Let’s Share Neat Species!

[caterpillarcraft]

I get excited whenever I find a new species of animal I haven’t seen before so…this is just a thread where everyone can discuss and share every cool species they know about!

To start off, some birds!

Harpy Eagle

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Philippine Eagle

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King Vulture

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[caterpillarcraft]

Weevil time.

Blue Weevil Beetle

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Cholus Cinctus

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[Futalosaurus]

^ ^ ^ I love WEEVILS ! With their snouts and their boots <3 They're super cute and there are ton of super weirdly-shaped species of them :>

Are you team big headed fly or small-headed fly ?? :'D Here are a Pipunculidae and a Ogcodes sp. !

[XxSTARL1GHTxX]

There are a lot of weird and cool bats: like, I don't even know the half of their weird and wonderful world. I would just like to give a quick shout out to the Honduran White Bat!! It roosts in tents made of leaves and is absolutely adorable. I mean, just look at these guys!!

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ectophylla_alba_Costa_Rica.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Honduran_White_Bat_(49549335098).jpg

[_ingo]

A very cute bird called the willow ptarmigan. They are in the family phasianidae or "pheasant" family.
Close up of the ptarmigans cute fuzzy claw

[MintyFreshRat]

Absolutely loving this thread... May I introduce you to:

The Rosy ermine moth, Trosia nigropunctigera


The Lahore pigeon - quite the polite little guy!


And the Banded demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens