<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974</id><updated>2012-02-17T04:25:13.706Z</updated><category term='Anfibios'/><category term='Rana temporaria'/><category term='Aves'/><category term='Parque Natural de Gorbea'/><category term='Reino Unido'/><category term='Cetaceos'/><category term='Biebrza'/><category term='Parque National de Nakuru'/><category term='Serra da Estrela'/><category term='Bufo bufo'/><category term='Portugal'/><category term='Repteis'/><category term='Aves Espanha'/><category term='Primata'/><category term='Desertas'/><category term='São Tomé'/><category term='Aquila rapax'/><category term='Quenia'/><category term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category term='Aves Portugal'/><category term='Loxodonta africana'/><category term='laurissilva'/><category term='Sapo-parteiro-comum'/><category term='Eslovaquia'/><category term='Sao tome'/><category term='Invertebrados'/><category term='Parque Nacional de Ordesa'/><category term='Garçote'/><category term='Europa'/><category term='Espanha'/><category term='Selvagens'/><category term='Mamiferos'/><category term='Principe'/><category term='Reserva Natural do Estuário do Tejo'/><category term='Coronella girondica'/><category term='Berlengas'/><category term='Porto Santo'/><category term='Madeira'/><category term='Gibraltar'/><category term='Africa'/><category term='Sao Tome e Principe'/><category term='Monfrague'/><category term='Polonia'/><category term='Bialowieza'/><category term='Triturus marmoratus'/><title type='text'>Monachus - Photography</title><subtitle type='html'>Monachus monachus e Aegypius monachus - Dois dos animais mais ameaçados da nossa fauna. 
Com o nome de MonachusPhotography este blog irá dedicar-se à fotografia e à conservação da natureza.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>85</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-1283675180548945657</id><published>2010-01-19T22:24:00.007Z</published><updated>2010-01-19T22:28:56.892Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Desertas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madeira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Monachus monachus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/S1YxYIrPTrI/AAAAAAAAAUc/JRppy-Nkbnw/s1600-h/monachus+arkive.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/S1YxYIrPTrI/AAAAAAAAAUc/JRppy-Nkbnw/s400/monachus+arkive.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428580691557174962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/S1YxevtAeXI/AAAAAAAAAUk/xxzntXlKqp8/s1600-h/monachus+arkive+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/S1YxevtAeXI/AAAAAAAAAUk/xxzntXlKqp8/s400/monachus+arkive+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428580805112789362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Some of my Mediterranean Monk Seal photos published in the Arkive website (www.arkive.org). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“The Mediterranean monk seal is one of the most endangered mammals in the world. The description of this species by Aristotle was the first known written description of a pinniped (a group that includes seals, sea lions and walrus), and the head of a monk seal appeared on one of the first ever coins, around 500 BC. Adults have a brown or grey coat, which becomes paler on the undersurface and males often feature a white patch on the belly. Old males are darker in colour and often become black, but retain the ventral white patch. Newborn infants are black and woolly with a white or yellow patch on the belly, the shape of which can sometimes be used to determine the sex of an individual” – in Arkive.org&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-1283675180548945657?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/1283675180548945657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=1283675180548945657' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1283675180548945657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1283675180548945657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2010/01/monachus-monachus.html' title='Monachus monachus'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/S1YxYIrPTrI/AAAAAAAAAUc/JRppy-Nkbnw/s72-c/monachus+arkive.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-3932179514648702835</id><published>2010-01-18T23:27:00.005Z</published><updated>2010-01-18T23:36:19.614Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao Tome e Principe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao tome'/><title type='text'>Oriolus crassirostris</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/S1Tv7j_SYjI/AAAAAAAAAUU/wvTyywC8zwk/s1600-h/Oriolus+crassirostris+2+arkive.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/S1Tv7j_SYjI/AAAAAAAAAUU/wvTyywC8zwk/s400/Oriolus+crassirostris+2+arkive.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428227257440297522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/S1Tvjy7TpiI/AAAAAAAAAUE/99P7nkJ8CK8/s1600-h/Oriolus+crassirostris+arkive.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/S1Tvjy7TpiI/AAAAAAAAAUE/99P7nkJ8CK8/s400/Oriolus+crassirostris+arkive.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428226849133274658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Another two of São Tomé's photos published in the Arkive website (www.arkive.org).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Orioles are fairly large, boldly coloured, woodland and forest birds; only one species of oriole occurs on the island of São Tomé. Male São Tomé orioles have black heads and pale olive plumage on the upperparts, with darker wings and tail and greyish-white underparts. Touches of greyish-yellow decorate the back of the neck and the tip of the tail. Females, however, lack the bold black head and, like juveniles, have pale streaks across a darker breast. Both sexes have a down-curved pink-red bill , and are often detected by their loud ringing song” – in Arkive.org&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-3932179514648702835?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/3932179514648702835/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=3932179514648702835' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/3932179514648702835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/3932179514648702835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2010/01/oriolus-crassirostris.html' title='Oriolus crassirostris'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/S1Tv7j_SYjI/AAAAAAAAAUU/wvTyywC8zwk/s72-c/Oriolus+crassirostris+2+arkive.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-8166734862758851943</id><published>2010-01-17T19:48:00.004Z</published><updated>2010-01-17T19:51:15.964Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao Tome e Principe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao tome'/><title type='text'>Otus hartlaubi</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/S1Np6K4Z8qI/AAAAAAAAAT8/nyDSuZIYcR8/s1600-h/Otus+hartlaubi+arkive.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/S1Np6K4Z8qI/AAAAAAAAAT8/nyDSuZIYcR8/s400/Otus+hartlaubi+arkive.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427798423985844898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/S1Npxh6T_wI/AAAAAAAAAT0/8m_5ECqX8Zk/s1600-h/Otus+hartlaubi+2+arkive.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/S1Npxh6T_wI/AAAAAAAAAT0/8m_5ECqX8Zk/s400/Otus+hartlaubi+2+arkive.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427798275549036290" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Two of my photos of the São Tomé scops-owl have been published on the Arkive website (www.arkive.org).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“This small owl, named after the only island it inhabits, has warm reddish-brown plumage with indistinct, fine reddish markings and black streaks. The underparts are lighter but are boldly streaked with black and have brown, rufous and white markings. The tail bears narrow buff coloured bars and the feathers on the shoulders are adorned with white spots tipped with black. The rounded face, typical of all owls, is also a light reddish-brown, with a white chin, white ‘eyebrows’ and tiny ear tufts. The sharp, hooked bill and large, forward-facing eyes are yellow, and are both adaptations for hunting and capturing prey. The São Tomé scops-owl calls with a high-pitched ‘hu-hu-hu’ or a low, harsh ‘kowe’ “ – in Arkive.org&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-8166734862758851943?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/8166734862758851943/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=8166734862758851943' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/8166734862758851943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/8166734862758851943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2010/01/otus-hartlaubi.html' title='Otus hartlaubi'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/S1Np6K4Z8qI/AAAAAAAAAT8/nyDSuZIYcR8/s72-c/Otus+hartlaubi+arkive.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-498348730518525698</id><published>2009-12-28T20:36:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-12-28T20:47:25.447Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madeira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Fulica atra</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SzkYUzIR_PI/AAAAAAAAATs/Bh8y3uO7E54/s1600-h/Fulica-atra---Adult.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SzkYUzIR_PI/AAAAAAAAATs/Bh8y3uO7E54/s320/Fulica-atra---Adult.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420390372118494450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SzkYPuqhKII/AAAAAAAAATk/BV3KNfedRP0/s1600-h/Fulica-atra.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SzkYPuqhKII/AAAAAAAAATk/BV3KNfedRP0/s320/Fulica-atra.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420390285020571778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Esta é a mais recente adição à avifauna madeirense. Trata-se do Galeirão, espécie que nidificou pela Madeira pela primeira vez em 2009 (a segunda foto é do único sobrevivente da primeira ninhada de Galeirões madeirenses). Deixo-vos aqui um artigo que escrevi sobre este acontecimento e que infelizmente não chegou a conhecer a luz do dia. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FIRST BREEDING RECORD OF COMMON COOT FULICA ATRA (AVES:RALLIDAE) ON MADEIRA ISLAND by Ricardo Rocha&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The common coot, Fulica atra (Linnaeus, 1758), is a large rail species which can be found throughout aquatic freshwater ecosystems across the Paleartic, Indomalaya and Australasia regions. In Europe the species is widespread and common in most areas where there are suitable places, being mainly associated with shallow waters with muddy bottoms and abundant marginal vegetation where it feeds on vegetable matter and invertebrates (CRAMP, 1998).  &lt;br /&gt;In Portugal, breeding had only been confirmed in the mainland (EQUIPA ATLAS, 2008) and in Madeira Island the species had only been described as a seasonal migrant (ZINO et al., 1995; BISCOITO &amp; ZINO, 2002; OLIVEIRA &amp; MENEZES, 2004) with no records of breeding activity to be found in the literature. &lt;br /&gt;Reproduction on the island was observed for the first time in 14 May 2009 when a couple of birds was observed with four nearly born, still with downy feathers in “Lagoa do Lugar de Baixo” (32°40'44.03"N, 17° 5'18.59"W). The chicks where black with red and blue heads and a yellow-brown collar, feature than discriminates this species from the nearly born of moorhen Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758), a species which has recently been described to also breed in the lagoon (FAGUNDES &amp; NUNES, 2003).&lt;br /&gt;The chicks’ experienced heavy predation from Yellow-legged Gulls Larus michahellis (Naumann, 1840) and only three weeks after the chicks were first observed only one was still alive. In late June this surviving youngster still in its immature plumage with white face and throat stared to acquire the bright white facial shield typical of the species.&lt;br /&gt;This record highlights the conservation value of “Lagoa do Lugar de Baixo”, the only saline water lagoon found in Madeira Island and currently the only place where both the common coot and the moorhen have been found to breed in Madeira Island. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REFERENCES &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BISCOITO, M. &amp; F. ZINO:&lt;br /&gt;2002. Aves no Arquipélago da Madeira. Biodiversidade Madeirense: Avaliação e Conservação, Vol. 3, Funchal. 112 pp. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CRAMPS, S: &lt;br /&gt; 1998. The complete birds of the Western Paleartic on CD-ROM. Oxford University Press, Oxford. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EQUIPA ATLAS: &lt;br /&gt; 2008. Atlas das Aves Nidificantes em Portugal (1999-2005). Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e da Biodiversidade, Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves, Parque Natural da Madeira, Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e do Mar. Assírio &amp; Alvim, Lisboa. 590 pp.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FAGUNDES, I. &amp; J. NUNES: &lt;br /&gt; 2003. First records of breeding moorhen Gallinula chloropus (Aves: Rallidae) on the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo. Bocagiana, 211: 1-4.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;OLIVEIRA, P. &amp; D. MENEZES: &lt;br /&gt; 2004. Aves do Arquipélago da Madeira. Serviço do Parque Natural da Madeira, Funchal. 112 pp. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ZINO, F., M. J. BISCOITO &amp; P. A. ZINO: &lt;br /&gt; 1995. Birds of the archipelago of Madeira and the Selvagens new records and Checklist. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal, 47 (262): 63-100.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-498348730518525698?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/498348730518525698/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=498348730518525698' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/498348730518525698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/498348730518525698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/12/fulica-atra.html' title='Fulica atra'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SzkYUzIR_PI/AAAAAAAAATs/Bh8y3uO7E54/s72-c/Fulica-atra---Adult.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-7492427090271456867</id><published>2009-12-02T23:45:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-12-02T23:50:10.151Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madeira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Selvagens'/><title type='text'>Leucistic Cory's shearwater chick on the Madeira Archipelago</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sxb8Wgu-fPI/AAAAAAAAATY/HV42jh2wW24/s1600-h/Leucistic-Cory%27s-shearwater-(Calonectris-diomedea-borealis)_Ricardo-Rocha---blog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sxb8Wgu-fPI/AAAAAAAAATY/HV42jh2wW24/s320/Leucistic-Cory%27s-shearwater-(Calonectris-diomedea-borealis)_Ricardo-Rocha---blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410789466006519026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sxb8RXmzqTI/AAAAAAAAATQ/8UFwA3BvrZc/s1600-h/Leucistic-and-normal-Cory%27s-shearwater-(Calonectris-diomedea-borealis)_Ricardo-Rocha---blog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sxb8RXmzqTI/AAAAAAAAATQ/8UFwA3BvrZc/s320/Leucistic-and-normal-Cory%27s-shearwater-(Calonectris-diomedea-borealis)_Ricardo-Rocha---blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410789377656990002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sxb8MloyMvI/AAAAAAAAATI/X5BrIcOy4Ho/s1600-h/Leucistic-and-normal-Cory%27s-shearwater-(Calonectris-diomedea-borealis)_Ricardo-Rocha-(2)---blog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sxb8MloyMvI/AAAAAAAAATI/X5BrIcOy4Ho/s320/Leucistic-and-normal-Cory%27s-shearwater-(Calonectris-diomedea-borealis)_Ricardo-Rocha-(2)---blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410789295524033266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Tenho o prazer de partilhar convosco que estas 3 fotos foram publicadas no site Wildlife Extra. Aqui fica a noticia: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leucistic Cory's shearwater chick on the Madeira Archipelago&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leucistic Cory's shearwater chick photographed by Ricardo Rocha on the Madeira Archipelago&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ricardo Rocha sent us some pictures of a young leucistic Cory's shearwater (Calonectris diomedea borealis) photographed during fieldwork of the project "Atlantic ocean-wide changes in sea surface temperature and trends on Cory's shearwater foraging success, migration and population dynamics", (Click here to read more) on Selvagem Grande, a small portuguese island located mid-way between the Madeira and Canary Archipelagos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ricardo says "To the best of my knowledge this was the second observation of a leucistic individual for the species, and the first on Selvagem Grande, home to the world's largest Cory´s shearwater colony." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cory's shearwaters breed on islands and cliffs on Atlantic islands off the north coast of Africa and in the Mediterranean. They nest on open ground among rocks. In late summer and autumn, most birds migrate into the North Atlantic, sometimes appearing on te coasts of Great Britain and Ireland. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The photos were taken in September 2008, credit Ricardo Rocha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.wildlifeextra.com/do/ecco.py/view_item?listid=1&amp;listcatid=1&amp;listitemid=6113&amp;live=0#cr&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-7492427090271456867?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/7492427090271456867/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=7492427090271456867' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/7492427090271456867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/7492427090271456867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/12/leucistic-corys-shearwater-chick-on.html' title='Leucistic Cory&apos;s shearwater chick on the Madeira Archipelago'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sxb8Wgu-fPI/AAAAAAAAATY/HV42jh2wW24/s72-c/Leucistic-Cory%27s-shearwater-(Calonectris-diomedea-borealis)_Ricardo-Rocha---blog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-2717977479352773522</id><published>2009-11-10T11:36:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-11-10T11:37:00.989Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madeira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Selvagens'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Invertebrados'/><title type='text'>Vanessa cardui</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SvlQPnVpIlI/AAAAAAAAATA/pSg6D71NFwI/s1600-h/Vanessa+cardui.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SvlQPnVpIlI/AAAAAAAAATA/pSg6D71NFwI/s320/Vanessa+cardui.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402437457195639378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Esta é uma das duas espécies de borboletas diurnas que encontrei nas Selvagens. Trata-se de uma das borboletas mais cosmopolitas do planeta, estando presente em todos os continentes a excepção da Antárctica. Na Madeira aparece de forma irregular e é conhecida como Bela Dama.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-2717977479352773522?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/2717977479352773522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=2717977479352773522' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/2717977479352773522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/2717977479352773522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/11/vanessa-cardui.html' title='Vanessa cardui'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SvlQPnVpIlI/AAAAAAAAATA/pSg6D71NFwI/s72-c/Vanessa+cardui.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-6361703482696742935</id><published>2009-11-09T18:58:00.005Z</published><updated>2009-11-09T19:04:28.785Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Desertas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Repteis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madeira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Selvagens'/><title type='text'>Teira dugesii</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Svhm_rilLQI/AAAAAAAAASw/uFnlhNzLQn4/s1600-h/Teira+dugesii+selvagensis+II.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Svhm_rilLQI/AAAAAAAAASw/uFnlhNzLQn4/s320/Teira+dugesii+selvagensis+II.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402180997236468994" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SvhmyzHSc3I/AAAAAAAAASo/yB-RTc006pg/s1600-h/Teira+dugesii+selvagensis.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SvhmyzHSc3I/AAAAAAAAASo/yB-RTc006pg/s320/Teira+dugesii+selvagensis.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402180775931179890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SvhmrSXnRHI/AAAAAAAAASg/3Dgqib6c08c/s1600-h/Teira+dugesii+mauli+(2).jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SvhmrSXnRHI/AAAAAAAAASg/3Dgqib6c08c/s320/Teira+dugesii+mauli+(2).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402180646882198642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SvhmkmY9h9I/AAAAAAAAASY/EhA6s27I0LE/s1600-h/Teira+dugesii+mauli.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SvhmkmY9h9I/AAAAAAAAASY/EhA6s27I0LE/s320/Teira+dugesii+mauli.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402180531997476818" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Esta é a Largatixa-da-Madeira, uma espécie endémica dos arquipélagos da Madeira e das Selvagens e que foi introduzida por volta de 1860 nos Açores e mais recentemente em Lisboa. Ocupa uma grande variedade de habitats, podendo ser encontrada desde o nível do mar até ao 1861 m na ilha da Madeira. Prefere locais secos e quentes e é muito frequente em habitats antropogénicos. Com base em diferenciação morfológica e enzimática foram descritas 4 subespécies: T. d. dugesii na ilha da Madeira, T. d. jogeri no Porto Santo, T. d. mauli das Desertas e T. d. Selvagensis nas Selvagens. As duas primeiras fotos pertencem à subespécie das Selvagens e as duas últimas à subespécie das Desertas.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-6361703482696742935?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/6361703482696742935/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=6361703482696742935' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/6361703482696742935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/6361703482696742935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-post.html' title='Teira dugesii'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Svhm_rilLQI/AAAAAAAAASw/uFnlhNzLQn4/s72-c/Teira+dugesii+selvagensis+II.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-8178111049900509478</id><published>2009-11-07T20:06:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-11-07T21:40:02.560Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madeira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Selvagens'/><title type='text'>Calonectris diomedea borealis</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SvXT2yuR6ZI/AAAAAAAAASA/jn1mhS7QF2A/s1600-h/Calonetris.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SvXT2yuR6ZI/AAAAAAAAASA/jn1mhS7QF2A/s320/Calonetris.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401456266383059346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SvXTwXOiUHI/AAAAAAAAAR4/AnIPN2SPtLw/s1600-h/Calonectris+diomedea+III.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SvXTwXOiUHI/AAAAAAAAAR4/AnIPN2SPtLw/s320/Calonectris+diomedea+III.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401456155922944114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SvXTipttdrI/AAAAAAAAARw/BgKNTtUTwls/s1600-h/Calonectris+diomedea+II.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SvXTipttdrI/AAAAAAAAARw/BgKNTtUTwls/s320/Calonectris+diomedea+II.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401455920367367858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; É com um enorme prazer que vos apresento a Cagarra, espécie com a qual vou estar a trabalhar nos próximos tempos. Trata-se de uma ave pelágica que se reproduz em ilhas e zonas costeiras do Atlântico Norte e do Mediterrâneo. Ocorre em todas as ilhas do território português onde tende a formar colónias numerosas. A maior colónia mundial pode ser encontrada na Selvagem Grande onde o último censo total (em 2005) estimou a existência de cerca de 30 000 mil casais reprodutores. Trata-se de uma migradora de longa distância que inverna nos mares Sul, chegado a visitar paragens tão longínquas como Madagáscar. Esta espécie foi fortemente explorada com fins comerciais até a década de 60, altura em que se estimava que fosse capturados de 20 a 22 000 juvenis por ano nas ilhas Selvagens. A formação da Reserva Natural das Ilhas Selvagens em 71 veio atenuar os massacres e nos últimos anos a população tem vindo a recuperar. Aqui segue o link do projecto em que estive a colaborar no último mês de Setembro e no qual vou começar a trabalhar - http://sites.google.com/site/projectocalonectris/  .&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-8178111049900509478?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/8178111049900509478/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=8178111049900509478' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/8178111049900509478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/8178111049900509478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/11/calonectris-diomedea-borealis.html' title='Calonectris diomedea borealis'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SvXT2yuR6ZI/AAAAAAAAASA/jn1mhS7QF2A/s72-c/Calonetris.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-8413776426298351122</id><published>2009-10-31T17:32:00.005Z</published><updated>2009-10-31T17:43:28.174Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Desertas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mamiferos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madeira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Monachus monachus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sux20Vd5pnI/AAAAAAAAARo/VnueMkLGRV4/s1600-h/Monachus+monachus+6.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sux20Vd5pnI/AAAAAAAAARo/VnueMkLGRV4/s320/Monachus+monachus+6.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398820694798214770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sux2uSmCyWI/AAAAAAAAARg/2cG3yjM24WI/s1600-h/Monachus_calf+25_10_09.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sux2uSmCyWI/AAAAAAAAARg/2cG3yjM24WI/s320/Monachus_calf+25_10_09.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398820590947846498" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sux04EYNOSI/AAAAAAAAARY/0OSXJ-Hr2VQ/s1600-h/Monachus-monachus-1-.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sux04EYNOSI/AAAAAAAAARY/0OSXJ-Hr2VQ/s320/Monachus-monachus-1-.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398818559907150114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  Finalmente consegui fotografar a outra espécie que empresta o nome a este blog – o Lobo-marinho. Só o consegui porque estive a trabalhar como voluntário durante duas semanas nas Ilhas Desertas, onde habitam pouco mais de 30 focas. À muito que esperava pela oportunidade de ver estes esquivos animais e o primeiro encontro superou em muito as expectativas. &lt;br /&gt;Deixo-vos aqui um artigo que publiquei sobre a espécie na revista Liberne, da Liga para a Protecção da Natureza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Com um  efectivo populacional que não ascende os 400 indivíduos, a Foca-monge do Mediterrâneo (Monachus monachus), ou lobo marinho como é conhecido no território nacional, é a foca mais rara do planeta e um dos mamíferos mais ameaçados de extinção.&lt;br /&gt;A sua área de distribuição histórica abrangia toda a região da bacia mediterrânica, o Mar Negro, a costa Noroeste Africana e ainda os arquipélagos das Canárias, Açores e Madeira. No entanto, a intensa perseguição a que a espécie foi alvo levou a um declínio acentuado da maioria das suas populações e reduziu a sua área de distribuição ao Mar Egeu, ao Norte de Marrocos e Argélia, e duas populações no Atlântico, mais propriamente no Cabo Blanco, na Mauritânia, onde reside a maior colónia com cerca de 150 membros e nas Ilhas Desertas, no Arquipélago da Madeira, onde se estimam existir cerca de 35 animais. &lt;br /&gt;Históricamente, o desaparecimento da espécie de maior parte da sua área de distribuição ter-se-á devido à perseguição para aproveitamento da pele e da gordura. No entanto, o maior factor de declínio da espécie nos tempos mais recentes terá sido a perseguição directa por parte de pescadores, que consideram as focas daninhas para as pescas, tanto pela competição pelos recursos, como pela danificação de material de pesca. As capturas acidentais e a sobrepesca, que priva os lobos marinhos dos seus recursos alimentares, são ainda outros dois factores de extremo peso no decréscimo da espécie. &lt;br /&gt;A elevada sensibilidade dos lobos marinhos à actividade humana faz com que a ocupação da orla costeira e o turismo de massas tenham consequências extremamente negativas para a espécie.  Outras ameaças ao futuro destas focas incluem, doenças, colapso de grutas, derrame de petróleo, marés vermelhas ou quaisquer outros eventos estocásticos. Em 1997, por exemplo, 2/3 das focas pertencentes à maior população mundial da espécie, localizada em Cabo Blanco, na Mauritânia,  morreram de forma inesperada, sendo que as razões mais prováveis para esta mortalidade em massa teram sido uma maré vermelha ou uma epidemia causa por um vírus. Outro factor que poderá constituir uma séria ameaça para o futuro da espécie advém da fragmentação e da pequena dimensão das suas populações, o que poderá conduzir à depressão endógamica. &lt;br /&gt;A conservação desta espécie no Arquipélago da Madeira encontra-se a cargo do Parque Natural da Madeira (PNM), que em 1990 criou a Área de Protecção Especial das Ilhas Desertas, com vista à protecção do habitat das últimas 6 a 8 focas que sobreviviam em território nacional. As ilhas passaram a Reserva Natural no ano de 1995 e estão também classificadas como Reserva Biogenética pelo Concelho da Europa desde 1992 .&lt;br /&gt;A estratégia de perturbação miníma adoptada pelo PNM têm nutrido os seus frutos e actualmente a população madeirense é uma das poucas com uma tendência populacional positiva. Como consequência disso as incursões de lobos marinhos ao litoral madeirense têm-se tornado cada vez mais frequentes e os relatos de observações a repetirem-se um pouco por toda a ilha. Recentemente foi mesmo confirmada a existência de lobos marinhos residentes na ilha da Madeira. &lt;br /&gt;O desafio para a salvaguarda desta espécie passa agora por aprender a conviver com estes raros animais. A sua elevada dimensão e curiosidade podem levar a que magoem alguém de forma inadevertida. Como tal, o melhor a fazer aquando da observação de um lobo marinho seja manter a distância, tentando não o perturbar e reportar a observação ao PNM. Isto permitirá aprofundar os conhecimentos sobre a espécie e abrir caminho para medidas de protecção mais adequadas e eficazes." in Liberne.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-8413776426298351122?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/8413776426298351122/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=8413776426298351122' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/8413776426298351122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/8413776426298351122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/10/monachus-monachus.html' title='Monachus monachus'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sux20Vd5pnI/AAAAAAAAARo/VnueMkLGRV4/s72-c/Monachus+monachus+6.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-48825587858286343</id><published>2009-08-22T17:13:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T17:16:47.103+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao Tome e Principe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Invertebrados'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao tome'/><title type='text'>Untitled # 3</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SpAZfgU5GkI/AAAAAAAAARQ/gJVJQfQ3Kdc/s1600-h/IMG_0629.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SpAZfgU5GkI/AAAAAAAAARQ/gJVJQfQ3Kdc/s320/IMG_0629.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372822384497203778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Infelizmente esta é mais uma espécie que não consegui identificar. Trata-se de um carangueijo que encontrei em São Tomé. Os carangueijos pertencem ao grupo dos crustáceos, um grupo bastante diverso que inclui cerca de 50.000 espécies descritas. A maioria são de água salgada, mas também existem várias espécies de água doce e mesmo alguns terrestres, que apenas se deslocam ao meio aquático para desovar. Em São Tomé tive oportunidade de encontrar carangueijos de água doce, mas infelizmente não fotografei nenhum.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-48825587858286343?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/48825587858286343/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=48825587858286343' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/48825587858286343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/48825587858286343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/08/untitled-3.html' title='Untitled # 3'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SpAZfgU5GkI/AAAAAAAAARQ/gJVJQfQ3Kdc/s72-c/IMG_0629.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-3938434115787135096</id><published>2009-08-20T12:56:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-20T12:59:33.811+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eslovaquia'/><title type='text'>Delichon urbicum</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/So06RsCKINI/AAAAAAAAARI/asyYFolDuww/s1600-h/Delichon-urbicum.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/So06RsCKINI/AAAAAAAAARI/asyYFolDuww/s320/Delichon-urbicum.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372014006075269330" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Esta é a andorinha-dos-beirais, uma espécie que pode ser encontrada desde a Europa oriental até ao Japão e à China e que em Portugal se distribui por todo o país de forma muito regular. É uma espécie fortemente colonial e pode ser encontrada tanto em zonas naturais como em zonas urbanas, sendo comum encontrarem-se colónias destas aves em moradias e edifícios públicos. Por vezes animais desviados da sua rota migratória fazem curtas visitas à Madeira. Esta foto foi realizada no Parque Nacional Muránska planina, na Eslováquia.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-3938434115787135096?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/3938434115787135096/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=3938434115787135096' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/3938434115787135096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/3938434115787135096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/08/delichon-urbicum.html' title='Delichon urbicum'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/So06RsCKINI/AAAAAAAAARI/asyYFolDuww/s72-c/Delichon-urbicum.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-9027301508411099364</id><published>2009-08-19T13:09:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-19T13:15:50.863+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Repteis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Lacerta lepida</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SovrvebyxeI/AAAAAAAAARA/ixQ0aCa5Z-k/s1600-h/Timon-lepida.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SovrvebyxeI/AAAAAAAAARA/ixQ0aCa5Z-k/s320/Timon-lepida.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371646181425464802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Este é um imaturo de Sardão, o maior lacertídeo português e um dos maiores lacertídeos europeus. Quando adultos apresentam usalmente um dorso verde metálico com manchas negras e um comprimento que costuma variar entre 30 e 60 cm (sendo que há registo de indivíduos com 90 cm!). O macho é de uma tonalidade mais brilhante e apresenta pontos azuis nos flancos, que se encontram normalmente ausentes nas fêmeas. Alimentam-se maioritariamente de insectos, especialmente escaravelhos, no entanto pode predar pequenos vertebrados. A maturidade sexual é atinguida por volta do segundo ano de vida e as fêmeas podem por até 22 ovos. Em Portugal a espécie pode ser encontrada por todo o país, no entanto encontra-se em acentuado declínio, sendo que a população existente nas Berlengas está numa situação de extinção eminente ou mesmo real.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-9027301508411099364?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/9027301508411099364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=9027301508411099364' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/9027301508411099364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/9027301508411099364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/08/lacerta-lepida.html' title='Lacerta lepida'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SovrvebyxeI/AAAAAAAAARA/ixQ0aCa5Z-k/s72-c/Timon-lepida.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-1707475660274890996</id><published>2009-08-18T23:28:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-31T18:14:42.469Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao Tome e Principe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao tome'/><title type='text'>Bubulcus ibis</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SosrPAM0n9I/AAAAAAAAAQ4/eFrhUiMYSjk/s1600-h/IMG_0557.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SosrPAM0n9I/AAAAAAAAAQ4/eFrhUiMYSjk/s320/IMG_0557.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371434517321261010" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Este é um carraceiro ou garça-boieira. Esta espécie distribui-se por África e pela Ásia meridional e oriental, tendo-se expandido para o sudeste da Europa, para a América, Austrália e para várias ilhas incluindo São Tomé, onde esta foto foi realizada. Durante a época de reprodução as aves ganham uma tonalidade laranja na parte superior da cabeça e no peito que pode ser observada na foto. A população desta espécie em Portugal foi estimada no ano 2000 em mais de 31 000 casais e é observada frequentemente na Madeira, onde não nidifica.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-1707475660274890996?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/1707475660274890996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=1707475660274890996' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1707475660274890996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1707475660274890996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/08/bulbucus-ibis.html' title='Bubulcus ibis'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SosrPAM0n9I/AAAAAAAAAQ4/eFrhUiMYSjk/s72-c/IMG_0557.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-6191104235321251901</id><published>2009-08-15T02:09:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-15T02:12:34.024+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mamiferos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quenia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><title type='text'>Panthera leo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoYK_7gqpZI/AAAAAAAAAQw/JzAr9DUT90U/s1600-h/IMG_0575.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoYK_7gqpZI/AAAAAAAAAQw/JzAr9DUT90U/s320/IMG_0575.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369991699108636050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Esta foto serve para comemorar o nascimento de duas crias de Leão-asiático no Zoo de Londres, uma subespécie da qual actualmente só sobrevivem cerca de 300 animais na floresta de Gir na Península Indiana. O leão é o segundo maior felino vivo depois do tigre e até 10.000 anos atrás era o mamífero com uma maior área de distribuição depois do homem. Encontram-se descritas várias subespécies, sendo que destas o Leão-do-Cabo (1960) e o Leão-do-Atlas (1922) já se encontram extintos na natureza. Esta foto foi realizada em Nakuru National Park, no Quénia durante uma saída de campo de um curso em Ecologia Tropical.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-6191104235321251901?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/6191104235321251901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=6191104235321251901' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/6191104235321251901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/6191104235321251901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/08/panthera-leo.html' title='Panthera leo'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoYK_7gqpZI/AAAAAAAAAQw/JzAr9DUT90U/s72-c/IMG_0575.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-8421580678363881181</id><published>2009-08-14T13:02:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-14T13:06:05.123+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Repteis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Mauremys leprosa</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoVSfiAzScI/AAAAAAAAAQo/lHkqGqaCipA/s1600-h/mauremys+leprosa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoVSfiAzScI/AAAAAAAAAQo/lHkqGqaCipA/s320/mauremys+leprosa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369788832368773570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Em Portugal ocorrem 3 espécies de tartarugas de água doce: a introduzida Trachemys scripta elegans ou Tartaruga da Florida, a Emys orbicularis ou Cágado-de-carapaça-estriada, e a Mauremys leprosa ou Cágado-mediterrânico, que aqui apresento. Esta espécie distribui-se pelo Sudoeste da Europa e Noroeste de África, sendo que em Portugal pode ser encontrada por todo o país, com especial encidência nas regiões a Sul. São animais de uma grande longevidade, baixa taxa de fecundidae e uma idade de maturação tardia, o torna que torna esta espécie particularmente vulnerável à mortalidade não natural e a degradação de habitat. Esta foto foi realizada na zona de Castro Verde.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-8421580678363881181?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/8421580678363881181/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=8421580678363881181' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/8421580678363881181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/8421580678363881181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/08/mauremys-leprosa.html' title='Mauremys leprosa'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoVSfiAzScI/AAAAAAAAAQo/lHkqGqaCipA/s72-c/mauremys+leprosa.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-6314637822416796705</id><published>2009-08-13T13:25:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-13T13:29:49.004+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madeira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Invertebrados'/><title type='text'>Danaus plexippus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoQGctZLcUI/AAAAAAAAAQg/i5NCZwqSRJQ/s1600-h/Danaus-plexippus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoQGctZLcUI/AAAAAAAAAQg/i5NCZwqSRJQ/s320/Danaus-plexippus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369423746023780674" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Esta é a Monarca ou Borboleta das Asclépias. Trata-se da maior borboleta da Madeira e uma das mais conhecidas borboletas em todo o mundo. A sua distribuição vai desde o Sul do Canada ao Norte da América do Sul e é residente também nos arquipélagos da Madeira, Açores e Canárias. As populações da América do Norte realizam migrações em massa em direcção a Sul e são dos poucos insectos que conseguem realizar viagens transatlânticas. Na Madeira tem sido demonstrado que a espécie alimenta-se tendencialmente de plantas não indígenas do género Asclepias.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-6314637822416796705?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/6314637822416796705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=6314637822416796705' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/6314637822416796705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/6314637822416796705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/08/danaus-plexippus.html' title='Danaus plexippus'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoQGctZLcUI/AAAAAAAAAQg/i5NCZwqSRJQ/s72-c/Danaus-plexippus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-6406689366970021025</id><published>2009-08-12T19:31:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-12T19:47:46.212+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madeira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Anas carolinensis</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoML0S_9mNI/AAAAAAAAAQY/ZoeO6X9VNHc/s1600-h/Anas-Carolinensis+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoML0S_9mNI/AAAAAAAAAQY/ZoeO6X9VNHc/s320/Anas-Carolinensis+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369148173836982482" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoMLu7w8lfI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/J9B0c25g1e8/s1600-h/Anas-Carolinensis.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoMLu7w8lfI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/J9B0c25g1e8/s320/Anas-Carolinensis.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369148081700640242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;E se eu dissesse que as duas fotos anteriores são do mesmo pato?! e que se trata de uma espécie da America do Norte, extremamente rara na Europa?! A verdade é que se trata disso mesmo! As fotos são de uma marrequinha-americana,  uma acidental rara na Europa que até pouco tempo era considerada uma subéspecie do Anas crecca europeu, mas que recentemente adquiriu o estatuto de espécie distinta. As principais diferenças entre as duas espécies prendem-se com a faixa amarela em torno das faixas verdes na cabeça, que é quase inexistente na espécie americana e uma linha branca vertical na parte lateral do peito, inexistente na espécie europeia. Como se pode ver pela segunda foto trata-se de um macho adulto. A primeira foto parece de uma fêmea ou um juvenil mas na verdade trata-se do mesmo indivíduo, mas em plumagem de eclipse, o que ocorre anualmente enquanto muda ao mesmo tempo todas as penas de voo. Ambas as fotos foram realizadas na Lagoa do Lugar de Baixo, um excelente sítio para este tipo de surpresas.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-6406689366970021025?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/6406689366970021025/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=6406689366970021025' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/6406689366970021025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/6406689366970021025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/08/anas-carolinensis.html' title='Anas carolinensis'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoML0S_9mNI/AAAAAAAAAQY/ZoeO6X9VNHc/s72-c/Anas-Carolinensis+1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-4833061803726566008</id><published>2009-08-12T01:06:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-12T01:10:58.964+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madeira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Porto Santo'/><title type='text'>Buteo buteo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoIHrZ7GzVI/AAAAAAAAAPY/9bFHbbxiHo8/s1600-h/Buteo-buteo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoIHrZ7GzVI/AAAAAAAAAPY/9bFHbbxiHo8/s320/Buteo-buteo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368862148053618002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Esta espécie é a única rapina que pode ser encontrada em Portugal continental, na Madeira e nos Açores, onde é conhecida, respectivamente por águia-d’asa-redonda, manta e milhafre. Distruibui-se por todo o Paleártico, desde a Europa até ao Japão e pode ser encontrada em todos os arquipélagos da Macaronésia onde ocorre sobre a forma de quatro subespécies endémicas: B. b. insularum nas Canárias, B. b. rothschildi nos Açores, B. b. bannermani em Cabo Verde e por fim B. b. harterti na Madeira e à qual este indivíduo pertence. A população no arquipélago da Madeira deverá ser superior a 2500 animais, sendo que a nidificação está confirmada na Ilha da Madeira e na Ilha do Porto Santo, onde esta foto foi realizada. A espécie nidificava nas Ilhas Desertas até 1996, altura em que os poucos casais nidificantes desapareceram como consequência de um projecto de eliminação de herbívoros introduzidos.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-4833061803726566008?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/4833061803726566008/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=4833061803726566008' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/4833061803726566008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/4833061803726566008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/08/buteo-buteo.html' title='Buteo buteo'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoIHrZ7GzVI/AAAAAAAAAPY/9bFHbbxiHo8/s72-c/Buteo-buteo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-6346193037381421993</id><published>2009-08-11T12:49:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-12T01:26:49.432+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anfibios'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eslovaquia'/><title type='text'>Bombina variegata</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoFa06b8ZII/AAAAAAAAAPM/FJinog4B0Ws/s1600-h/Bombina-variegata.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoFa06b8ZII/AAAAAAAAAPM/FJinog4B0Ws/s320/Bombina-variegata.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368672095888499842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Este é um sapo-de-barriga-amarela, um dos anfíbios exclusivos do continente Europeu, que deve o seu nome a uma espectacular barriga, que varia entre amarelo-laranja e limão-pálido, de acordo com a subespécie. Dependendo ainda da subespécie, a barriga pode ter ou não blocos negros, mais ou menos conspícuos. A espécie habita regiões montanhosas no Centro e Sul europeus e tal como a cobra-de-água-de-colar também se encontra muito associada a corpos de água. Esta personagem foi fotografada no  Parque Nacional Muránska planina, numa saída de campo de taxonomia de mamíferos.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-6346193037381421993?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/6346193037381421993/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=6346193037381421993' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/6346193037381421993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/6346193037381421993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/08/bombina-variegata.html' title='Bombina variegata'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoFa06b8ZII/AAAAAAAAAPM/FJinog4B0Ws/s72-c/Bombina-variegata.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-66680304222199506</id><published>2009-08-10T23:56:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-11T12:53:15.041+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Repteis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eslovaquia'/><title type='text'>Natrix natrix</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoCmJJ6wF7I/AAAAAAAAAPE/nSsP2IoY7yc/s1600-h/Natrix-natrix.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoCmJJ6wF7I/AAAAAAAAAPE/nSsP2IoY7yc/s320/Natrix-natrix.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368473432037005234" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Encontrei esta cobra-de-água-de-colar numa saída de campo ao Parque Nacional de Slovensky raj, na Eslováquia, no âmbito de um curso em taxonomia aplicada à conservação. Trata-se de uma espécie com uma enorme área de distribuição, que inclui sensivelmente toda a Europa, com a excepção de algumas latitudes mais a Norte na Península Escandinávia, podendo ainda ser encontrada em algumas zonas do Oeste asiático e no Norte de África.  Em Portugal pode ser encontrada em todo o território continental, deste o nível do mar até aos 1875 m, na Serra da Estrela. É uma espécie muito dependente do meio aquático, sendo que é extremamente afectada pela desaparecimento e poluição de pontos de água, tanto naturais como artificiais. Este indivíduo pertence à subespécie N. n. natrix que se distribui a Este da linha que se estende de Norte a Sul deste o mar do Norte até ao Adriático.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-66680304222199506?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/66680304222199506/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=66680304222199506' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/66680304222199506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/66680304222199506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/08/natrix-natrix.html' title='Natrix natrix'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SoCmJJ6wF7I/AAAAAAAAAPE/nSsP2IoY7yc/s72-c/Natrix-natrix.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-2382372489774704814</id><published>2009-07-08T18:17:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-08T18:19:00.421+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao Tome e Principe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao tome'/><title type='text'>Amaurocichla bocagii</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SlTUqU9wbuI/AAAAAAAAAO8/CjjNltDdj9U/s1600-h/Amaurocichla+bocagei.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356139680497692386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SlTUqU9wbuI/AAAAAAAAAO8/CjjNltDdj9U/s320/Amaurocichla+bocagei.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Tirei esta foto a exactamente um ano. É uma foto muito especial, não só porque tive de fazer uma caminhada de 11 horas para a conseguir, mas porque se trata da primeira vez que um juvenil desta espécie foi visto! Este é um exemplar de São Tomé Short-tail, um género endémico da ilha e um dos animais de mais dificil observação, tanto é que durante 100 anos ninguém conseguiu encontrar um destes animais, temendo-se mesmo que se encontravam extintos. Esta é uma das minhas fotos que fazem parte do Arkive, uma projecto apadrinhado pelo Sir David Attenborough que visa compilar fotos e videos de algumas das espécies mais ameaçadas do planeta, aqui fica o link : &lt;a href="http://www.arkive.org/"&gt;http://www.arkive.org/&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-2382372489774704814?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/2382372489774704814/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=2382372489774704814' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/2382372489774704814'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/2382372489774704814'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/07/amaurocichla-bocagii.html' title='Amaurocichla bocagii'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SlTUqU9wbuI/AAAAAAAAAO8/CjjNltDdj9U/s72-c/Amaurocichla+bocagei.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-8766163504524721044</id><published>2009-07-07T19:38:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-07T19:42:14.713+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Repteis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madeira'/><title type='text'>Hemidactylus mabouia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SlOWXJnGK0I/AAAAAAAAAO0/SC75xF0W52k/s1600-h/Hemidactylus-mabouia.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355789706334710594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SlOWXJnGK0I/AAAAAAAAAO0/SC75xF0W52k/s320/Hemidactylus-mabouia.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Apresento-vos uma recém chegada à ilha da Madeira. Trata-se de uma Osga-caseira-tropical, uma espécie originária da África Sub-Sariana que naturalmente ou graças a mão humana têm vindo a expandir a sua distribuição e actualmente pode ser encontrada no continente americano, nas Caraíbas e em várias ilhas oceânicas. O primeiro registo para a Madeira data de 2001, na zona da Achada, Funchal. Pode ser facilmente distinguida das osgas do género Tarentola pela presença de garras em todos os dedos. Este exemplar foi encontrado no centro do Funchal, graças aos olhos de lince da Sarah.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-8766163504524721044?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/8766163504524721044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=8766163504524721044' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/8766163504524721044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/8766163504524721044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/07/hemidactylus-mabouia.html' title='Hemidactylus mabouia'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SlOWXJnGK0I/AAAAAAAAAO0/SC75xF0W52k/s72-c/Hemidactylus-mabouia.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-988470198549969324</id><published>2009-07-06T22:46:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-06T22:49:51.904+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madeira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Porto Santo'/><title type='text'>Alectoris rufa</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SlJxdP1jHKI/AAAAAAAAAOs/Hh8vg5zJ9Hk/s1600-h/Alectoris-rufa-hispanica.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355467654178217122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SlJxdP1jHKI/AAAAAAAAAOs/Hh8vg5zJ9Hk/s320/Alectoris-rufa-hispanica.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Esta é uma das muitas perdizes que encontrei numa curta visita ao Porto Santo. Trata-se de uma espécie nativa da Península Ibérica e do Sul de França e é relativamente comum em todo o território nacional. Nas Ilhas da Madeira e Porto Santo foi introduzida com com fins cinegéticos e é alvo de reintroduções anuais.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-988470198549969324?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/988470198549969324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=988470198549969324' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/988470198549969324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/988470198549969324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/07/alectoris-rufa.html' title='Alectoris rufa'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SlJxdP1jHKI/AAAAAAAAAOs/Hh8vg5zJ9Hk/s72-c/Alectoris-rufa-hispanica.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-7352257042790853575</id><published>2009-07-03T22:58:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-03T23:03:14.409+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Biebrza'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Polonia'/><title type='text'>Embriza citrinella</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sk5_1pSYqCI/AAAAAAAAAOc/ELwQ6NuZ68g/s1600-h/Emberiza-citrinella.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354357566582859810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sk5_1pSYqCI/AAAAAAAAAOc/ELwQ6NuZ68g/s320/Emberiza-citrinella.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fotografei esta escrevedeira-amarela numa saída de campo de um curso em ecologia e conservação que tive oportunidade de fazer na Polónia. Trata-se de uma ave que apresenta uma vasta distribuição europeia mas no entanto se encontra ausente da quase totalidade da Península Ibérica. Apresenta um canto muito específico, composto por uma série de notas curtas repetidas que lhe valeu o nome de “a little-bit-of-bread-and-no-cheese” em algumas regiões de Inglaterra e de “may-the-Devil-take-you” na Escócia. A semelhança de muitas outras espécies associadas a habitats agrícolas tradicionais, esta espécie têm sofrido grandes declínios populacionais como resultado da intensificação agrícola. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-7352257042790853575?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/7352257042790853575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=7352257042790853575' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/7352257042790853575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/7352257042790853575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/07/embriza-citrinella.html' title='Embriza citrinella'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sk5_1pSYqCI/AAAAAAAAAOc/ELwQ6NuZ68g/s72-c/Emberiza-citrinella.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-8222060588787568786</id><published>2009-07-03T00:16:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-03T00:25:59.203+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madeira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Selvagens'/><title type='text'>Oceanodroma castro</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sk0_-1TMp4I/AAAAAAAAAOU/FxC3hj2Seck/s1600-h/Oceanodroma-castro.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sk0_-1TMp4I/AAAAAAAAAOU/FxC3hj2Seck/s320/Oceanodroma-castro.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354005880705427330" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Durante a minha estadia na Selvagem Grande tive a sorte de acompanhar os trabalhos de uma equipa de investigação que estava a trabalhar com aves marinhas, o que me permitiu fotografar esta espécie durante uma saída nocturna. Trata-se de um roque-de-castro, de painho-da-Madeira ou de um angelito, dependendo se perguntamos a um Madeirense, um Continental ou um Açoriano. É uma espécie que habita ilhas dispersas nos Oceanos Atlântico e Pacífico e que na Europa apenas pode ser encontrada nos arquipélagos Macaronésicos e nas Berlengas. Esta espécie apresenta duas populações com comportamentos, morfologias e épocas de reprodução bastantes distintas, o que parece indicar que se possam tratar de espécies distintas.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-8222060588787568786?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/8222060588787568786/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=8222060588787568786' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/8222060588787568786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/8222060588787568786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/07/oceanodroma-castro.html' title='Oceanodroma castro'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sk0_-1TMp4I/AAAAAAAAAOU/FxC3hj2Seck/s72-c/Oceanodroma-castro.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-6390725175467598965</id><published>2009-07-02T19:25:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-03T23:03:54.968+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anfibios'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Monfrague'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Espanha'/><title type='text'>Pleurodeles walti</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Skz8pPvJXFI/AAAAAAAAAOM/77FC2OzDvuo/s1600-h/Pleurodeles+waltl.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_535393184,2565790802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Skz8pPvJXFI/AAAAAAAAAOM/77FC2OzDvuo/s320/Pleurodeles+waltl.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Fotografei esta salamandra-de-costelas-salientes a atravessar a estrada em Monfragüe após uma valente chuvada, infelizmente muitos dos outros anfíbios que encontrei já tinham sido atropelados. Esta espécie é endémica da Península Ibérica e do Noroeste de Marrocos e na natureza pode crescer até uns espantosos 30 cm. Apesar de amplamente distribuída pelo Sul de Portugal as suas populações têm vindo a diminuir nos últimos anos em resultado da perda de habitat, da introdução do lagostim-vermelho-da-Luisiana e de peixes exóticos. Em 1985 10 animais desta espécie foram levados ao espaço para estudos de microgravidade e desde então foram estudados em outras 5 missões espaciais.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-6390725175467598965?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/6390725175467598965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=6390725175467598965' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/6390725175467598965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/6390725175467598965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/07/pleurodeles-walti.html' title='Pleurodeles walti'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Skz8pPvJXFI/AAAAAAAAAOM/77FC2OzDvuo/s72-c/Pleurodeles+waltl.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-4670050631454537482</id><published>2009-07-02T01:59:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-02T02:04:39.282+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Repteis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Monfrague'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Espanha'/><title type='text'>Psammodromus algirus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SkwGtOSxJnI/AAAAAAAAAOE/k9bgwY139Y8/s1600-h/Psammodromus-algirus).jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SkwGtOSxJnI/AAAAAAAAAOE/k9bgwY139Y8/s320/Psammodromus-algirus).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353661431037372018" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Esta é uma lagartixa-do-mato, um dos répteis mais comuns da nossa fauna, podendo ser encontrado em quase toda a Península Ibérica, numa pequena faixa no Sul de França e na maior parte de Marrocos, Norte da Argélia e Noroeste da Tunísia. Prefere zonas com uma reduzida cobertura arbustiva e pode habitar qualquer habitat, incluindo zonas com elevada pressão humana. Esta foto foi realizada numa belíssima saída de campo ao Parque Natural de Monfragüe.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-4670050631454537482?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/4670050631454537482/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=4670050631454537482' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/4670050631454537482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/4670050631454537482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/07/psammodromus-algirus.html' title='Psammodromus algirus'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SkwGtOSxJnI/AAAAAAAAAOE/k9bgwY139Y8/s72-c/Psammodromus-algirus).jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-2999783492209799873</id><published>2009-07-01T21:54:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-08T18:24:22.123+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao Tome e Principe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao tome'/><title type='text'>Butorides striatus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SkvNDwlsUqI/AAAAAAAAAN8/pquWQlhAFAI/s1600-h/garca-sao-tome.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353598046526263970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SkvNDwlsUqI/AAAAAAAAAN8/pquWQlhAFAI/s320/garca-sao-tome.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Para mudar de ares aqui fica uma foto de São Tomé. Não se trata de nenhum dos endémicos, mas sim de uma espécie com uma vasta distribução que se estende do oeste africano até ao Japão, passado pela Austrália e pela América do Sul. Tanto em São Tomé como no Príncipe é uma espécie relativamente comum junto a foz dos rios e ribeiras e contrariamente a outras espécies de pequenas garças não é de dificil observação. Alimenta-se sobretudo de peixe, anfíbios e insectos aquáticos, que pesca por “emboscada” usando por vezes iscos, tais como penas ou folhas que deposita à tona de água, atraindo assim os peixes. Em São Tomé e Príncipe é conhecida como Chuchu ou Gallo-d’água, enquanto que em português o seu nome é Garça-de-cabeça-negra.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-2999783492209799873?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/2999783492209799873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=2999783492209799873' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/2999783492209799873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/2999783492209799873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/07/butorides-striatus.html' title='Butorides striatus'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SkvNDwlsUqI/AAAAAAAAAN8/pquWQlhAFAI/s72-c/garca-sao-tome.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-9119442728553723561</id><published>2009-06-30T12:12:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T12:13:51.719+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bialowieza'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Polonia'/><title type='text'>Passer montanus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SknzJp6gcwI/AAAAAAAAANk/J0R5audX_jk/s1600-h/Passer-montanus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SknzJp6gcwI/AAAAAAAAANk/J0R5audX_jk/s320/Passer-montanus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353076979302167298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Acho que está é a minha foto preferida da Polónia. Trata-se de um pardal-montês, uma ave que parece uma versão reduzida do bem mais abundante pardal-comum. É uma espécie que embora se encontre associada à presença humana evita grandes aglomerados urbanos, preferindo zonas rurais, onde nidifica em cavidades de árvores e edifícios. Além das menores dimensões distingue-se do pardal-comum pelo barrete totalmente castanho, pela mancha preta na face e pelo babete preto muito menos extenso. Encontra-se distribuido pela quase totalidade da região Paleártica e Indomalaia, sendo que em Portugal é mais comum na metade norte do país. Esta foto foi realizada no Parque Nacional de Bialowieza, uma das áreas naturais de maior interesse da Europa e um dos últimos redutos do Bisonte-europeu que embora tenha visto não consegui fotografar.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-9119442728553723561?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/9119442728553723561/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=9119442728553723561' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/9119442728553723561'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/9119442728553723561'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/06/passer-montanus.html' title='Passer montanus'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SknzJp6gcwI/AAAAAAAAANk/J0R5audX_jk/s72-c/Passer-montanus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-6451825252334772021</id><published>2009-06-29T23:48:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-29T23:55:15.847+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madeira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Rissa tridactyla</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SklE321LFvI/AAAAAAAAANc/Nowak9409YQ/s1600-h/Rissa-tridactyla-.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SklE321LFvI/AAAAAAAAANc/Nowak9409YQ/s320/Rissa-tridactyla-.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352885358508578546" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Esta não é uma foto particularmente artística, apenas a apresento aqui porque se trata de um registo relativamente raro para a Madeira. Estes animais pertecem a um grupo de Gaivota-tridáctilas que observei junto à Baia do Funchal, numa saída de barco para comemorar o aniversário da Sarah. Trata-se de uma gaivota relativamente comum ao largo de Portugal continental entre os meses de Novembro e Março. Está perfeitamente à vontade no meio oceânico e a sua ocorrência em terra está na sua maioria relacionada com temporais.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-6451825252334772021?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/6451825252334772021/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=6451825252334772021' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/6451825252334772021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/6451825252334772021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/06/rissa-tridactyla.html' title='Rissa tridactyla'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SklE321LFvI/AAAAAAAAANc/Nowak9409YQ/s72-c/Rissa-tridactyla-.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-7919161174566265357</id><published>2009-06-29T10:49:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-03T23:44:34.079+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Biebrza'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Polonia'/><title type='text'>Chlidonias leucopterus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SkiOOFfnn7I/AAAAAAAAANU/J4z-XdAuz_0/s1600-h/Chlidonias-leucopterus---blog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352684529773944754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SkiOOFfnn7I/AAAAAAAAANU/J4z-XdAuz_0/s320/Chlidonias-leucopterus---blog.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Esta é uma das aves mais bonitas que vi na Polónia. Trata-se de uma Gaivina-d’asa-branca, uma espécie que durante a época de reprodução pode ser encontrada nas zonas húmidas do Sudeste europeu e da Ásia Central e que por sua vez no Inverno migra para África, para o sudeste Asiático e para a Australia. Esta foto foi tirada no Parque Nacional de Biebrza, localizado no Norte da Polónia, junto a fronteira com a Bielorrússia&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-7919161174566265357?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/7919161174566265357/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=7919161174566265357' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/7919161174566265357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/7919161174566265357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/06/chlidonias-leucopterus.html' title='Chlidonias leucopterus'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SkiOOFfnn7I/AAAAAAAAANU/J4z-XdAuz_0/s72-c/Chlidonias-leucopterus---blog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-1809344050632972589</id><published>2009-06-29T00:06:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-29T00:12:59.781+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madeira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Selvagens'/><title type='text'>Anthus b. bertheloti</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Skf38S6yG1I/AAAAAAAAANM/RRrnAzDtq90/s1600-h/Anthus-bertheloti-bertheloti.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Skf38S6yG1I/AAAAAAAAANM/RRrnAzDtq90/s320/Anthus-bertheloti-bertheloti.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352519297395727186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Mais uma foto das Selvagens, desta feita um Corre-caminhos, uma ave exclusiva dos arquipélagos das Selvagens, Madeira e Canárias. No arquipélago da Madeira está presente a sub-espécie A. b. madeirensis, ao passo que as Canárias e Selvagens está presente a sub-espécie A. b. berthelotii. A população desta espécie na Selvagem Grande tem vindo a aumentar após a operação de erradicação dos murganhos e coelhos-bravos e tem-se observado um elevado número de posturas com 3 ovos, algo que não acontecia anteriormente.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-1809344050632972589?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/1809344050632972589/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=1809344050632972589' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1809344050632972589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1809344050632972589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/06/anthus-b-bertheloti.html' title='Anthus b. bertheloti'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Skf38S6yG1I/AAAAAAAAANM/RRrnAzDtq90/s72-c/Anthus-bertheloti-bertheloti.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-5794041975089226817</id><published>2009-06-27T16:28:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-14T13:09:08.456+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madeira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Garçote'/><title type='text'>Ixobrychus minutus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SkY6n6IPx9I/AAAAAAAAANE/aDSJipqYV2s/s1600-h/Ixobrychus-minutus-.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SkY6n6IPx9I/AAAAAAAAANE/aDSJipqYV2s/s320/Ixobrychus-minutus-.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352029664469567442" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Eis uma espécie que nunca tinha visto na Madeira, um Garçote. Acho que não estarei a mentir se disser que devo ser a única pessoa a ter fotografado esta espécie na ilha. É uma garça muito pequena, que em Portugal continental está presente entre os meses de Abril e Setembro. É pouco comum em toda a sua área de distribuição o que aliado aos seus hábitos discretos e crepusculares faz com que seja de muito dificil observação. Esta foto foi tirada na lagoa do Lugar de Baixo, um dos melhores locais da ilha para raridades.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-5794041975089226817?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/5794041975089226817/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=5794041975089226817' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/5794041975089226817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/5794041975089226817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/06/ixobrychus-minutus.html' title='Ixobrychus minutus'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SkY6n6IPx9I/AAAAAAAAANE/aDSJipqYV2s/s72-c/Ixobrychus-minutus-.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-2399857582188795411</id><published>2009-06-27T15:34:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T19:19:20.467Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Repteis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madeira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Selvagens'/><title type='text'>Tarentola bischoffi</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SvhrMvNk9JI/AAAAAAAAAS4/cSKGTRvRuIs/s1600-h/CRW_0987.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SvhrMvNk9JI/AAAAAAAAAS4/cSKGTRvRuIs/s320/CRW_0987.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402185619606926482" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SkYuOWGD8pI/AAAAAAAAAM8/HOvcXWjlsk0/s1600-h/Tarentola-bischoffi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SkYuOWGD8pI/AAAAAAAAAM8/HOvcXWjlsk0/s320/Tarentola-bischoffi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352016031160464018" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Apresento-vos o animal com o qual estive a trabalhar nos últimos tempos - a Osga-das-Selvagens. Trata-se de um endemismo do arquipélago das Selvagens e ocorrendo em três subpopulações isoladas na Selvagem Grande, na Selvagem Pequena e no Ilhéu de fora. É relativamente comum em toda a sua área de distribuição, atingindo maiores densidades na zona do planalto central da Selvagem Grande. Esta espécie parece ter beneficiado da erradicação dos coelhos e ratos e os seus números têm aumentado bastante.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-2399857582188795411?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/2399857582188795411/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=2399857582188795411' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/2399857582188795411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/2399857582188795411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/06/tarentola-bischoffi.html' title='Tarentola bischoffi'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SvhrMvNk9JI/AAAAAAAAAS4/cSKGTRvRuIs/s72-c/CRW_0987.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-1135915094868484915</id><published>2009-06-27T15:15:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T12:18:42.791+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laurissilva'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madeira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Invertebrados'/><title type='text'>Colias crocea</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SkYqkvYb19I/AAAAAAAAAM0/DR0BWA-TL-U/s1600-h/Colias-crocea.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SkYqkvYb19I/AAAAAAAAAM0/DR0BWA-TL-U/s320/Colias-crocea.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352012017859024850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Esta é uma das borboletas mais bonitas da Madeira e o seu nome comum, Maravilha, é reflexo disso mesmo. É relativamente comum e pode ser encontrada na ilha durante todo o ano, sendo mais abundante nas altitutes mais baixas. Este exemplar foi fotografado na zona do Fanal, em plena Laurissilva.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-1135915094868484915?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/1135915094868484915/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=1135915094868484915' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1135915094868484915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1135915094868484915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/06/colias-crocea.html' title='Colias crocea'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SkYqkvYb19I/AAAAAAAAAM0/DR0BWA-TL-U/s72-c/Colias-crocea.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-41828938763678277</id><published>2009-06-02T18:18:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T18:21:00.775+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mamiferos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Principe'/><title type='text'>Cercopithecus mona</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SiVe_zqfcKI/AAAAAAAAAMk/D017XLNjPpY/s1600-h/cercopithecus-mona.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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Tanto em São Tomé como no Principe estes animais são caçados tanto para consumo proprio, mas essencialmente para vende a restaurante, a um preço de menos de 2 euros (entre 20 mil e as 70 mil dobras locais)!! &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-41828938763678277?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/41828938763678277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=41828938763678277' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/41828938763678277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/41828938763678277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/06/cercopithecus-mona.html' title='Cercopithecus mona'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SiVe_zqfcKI/AAAAAAAAAMk/D017XLNjPpY/s72-c/cercopithecus-mona.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-348401855287536762</id><published>2009-05-19T19:57:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-19T19:59:31.665+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reino Unido'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><title type='text'>Somateria mollissima</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/ShMBJh2RecI/AAAAAAAAAMU/FGCP-oFhajM/s1600-h/IMG_0172.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337611246580627906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/ShMBJh2RecI/AAAAAAAAAMU/FGCP-oFhajM/s320/IMG_0172.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Este é um macho de Eider, fotografado no London Wetland Center. Esta espécie apresenta uma distribuição holártica, sendo que as populações europeias são parcialmente migradoras. Os machos apresentam uma plumagem preta e branca caracteristica, sendo que as fêmeas apresentam uma cor acastanhada e listas escuras no dorso e nos flancos. A palavra edredão deve-se a esta espécie, já que a palavra, de origem islandesa, significa “penugem do êider”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-348401855287536762?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/348401855287536762/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=348401855287536762' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/348401855287536762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/348401855287536762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/05/somateria-mollissima.html' title='Somateria mollissima'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/ShMBJh2RecI/AAAAAAAAAMU/FGCP-oFhajM/s72-c/IMG_0172.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-1110455132229692424</id><published>2009-05-18T19:51:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-18T19:53:07.061+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Repteis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Parque Nacional de Ordesa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Espanha'/><title type='text'>Podarcis hispanica</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/ShGuTcxynuI/AAAAAAAAAMM/iHqvfpqnj5o/s1600-h/IMG_0118.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337238682576527074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/ShGuTcxynuI/AAAAAAAAAMM/iHqvfpqnj5o/s320/IMG_0118.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Esta espécie ocupa quase totalmente a Península Ibérica, o Norte de África e o &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Sudoeste&lt;/span&gt; de França, distribuindo-se desde o nível do mar até aos 3481 m, na Serra Nevada. Apresenta uma elevada variabilidade &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;intraespecífica&lt;/span&gt; e no terço Norte de Portugal pode ser encontrado o &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;morfotipo&lt;/span&gt; 1, de cabeça e corpos deprimidos, coloração dorsal parda escura e zonas ventrais claras, ao passo que nos dois terços meridionais do país pode ser encontrado o &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;morfotipo&lt;/span&gt; 2, mais robusto,  de cabeça relativamente alta, com zonas dorsais frequentemente esverdeadas, ou de tom pardo claro, e ventre amarelo ou alaranjado. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-1110455132229692424?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/1110455132229692424/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=1110455132229692424' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1110455132229692424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1110455132229692424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/05/podarcis-hispanica.html' title='Podarcis hispanica'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/ShGuTcxynuI/AAAAAAAAAMM/iHqvfpqnj5o/s72-c/IMG_0118.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-8473059840291158837</id><published>2009-05-17T00:18:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-17T00:21:51.490+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gibraltar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Repteis'/><title type='text'>Tarentola mauritanica</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sg9KBKOrlYI/AAAAAAAAAME/IXyu1dXeFoI/s1600-h/Taretola-mauritanica.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336565467243582850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sg9KBKOrlYI/AAAAAAAAAME/IXyu1dXeFoI/s320/Taretola-mauritanica.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Para comemorar a meia centena de fotos apresento-vos uma das espécies com a qual vou estar a trabalhar nos próximos tempos: a Osga-comum. Esta espécie encontra-se distribuída por toda a bacia do Mediterrâneo e apresenta uma distribuição continua em todo o nosso território nacional. Terá sido introduzida a cerca de 15 anos na ilha da Madeira e mais recentemente terá &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;conseguido&lt;/span&gt; chegar a ilha de Porto Santo. Ocupa essencialmente superfícies verticais tais como muros, locais pedregosos e troncos de árvores. Associa-se também a ambientes humanizados, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;ocorrendo&lt;/span&gt; frequentemente em locais com iluminação artificial. É crença comum que este animal é venenoso, mas tal não passa de um mito.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-8473059840291158837?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/8473059840291158837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=8473059840291158837' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/8473059840291158837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/8473059840291158837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/05/tarentola-mauritanica.html' title='Tarentola mauritanica'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sg9KBKOrlYI/AAAAAAAAAME/IXyu1dXeFoI/s72-c/Taretola-mauritanica.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-142957625680998102</id><published>2009-05-16T15:03:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-16T15:07:14.703+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quenia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anfibios'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><title type='text'>Untitled # 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sg7IMKn01pI/AAAAAAAAAL8/H1_toGvWt-Q/s1600-h/IMG_0967.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336422719815997074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sg7IMKn01pI/AAAAAAAAAL8/H1_toGvWt-Q/s320/IMG_0967.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Esta é mais uma espécie que ainda não consegui identificar. Trata-se de uma rã-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;arborícola&lt;/span&gt; que encontrei no &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Hell&lt;/span&gt;’s &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Gate&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;National&lt;/span&gt; Park no Quénia, durante os trabalhos de campo do curso em ecologia de Savana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-142957625680998102?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/142957625680998102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=142957625680998102' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/142957625680998102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/142957625680998102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/05/untitle-2.html' title='Untitled # 2'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sg7IMKn01pI/AAAAAAAAAL8/H1_toGvWt-Q/s72-c/IMG_0967.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-4195408301196527464</id><published>2009-05-14T22:37:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:22:30.419+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reserva Natural do Estuário do Tejo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Tyto alba</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SgyPaDMW4LI/AAAAAAAAAL0/QmpU01TxRDc/s1600-h/Tyto-alba.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335797336223703218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SgyPaDMW4LI/AAAAAAAAAL0/QmpU01TxRDc/s320/Tyto-alba.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Esta é a Coruja das torres e é a rapina nocturna com maior &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;área&lt;/span&gt; de distribuição, habitando todos os &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;continentes&lt;/span&gt; a excepção da &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Antárctica&lt;/span&gt;. Pode ser encontrada em Portugal durante todo o ano, sendo que para a Madeira está descrita uma sub-espécie endémica (T. a. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;schmitzi&lt;/span&gt;) que apresenta uma cor mais escura que a forma continental. Uma vez pousada, chama a atenção a sua face branca, em forma de coração e uma vez e voo, a plumagem essencialmente branca e as vocalizações assustadoras fazem com que está espécie tenha um ar realmente fantasmagórico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-4195408301196527464?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/4195408301196527464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=4195408301196527464' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/4195408301196527464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/4195408301196527464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/05/tyto-alba.html' title='Tyto alba'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SgyPaDMW4LI/AAAAAAAAAL0/QmpU01TxRDc/s72-c/Tyto-alba.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-7273577175905015594</id><published>2009-05-11T19:17:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T19:20:02.441+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Aegypius monachus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sghr1G67R-I/AAAAAAAAALs/0sNJqYxzaBs/s1600-h/Aegypius-monachus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334632318755358690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sghr1G67R-I/AAAAAAAAALs/0sNJqYxzaBs/s320/Aegypius-monachus.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Finalmente consegui fotografar uma das espécies que empresta o nome a este blog. Trata-se do Abutre negro, a maior ave &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;necrófaga&lt;/span&gt; da Europa. Esta espécie, outrora comum em Portugal sofreu com a regressão do bosque mediterrânico, factor que levou ao seu desaparecimento total na década de 80. Actualmente está lentamente a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;recolinizar&lt;/span&gt; o país, no entanto o seu estatuto ainda está longe de ser favorável e encontra-se descrita como criticamente em perigo. O nome &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Aegypius&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;monachus&lt;/span&gt;, dado por &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Linnaeus&lt;/span&gt;, deve-se no primeiro caso porque é uma ave de rapina da família &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;accipiter&lt;/span&gt; e no segundo porque &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;monachus&lt;/span&gt; significa frade ou monge e deve-se ao capuz que esta ave ostenta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-7273577175905015594?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/7273577175905015594/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=7273577175905015594' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/7273577175905015594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/7273577175905015594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/05/aegypius-monachus.html' title='Aegypius monachus'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sghr1G67R-I/AAAAAAAAALs/0sNJqYxzaBs/s72-c/Aegypius-monachus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-960056198733824372</id><published>2009-05-10T21:38:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:26:17.737+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao Tome e Principe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao tome'/><title type='text'>Estrilda astrild</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sgc7hJmqDgI/AAAAAAAAALc/Dbyd1APw9D4/s1600-h/Astrilda+astrild.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334297724343422466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sgc7hJmqDgI/AAAAAAAAALc/Dbyd1APw9D4/s320/Astrilda+astrild.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Eis o Bico-de-lacre, uma das aves não nativas mais comuns da &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Península&lt;/span&gt; Ibérica. É originaria de África, no entanto está presente em estado selvagem no nosso país desde 1968 após fuga de animais em cativeiro. É facilmente &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;identificável&lt;/span&gt; pelo espesso &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;bico&lt;/span&gt; vermelho e pela máscara da mesma cor que se estende para trás do olho. No final da última &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;década&lt;/span&gt; esta ave terá colonizado também a Madeira e os Açores. Este indivíduo foi fotografado durante o meu trabalho de campo em São Tomé, onde esta espécie também foi introduzida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-960056198733824372?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/960056198733824372/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=960056198733824372' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/960056198733824372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/960056198733824372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/05/estrilda-astrild.html' title='Estrilda astrild'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sgc7hJmqDgI/AAAAAAAAALc/Dbyd1APw9D4/s72-c/Astrilda+astrild.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-2275935608559655762</id><published>2009-05-10T12:33:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-10T12:37:13.573+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laurissilva'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madeira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Erithacus rubecula</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sga8T9ovtOI/AAAAAAAAALU/bqxOc2QKPMQ/s1600-h/Erithacus+rubecula+microrhynchos.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334157859815929058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sga8T9ovtOI/AAAAAAAAALU/bqxOc2QKPMQ/s320/Erithacus+rubecula+microrhynchos.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Esta é uma das aves mais &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;conspícuas&lt;/span&gt; da nossa fauna. Trata-se do pisco-de-peito-ruivo fotografado na floresta &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Laurissilva&lt;/span&gt;, na ilha da Madeira. Esta espécie é facilmente reconhecida pela enorme mancha laranja que se estende da testa até ao peito. Pode ser encontrada em todo o território nacional, incluindo nos &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;arquipélagos&lt;/span&gt; da Madeira e dos Açores, para os quais está descrita a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;sub&lt;/span&gt;-espécie E. r. m&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;icrorhynchos&lt;/span&gt; que está aqui representada.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-2275935608559655762?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/2275935608559655762/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=2275935608559655762' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/2275935608559655762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/2275935608559655762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/05/erithacus-rubecula.html' title='Erithacus rubecula'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sga8T9ovtOI/AAAAAAAAALU/bqxOc2QKPMQ/s72-c/Erithacus+rubecula+microrhynchos.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-1305907040554854438</id><published>2009-05-07T00:48:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-07T01:05:34.348+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mamiferos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quenia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Loxodonta africana'/><title type='text'>Loxodonta africana</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SgIh10orEKI/AAAAAAAAALM/7vzHp2rdZKg/s1600-h/Loxodonta-africana.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332862117306110114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SgIh10orEKI/AAAAAAAAALM/7vzHp2rdZKg/s320/Loxodonta-africana.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Eis o maior animal terrestre, o Elefante africano de savana. Pode chegar até cerca de 7 m e meio de comprimento e medir 3 m e meio de altura! Em adultos o peso costuma variar entre as 6 e as 9 toneladas, no entanto o maior animal desta espécie alguma vez registado morto em Angola em 1955 pesava 12,274 kg!! Até recentemente, acreditava-se existir apenas duas espécies de elefantes, o africano e o asiático, no entanto estudos genéticos trouxeram à luz uma nova espécie, o elefante de floresta, que é mais pequeno que os restantes e habita nas florestas centro africanas.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-1305907040554854438?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/1305907040554854438/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=1305907040554854438' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1305907040554854438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1305907040554854438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/05/loxodonta-africana.html' title='Loxodonta africana'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SgIh10orEKI/AAAAAAAAALM/7vzHp2rdZKg/s72-c/Loxodonta-africana.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-1586640376180344448</id><published>2009-05-06T00:03:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-06T00:14:27.685+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Monfrague'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Espanha'/><title type='text'>Gyps fulvus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SgDGHtS7FwI/AAAAAAAAALE/ddYxth5HZnw/s1600-h/gypus-fulvus-II.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332479794527016706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SgDGHtS7FwI/AAAAAAAAALE/ddYxth5HZnw/s320/gypus-fulvus-II.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Pesando entre 6 a 12 kg e medindo até 1 metro de comprimento e 2,7 metros de envergadura o Grifo é uma das maiores aves da nossa &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;avifauna&lt;/span&gt;. No nossos país nidificam algumas centenas destes animais, sendo que as maiores concentrações podem ser encontrada na metade mais a Sul do território nacional. Como os demais abutres estas aves são &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;necrófagas&lt;/span&gt;, alimentando-se quase exclusivamente de cadáveres que encontram com o auxilio de correntes térmicas ascendentes, que lhes permitem &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;cobrir&lt;/span&gt; enormes distâncias com um baixo &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;dispêndio&lt;/span&gt; de energia.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-1586640376180344448?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/1586640376180344448/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=1586640376180344448' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1586640376180344448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1586640376180344448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/05/gyps-fulvus.html' title='Gyps fulvus'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SgDGHtS7FwI/AAAAAAAAALE/ddYxth5HZnw/s72-c/gypus-fulvus-II.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-7848901088186198816</id><published>2009-05-05T10:39:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T10:41:36.287+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gibraltar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Coronella girondica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Repteis'/><title type='text'>Coronella girondica</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SgAJVki_O2I/AAAAAAAAAK0/sZDR42RewNc/s1600-h/Coronella-girondica.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332272224998996834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SgAJVki_O2I/AAAAAAAAAK0/sZDR42RewNc/s320/Coronella-girondica.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Estão descritas 3 espécies para o género &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Coronella&lt;/span&gt;: a C. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;brachyura&lt;/span&gt; (que apenas podes ser encontrada na &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Índia&lt;/span&gt;), a C. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;autriaca&lt;/span&gt; e a C. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;girondica&lt;/span&gt;. As duas últimas podem ser encontradas na Península Ibérica e esta que aqui vos apresento é a C. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;girondica&lt;/span&gt; ou Cobra-lisa-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;meridonal&lt;/span&gt;. Esta espécie ocupa quase todo o território nacional contudo é predominantemente crepuscular e nocturna, o que faz com que seja difícil de detecção. Apesar de não ser venenosa têm como um dos principais factores de ameaça a perseguição humana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-7848901088186198816?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/7848901088186198816/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=7848901088186198816' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/7848901088186198816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/7848901088186198816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/05/coronella-girondica.html' title='Coronella girondica'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SgAJVki_O2I/AAAAAAAAAK0/sZDR42RewNc/s72-c/Coronella-girondica.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-7925953162748238201</id><published>2009-05-04T23:33:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-14T13:08:29.279+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Glareola pratincola</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sf9tVbELvBI/AAAAAAAAAKs/x0dlvvP_3wA/s1600-h/Glareola-pratincola.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332100698639940626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sf9tVbELvBI/AAAAAAAAAKs/x0dlvvP_3wA/s320/Glareola-pratincola.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Chama-se perdiz-do-mar, no entanto não se trata de uma perdiz, nem vive no mar! Trata-se de uma &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;limícola&lt;/span&gt; muito peculiar de formas muito parecidas às de uma andorinha-do-mar, razão pela qual &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Lineu&lt;/span&gt; terá primeiramente agrupado este animal no &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;género&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Hirundo&lt;/span&gt;. Pode ser encontrada no nosso país entre os meses de Março e Setembro em zonas húmidas situadas em zonas abertas e amplas. Alimenta-se sobretudo de insectos que captura em voo e curiosamente as suas vocalizações assemelham-se ao riso humano.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-7925953162748238201?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/7925953162748238201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=7925953162748238201' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/7925953162748238201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/7925953162748238201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/05/glareola-pratincola.html' title='Glareola pratincola'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sf9tVbELvBI/AAAAAAAAAKs/x0dlvvP_3wA/s72-c/Glareola-pratincola.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-4262312291829559545</id><published>2009-04-29T22:55:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-04-29T23:00:13.852+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aquila rapax'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quenia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><title type='text'>Aquila rapax</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfjM3W3ISMI/AAAAAAAAAKk/62c-qI37mN0/s1600-h/Aquila-rapax.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330235410394663106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfjM3W3ISMI/AAAAAAAAAKk/62c-qI37mN0/s320/Aquila-rapax.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Águia-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;rapace&lt;/span&gt; fotografada em &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Laikipia&lt;/span&gt;, Quénia. Esta águia pode ser encontrada por grande parte no continente africano e do sudoeste &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;asiático&lt;/span&gt;. É essencialmente &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;necrófaga&lt;/span&gt;, mas caça pequenos &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;mamíferos&lt;/span&gt;, repteis e aves. Por vezes rouba as presas de outras aves de rapina.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-4262312291829559545?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/4262312291829559545/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=4262312291829559545' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/4262312291829559545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/4262312291829559545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/04/aquila-rapax.html' title='Aquila rapax'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfjM3W3ISMI/AAAAAAAAAKk/62c-qI37mN0/s72-c/Aquila-rapax.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-3084484156012632830</id><published>2009-04-28T09:55:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-04-28T10:00:24.110+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reino Unido'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anfibios'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rana temporaria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><title type='text'>Rana temporaria</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfbFeBEmFTI/AAAAAAAAAKc/SoPJ74QOXPw/s1600-h/Rana-temporaria.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329664328514016562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 212px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfbFeBEmFTI/AAAAAAAAAKc/SoPJ74QOXPw/s320/Rana-temporaria.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Hoje, dia 28 de Abril é o &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Save&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Frog&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Day&lt;/span&gt;. Os &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;anfíbios&lt;/span&gt; representam o grupo animal mais ameaçado de extinção! Sendo que 1 em cada 3 destes animais encontra-se em serio risco de desaparecer. Esta é uma Rã-comum-europeia fotografada em &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Silwood&lt;/span&gt; Park, Reino Unido. Apesar da sua vasta distribuição europeia, esta espécie encontra-se ausente de grande parte da Península Ibérica. Pode crescer até 8 cm de comprimento e passa grande parte da sua vida adulta em terra. Para saber mais sobre esta campanha por favor visite: &lt;a href="http://www.saveafrog.org/"&gt;http://www.saveafrog.org/&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-3084484156012632830?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/3084484156012632830/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=3084484156012632830' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/3084484156012632830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/3084484156012632830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/04/rana-temporaria.html' title='Rana temporaria'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfbFeBEmFTI/AAAAAAAAAKc/SoPJ74QOXPw/s72-c/Rana-temporaria.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-6700890485892912726</id><published>2009-04-27T11:23:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:21:43.035+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anfibios'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao Tome e Principe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao tome'/><title type='text'>Schistometopum thomense</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfWH4J00isI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/Peju00T5hgM/s1600-h/Schistometopum-thomense.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329315132842740418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfWH4J00isI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/Peju00T5hgM/s320/Schistometopum-thomense.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Cecília de São Tomé, um dos animais mais sui generis da ilha. Pertence à ordem Gymnophiona ou Apoda, que inclui cerca de 150 espécies que se caracterizam pela ausência de patas, o que lhes confere uma aparência de minhocas ou cobras. A existência deste animal em São Tomé representa um grande enigma, uma vez que o animal filogeneticamente mais próximo se encontra na África Oriental, nas montanhas do Quénia e Tanzânia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-6700890485892912726?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/6700890485892912726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=6700890485892912726' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/6700890485892912726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/6700890485892912726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/04/schistometopum-thomense.html' title='Schistometopum thomense'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfWH4J00isI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/Peju00T5hgM/s72-c/Schistometopum-thomense.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-1587009442319862224</id><published>2009-04-27T00:08:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T00:13:27.087+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anfibios'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Triturus marmoratus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Triturus marmoratus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfTqbAPaD7I/AAAAAAAAAJs/Ah2-a7KIgrs/s1600-h/Triturus-marmoratus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329142008728129458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfTqbAPaD7I/AAAAAAAAAJs/Ah2-a7KIgrs/s320/Triturus-marmoratus.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Tritão-marmoreado fotografado em Mogadouro, Portugal. Esta espécie pode ser encontrada apenas no Norte da Península Ibérica e no sudoeste de França sendo que no Sul da Península Ibérica é substituída pelo mais pequeno tritão-marmoreado-pigmeu. Embora comuns, estas espécies não são facilmente observadas, uma vez que passam grande parte do seu tempo escondidas debaixo de troncos caídos, rochas e noutros locais húmidos.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-1587009442319862224?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/1587009442319862224/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=1587009442319862224' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1587009442319862224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1587009442319862224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/04/triturus-marmoratus.html' title='Triturus marmoratus'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfTqbAPaD7I/AAAAAAAAAJs/Ah2-a7KIgrs/s72-c/Triturus-marmoratus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-8568009924196614626</id><published>2009-04-26T11:22:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-04-26T11:26:55.621+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anfibios'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bufo bufo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Parque Natural de Gorbea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Espanha'/><title type='text'>Bufo bufo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfQ25K9ULLI/AAAAAAAAAJk/uZuRuq8Dmao/s1600-h/Bufo-bufo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328944614908112050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfQ25K9ULLI/AAAAAAAAAJk/uZuRuq8Dmao/s320/Bufo-bufo.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sapo-comum. A distribuição desta espécie vai desde a Sibéria até o Nordeste Africano, ocupando grande parte da Europa com a excepção da Irlanda e de algumas ilhas do Mediterrânico. Os adultos passam a maior parte do ano em terra, sendo que alguns exemplares podem crescer até 18 cm de comprimento. Alimentam-se sobretudo de invertebrados que caçam com a sua língua pegajosa mas os indivíduos de maior tamanho podem também alimentar-se de pequenos anfíbios, répteis e mesmo mamíferos.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-8568009924196614626?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/8568009924196614626/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=8568009924196614626' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/8568009924196614626'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/8568009924196614626'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/04/bufo-bufo.html' title='Bufo bufo'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfQ25K9ULLI/AAAAAAAAAJk/uZuRuq8Dmao/s72-c/Bufo-bufo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-3602860915661514604</id><published>2009-04-25T17:28:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-04-25T17:32:53.191+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anfibios'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sapo-parteiro-comum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Parque Natural de Gorbea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Espanha'/><title type='text'>Alytes obstetricians</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfM64E9jHlI/AAAAAAAAAJE/3AfZPIM2C_Q/s1600-h/Alytes+obstetricians.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328667519188409938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfM64E9jHlI/AAAAAAAAAJE/3AfZPIM2C_Q/s320/Alytes+obstetricians.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Sapo-parteiro-comum fotografado no Parque Natural de &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Gorbea&lt;/span&gt;, Espanha. Esta espécie distribui-se por toda a Europa ocidental, sendo que em Portugal apenas pode ser encontrada a Norte do rio Tejo e na Serra de São Mamede. O nome comum deve-se ao facto de serem os machos a cuidarem dos ovos, transportando-os nas costas. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-3602860915661514604?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/3602860915661514604/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=3602860915661514604' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/3602860915661514604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/3602860915661514604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/04/alytes-obstetricians.html' title='Alytes obstetricians'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfM64E9jHlI/AAAAAAAAAJE/3AfZPIM2C_Q/s72-c/Alytes+obstetricians.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-5556763905053779000</id><published>2009-04-21T11:38:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:20:44.487+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Parque Nacional de Ordesa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Espanha'/><title type='text'>Tichodroma muraria</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Se2j_DiznhI/AAAAAAAAAI8/N53o_tPdZHo/s1600-h/Tichodroma+muraria.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327094237927546386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Se2j_DiznhI/AAAAAAAAAI8/N53o_tPdZHo/s320/Tichodroma+muraria.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Esta é a trepadeira-dos-muros e é a única representante do seu género. Nidifica nas zonas montanhosas da Europa entre os 1000 e 3000 metros e em Portugal é uma espécie rara e que pode passar facilmente despercebida devido à inacessibilidade dos locais que frequenta. Destaca-se pelo tom vermelho carmim das suas asas, que abre &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;enquanto&lt;/span&gt; trepa. Este exemplar foi fotografado nos Pirenéus &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;espanhóis&lt;/span&gt;, no Parque Nacional de &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Ordesa&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-5556763905053779000?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/5556763905053779000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=5556763905053779000' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/5556763905053779000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/5556763905053779000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/04/tichodroma-muraria.html' title='Tichodroma muraria'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Se2j_DiznhI/AAAAAAAAAI8/N53o_tPdZHo/s72-c/Tichodroma+muraria.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-90361472777963601</id><published>2009-04-21T01:40:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:20:20.169+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quenia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Parque National de Nakuru'/><title type='text'>Coracias caudatus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Se0WJV1RimI/AAAAAAAAAIs/TWmXmDiOrCE/s1600-h/Coracias+caudata.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326938283984390754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Se0WJV1RimI/AAAAAAAAAIs/TWmXmDiOrCE/s320/Coracias+caudata.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Fotografei este &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;rolieiro&lt;/span&gt;-de-peito-lilás durante um curso em ecologia tropical no Kenya. Esta espécie apresenta uma distrituição alargada no continete africano, no entanto, em Portugal somos visitados por uma ave deste grupo: O &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;rolieiro&lt;/span&gt;-europeu (&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Coracias&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;garrulus&lt;/span&gt;) que é uma das aves mais coloridas da nossa &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;avifauna&lt;/span&gt;. Passa a maior parte do tempo posado em ramos de árvore, postes de electricidade e outros locais elevados, de onde consegue detectar possíveis presas. Infelizmente, as suas populações têm vindo a diminuir, pelo que o contacto com esta espécie se tem tornado mais difícil nos últimos anos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-90361472777963601?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/90361472777963601/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=90361472777963601' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/90361472777963601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/90361472777963601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/04/coracias-caudatus.html' title='Coracias caudatus'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Se0WJV1RimI/AAAAAAAAAIs/TWmXmDiOrCE/s72-c/Coracias+caudata.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-5325276543704688086</id><published>2009-04-20T11:44:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-12T01:12:22.361+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cetaceos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mamiferos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madeira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Stenella frontalis</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SexSJHMvj6I/AAAAAAAAAIk/0tGvB8_K-oE/s1600-h/stenella+frontalis.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326722775777251234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 212px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SexSJHMvj6I/AAAAAAAAAIk/0tGvB8_K-oE/s320/stenella+frontalis.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Uma das espécies de cetáceos que tive a oportunidade de fotografar enquanto realizava voluntariado com o Projecto Cetáceos Madeira (&lt;a href="http://www.cetaceos-madeira.com/"&gt;http://www.cetaceos-madeira.com/&lt;/a&gt;). Trata-se de Golfinhos-pintados, uma espécie endémica das águas temperadas e tropicais do Atlântico e uma das mais comuns nos mares da Madeira. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-5325276543704688086?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/5325276543704688086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=5325276543704688086' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/5325276543704688086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/5325276543704688086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/04/stenella-frontalis.html' title='Stenella frontalis'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SexSJHMvj6I/AAAAAAAAAIk/0tGvB8_K-oE/s72-c/stenella+frontalis.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-5727129946716325342</id><published>2009-04-19T12:33:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-04-19T12:36:45.502+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Primata'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gibraltar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mamiferos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><title type='text'>Macaca sylvanus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SesMItWjq7I/AAAAAAAAAIc/2_MZlf1xWo4/s1600-h/Macaca+sylvanus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326364328048438194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SesMItWjq7I/AAAAAAAAAIc/2_MZlf1xWo4/s320/Macaca+sylvanus.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; O Macaco de &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Berbería&lt;/span&gt; é a última espécie de &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;primata&lt;/span&gt; não humano a viver em estado selvagem na Europa.  Trata-se da única espécie do &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;género&lt;/span&gt; Macaca que vive fora do continente &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;asiático&lt;/span&gt;, podendo ser encontrada apenas em Marrocos e na &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Algeria&lt;/span&gt; na região das montanhas do Atlas e em Gibraltar onde cerca de 230 animais sobrevivem, divididos em 5 grupos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-5727129946716325342?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/5727129946716325342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=5727129946716325342' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/5727129946716325342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/5727129946716325342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/04/macaca-sylvanus.html' title='Macaca sylvanus'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SesMItWjq7I/AAAAAAAAAIc/2_MZlf1xWo4/s72-c/Macaca+sylvanus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-3199422099116087597</id><published>2009-04-14T00:42:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:19:45.137+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Parque Nacional de Ordesa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Espanha'/><title type='text'>Cinclus cinclus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SePOrqwls3I/AAAAAAAAAIU/pB5NvF0uTvE/s1600-h/Cinclus-cinclus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324326434089841522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SePOrqwls3I/AAAAAAAAAIU/pB5NvF0uTvE/s320/Cinclus-cinclus.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A foto em si não está nada de especial. Apenas a publico porque se trata de um dos meus animais preferidos. Trata-se de um Melro d’água, encontrei-o enquanto passeava no Parque Nacional de &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Ordesa&lt;/span&gt;.  Apesar de não ser uma espécie particularmente rara é de &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;difícil&lt;/span&gt; observação. Em Portugal ocorre sobretudo nas regiões altas do Centro e Norte do país e segundo palavras alheias “A observação de um melro-d’água a mergulhar ou a “dançar” sobre uma pedra é um dos espectáculos mais fascinantes que a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;avifauna&lt;/span&gt; portuguesa tem para nos oferecer.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-3199422099116087597?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/3199422099116087597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=3199422099116087597' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/3199422099116087597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/3199422099116087597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/04/cinclus-cinclus.html' title='Cinclus cinclus'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SePOrqwls3I/AAAAAAAAAIU/pB5NvF0uTvE/s72-c/Cinclus-cinclus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-4787276339310828680</id><published>2009-04-07T00:58:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:18:59.755+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Repteis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Serra da Estrela'/><title type='text'>Iberolacerta m. monticola</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SdqXQj-4jLI/AAAAAAAAAIM/hL6I6R4pQ6s/s1600-h/Iberolacerta-monticola-monticola.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321732220484357298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SdqXQj-4jLI/AAAAAAAAAIM/hL6I6R4pQ6s/s320/Iberolacerta-monticola-monticola.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Passei grande parte da minha última semana a procura deste animal. Trata-se da lagartixa-da-montanha, uma espécie exclusiva da Península Ibérica e que em Portugal só pode ser encontrada na Serra da Estrela na forma da subespécie endémica. Encontra-se classificada como Vulnerável no entanto a sua observação é relativamente fácil, especialmente na zona da Torre onde atinge densidades bastante elevadas. A enorme concentração espacial desta espécie na Serra da Estrela constitui um dos mais importantes factores de ameaça uma vez que fenómenos estocásticos, tais como epidemias ou condições ambientais particularmente extremas poderiam afectar toda ou grande parte população, pondo assim a sua sobrevivência em risco.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-4787276339310828680?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/4787276339310828680/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=4787276339310828680' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/4787276339310828680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/4787276339310828680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/04/iberolacerta-m-monticola_06.html' title='Iberolacerta m. monticola'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SdqXQj-4jLI/AAAAAAAAAIM/hL6I6R4pQ6s/s72-c/Iberolacerta-monticola-monticola.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-4096229180620187407</id><published>2009-03-19T00:08:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:18:22.760+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mamiferos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Espanha'/><title type='text'>Capra pyrenaica</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/ScGNPfZ8uWI/AAAAAAAAAH8/VS-HmMEuhA4/s1600-h/Capra-pyrenaica.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314684332541786466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/ScGNPfZ8uWI/AAAAAAAAAH8/VS-HmMEuhA4/s320/Capra-pyrenaica.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Outrora passeavam-se pela &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Península&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Ibérica&lt;/span&gt; quatro &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;sub&lt;/span&gt;-espécies de Cabra Montesa, dessas já apenas sobrevivem duas. A primeira a desaparecer foi a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;sub&lt;/span&gt;-espécie portuguesa (&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Capra&lt;/span&gt; p. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;lusitanica&lt;/span&gt;) em 1892 e pouco mais de um &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;século&lt;/span&gt; depois, em 2000 seguiu-se-lhe a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;sub&lt;/span&gt;-espécie dos &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Pirineus&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Capra&lt;/span&gt; p. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;pyrenaica&lt;/span&gt;), quando a última &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;fêmea&lt;/span&gt;, de nome Célia, morreu &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;supostamente&lt;/span&gt; vitima da queda de uma &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;árvore&lt;/span&gt;. A &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;sub&lt;/span&gt;-espécie dos &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;Pirineus&lt;/span&gt;, foi também o primeiro animal a deixar de estar extinto, isto após a clonagem de um individuo, que morreu 7 minutos após o nascimento, por &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;insuficiência&lt;/span&gt; pulmonar. Estas que aqui vos apresento pertencem a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;sub&lt;/span&gt;-espécie &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;Capra&lt;/span&gt; p. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;hispanica&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&gt;sub&lt;/span&gt;-espécie que em 1998 foi observada pela primeira vez em Portugal, no parque da &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"&gt;Peneda&lt;/span&gt;-Gerês. Um muito obrigado ao José e a Guru pela oportunidade que me deram de tirar estas fotos, que foram realizadas numa pequena aldeia a duas horas de distância de &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"&gt;Zaragoza&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-4096229180620187407?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/4096229180620187407/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=4096229180620187407' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/4096229180620187407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/4096229180620187407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/03/capra-pyrenaica.html' title='Capra pyrenaica'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/ScGNPfZ8uWI/AAAAAAAAAH8/VS-HmMEuhA4/s72-c/Capra-pyrenaica.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-1735950872569604006</id><published>2009-03-17T22:08:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-08-12T01:14:07.370+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anfibios'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Pelophylax perezi</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/ScAfa8DMbZI/AAAAAAAAAHs/g7HkzK2mw0s/s1600-h/Pelophylax+perezi+.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314282107953769874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/ScAfa8DMbZI/AAAAAAAAAHs/g7HkzK2mw0s/s320/Pelophylax+perezi+.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Rã-verde, fotografada em Miranda do Douro, durante um curso de iniciação à ornitologia. Em criança um dos meus passatempos preferidos era apanhar estes animais que foram introduzidos na Madeira em lagos de jardim de casas senhorais, tendo depois escapado e actualmente encontram-se amplamente distribuidas por toda a ilha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-1735950872569604006?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/1735950872569604006/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=1735950872569604006' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1735950872569604006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1735950872569604006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/03/pelophylax-perezi.html' title='Pelophylax perezi'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/ScAfa8DMbZI/AAAAAAAAAHs/g7HkzK2mw0s/s72-c/Pelophylax+perezi+.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-8695049635581917678</id><published>2009-03-17T00:36:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:16:46.017+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laurissilva'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madeira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Fringilla c. maderensis</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sb7wl74GS3I/AAAAAAAAAHk/US0Rl6QReAc/s1600-h/Fringilla-coelebs-madeirensis.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313949144862575474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sb7wl74GS3I/AAAAAAAAAHk/US0Rl6QReAc/s320/Fringilla-coelebs-madeirensis.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais uma ave da Madeira, desta feita o tentilhão (&lt;em&gt;Fringilla coelebs maderensis&lt;/em&gt;). Ainda não é considerada uma espécie endémica, mas vai a caminho disso (ainda que o caminho para a especiação seja bem, bem longo!), é uma sub-espécie endémica e uma das aves mais facilmente vistas num passeio nas levadas da ilha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-8695049635581917678?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/8695049635581917678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=8695049635581917678' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/8695049635581917678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/8695049635581917678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/03/fringilla-c-maderensis.html' title='Fringilla c. maderensis'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sb7wl74GS3I/AAAAAAAAAHk/US0Rl6QReAc/s72-c/Fringilla-coelebs-madeirensis.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-1278400590856923675</id><published>2009-03-16T16:38:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:17:52.126+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laurissilva'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madeira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Regulus madeirensis</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sb6AoA3s4uI/AAAAAAAAAHc/pES98aSsaRk/s1600-h/Regulus-madeirensis.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313826035260515042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sb6AoA3s4uI/AAAAAAAAAHc/pES98aSsaRk/s320/Regulus-madeirensis.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apresento-vos a ave mais pequena da Europa: o Bis-bis. Trata-se de uma ave endémica da ilha da Madeira, que até 2003 era considerada uma &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;sub&lt;/span&gt;-espécie da espécie &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Regulus&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;ignicapillus&lt;/span&gt; que existe no continente. É facilmente avistada aquando de um passeio pela &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Laurissilva&lt;/span&gt; e deve o seu nome ao seu canto em que parece dizer "bis bis".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-1278400590856923675?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/1278400590856923675/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=1278400590856923675' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1278400590856923675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1278400590856923675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/03/regulus-madeirensis.html' title='Regulus madeirensis'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sb6AoA3s4uI/AAAAAAAAAHc/pES98aSsaRk/s72-c/Regulus-madeirensis.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-1621909845388894597</id><published>2009-03-15T22:43:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:16:10.326+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao Tome e Principe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao tome'/><title type='text'>Nectarinia newtonii</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sb2EmXsEo7I/AAAAAAAAAHM/N7OXye-XtjU/s1600-h/Yellow-breasted-sunbird.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313548930095817650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sb2EmXsEo7I/AAAAAAAAAHM/N7OXye-XtjU/s320/Yellow-breasted-sunbird.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Apresento-vos a imagem que serviu de capa à minha tese de mestrado e que irá servir de &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;background&lt;/span&gt; ao poster que irei apresentar na Cambridge &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Student&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Conference&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;on&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Conservation&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Science&lt;/span&gt; dentro de uma semana. Trata-se de uma ave endémica de São Tomé, o Beija-flor-de-peito-amarelo ou &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Selêlê&lt;/span&gt; como é conhecido na ilha. É extremamente comum em todos os tipos de habitats, desde floresta tropical a plantações de café e de cacau e na &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;própria&lt;/span&gt; capital. Embora o seu pequeno tamanho não escapa à mira das fisgas e é caçada para alimentação, segundo consta apenas não se &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;aproveitam&lt;/span&gt; o bico e as patas. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-1621909845388894597?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/1621909845388894597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=1621909845388894597' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1621909845388894597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1621909845388894597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/03/nectarinia-newtonii.html' title='Nectarinia newtonii'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sb2EmXsEo7I/AAAAAAAAAHM/N7OXye-XtjU/s72-c/Yellow-breasted-sunbird.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-5788013068017211884</id><published>2009-03-13T23:54:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:15:41.042+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anfibios'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Pelobates cultripes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SbryQe4fhQI/AAAAAAAAAHE/myEIvEtBlyU/s1600-h/Pelobates-cultripes.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312825075418760450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SbryQe4fhQI/AAAAAAAAAHE/myEIvEtBlyU/s320/Pelobates-cultripes.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sapo-de-unha-negra fotografado em Montemor-o-Novo. Exclusiva da Península Ibérica e de algumas zonas de França, esta espécie apresenta hábitos estritamente nocturnos, passando o dia enterrado em buracos que escava com as fortes unhas negras (que na verdade são tubérculos &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;metatarsais&lt;/span&gt;) dos membros posteriores. A sua longevidade é de cerca de 10 anos (se bem que em cativeiro poderá ir até 15!) e atinge a maturidade sexual por volta do terceiro ano de idade. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-5788013068017211884?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/5788013068017211884/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=5788013068017211884' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/5788013068017211884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/5788013068017211884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/03/pelobates-cultripes.html' title='Pelobates cultripes'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SbryQe4fhQI/AAAAAAAAAHE/myEIvEtBlyU/s72-c/Pelobates-cultripes.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-1424126555576187786</id><published>2009-03-13T22:26:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:15:25.386+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anfibios'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Hyla arborea</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SbrdxsVoWQI/AAAAAAAAAG8/3DySsrL0vN8/s1600-h/Hyla+arborea.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312802556222134530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SbrdxsVoWQI/AAAAAAAAAG8/3DySsrL0vN8/s320/Hyla+arborea.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Rela-comum fotografada perto de Grândola enquanto andava à caça de girinos de &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;sapinho&lt;/span&gt;-de-unha-negra. Em Portugal existem uma outra espécie de rela: a rela-meridional (&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Hyla&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;meridionalis&lt;/span&gt;), no entanto a rela-comum distingue-se desta porque apresenta uma banda escura lateral até às &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;extremidades&lt;/span&gt; posteriores, enquanto a rela-meridional apenas apresenta esta banda até às &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;extremidades&lt;/span&gt; anteriores.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-1424126555576187786?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/1424126555576187786/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=1424126555576187786' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1424126555576187786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1424126555576187786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/03/hyla-arborea.html' title='Hyla arborea'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SbrdxsVoWQI/AAAAAAAAAG8/3DySsrL0vN8/s72-c/Hyla+arborea.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-768102916564937664</id><published>2009-03-13T00:11:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:14:58.831+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reino Unido'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mamiferos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><title type='text'>Sciurus carolinensis</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SbmlhN9UJOI/AAAAAAAAAG0/slUJQ0SqEDY/s1600-h/Sciurus-carolinensis.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312459225561310434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SbmlhN9UJOI/AAAAAAAAAG0/slUJQ0SqEDY/s320/Sciurus-carolinensis.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;O esquilo cinzento é nativo da &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;América&lt;/span&gt; do Norte, no entanto, foi introduzido no &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Reino&lt;/span&gt; Unido em meados do século XIX e desde então têm expandido a sua área de distribuição de tal forma que a subsistência do esquilo vermelho, nativo das ilhas britânicas se encontra extremamente ameaçada. Este exemplar foi fotografado no &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;London&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Wetland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Centre&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-768102916564937664?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/768102916564937664/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=768102916564937664' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/768102916564937664'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/768102916564937664'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/03/sciurus-carolinensis.html' title='Sciurus carolinensis'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SbmlhN9UJOI/AAAAAAAAAG0/slUJQ0SqEDY/s72-c/Sciurus-carolinensis.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-7952936371213128522</id><published>2009-03-09T19:09:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:14:34.719+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mamiferos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quenia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><title type='text'>Ceratotherium simum</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SbVpjcgY-wI/AAAAAAAAAGs/mt7lxW3N12Y/s1600-h/Ceratotherium-simum.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311267393221753602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 185px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SbVpjcgY-wI/AAAAAAAAAGs/mt7lxW3N12Y/s320/Ceratotherium-simum.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ainda existem 5 espécies de rinocerontes no Planeta sendo que o rinocerente branco é o mais comum. Até pouco tempo existiam duas subespécies: a do Norte (&lt;em&gt;Ceratotherium simum cottoni&lt;/em&gt;) a do Sul (&lt;em&gt;Ceratotherium simum simum&lt;/em&gt;), a verdade é que o rinoceronte branco do Norte já se encontra muito provavelmente extinto, uma vez que nenhum indivíduo foi encontrado desde 2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-7952936371213128522?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/7952936371213128522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=7952936371213128522' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/7952936371213128522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/7952936371213128522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/03/ceratotherium-simum.html' title='Ceratotherium simum'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SbVpjcgY-wI/AAAAAAAAAGs/mt7lxW3N12Y/s72-c/Ceratotherium-simum.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-469463461077008186</id><published>2009-03-09T01:25:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:14:10.337+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quenia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anfibios'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><title type='text'>Untitled # 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SbRwKaeb-vI/AAAAAAAAAGk/-DKOE_SkKNw/s1600-h/Savannah+Frog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310993184784644850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SbRwKaeb-vI/AAAAAAAAAGk/-DKOE_SkKNw/s320/Savannah+Frog.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eis mais uma foto do Quénia. Trata-se de um &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;sapinho&lt;/span&gt; que encontrei a saltitar savana fora após uma chuvada. Infelizmente não sei a que espécie pertence... o que sei é que não estava nada à espera de encontrar anfíbios na savana, mas a verdade é que lá acabei por encontrar uns quantos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-469463461077008186?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/469463461077008186/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=469463461077008186' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/469463461077008186'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/469463461077008186'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/03/untitle-1.html' title='Untitled # 1'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SbRwKaeb-vI/AAAAAAAAAGk/-DKOE_SkKNw/s72-c/Savannah+Frog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-4491226477141855096</id><published>2009-03-09T01:07:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:13:50.614+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quenia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><title type='text'>Phoeniconaias minor</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SbRr6sBgBjI/AAAAAAAAAGc/Zbg7Z_ZuQEo/s1600-h/Flamingos---Kenya.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310988516570695218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SbRr6sBgBjI/AAAAAAAAAGc/Zbg7Z_ZuQEo/s320/Flamingos---Kenya.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lesser Framingos, fotografei-os no Lake Nakuru, Quénia. Diz que eram aos milhares!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-4491226477141855096?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/4491226477141855096/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=4491226477141855096' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/4491226477141855096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/4491226477141855096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/03/phoeniconaias-minor.html' title='Phoeniconaias minor'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SbRr6sBgBjI/AAAAAAAAAGc/Zbg7Z_ZuQEo/s72-c/Flamingos---Kenya.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-3486073761659828207</id><published>2009-01-07T17:17:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:13:20.446+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Primata'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mamiferos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quenia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><title type='text'>Chlorocebus pygerythrus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SWTj0n7IjYI/AAAAAAAAAGE/fAZcMGeVHMA/s1600-h/Vervet-baby.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288602355649514882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SWTj0n7IjYI/AAAAAAAAAGE/fAZcMGeVHMA/s320/Vervet-baby.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Esta é uma das minhas fotos preferidas. Tirei-a no Quénia enquando esperava para entrar num dos Parques Nacionais que visitei. Trata-se de uma mãe Vervet a segurar a sua cria. Foram muitos os disparos até que consegui uma foto em que a cria estava (mais ou menos) a olhar na minha direcção.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-3486073761659828207?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/3486073761659828207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=3486073761659828207' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/3486073761659828207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/3486073761659828207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/01/chlorocebus-pygerythrus.html' title='Chlorocebus pygerythrus'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SWTj0n7IjYI/AAAAAAAAAGE/fAZcMGeVHMA/s72-c/Vervet-baby.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-1007493826379272253</id><published>2009-01-07T15:21:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:12:54.514+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gibraltar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Espanha'/><title type='text'>Ciconia ciconia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SWTJcCNyvkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/Fhclt8qaqKw/s1600-h/Cegonha.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288573345908047426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SWTJcCNyvkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/Fhclt8qaqKw/s320/Cegonha.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Cegonha branca a descansar numa lixeira junto ao Parque Natural Los Alcornocales, Estreito de Gibraltar.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-1007493826379272253?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/1007493826379272253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=1007493826379272253' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1007493826379272253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1007493826379272253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/01/ciconia-ciconia.html' title='Ciconia ciconia'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SWTJcCNyvkI/AAAAAAAAAF8/Fhclt8qaqKw/s72-c/Cegonha.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-5707649106458515776</id><published>2009-01-07T14:59:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:11:57.230+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gibraltar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Espanha'/><title type='text'>Larus audouinii</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SWTDgw1whcI/AAAAAAAAAF0/F5Bb79oXiF4/s1600-h/Audoun%27s-gull.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288566830073415106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SWTDgw1whcI/AAAAAAAAAF0/F5Bb79oXiF4/s320/Audoun%27s-gull.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Gaivota de Audouin, fotografada enquanto fazia monitorização de aves marinhas em migração no Estreito de Gibraltar.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-5707649106458515776?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/5707649106458515776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=5707649106458515776' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/5707649106458515776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/5707649106458515776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/01/larus-audouinii.html' title='Larus audouinii'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SWTDgw1whcI/AAAAAAAAAF0/F5Bb79oXiF4/s72-c/Audoun%27s-gull.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-2167657680144763647</id><published>2009-01-06T13:33:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-06-29T00:28:21.839+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Monfrague'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Espanha'/><title type='text'>Cyanopica cookii</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/ScFOjh8f6cI/AAAAAAAAAH0/WWAmykRnMZk/s1600-h/cyanopica-cookie.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314615407588403650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/ScFOjh8f6cI/AAAAAAAAAH0/WWAmykRnMZk/s320/cyanopica-cookie.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pega azul, uma das muitas que encontramos em Monfragüe. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-2167657680144763647?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/2167657680144763647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=2167657680144763647' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/2167657680144763647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/2167657680144763647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2009/01/cyanopica-cookie.html' title='Cyanopica cookii'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/ScFOjh8f6cI/AAAAAAAAAH0/WWAmykRnMZk/s72-c/cyanopica-cookie.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-5378606447811620000</id><published>2008-12-31T01:36:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:11:16.660+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao Tome e Principe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Repteis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao tome'/><title type='text'>Philothamnus thomensis</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SVrM7saP14I/AAAAAAAAAFk/ZZ26w6yhVMU/s1600-h/swah-swah.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285762438578296706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SVrM7saP14I/AAAAAAAAAFk/ZZ26w6yhVMU/s320/swah-swah.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Cobra verde, endémica da ilha de São Tomé. Encontrei-a numa plantação de café durante os trabalhos de campo para a minha tese de mestrado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-5378606447811620000?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/5378606447811620000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=5378606447811620000' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/5378606447811620000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/5378606447811620000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2008/12/philothamnus-thomensis.html' title='Philothamnus thomensis'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SVrM7saP14I/AAAAAAAAAFk/ZZ26w6yhVMU/s72-c/swah-swah.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-2209114014326596583</id><published>2008-12-30T17:10:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:10:49.333+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Parque Nacional de Ordesa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Invertebrados'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Espanha'/><title type='text'>Hyles euphorbiae</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SVpXAlhBTaI/AAAAAAAAAFc/vGHYHsG-DK0/s1600-h/Hyles-euphorbiae.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285632780254924194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SVpXAlhBTaI/AAAAAAAAAFc/vGHYHsG-DK0/s320/Hyles-euphorbiae.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; “hawk moth” ... acho eu ! Encontrada pela Sarah enquanto passeavamos pelo Parque Nacional de Ordesa, Pirinéus espanhóis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-2209114014326596583?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/2209114014326596583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=2209114014326596583' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/2209114014326596583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/2209114014326596583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2008/12/hyles-euphorbiae.html' title='Hyles euphorbiae'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SVpXAlhBTaI/AAAAAAAAAFc/vGHYHsG-DK0/s72-c/Hyles-euphorbiae.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-5916120780706832678</id><published>2008-12-29T23:59:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:09:42.728+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anfibios'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><title type='text'>Epidalea calamita</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SVlk0JFQyiI/AAAAAAAAAFU/tenps9zPQsc/s1600-h/Herdade-da-Ribeira-Baixa-05-06-076.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285366484649953826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 212px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SVlk0JFQyiI/AAAAAAAAAFU/tenps9zPQsc/s320/Herdade-da-Ribeira-Baixa-05-06-076.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sapo-corredor. Distribui-se por toda a Europa, sendo que em Portugal pode ser virtualmente encontrado por tudo o país. Possui membros curtos e robustos que lhe permitem deslocar-se com muita agilidade, dando a impressão que estão a correr. Pode viver até aos 12 anos de idade e os adultos podem atingir 6-7 cm de comprimentos; Entre os seus predadores naturais contam-se as cobras-de-água e alguns mamíferos tais como a lontra e o toirão, como estratégia de defesa está espécie adoptando uma postura erguida e segrega um líquido irritante pela glândulas &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;paratóides&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-5916120780706832678?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/5916120780706832678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=5916120780706832678' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/5916120780706832678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/5916120780706832678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2008/12/epidalea-calamita.html' title='Epidalea calamita'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SVlk0JFQyiI/AAAAAAAAAFU/tenps9zPQsc/s72-c/Herdade-da-Ribeira-Baixa-05-06-076.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-2315432224427831553</id><published>2008-12-28T20:57:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:09:20.982+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao Tome e Principe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Principe'/><title type='text'>Corythornis leucogaster nais</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SVfobH_2fJI/AAAAAAAAAFM/4CDywtJTDX0/s1600-h/Alcedo-leucogaster-nais.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284948240443538578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SVfobH_2fJI/AAAAAAAAAFM/4CDywtJTDX0/s320/Alcedo-leucogaster-nais.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pica-peixe do Príncipe, Conóbia, Guarda-rios do Príncipe ...&lt;br /&gt;Subespécie endémica da ilha do Príncipe.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-2315432224427831553?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/2315432224427831553/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=2315432224427831553' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/2315432224427831553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/2315432224427831553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2008/12/corythornis-leucogaster-nais.html' title='Corythornis leucogaster nais'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SVfobH_2fJI/AAAAAAAAAFM/4CDywtJTDX0/s72-c/Alcedo-leucogaster-nais.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-4015415290957364047</id><published>2008-12-04T22:12:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:08:29.121+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mamiferos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves Espanha'/><title type='text'>Vulpes vulpes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SVaVID_iPFI/AAAAAAAAAEs/EbWPnbOQETg/s1600-h/IMG_0525.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284575178509139026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SVaVID_iPFI/AAAAAAAAAEs/EbWPnbOQETg/s320/IMG_0525.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SThV7e2DcYI/AAAAAAAAAEk/9p6zVSuubsE/s1600-h/Vulpes+Vulpes.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Monfragüe National Park&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-4015415290957364047?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/4015415290957364047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=4015415290957364047' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/4015415290957364047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/4015415290957364047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2008/12/monfrage-national-park.html' title='Vulpes vulpes'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SVaVID_iPFI/AAAAAAAAAEs/EbWPnbOQETg/s72-c/IMG_0525.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-1807312366512974367</id><published>2008-12-03T17:41:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:07:52.121+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao Tome e Principe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Repteis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao tome'/><title type='text'>Pelusios castaneus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfNPI6zJiWI/AAAAAAAAAJU/s887CTyL3Rg/s1600-h/Pelusios-castaneus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328689798750767458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfNPI6zJiWI/AAAAAAAAAJU/s887CTyL3Rg/s320/Pelusios-castaneus.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Eis um dos animais mais esquivos de São Tomé – O benKu (West african mud turtle).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-1807312366512974367?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/1807312366512974367/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=1807312366512974367' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1807312366512974367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/1807312366512974367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2008/12/benku.html' title='Pelusios castaneus'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfNPI6zJiWI/AAAAAAAAAJU/s887CTyL3Rg/s72-c/Pelusios-castaneus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-6468593359684382400</id><published>2008-09-18T20:05:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:07:24.689+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peninsula Iberica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Berlengas'/><title type='text'>Larus argentatus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sb2HTQ9lOGI/AAAAAAAAAHU/aDIRuspOQw0/s1600-h/Larus-argentatus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313551900407576674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sb2HTQ9lOGI/AAAAAAAAAHU/aDIRuspOQw0/s320/Larus-argentatus.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SNKmvOrzv7I/AAAAAAAAAEM/hupc-iqYQvk/s1600-h/Nature__Larus_michahellis__by_pacman_.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hoje cruzei-me com um panfleto sobre a Reserva Natural das &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Berlengas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; que me deixou em de certa maneira perturbado. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Diziam&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; que a reserva tinha sido criada para "salvaguardar a património natural das ilhas e o futuro da Humanidade". Isto dá que pensar, porque se o &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;ICNB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; "salvaguardar" o futuro da Humanidade da mesma forma que salvaguardou o futuros dos &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Airos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (Uria aalge) e dos &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Sardões&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (Timon lepida) que existiam nas &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Berlengas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; tenho a dizer que estamos bem feitos!&lt;br /&gt;Esta foi uma das &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;milhentas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; gaivotas que vi nas &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Berlengas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, no que toca a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Airos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; talvez tenha visto dois, quanto a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;Sardões&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; zero. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-6468593359684382400?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/6468593359684382400/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=6468593359684382400' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/6468593359684382400'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/6468593359684382400'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2008/09/larus-argentatus.html' title='Larus argentatus'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/Sb2HTQ9lOGI/AAAAAAAAAHU/aDIRuspOQw0/s72-c/Larus-argentatus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-6328066597704537882</id><published>2008-08-16T02:37:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:06:49.658+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Primata'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mamiferos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quenia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><title type='text'>Colobus guereza</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SVel_NvqIPI/AAAAAAAAAE8/S6WNQjMgbic/s1600-h/IMG_1065.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284875193182462194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SVel_NvqIPI/AAAAAAAAAE8/S6WNQjMgbic/s320/IMG_1065.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O primeiro estudo compreensivo sobre o estado dos primatas a nível mundial revelou que cerca de 50 % das espécies conhecidas encontra-se ameaçada de extinção – a maior parte está literalmente a ser “comida até a morte”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-6328066597704537882?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/6328066597704537882/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=6328066597704537882' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/6328066597704537882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/6328066597704537882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2008/08/colobus-guereza.html' title='Colobus guereza'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SVel_NvqIPI/AAAAAAAAAE8/S6WNQjMgbic/s72-c/IMG_1065.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-7793020345832147547</id><published>2008-08-13T23:06:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:06:13.950+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao Tome e Principe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Repteis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao tome'/><title type='text'>Lamprophis lineatus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfNMSO00gpI/AAAAAAAAAJM/AGqKMnnUTc4/s1600-h/Gita+-+Sao+Tome+endemic+snake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328686660210426514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfNMSO00gpI/AAAAAAAAAJM/AGqKMnnUTc4/s320/Gita+-+Sao+Tome+endemic+snake.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Supostamente esta espécie está presente tanto no Principe como em São Tomé mas os animais da duas ilhas diferem tanto no comportamento como na aparência o que leva a crer que possam ser espécies diferentes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-7793020345832147547?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/7793020345832147547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=7793020345832147547' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/7793020345832147547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/7793020345832147547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2008/08/jita.html' title='Lamprophis lineatus'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfNMSO00gpI/AAAAAAAAAJM/AGqKMnnUTc4/s72-c/Gita+-+Sao+Tome+endemic+snake.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695349326801098974.post-4345527899357411670</id><published>2008-08-08T15:59:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-04T00:34:43.872Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anfibios'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Africa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sao Tome e Principe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='São Tomé'/><title type='text'>Hyperolius molleri</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SVfiVkpR0qI/AAAAAAAAAFE/opFr0yQIsEs/s1600-h/IMG_2428.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284941547984507554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SVfiVkpR0qI/AAAAAAAAAFE/opFr0yQIsEs/s320/IMG_2428.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Encontrei-me com esta personagem durante o trabalho de campo da a minha tese de mestrado em São Tomé. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Factos sobre anfíbios:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;· Cerca de &lt;strong&gt;metade das espécies&lt;/strong&gt; descritas de anfíbios encontra-se &lt;strong&gt;em declínio&lt;/strong&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;· Pelo menos &lt;strong&gt;165&lt;/strong&gt; pensa-se já &lt;strong&gt;extintas&lt;/strong&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;· &lt;strong&gt;32% das espécies&lt;/strong&gt; conhecidas encontra-se classifcados como &lt;strong&gt;Em Perigo&lt;/strong&gt; (categoria em que se encontram 12% das aves e 23% dos mamíferos).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4695349326801098974-4345527899357411670?l=monachusphotography.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/feeds/4345527899357411670/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4695349326801098974&amp;postID=4345527899357411670' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/4345527899357411670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4695349326801098974/posts/default/4345527899357411670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://monachusphotography.blogspot.com/2008/08/hyperolius-thomensis.html' title='Hyperolius molleri'/><author><name>Ricardo Rocha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04645426567518834021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SfX6tf0CZBI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/lIuatemXggk/S220/Ricardo+Rocha.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZC0kV4Hd68M/SVfiVkpR0qI/AAAAAAAAAFE/opFr0yQIsEs/s72-c/IMG_2428.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
