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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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🎨 Coasts
🐦 Peruvian Seaside Cinclodes (Cinclodes taczanowskii)
📏 21 cm
📍 Pucusana, Lima, Peru 🇵🇪
🗓 Mar 2025

#birds #ovenbirds #BirdsSeenIn2025
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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🎨 Coasts
🦭 Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina)
📏 Up to 1.85 m
📍 Isle of Mull, Scotland, United Kingdom 🇬🇧
🗓 May 2024

#mammals #pinnipeds #seals
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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🎨 Coasts
🐦 Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
📏 45–50 cm
📍 Tárcoles Estuary, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Mar 2025

#birds #terns #BirdsSeenIn2025
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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🎨 Coasts
🐦 Red-legged Cormorant (Poikilocarbo gaimardi)
📏 71–76 cm
📍 Pucusana, Lima, Peru 🇵🇪
🗓 Mar 2025

#birds #cormorants #BirdsSeenIn2025
November 19, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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🎨 Coasts
🐦 Puna Ibis (Plegadis ridgwayi)
📏 56–61 cm
📍 Pantanos de Villa, Lima, Peru 🇵🇪
🗓 Mar 2025

With a Snowy Egret!

#birds #ibises #BirdsSeenIn2025
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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🎨 Coasts
🐦 Red-gartered Coot (Fulica armillata)
📏 43–51 cm
📍 Cartagena Estuary, Valparaíso Region, Chile 🇨🇱
🗓 Feb 2025

#birds #coots #rails #BirdsSeenIn2025
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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🎨 The Letter ‘F’
🐦 Diuca Finch (Diuca diuca)
📏 16–18 cm
📍 Parque Mahuida, Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱
🗓 Feb 2025

#birds #tanagers #BirdsSeenIn2025
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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🎨 The Letter ‘F’
🐦 Striated Fieldwren (Calamanthus fuliginosus)
📏 14 cm
📍 Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
🗓 Feb 2025

#birds #fieldwrens #BirdsSeenIn2025
November 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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🎨 The Letter ‘F’
🦅 Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans)
📏 45–56 cm
📍 La Legua, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🗓 Mar 2025

#birds #birdsofprey #falcons #BirdsSeenIn2025
November 15, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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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