Owls, Frogmouths and Owlet Nightjars

Although the three groups may (or may )not be that closely related, I have lumped these all into the same post because they are quite similar in appearance and behaviour.

I have only a few owls than I would expect but have seen 2/3 Australian Frogmouths and the only Australian Owlet Nightjar. The Owlet Nightjar is one of my favourite birds has it looks so cute, they are said to mimic squirel gliders which are also nocturnal and live in tree hollows.

See more raptor photos here


Australian Owlet-Nightjar - Aegotheles cristatus


Tawny Frogmouth - Podargus strigoides



Papuan Frogmouth - Podargus papuensis


Southern Boobook - Ninox boobook


Powerful Owl - Ninox strenua


Tawny Owl - Strix aluco

White Butterflies - Pieridae

White butterflies aren't actually all white. You do get time in many different colours, but mainly feature white, yellow, black and red. There are a lot of species that are very similar and very hard to tell apart. They are also quite difficult to photograph as they don't stop much. (That's why so many of my photos are in flight and blurry)

See all my white butterfly photographs here


Brimestone - Gonepteryx rhamni


Black-veined White - Aporia crataegi


Orange-tip - Anthocharis cardamines


Red-base Jezebel - Delias pasithoe


Indian Cabbage White - Pieris canidia


Eastern Bath White - Pontia edusa

Fish from the wild

I have very few good photos of fish in the wild. I've only done snorkelling a few times and never with a decent camera. The better photos I have here are all taken from land or in Rockpools.

See all the photos here


Barred Mudskipper - Periophthalmus argentilineatus


Shortfin Eel - Anguilla australis


Smooth toadfish - Tetractenos glaber


Slender Mudskipper - Periophthalmus gracilis


Shanny - Lipophrys pholis


Longspined Bullhead - Taurulus bubalis


Corkwing Wrasse - Symphodus melops


Brown Trout - Salmo trutta


Rainbow Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss

Nymphalidae - Browns and Nymphs

This is a very large family of butterflies. Its a lump of several previously established butterfly familys including the Browns (Satyridae), Milkweeds (Danaidae), Fritiliaries, Morphos and Nymphs (Nymaplidae).

See my checklist Here


Monarch - Danaus plexippus


Indian Fritillary - Argyreus hyperbius


Baron - Euthalia aconthea


Peacock - Inachis io


Comma - Polygonia c-album


American Painted Lady - Vanessa virginiensis


Meadow Brown - Maniola jurtina


Striped Xenica - Oreixenica kershawi

Swallowtail Butterflies

Just uploaded all remaining Swallowtail Butterfly photos. They are the biggest and probably most beautiful butterflies of all. Problem is that its quite hard to photograph them because I don't stop very often.

Swallowtail Butterflies


Green Tailed Jay - Graphium agamemnon


Common Jay - Graphium doson


Common Bluebottle - Graphium sarpedon


Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio glaucus


Paris Peacock - Papilio paris


Five-bar Swordtail - Pathysa antiphates

Blues (Lycaenidae)

Finished uploading the remain blues of the subfamily Lycaeninae, which are proper blues, most are actually blue.


Adonis Blue - Lysandra bellargus


Silver-studded Blue - Plebejus argus


Saltbush Blue - Theclinesthes serpentata

Metalmarks

I've only seen 2 species of metal marks. Tried to find the sole English species, the Duke of Burgundy, several times but keep dipping. They are primarily a South American family but found in smaller numbers elsewhere.

Since Ive seen so few of them, I've added them to the bottom of the Blues list which are their closest relatives. See them here:

Blues and Metalmarks.

Coppers and Hairstreaks

Just start to upload Blue Butterflies (Family Lycaenidae). Finished uploading all of the Coppers (Subfamily Lycaeninae) and Hairstreaks (Subfamily Theclinae) that I've photographed. Here are some examples:





Click here to see the Blue Butterflies page on the site.

I'm going to start blogging updates to my checklists google sites page. Currently got birds (waders, seabirds, cuckoos, kingerfishers and woodpeckers), fishing, fly fishing and dragonflies/damselflies uploaded fully uploaded. As soon as I make any new updates, I will date some details here.

I will occassionally blog on species identification and other nature topics.





Enjoy.
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