Photo Gallery

by Hanne & Jens Eriksen

Some examples (5,177 images) from our 35,000 picture library of photos of natural history taken around the world. Each image in this gallery is in low resolution, but they are available - for a fee - in digital format that can produce A4 or A3 size prints. For more information on any picture, please email us, quoting the species name and the reference number given in the parentheses. New images are constantly being added. . .

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Birds (860 species)
Species order		Alphabetic order
Ostrich Lesser Rhea Double-wattled Cassowary Emu King Penguin Gentoo Penguin Adelie Penguin Chinstrap Penguin Rockhopper Penguin Macaroni Penguin Humboldt Penguin Magellanic Penguin Great Northern Diver Red-throated Diver Little Grebe Pied-billed Grebe White-tufted Grebe Great Grebe Least Grebe Red-necked Grebe Great Crested Grebe Horned Grebe Black-necked Grebe Silvery Grebe Wandering Albatross Royal Albatross Black-browed Albatross Light-mantled Albatross Southern Giant Petrel Northern Giant Petrel Northern Fulmar Southern Fulmar Antarctic Petrel Cape Petrel Snow Petrel Antarctic Prion Jouanin's Petrel White-chinned Petrel Pink-footed Shearwater Pale-footed Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Persian Shearwater Wilson's Storm-petrel Markham's Storm-petrel Swinhoe's Storm-petrel Peruvian Diving Petrel Red-billed Tropicbird Eastern White Pelican Pink-backed Pelican Spot-billed Pelican Dalmatian Pelican Australian Pelican American White Pelican Brown Pelican Peruvian Pelican Northern Gannet Blue-footed Booby Peruvian Booby Masked Booby Red-footed Booby Brown Booby Olivaceous Cormorant Little Black Cormorant Great Cormorant Indian Cormorant Socotra Cormorant European Shag Magellan Cormorant Guanay Cormorant Red-legged Cormorant Blue-eyed Cormorant South Georgia Cormorant King Cormorant Little Pied Cormorant Little Cormorant Pygmy Cormorant Antarctic Cormorant African Darter Indian Darter Australian Darter Anhinga Magnificent Frigatebird Great Frigatebird Grey Heron Great Blue Heron Cocoi Heron White-necked Heron Black-headed Heron Goliath Heron Purple Heron Great Egret Pied Heron Black Heron Tricolored Heron Intermediate Egret White-faced Egret Little Egret Western Reef Heron Cattle Egret Squacco Heron Indian Pond Heron Chinese Pond Heron Green Heron Striated Heron Black-crowned Night Heron Nankeen Night Heron Little Bittern Yellow Bittern Great Bittern Hammerkop American Wood Stork Yellow-billed Stork Painted Stork African Open-bill Stork Asian Open-bill Stork Black Stork Abdim's Stork Woolly-necked Stork White Stork Black-necked Stork Saddle-bill Stork Marabou Stork Sacred Ibis Oriental Ibis Australian Ibis Straw-necked Ibis Northern Bald Ibis Hadada Ibis Black-faced Ibis Glossy Ibis Puna Ibis Eurasian Spoonbill African Spoonbill Greater Flamingo Chilean Flamingo Lesser Flamingo Andean Flamingo Magpie Goose (Pied Goose) Wandering Whistling Duck Lesser Whistling Duck Black-bellied Whistling Duck Mute Swan Black-necked Swan Whooper Swan Pink-footed Goose Greater White-fronted Goose Greylag Goose Bar-headed Goose Snow Goose Canada Goose Barnacle Goose Brent Goose Andean Goose Magellan (Upland) Goose Kelp Goose Ashy-headed Goose Ruddy-headed Goose Egyptian Goose Ruddy Shelduck Common Shelduck Radjah Shelduck Falkland Steamer Duck Comb Duck Green Pygmy Goose Cotton Pygmy Goose Ringed Teal Wood Duck Mandarin Duck Torrent Duck Eurasian Wigeon American Wigeon Chiloe Wigeon Gadwall Eurasian Teal Green-winged Teal Speckled Teal Mallard Mottled Duck Yellow-billed Duck Indian Spot-billed Duck Bronze-winged Duck Crested Duck Northern Pintail Yellow-billed Pintail White-cheeked Pintail Silver Teal Hottentot Teal Garganey Blue-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal Northern Shoveler Marbled Duck Red-crested Pochard Common Pochard Ferruginous Duck Tufted Duck Greater Scaup Common Eider Spectacled Eider Steller's Eider Harlequin Duck Long-tailed Duck Black Scoter Bufflehead Barrow's Goldeneye Common Goldeneye Red-breasted Merganser White-headed Duck Turkey Vulture Andean Condor Osprey European Honey Buzzard Crested Honey Buzzard Black-shouldered Kite Red Kite Black Kite Whistling Kite Brahminy Kite White-bellied Sea Eagle African Fish Eagle Pallas's Fish Eagle Lappet-faced Vulture White-headed Vulture Eurasian Griffon Vulture White-rumped Vulture White-backed Vulture Egyptian Vulture Lammergeier Short-toed Snake Eagle Black-chested Snake Eagle Brown Snake Eagle Bateleur Dark Chanting Goshawk Somali Chanting Goshawk Lizard Buzzard White-eyed Buzzard Hen Harrier (Northern Harrier) Pallid Harrier Montagu's Harrier Western Marsh Harrier Eastern Marsh Harrier Shikra Little Sparrowhawk Eurasian Sparrowhawk Harris's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-backed Hawk Common Buzzard Steppe Buzzard Socotra Buzzard Rough-legged Buzzard Long-legged Buzzard Lesser Spotted Eagle Greater Spotted Eagle Tawny Eagle Steppe Eagle Eastern Imperial Eagle Golden Eagle Verreaux's Eagle Booted Eagle Bonelli's Eagle Martial Eagle Secretary Bird White-throated Caracara Striated Caracara Crested Caracara African Pygmy Falcon Lesser Kestrel American Kestrel Common Kestrel Amur Falcon Red-footed Falcon Merlin Eurasian Hobby Sooty Falcon Lanner Falcon Saker Falcon Gyrfalcon Peregrine Falcon Barbary Falcon Plain Chachalaca Rock Ptarmigan Western Capercaillie Northern Bobwhite See-see Partridge Sand Partridge Chukar Partridge Philby's Partridge Arabian Partridge Black Francolin Swainson's Francolin Grey Francolin Crested Francolin Grey Partridge Common Quail Common Pheasant Green Pheasant Common Peafowl Vulturine Guineafowl Common Crane Sandhill Crane Whooping Crane Sarus Crane Brolga Siberian White Crane Demoiselle Crane Stanley Crane Grey Crowned Crane African Black Crake Water Rail White-browed Crake Baillon's Crake Spotted Crake Ruddy-breasted Crake Common Moorhen Purple Swamphen Giant Coot American Coot Eurasian Coot Red-knobbed Coot Andean Coot Macqueen's Bustard (Houbara) Kori Bustard Crested Bustard White-bellied Bustard Black-bellied Bustard African Jacana Comb-crested Jacana Pheasant-tailed Jacana Bronze-winged Jacana Greater Painted Snipe Crab-plover Eurasian Oystercatcher Magellanic Oystercatcher Blackish Oystercatcher Ibisbill Black-winged Stilt Pied Avocet Andean Avocet Eurasian Stone-curlew Spotted Thick-knee Australian Stone-curlew Great Stone-curlew Cream-coloured Courser Collared Pratincole Small Pratincole Northern Lapwing Long-toed Lapwing Spur-winged Lapwing White-crowned Lapwing Crowned Lapwing Sociable Lapwing White-tailed Lapwing Southern Lapwing Red-wattled Lapwing Masked Lapwing Blacksmith Lapwing Eurasian Golden Plover American Golden Plover Pacific Golden Plover Grey Plover Common Ringed Plover Little Ringed Plover Three-banded Plover Kentish Plover Malaysian Plover Two-banded Plover Puna Plover Lesser Sand Plover Greater Sand Plover Caspian Plover Rufous-chested Plover Black-fronted Dotterel Eurasian Dotterel Magellanic Plover Black-tailed Godwit Bar-tailed Godwit Little Curlew Whimbrel Eurasian Curlew Spotted Redshank Common Redshank Marsh Sandpiper Common Greenshank Lesser Yellowlegs Green Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper Terek Sandpiper Common Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Red-necked Phalarope Red Phalarope Pin-tailed Snipe Common Snipe Fuegian Snipe Jack Snipe Long-billed Dowitcher Great Knot Sanderling Western Sandpiper Red-necked Stint Little Stint Temminck's Stint Long-toed Stint White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Purple Sandpiper Rock Sandpiper Dunlin Curlew Sandpiper Spoon-billed Sandpiper Broad-billed Sandpiper Ruff Least Seedsnipe Snowy Sheathbill Chilean Skua South Polar Skua Subantarctic Skua Pomarine Skua Arctic Skua Long-tailed Skua Dolphin Gull Ivory Gull Grey Gull White-eyed Gull Sooty Gull Common Gull Caspian Gull Heuglin's Gull Vega Gull Baltic Gull Slaty-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-headed Gull Grey-hooded Gull Common Black-headed Gull Slender-billed Gull Ross's Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Whiskered Tern White-winged Tern Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Common Tern Arctic Tern Roseate Tern White-cheeked Tern Bridled Tern Little Tern Saunders's Tern Swift Tern Lesser Crested Tern Sandwich Tern Inca Tern Brown Noddy Little Auk Razorbill Brünnich's Guillemot Black Guillemot Parakeet Auklet Crested Auklet Tufted Puffin Atlantic Puffin Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Spotted Sandgrouse Crowned Sandgrouse Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Double-banded Sandgrouse Rock Dove Speckled Pigeon Olive Pigeon Dusky Turtle Dove Eurasian Collared Dove African Collared Dove Red-eyed Dove Laughing Dove Namaqua Dove Bruce's Green Pigeon Little Corella Alexandrine Parakeet Rose-ringed Parakeet Go-away Bird Violet-crested Turaco Pied Cuckoo Common Hawk-Cuckoo Common Cuckoo Dideric Cuckoo Asian Koel Greater Green-billed Malcoha Greater Roadrunner Greater Coucal Barn Owl Socotra Scops Owl Arabian Scops Owl Eurasian Scops Owl Pharaoh Eagle Owl Verreaux's Eagle Owl Snowy Owl Little Owl Spotted Owlet Egyptian Nightjar European Nightjar Alpine Swift Pallid Swift Forbes-Watson's Swift Pied Kingfisher Common Kingfisher Blue-winged Kookaburra Grey-headed Kingfisher Sacred Kingfisher Collared Kingfisher White-fronted Bee-eater White-throated Bee-eater Green Bee-eater Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Rainbow Bee-eater European Bee-eater European Roller Abyssinian Roller Lilac-breasted Roller Indian Roller Eurasian Hoopoe African Grey Hornbill Yellow-billed Hornbill Red-fronted Tinkerbird Black-collared Barbet Eurasian Wryneck Arabian Woodpecker Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Dark-bellied Cinclodes Blackish Cinclodes Dark-faced Ground Tyrant Rainbow Pitta Singing Bush Lark Rufous-naped Lark Jerdon's Bush Lark Greater Hoopoe-Lark Calandra Lark Bimaculated Lark White-winged Lark Bar-tailed Lark Desert Lark Greater Short-toed Lark Red-capped Lark Lesser Short-toed Lark Crested Lark Woodlark Eurasian Skylark Oriental Skylark Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Horned Lark Chilean Swallow Sand Martin Pale Martin Eurasian Crag Martin Pale Crag Martin Barn Swallow Wire-tailed Swallow Red-rumped Swallow Common House Martin Yellow Wagtail Citrine Wagtail Black-backed Citrine Wagtail Grey Wagtail White Wagtail Masked Wagtail White-browed Wagtail Yellow-throated Longclaw Richard's Pipit Paddyfield Pipit Tawny Pipit Long-billed Pipit Meadow Pipit Tree Pipit Olive-backed Pipit Red-throated Pipit Buff-bellied Pipit Water Pipit Red-whiskered Bulbul White-eared Bulbul Red-vented Bulbul Sooty-headed Bulbul White-spectacled Bulbul Common Bulbul White-browed Bulbul Cream-vented Bulbul Sombre Greenbul Yellow-bellied Greenbul Common Iora Long-crested Helmet Shrike Black-crowned Tchagra Bokmakierie Magpie Shrike Brown Shrike Red-backed Shrike Isabelline Shrike Bay-backed Shrike Long-tailed Shrike Lesser Grey Shrike Southern Grey Shrike Steppe Grey Shrike Yemen Grey Shrike Grey-backed Fiscal Woodchat Shrike Masked Shrike Hypocolius White-throated Dipper Winter Wren House Wren Altai Accentor Brown Accentor Radde's Accentor Arabian Accentor Dunnock European Robin Himalayan Rubythroat Thrush Nightingale Common Nightingale Bluethroat Oriental Magpie Robin White-throated Robin Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Black Scrub Robin Eversmann's Redstart Western Black Redstart Eastern Black Redstart Common Redstart Plumbeous Water Redstart Güldenstädt's Redstart Whinchat European Stonechat Siberian Stonechat African Stonechat Buff-streaked Chat Grey Bushchat Pied Stonechat Hooded Wheatear Northern Wheatear Eastern Mourning Wheatear Arabian Wheatear Variable Wheatear Pied Wheatear Hume's Wheatear Black-eared Wheatear Red-tailed Wheatear Desert Wheatear Red-breasted Wheatear Isabelline Wheatear Familiar Chat Blackstart Sooty Chat Indian Robin Cape Rock Thrush Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush Little Rock Thrush Blue Rock Thrush Groundscraper Thrush Yemen Thrush Ring Ouzel Common Blackbird Black-throated Thrush Fieldfare Redwing Song Thrush Mistle Thrush Austral Thrush Arabian Babbler Yellow-billed Babbler Bearded Reedling Aquatic Warbler Sedge Warbler Black-browed Reed Warbler Paddyfield Warbler Eurasian Reed Warbler Marsh Warbler Great Reed Warbler Clamorous Reed Warbler Sykes's Warbler Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Upcher's Warbler Rattling Cisticola Stout Cisticola Socotra Warbler (Socotra Tit Warbler) Zitting Cisticola Socotra Cisticola Scrub Warbler Grey-breasted Prinia Graceful Prinia Bar-winged Prinia Ashy Prinia Plain Prinia Brown Woodland Warbler Willow Warbler Common Chiffchaff Plain Leaf Warbler Hume's Leaf Warbler Greenish Warbler Yemen Warbler Subalpine Warbler Eurasian Blackcap Common Whitethroat Lesser Whitethroat Desert Whitethroat Asian Desert Warbler Barred Warbler Arabian Warbler Rüppells Warbler Menetries's Warbler Goldcrest White-browed Tit-Warbler African Dusky Flycatcher Spotted Flycatcher Semi-collared Flycatcher Red-breasted Flycatcher Taiga Flycatcher Superb Fairywren Black-naped Monarch African Paradise Flycatcher Asian Paradise Flycatcher Pied Fantail Willie Wagtail Eurasian Penduline Tit Sombre Tit Coal Tit Crested Tit Great Tit Blue Tit Azure Tit White-breasted Nuthatch Western Rock Nuthatch Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Plain Sunbird Plain-throated Sunbird Red-throated Sunbird Nile Valley Sunbird Socotra Sunbird Purple-throated Sunbird Loten's Sunbird Purple Sunbird White-bellied Sunbird Shining Sunbird Palestine Sunbird Malachite Sunbird Bronze Sunbird Little Spiderhunter Oriental Whiteeye Abyssinian White-eye Corn Bunting Yellowhammer Pine Bunting Rock Bunting Grey-necked Bunting Cinereous Bunting Ortolan Bunting Cretzschmar's Bunting Striolated Bunting Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Socotra Bunting Little Bunting Golden-breasted Bunting Black-headed Bunting Red-headed Bunting Common Reed Bunting Black-throated Finch Lapland Bunting Snow Bunting Long-tailed Meadowlark Eastern Meadowlark Common Chaffinch Red-fronted Serin European Serin Arabian Serin Brimstone Canary Yemen Serin Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak Socotra Golden-winged Grosbeak European Greenfinch Eurasian Siskin Black-chinned Siskin American Goldfinch European Goldfinch Common Redpoll Twite Eurasian Linnet Yemen Linnet Hodgson's Mountain Finch Brandt's Mountain Finch Trumpeter Finch Desert Finch Common Rosefinch Red-mantled Rosefinch Red Crossbill Eurasian Bullfinch Hawfinch Arabian Waxbill Common Waxbill Double-barred Finch African Silverbill Indian Silverbill Scaly-breasted Munia White-billed Buffalo Weaver White-headed Buffalo Weaver White-browed Sparrow Weaver Donaldson-Smith's Sparrow Weaver Saxaul Sparrow House Sparrow Spanish Sparrow Socotra Sparrow Eurasian Tree Sparrow Pale Rockfinch Yellow-throated Sparrow Rock Sparrow Yellow-throated Petronia Bush Petronia White-winged Snowfinch Rüppell's Weaver Southern Masked Weaver Golden-backed Weaver Yellow-crowned Bishop Red Bishop Somali Starling Socotra Starling Tristram's Starling Superb Starling Burchell's Starling Brahminy Starling Rose-coloured Starling Common Starling Pied Myna Common Myna Bank Myna Jungle Myna White-vented Myna Red-billed Oxpecker Eurasian Golden Oriole Black-headed Oriole Fork-tailed Drongo Black Drongo Ashy Drongo Magpie Lark Ashy Woodswallow Australian Magpie Satin Bowerbird Great Bowerbird Eurasian Jay Rufous Treepie Eurasian Magpie Eurasian Nutcracker Red-billed Chough Alpine Chough Western Jackdaw House Crow American Crow Hooded Crow Jungle Crow Australian Crow Brown-necked Raven Northern Raven Fan-tailed Raven		Abdim's Stork Abyssinian Roller Abyssinian White-eye Adelie Penguin African Black Crake African Collared Dove African Darter African Dusky Flycatcher African Fish Eagle African Grey Hornbill African Jacana African Open-bill Stork African Paradise Flycatcher African Pygmy Falcon African Silverbill African Spoonbill African Stonechat Alexandrine Parakeet Alpine Chough Alpine Swift Altai Accentor American Coot American Crow American Golden Plover American Goldfinch American Kestrel American White Pelican American Wigeon American Wood Stork Amur Falcon Andean Avocet Andean Condor Andean Coot Andean Flamingo Andean Goose Anhinga Antarctic Cormorant Antarctic Petrel Antarctic Prion Aquatic Warbler Arabian Accentor Arabian Babbler Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak Arabian Partridge Arabian Scops Owl Arabian Serin Arabian Warbler Arabian Waxbill Arabian Wheatear Arabian Woodpecker Arctic Skua Arctic Tern Ashy Drongo Ashy Prinia Ashy Woodswallow Ashy-headed Goose Asian Desert Warbler Asian Koel Asian Open-bill Stork Asian Paradise Flycatcher Atlantic Puffin Austral Thrush Australian Crow Australian Darter Australian Ibis Australian Magpie Australian Pelican Australian Stone-curlew Azure Tit Baillon's Crake Baird's Sandpiper Baltic Gull Bank Myna Barbary Falcon Bar-headed Goose Barn Owl Barn Swallow Barnacle Goose Barred Warbler Barrow's Goldeneye Bar-tailed Godwit Bar-tailed Lark Bar-winged Prinia Bateleur Bay-backed Shrike Bearded Reedling Bimaculated Lark Black Drongo Black Francolin Black Guillemot Black Heron Black Kite Black Scoter Black Scrub Robin Black Stork Blackish Oystercatcher Blacksmith Lapwing Blackstart Black-backed Citrine Wagtail Black-bellied Bustard Black-bellied Whistling Duck Black-browed Albatross Black-browed Reed Warbler Black-chested Snake Eagle Black-chinned Siskin Black-collared Barbet Black-crowned Night Heron Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Black-crowned Tchagra Black-eared Wheatear Black-faced Ibis Black-fronted Dotterel Black-headed Bunting Black-headed Heron Black-headed Oriole Blackish Cinclodes Black-legged Kittiwake Black-naped Monarch Black-necked Grebe Black-necked Stork Black-necked Swan Black-shouldered Kite Black-tailed Godwit Black-throated Finch Black-throated Thrush Black-winged Stilt Blue Rock Thrush Blue Tit Bluethroat Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Blue-eyed Cormorant Blue-footed Booby Blue-winged Kookaburra Blue-winged Teal Bokmakierie Bonelli's Eagle Booted Eagle Brahminy Kite Brahminy Starling Brandt's Mountain Finch Brent Goose Bridled Tern Brimstone Canary Broad-billed Sandpiper Brolga Bronze Sunbird Bronze-winged Duck Bronze-winged Jacana Brown Accentor Brown Booby Brown Noddy Brown Pelican Brown Shrike Brown Snake Eagle Brown Woodland Warbler Brown-necked Raven Bruce's Green Pigeon Brünnich's Guillemot Buff-bellied Pipit Bufflehead Buff-streaked Chat Burchell's Starling Bush Petronia Calandra Lark Canada Goose Cape Petrel Cape Rock Thrush Caspian Gull Caspian Plover Caspian Tern Cattle Egret Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Chilean Flamingo Chilean Skua Chilean Swallow Chiloe Wigeon Chinese Pond Heron Chinstrap Penguin Chukar Partridge Cinereous Bunting Cinnamon Teal Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Citrine Wagtail Clamorous Reed Warbler Coal Tit Cocoi Heron Collared Kingfisher Collared Pratincole Comb-crested Jacana Comb Duck Common Blackbird Common Black-headed Gull Common Bulbul Common Buzzard Common Chaffinch Common Chiffchaff Common Crane Common Cuckoo Common Eider Common Goldeneye Common Greenshank Common Gull Common Hawk-Cuckoo Common House Martin Common Iora Common Kestrel Common Kingfisher Common Moorhen Common Myna Common Nightingale Common Peafowl Common Pheasant Common Pochard Common Quail Common Redpoll Common Redshank Common Redstart Common Reed Bunting Common Ringed Plover Common Rosefinch Common Sandpiper Common Shelduck Common Snipe Common Starling Common Tern Common Waxbill Common Whitethroat Corn Bunting Cotton Pygmy Goose Crab-plover Cream-coloured Courser Cream-vented Bulbul Crested Auklet Crested Bustard Crested Caracara Crested Duck Crested Francolin Crested Honey Buzzard Crested Lark Crested Tit Cretzschmar's Bunting Crowned Lapwing Crowned Sandgrouse Curlew Sandpiper Dalmatian Pelican Dark Chanting Goshawk Dark-bellied Cinclodes Dark-faced Ground Tyrant Demoiselle Crane Desert Finch Desert Lark Desert Wheatear Desert Whitethroat Dideric Cuckoo Dolphin Gull Donaldson-Smith's Sparrow Weaver Double-banded Sandgrouse Double-barred Finch Double-wattled Cassowary Dunlin Dunnock Dusky Turtle Dove Eastern Black Redstart Eastern Imperial Eagle Eastern Marsh Harrier Eastern Meadowlark Eastern Mourning Wheatear Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Eastern White Pelican Egyptian Goose Egyptian Nightjar Egyptian Vulture Emu Eurasian Blackcap Eurasian Bullfinch Eurasian Collared Dove Eurasian Crag Martin Eurasian Coot Eurasian Curlew Eurasian Dotterel Eurasian Golden Oriole Eurasian Golden Plover Eurasian Griffon Vulture Eurasian Hobby Eurasian Hoopoe Eurasian Jay Eurasian Linnet Eurasian Magpie Eurasian Nutcracker Eurasian Oystercatcher Eurasian Penduline Tit Eurasian Reed Warbler Eurasian Scops Owl Eurasian Siskin Eurasian Skylark Eurasian Sparrowhawk Eurasian Spoonbill Eurasian Stone-curlew Eurasian Teal Eurasian Tree Sparrow Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Eurasian Wigeon Eurasian Wryneck European Bee-eater European Greenfinch European Goldfinch European Honey Buzzard European Nightjar European Robin European Roller European Serin European Shag European Stonechat Eversmann's Redstart Falkland Steamer Duck Familiar Chat Fan-tailed Raven Ferruginous Duck Fieldfare Forbes-Watson's Swift Fork-tailed Drongo Fuegian Snipe Gadwall Garganey Gentoo Penguin Giant Coot Glaucous Gull Glossy Ibis Goldcrest Golden Eagle Golden-backed Weaver Golden-breasted Bunting Goliath Heron Go-away Bird Graceful Prinia Great Bittern Great Black-headed Gull Great Blue Heron Great Bowerbird Great Cormorant Great Crested Grebe Great Egret Great Frigatebird Great Grebe Great Knot Great Northern Diver Great Reed Warbler Great Stone-curlew Great Tit Greater Coucal Greater Flamingo Greater Green-billed Malcoha Greater Hoopoe-Lark Greater Painted Snipe Greater Roadrunner Greater Sand Plover Greater Scaup Greater Short-toed Lark Greater Spotted Eagle Greater White-fronted Goose Green Bee-eater Green Heron Green Pheasant Green Sandpiper Green Pygmy Goose Greenish Warbler Green-winged Teal Grey Bushchat Grey Crowned Crane Grey Francolin Grey Gull Grey Heron Grey Partridge Grey Plover Grey Wagtail Greylag Goose Grey-backed Fiscal Grey-breasted Prinia Grey-headed Kingfisher Grey-hooded Gull Grey-necked Bunting Groundscraper Thrush Guanay Cormorant Gull-billed Tern Güldenstädt's Redstart Gyrfalcon Hadada Ibis Hammerkop Harlequin Duck Harris's Hawk Hawfinch Hen Harrier (Northern Harrier) Heuglin's Gull Himalayan Rubythroat Hodgson's Mountain Finch Hooded Crow Hooded Wheatear Horned Grebe Horned Lark Hottentot Teal House Crow House Sparrow House Wren Humboldt Penguin Hume's Leaf Warbler Hume's Wheatear Hypocolius Ibisbill Inca Tern Indian Cormorant Indian Darter Indian Pond Heron Indian Robin Indian Roller Indian Silverbill Indian Spot-billed Duck Intermediate Egret Isabelline Shrike Isabelline Wheatear Ivory Gull Jack Snipe Jerdon's Bush Lark Jouanin's Petrel Jungle Crow Jungle Myna Kelp Goose Kentish Plover King Cormorant King Penguin Kori Bustard Lammergeier Lanner Falcon Lapland Bunting Lappet-faced Vulture Laughing Dove Least Grebe Least Seedsnipe Lesser Crested Tern Lesser Flamingo Lesser Grey Shrike Lesser Kestrel Lesser Rhea Lesser Sand Plover Lesser Short-toed Lark Lesser Spotted Eagle Lesser Whistling Duck Lesser Whitethroat Lesser Yellowlegs Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Light-mantled Albatross Lilac-breasted Roller Little Auk Little Black Cormorant Little Bittern Little Bunting Little Corella Little Cormorant Little Curlew Little Egret Little Grebe Little Owl Little Pied Cormorant Little Ringed Plover Little Rock Thrush Little Sparrowhawk Little Spiderhunter Little Stint Little Tern Lizard Buzzard Long-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Pipit Long-crested Helmet Shrike Long-legged Buzzard Long-tailed Duck Long-tailed Meadowlark Long-tailed Shrike Long-tailed Skua Long-toed Lapwing Long-toed Stint Loten's Sunbird Macaroni Penguin Macqueen's Bustard (Houbara) Magellan Cormorant Magellan (Upland) Goose Magellanic Oystercatcher Magellanic Penguin Magellanic Plover Magnificent Frigatebird Magpie Goose (Pied Goose) Magpie Lark Magpie Shrike Malachite Sunbird Malaysian Plover Mallard Mandarin Duck Marabou Stork Marbled Duck Markham's Storm-petrel Marsh Sandpiper Marsh Warbler Martial Eagle Masked Booby Masked Lapwing Masked Shrike Masked Wagtail Meadow Pipit Menetries's Warbler Merlin Mistle Thrush Montagu's Harrier Mottled Duck Mute Swan Namaqua Dove Nankeen Night Heron Nile Valley Sunbird Northern Bald Ibis Northern Bobwhite Northern Fulmar Northern Gannet Northern Giant Petrel Northern Lapwing Northern Pintail Northern Raven Northern Shoveler Northern Wheatear Olivaceous Cormorant Olive-backed Pipit Olive Pigeon Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Oriental Ibis Oriental Magpie Robin Oriental Skylark Oriental Whiteeye Ortolan Bunting Osprey Ostrich Pacific Golden Plover Paddyfield Pipit Paddyfield Warbler Painted Stork Pale Crag Martin Pale Martin Pale Rockfinch Palestine Sunbird Pale-footed Shearwater Pallas's Fish Eagle Pallid Harrier Pallid Swift Parakeet Auklet Pectoral Sandpiper Peregrine Falcon Persian Shearwater Peruvian Booby Peruvian Diving Petrel Peruvian Pelican Pharaoh Eagle Owl Pheasant-tailed Jacana Philby's Partridge Pied Avocet Pied Cuckoo Pied Fantail Pied Heron Pied Kingfisher Pied Myna Pied Stonechat Pied Wheatear Pied-billed Grebe Pine Bunting Pink-backed Pelican Pink-footed Goose Pink-footed Shearwater Pin-tailed Snipe Plain Chachalaca Plain Leaf Warbler Plain Prinia Plain Sunbird Plain-throated Sunbird Plumbeous Water Redstart Pomarine Skua Puna Ibis Puna Plover Purple Heron Purple Sandpiper Purple Sunbird Purple Swamphen Purple-throated Sunbird Pygmy Cormorant Radde's Accentor Radjah Shelduck Rainbow Bee-eater Rainbow Pitta Rattling Cisticola Razorbill Red Bishop Red Crossbill Red Kite Red Phalarope Red-billed Chough Red-backed Hawk Red-backed Shrike Red-billed Oxpecker Red-billed Tropicbird Red-breasted Flycatcher Red-breasted Merganser Red-breasted Wheatear Red-capped Lark Red-crested Pochard Red-eyed Dove Red-footed Booby Red-footed Falcon Red-fronted Serin Red-fronted Tinkerbird Red-headed Bunting Red-knobbed Coot Red-legged Cormorant Red-mantled Rosefinch Red-necked Grebe Red-necked Phalarope Red-necked Stint Red-rumped Swallow Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Wheatear Red-throated Diver Red-throated Pipit Red-throated Sunbird Red-vented Bulbul Red-wattled Lapwing Red-whiskered Bulbul Redwing Richard's Pipit Ring Ouzel Ringed Teal Rock Bunting Rock Dove Rock Ptarmigan Rock Sandpiper Rock Sparrow Rockhopper Penguin Roseate Tern Rose-coloured Starling Rose-ringed Parakeet Ross's Gull Rough-legged Buzzard Royal Albatross Ruddy Shelduck Ruddy Turnstone Ruddy-breasted Crake Ruddy-headed Goose Ruff Rufous Treepie Rufous-chested Plover Rufous-naped Lark Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Rüppell's Warbler Rüppell's Weaver Sacred Ibis Sacred Kingfisher Saddle-bill Stork Saker Falcon Sand Martin Sand Partridge Sanderling Sandhill Crane Sandwich Tern Sarus Crane Satin Bowerbird Saunders's Tern Saxaul Sparrow Scaly-breasted Munia Scrub Warbler Secretary Bird Sedge Warbler See-see Partridge Semi-collared Flycatcher Shikra Shining Sunbird Short-toed Snake Eagle Siberian Stonechat Siberian White Crane Silver Teal Silvery Grebe Singing Bush Lark Slaty-backed Gull Slender-billed Gull Small Pratincole Snow Bunting Snow Goose Snow Petrel Snowy Owl Snowy Sheathbill Sociable Lapwing Socotra Bunting Socotra Buzzard Socotra Cisticola Socotra Cormorant Socotra Golden-winged Grosbeak Socotra Scops Owl Socotra Sparrow Socotra Starling Socotra Sunbird Socotra Warbler (Socotra Tit Warbler) Somali Chanting Goshawk Somali Starling Sombre Greenbul Sombre Tit Song Thrush Sooty Chat Sooty Falcon Sooty Gull Sooty Shearwater Sooty-headed Bulbul South Georgia Cormorant South Polar Skua Southern Fulmar Southern Giant Petrel Southern Grey Shrike Southern Lapwing Southern Masked Weaver Spanish Sparrow Speckled Pigeon Speckled Teal Spectacled Eider Spoon-billed Sandpiper Spot-billed Pelican Spotted Crake Spotted Flycatcher Spotted Owlet Spotted Redshank Spotted Sandgrouse Spotted Thick-knee Spur-winged Lapwing Squacco Heron Stanley Crane Steller's Eider Steppe Eagle Steppe Buzzard Steppe Grey Shrike Stout Cisticola Straw-necked Ibis Striated Caracara Striated Heron Striolated Bunting Subalpine Warbler Subantarctic Skua Superb Fairywren Superb Starling Swainson's Francolin Swift Tern Swinhoe's Storm-petrel Sykes's Warbler Taiga Flycatcher Tawny Eagle Tawny Pipit Temminck's Stint Terek Sandpiper Three-banded Plover Thrush Nightingale Torrent Duck Tree Pipit Tricolored Heron Tristram's Starling Trumpeter Finch Tufted Duck Tufted Puffin Turkey Vulture Twite Two-banded Plover Upcher's Warbler Variable Wheatear Vega Gull Verreaux's Eagle Verreaux's Eagle Owl Violet-crested Turaco Vulturine Guineafowl Wandering Albatross Wandering Whistling Duck Water Pipit Water Rail Western Capercaillie Western Black Redstart Western Jackdaw Western Marsh Harrier Western Reef Heron Western Rock Nuthatch Western Sandpiper Whimbrel Whinchat Whiskered Tern Whistling Kite White Stork White Wagtail White-backed Vulture White-bellied Bustard White-bellied Sea Eagle White-bellied Sunbird White-billed Buffalo Weaver White-breasted Nuthatch White-browed Bulbul White-browed Crake White-browed Sparrow Weaver White-browed Tit-Warbler White-browed Wagtail White-cheeked Pintail White-cheeked Tern White-chinned Petrel White-crowned Lapwing White-eared Bulbul White-eyed Buzzard White-eyed Gull White-faced Egret White-fronted Bee-eater White-headed Buffalo Weaver White-headed Duck White-headed Vulture White-necked Heron White-rumped Sandpiper White-rumped Vulture White-spectacled Bulbul White-tailed Lapwing White-throated Bee-eater White-throated Caracara White-throated Dipper White-throated Robin White-tufted Grebe White-vented Myna White-winged Lark White-winged Snowfinch White-winged Tern Whooper Swan Whooping Crane Willie Wagtail Willow Warbler Wilson's Storm-petrel Winter Wren Wire-tailed Swallow Wood Duck Woodchat Shrike Woodlark Wood Sandpiper Woolly-necked Stork Yellow Bittern Yellow Wagtail Yellowhammer Yellow-billed Duck Yellow-bellied Greenbul Yellow-billed Babbler Yellow-billed Hornbill Yellow-billed Pintail Yellow-billed Stork Yellow-crowned Bishop Yellow-throated Longclaw Yellow-throated Petronia Yellow-throated Sparrow Yemen Grey Shrike Yemen Linnet Yemen Serin Yemen Thrush Yemen Warbler Zitting Cisticola

Flowers and Plants (16 species)
Species order		Alphabetic order
Arabian Almond Rosa damascena Erodium neuradifolium Geranium mascatense Aegopordon berardioides Asteriscus hierochunticus Blue Pimpernel Oleander Popcorn Plant Heliotropium sp Arabian Primrose Barleria aucheriana Asphodel Lily Mountain Iris Gladiolus italicus Date Palm		Aegopordon berardioides Arabian Primrose Arabian Almond Asphodel Lily Asteriscus hierochunticus Barleria aucheriana Blue Pimpernel Date Palm Erodium neuradifolium Geranium mascatense Gladiolus italicus Mountain Iris Heliotropium sp Oleander Popcorn Plant Rosa damascena

Insects etc. (29 species)
Species order		Alphabetic order
Purple Tarantula Camel Spider Orb-web Spider Jumping Spider Lesser Emperor Gangling Grasshopper Stick Insect Praying Mantis Striped Mantis Fairy Mantis Lappet Mantis Arabian Cicada Polkadot Antlion Sulphurous Jewel Beetle Blue Pansy Diadem White Peacock Plain Tiger Red Admiral Painted Lady Small Tortoiseshell Meadow Brown Pearl Charaxes Small Salmon Arab Mediterranean Pierrot Common Blue African Emigrant Oleander Hawkmoth Striped Hawkmoth		African Emigrant Arabian Cicada Blue Pansy Camel Spider Common Blue Diadem Fairy Mantis Gangling Grasshopper Jumping Spider Lappet Mantis Lesser Emperor Meadow Brown Mediterranean Pierrot Oleander Hawkmoth Orb-web Spider Painted Lady Pearl Charaxes Plain Tiger Polkadot Antlion Praying Mantis Purple Tarantula Red Admiral Small Salmon Arab Small Tortoiseshell Stick Insect Striped Hawkmoth Striped Mantis Sulphurous Jewel Beetle White Peacock

Mammals (35 species)
Species order		Alphabetic order
Desert Hedgehog Naked-bellied Tomb Bat Crab-eating Macaque Hamadryas Baboon Proboscis Monkey Agile Gibbon Bornean Orang-utan Sand Fox Red Fox Arabian Red Fox Polar Bear South American Sealion Walrus Bearded Seal Spinner Dolphin Long-beaked Common Dolphin Sperm Whale Grey Whale Bryde's Whale Blue Whale Humpback Whale Rock Hyrax Bearded Pig Llama Arabian Camel Reindeer Arabian Oryx Arabian Gazelle Ibex Nubian Ibex Eurasian Red Squirrel Alpine Marmot King Jird Egyptian Spiny Mouse Brown Hare		Agile Gibbon Alpine Marmot Arabian Camel Arabian Gazelle Arabian Oryx Arabian Red Fox Bearded Pig Bearded Seal Blue Whale Bornean Orang-utan Brown Hare Bryde's Whale Crab-eating Macaque Desert Hedgehog Egyptian Spiny Mouse Eurasian Red Squirrel Grey Whale Hamadryas Baboon Humpback Whale Ibex Llama Long-beaked Common Dolphin King Jird Naked-bellied Tomb Bat Nubian Ibex Polar Bear Proboscis Monkey Red Fox Reindeer Rock Hyrax Sand Fox South American Sealion Sperm Whale Spinner Dolphin Walrus

Reptiles and Amphibians (23 species)
Species order		Alphabetic order
Blue Poison-arrow Frog Common Frog Arabian Toad Green Turtle Hawksbill Turtle Socotra Rock Gecko Yellow-bellied House Gecko Eastern Sand Gecko Persian Wonder Gecko Baluch Ground Gecko Bloodsucker Hadramawt Agama Sinai Agama Yellow-spotted Agama Spiny-tailed Lizard Arabian Chameleon Monitor Lizard Jayakar's Sand Boa Hooded Malpolon Annulated Seasnake Seasnake Adder Carpet Viper		Adder Annulated Seasnake Arabian Chameleon Arabian Toad Baluch Ground Gecko Bloodsucker Blue Poison-arrow Frog Carpet Viper Common Frog Eastern Sand Gecko Green Turtle Hadramawt Agama Hawksbill Turtle Hooded Malpolon Jayakar's Sand Boa Monitor Lizard Persian Wonder Gecko Seasnake Sinai Agama Socotra Rock Gecko Spiny-tailed Lizard Yellow-bellied House Gecko Yellow-spotted Agama

Scenics (5 countries)

Countries

Antarctica
Oman

Russia
Switzerland

United Arab Emirates

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