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  1. Grey-rumped Treeswift, Borneo

    Grey-rumped Treeswift, Borneo

    Watch Grey-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis) 灰腰鳳頭雨燕 and listen to its unique calls. Video was recorded somewhere in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo.
  2. Silvery Lutung, Borneo

    Silvery Lutung, Borneo

    Silvery Lutung (Trachypithecus cristatus) aka Silvered Leaf Monkey 銀葉猴. Was so fortunate able to see this monkey. They are so beautiful. Saw another adult hiding behind with one young but no clear shot.
  3. Mangrove crab

    Mangrove crab

    And now for something completely different...I've posted birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians, plus a few bugs...but this is the first crab I've posted! These small, tree-climbing crabs are very common and very numerous in mangrove swamps along our coasts...and during certain times of year...
  4. Remnants

    Remnants

    We were making our way back to the dock now and passed these two mangrove plants. The sole remaining specimens in the harbour area and probably for many miles. I think virtually the whole coast had mangroves growing there in the past.
  5. Life starts of Mangrove

    Life starts of Mangrove

  6. Mangrove Cuckoo

    Mangrove Cuckoo

    Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor) Sexes similar. In the town of town Dos Brazos de Ro Tigre with Ro Tigre and Ro Brazos flowing through it. Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. Urban setting with cleared forest and horticultural trees and shrubs surrounded by Pacific secondary rain...
  7. Rufous-necked Wood Rail at Caye Caulker, Belize

    Rufous-necked Wood Rail at Caye Caulker, Belize

    We had superb views of the Rufous-necked Wood Rail (Aramides axillaris) at Caye Caulker, Belize. This species can be found in the mangroves and is not that easy to see!
  8. Striated or Mangrove Heron

    Striated or Mangrove Heron

    Photo taken at Boondall wetlands, Brisbane.
  9. Mangrove Cuckoo

    Mangrove Cuckoo

    Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor) Photographed in Cambalache State Forest east of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, USA. Limestone hills dominated by a mesic mixed hardwood/palm forest at 5-50 m (16-164 ft) elevation.
  10. Mangrove Pitta

    Mangrove Pitta

    At the end of 2012, an image of a Mangrove Pitta was posted. This image shows the same individual in its normal posture, and perched on the same spot. Just for comparison of the bird as it was all puffed up in the previous image.
  11. Mangrove Cuckoo

    Mangrove Cuckoo

    I have only seen this bird a couple of times but on this day he decided to pose for me.
  12. Snail Kite - immature

    Snail Kite - immature

    Immature Snail Kite in mangrove forest outside of San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico
  13. Anhinga

    Anhinga

    Anhinga - drying feathers in a mangrove forest
  14. Potoo

    Potoo

    Potoo - Perfect camouflage. Photo taken in mangrove forest outside of San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico.
  15. Boatbilled heron

    Boatbilled heron

    Sunrise in the mangrove swamp
  16. Puyoy-Puyoy River

    Puyoy-Puyoy River

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