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Red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) male, Chitwan National Park, Nepal The Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus) is a tropical member of the Pheasant family. It is thought to be ancestral to the domestic chicken, with some hybridisation with the Grey Junglefowl. The Red Junglefowl was first domest...

By Peter Prokosch

Orient Darter (Anhinga melanogaster) This species is suspected to be in moderately rapid decline, owing to pollution, drainage and hunting. It inhabits shallow inland wetlands including lakes, rivers, swamps and reservoirs. In common with many other Asian w...

By Peter Prokosch

Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis), Chitwan National Park, Nepal Restricted to tiny fragments of grassland scattered across South and Southeast Asia, the Bengal Florican is the world's rarest bustard. It is known to have become increasingly threatened by land conversion for intensive ...

By Peter Prokosch

Red Panda (Ailurus fulgenst), Sagarmatha National Park, Himalaya, Nepal The red panda photograph has been taken in a bamboo-rich forest at a level of about 3,500 m above sea level in the Sargamarta (Mount Everest) national park in Nepal. The red panda can be seen as a well-known (but rarly s...

By Peter Prokosch

Trail in the Sagarmatha National Park with sign to protect the Musk Deer Hiking through the Sagarmatha national park, signs from local people remind to protect the Himalaya Musk Deer. This shy Himalayan mammal species is listed by IUCN as Endangered because of a probable serious population de...

By Peter Prokosch

Himalayan Musk Deer (Moschus chrysogaster), Sagarmatha National Park / Nepal This shy Himalayan mammal species is listed by IUCN as Endangered because of a probable serious population decline. The musk produced by this genus of primitive deer is highly valued for its cosmetic and alleged pharmace...

By Peter Prokosch

Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus) on its breeding site, Meinypyl'gino, Chukotka, Northeast Siberia This charismatic species is listed as Critically Endangered because it has an extremely small population which is undergoing an extremely rapid population reduction. This is because of a number of factors, including habi...

By Christoph Zöckler

Great Knots (Calidris tenuirostris) feeding on the former Saemangeum flats, South Korea This species has been uplisted to Vulnerable owing to a rapid population decline caused by the reclamation of non-breeding stopover grounds, and under the assumption that further proposed reclamation projects will cause ...

By Ju Yung Ki

By Ju Yung Ki

Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica), former Saemangeum flats, South Korea Shorebirds, which raise millions of offspring during a very short breeding season in the Arctic tundra, are an excellent example of a highly specialized migratory species. Among them is the Bar-tailed Godwit, which makes...

By Ju Yung Ki

By Ju Yung Ki

Leopard (Panthera pardus), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya The leopard (Panthera pardus) is the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa,...

By Peter Prokosch

Male Lion (Panthera leo), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wil...

By Peter Prokosch

Female Lion with cubs (Panthera leo), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wil...

By Peter Prokosch

Female Lion (Panthera leo), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wil...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Cheetahs (Acinonyx Jubatus) got a wilderbeest, Masai Mara reserve, Kenya The cheetah is the fastest living terrestrial animal in the world. Historically present across Africa and Asia, the cheetah has experienced major contractions in range and population size, threatening the survival of the...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

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