#forktailed

[herpsandbirds]

Spotted Forktail (Enicurus maculatus), family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes, Uttarakhand, India

photograph by Nidhin Basheer (@basheernidhin)

[tiagomaziero]

Tesourinha-do-campo! . . . #bird #composition #moment #bdc #nikond5100 #photoofday #respirofotografia #bird #nature #day #OlhaIssoEPTV #tesourinhadocampo #madebyGod #vsco #congeleiomomento #forktailed #sky #photo #photographer #daylight #focus #nikond5100photography #lightroommobile #nikon_photography #capture #amazing #wings (em São José do Rio Pardo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmGfRT0Oxgp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[alonglistofbirds]

[2299/11080] Chestnut-naped forktail - Enicurus ruficapillus

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Muscicapoidea Family: Muscicapidae (old world flycatchers) Subfamily: Saxicolinae (chats)

Photo credit: Wai Loon Wong via Macaulay Library

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Sometimes, girls will be boys! Female blue-tailed damselflies come in three different colorations, or 'morphs'. Two of these morphs are distinctly female but one, the androchromes strongly resembles male blue-tailed damselflies. Females with this coloring are much less likely to be harassed by males and have more time to allow their eggs to mature before laying.

(Image: A mating pair of blue-tailed damselflies (Ischnura elegans) by Erik Svensson)

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[fourteen--steps]

Rapid fire Fishuary part threeeeee

Day 13 - Big fish

The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is the largest known fish species, with the largest confirmed being 18.8 meters long. That's roughly 2400x the size of the tiny Paedocypris progenetica I posted yesterday

Day 14 - Fictional fish

The Rainbow Fish was one of my favorite books when I was little! I styled this one after the real-life bosemani rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani) but wanted to keep the classic storybook colors

Day 15 - Aquarium fish

Figured I should probably draw the fish who I actually lives in an aquarium in my living room. Remy is a good ol' common domestic goldfish (Carassius auratus)

Day 16 - Freshwater fish

Forktail blue-eye rainbowfish (pseudomugil furcatus). I affectionately call them "fuck-it fish" cause they look like they're throwing their little fin-hands up saying "whatever, fuck it"

Day 17 - Tropical fish

Giant gourami (Osphronemus goramy). I have a reason I chose this one but I'd probably dox myself if I explained it lol.

[blackfire5561]

Missed doodling my Witcher designs

[jenfoundabug]

Gorgeous forktail (damselfly in genus Ischnura) in Northeastern Pennsylvania (US)

[speakingofnature]

Eastern Forktail Damselfly

How many broken links in the complex food chain will it take before a cascade effect occurs?

[fromtraveldiaries]

Spotted forktail, Pangot, October, 2023

[proton-wobbler]

Round 2, Poll 28

Spotted Forktail vs Groove-billed Ani

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Spotted Forktail

A sedentary species within their range, these birds prefer small, sheltered streams and rivulets, with run through dense forest, a habitat described as “a narrow tunnel”.

These birds patrol the waters near which they live, hunting for aquatic insects and their larvae, as well as small molluscs. They forage by slowly working upstream in and around the stream-bed, sometimes entering water up to the breast level. They have also been seen turning over stones to find prey.

Groove-billed Ani

“Silvery lacing…funky beak…love-filled eyes…”

All Ani have the same, super cool breeding system. The social group is made up of 1-5 pairs which all defend a group territory. Multiple nests are built, but only one becomes the communal nest in which all the females will lay their eggs. Ironically, they also have the habit of kicking out any eggs in the nest before they’ve laid their first eggs. Because of this, there is a theory that this nesting strategy began as a form of self-parasitism (as Ani are cuckoos), so the removal of eggs that a female knows aren’t hers could be a holdover from a time before this breeding strategy existed. Regardless of all that, all members of the group incubate and raise the chicks within the nest.

Images: Forktail (Abhiram Sankar); Ani (Jeff Hapeman)

Birds of the World: both species

[onenicebugperday]

@tinymacaroni submitted: this lil fella stood very still for me to get some pictures yesterday by a lake in portland, OR - who might it be? i'm guessing a damselfly of some sort, but that's about all i've got 😅

Beautiful! They are indeed a damselfly. Specificaly one of the most common species in your area, the Pacific forktail :)

[herpsandbirds]

Slaty-backed Forktail (Enicurus schistaceus), family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes, India

photograph by Latika Das

[nocternalrandomness]

″Lightning Strikes”

[alonglistofbirds]

[1601/10977] Bornean forktail - Enicurus borneensis

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Muscicapoidea Family: Muscicapidae (old world flycatchers) Subfamily: Saxicolinae (chats)

Photo credit: David Irving via Macaulay Library

[thesingingbullfrog]

Eastern Forktail damselfly

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Fang Dragon // Forktail Sweep

"Watch out for its teeth, tail, claws, wings, back, and front." —Olga, cavalier

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