Australia 🇦🇺
📅 Dec 2023

#birds #honeyeaters
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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🦊 Yellow Mongoose (Cynictis penicillata)
📏 51 cm including tail
1: 📍Agulhas Plains, Western Cape, South Africa 🇿🇦
🗓 Nov 2022
2: 📍Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa 🇿🇦
🗓 Dec 2022

#mammals #meerkats
October 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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🎨 Yellow
🐦 Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
📏 29–40 cm
📍 Maipo River Estuary, Valparaíso Region, Chile 🇨🇱
🗓 Feb 2025

#birds #shorebirds #waders
October 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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🎨 Yellow
🐦 Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus)
📏 10–10.7 cm
📍 San Ramón, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Feb 2025

#birds #tanagers #seedeaters
October 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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🎨 Yellow
🐦 Yellow-bellied Flyrobin (Cryptomicroeca flaviventris)
📏 14–15 cm
📍 Parc de la Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia 🇳🇨
📅 Oct 2025

#birds #australasianrobins
October 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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🎨 New Caledonia
🐦‍⬛ Crow Honeyeater (Gymnomyza aubryana)
📏 35–42.5 cm
📍 Parc de la Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia 🇳🇨
📅 Oct 2025

#birds #honeyeaters
October 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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🎨 New Caledonia
🐍 New Caledonian Sea Krait (Laticauda saintgironsi)
📏 Up to 90–110 cm
📍 Poé Beach, New Caledonia 🇳🇨
🗓 Oct 2025

#reptiles #snakes
October 25, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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🎨 New Caledonia
🦜 Horned Parakeet (Eunymphicus cornutus)
📏 32 cm
📍 Parc Provincial de la Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia 🇳🇨
🗓 Oct 2025

#birds #parrots
October 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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🎨 New Caledonia
🦅 White-bellied Goshawk (Tachyspiza haplochroa)
📏 32–40 cm
📍 Farino, New Caledonia 🇳🇨
🗓 Oct 2025

#birds #raptors #birdsofprey #goshawks
October 23, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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🎨 New Caledonia
🦌 Javan Rusa (Rusa timorensis)
📏 95–110 cm at the shoulder
📍 Domaine de Deva, New Caledonia 🇳🇨
🗓 Oct 2025

#mammals #deer
October 22, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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🎨 New Caledonia
🕊 Cloven-feathered Dove (Drepanoptila holosericea)
📏 28–32 cm
📍 Farino, New Caledonia 🇳🇨
📅 Oct 2025

#birds #doves #pigeons
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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🎨 New Caledonia
🐦‍⬛ New Caledonian Crow (Corvus moneduloides)
📏 40 cm
📍 Parc Provincial des Grandes Fougères, New Caledonia 🇳🇨
📅 Oct 2025

#birds #corvids
October 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM