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NT Near Threatened · population decreasing

Chordata

68 photos

A dark owl with blue-gray wings and distinctive facial disc flies low over golden grassland in winter, wings outstretched in hunting flight.

Winter Hunter in Golden Light

Asio flammeus (Short-eared Owl)

Asio flammeus (Short-eared Owl) flying (in flight)

Early Morning Silhouette

Asio flammeus (Short-eared Owl)

A Northern Harrier in flight silhouetted against a golden, fog-filled sky, flying low over frost-covered grassland with bare trees in the background.

In a Fog

Accipitridae (Hawks

A brown grizzly bear charges through shallow water with water splashing around it, pursuing salmon in a stream.

Grizzly Bear Lunges for Salmon

Ursus arctos horribilis (Grizzly Bear)

Ursus arctos horribilis (Grizzly Bear) fishing in Lake and Peninsula

Ursus arctos horribilis (Grizzly Bear)

Two small ducks in flight over a dark glacial lake with white icebergs, rocky shoreline and evergreen forest visible in the background.

Common Goldeneyes In Flight Over Iceberg Lake

Anatidae (Ducks

With This Seed, I Thee Wed

With This Seed, I Thee Wed

Tockus erythrorhynchus (Northern Red-billed Hornbill)

Flyboy

Flyboy

Syncerus caffer (African buffalo)

Blue Wildebeest Portrait in Masai Mara

What’s gnu, blue?

Connochaetes taurinus (Blue Wildebeest)

A male bird with black and yellow plumage and long tail feathers perches on a thin leafy branch against a clear blue sky.

Eastern Paradise-Whydah

Vidua paradisaea (Eastern Paradise-Whydah)

A male tiger's face fills the frame, looking directly at the camera with mouth slightly open, showing amber eyes and white facial markings against a blurred green background.

Staredown

Panthera tigris (Tiger)

A gray-headed kingfisher with blue and chestnut wings and a long red-orange bill perches on a branch, facing left with alert posture.

Not all kingfishers fish.

Halcyon leucocephala (Gray-headed Kingfisher)