Saturday, 30 September 2023

Penguins, Whipsnape Zoo




Northern Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes moseleyi




African Penguin, Spheniscus demersus

Whipsnape Zoo

My first visit hear for decades! It really has improved.




African Wild Dog

Reticulated Giraffe Giraffa reticulata

Gemsbok


Southern White Rhino


Common Hippopotamus 

Ostrich


American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber



Emperor Goose Anser canagicus

Amur Tiger


Japanese Crane and chick Grus japonensis



Francois Langur


Taki

Greater One-horned Rhino

Red Kite, a wild inhabitant


Pied Wagtail, another wild species



Greater One-horned Rhino


Wild European Rabbit

Bennett's Wallaby

Chinese Crocodile Lizard Lygodactylus williamsi

Female Turquoise Dwarf Gecko 

Lime Swallowtail Papilio demoleus

Blue Morpho Morpho peleides

Possibly a Postman Butterfly Heliconius melpomine, but with a lack of white patterning. It seems this species can be variable and readily hybridises.

Malachite Butterfly, Siproeta Stevens

A mating pair of Postman Butterflies

Julia Longwing Dryas iulia

Carnation Lynx


Brown Bear

Hooded Merganser

Southern White Rhino

Blesbok Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi


Gemsbok




Eclipse Waterbuck


Cheetah

Nilgai 



Asian Elephant