Month: December 2013
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Phalacrocorax carbo
Read More: Phalacrocorax carboSpecies: Phalacrocorax carbo English Name: Great Cormorant Chinese Name: 普通鸕鷀 Family: Phalacrocoracidae Description: This large waterbird (77-94 cm) is mostly all black with a prominent yellow facial skin and black bill, legs and feet. In the summer, adults have a white neck and thighs. Juveniles are white below. The great cormorant can be seen in Macao freshwater reservoirs in…
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Duttaphrynus melanostictus
Read More: Duttaphrynus melanostictusSpecies: Duttaphrynus melanostictus English Name: Asian Toad, Asian Common Toad, Black-spectacled Toad Chinese Name: 黑眶蟾蜍 Family: Bufonidae Description: Large toad (20 cm) with several bony ridges on the top of the head and distinct tympanum. The color ranges from grey to brown with dark spots. Adults are terrestrial and may be found under ground cover. Photos used under a…
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Chiloscyllium plagiosum
Read More: Chiloscyllium plagiosumSpecies: Chiloscyllium plagiosum English Name: Whitespotted Bambooshark Chinese Name: 条纹斑竹鲨 Family: Hemiscylliidae Description: Long, slender carpet shark with grayish and brown body, dark bands and white spots. Adults can grow up to 1 m long. They live on rocky bottoms where prey at night for small invertebrates and fishes. Used for human consumption, Chinese medicine and fishkeeping. Photos used…
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Tenodera sinensis
Read More: Tenodera sinensisSpecies: Tenodera sinensis English Name: Chinese Mantis Chinese Name: 中华大刀螳 Family: Mantidae Description: Long, slender Praying Mantis with some individuals reaching 11 cm long. The color ranges from bright green to brown or a combination thereof. They feed on other insects and cannibalism is common: the sexual cannibalism is the well known, but it happens on the early stages…
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Psilotum nudum
Read More: Psilotum nudumSpecies: Psilotum nudum English name: Pine-leaved Fern; Fork Fern Chinese name: 松葉蕨、松葉蘭、鐵掃把 Family: Psilotaceae Description: Epiphytic ferns, perennial herb. The subterranean stem crawls, does not have the root, only then the hairy absorber and rhizoid, usually have the fungus root. Considered a primitive plant, a descendent of possibly the first group of vascular plants. Psilotum nudum means bare naked because…
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Egretta sacra
Read More: Egretta sacraSpecies: Egretta sacra English Name: Pacific Reef Heron Chinese Name: 岩鷺 Family: Ardeidae Description: This medium-sized heron (58-66 cm) has two color morphs: dark and white. The dark morph is all dark grey with a white chin and throat line. The white morph (very rare in Macao) is all white. The both morphs have black-yellow bill and greenish-yellow legs.…
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Egretta garzetta
Read More: Egretta garzettaSpecies: Egretta garzetta English Name: Little Egret Chinese Name: 白鷺 Family: Ardeidae Description: The little egret is a small all white egret with 65-55 cm long. He has a slim black bill, black legs and yellow feet. In the summer, adult have two long nape plumes. This species is a Macao resident. Photos used under a Creative Commons license…
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Egretta intermedia
Read More: Egretta intermediaSpecies: Egretta intermedia English Name: Intermediate Egret Chinese Name: 中白鷺 Family: Ardeidae Description: This medium-sized egret (65-72 cm) has a all-white plumage, yellow bill with a black tip and black legs. Unlike the Eastern Great Egret, the gape line does not extend beyond the eye. In Macao, it occurs in mudflat and other wetlands. Photos used under a Creative…
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Butorides striata
Read More: Butorides striataSpecies: Butorides striata English Name: Striated Heron Chinese Name: 綠鷺 Family: Ardeidae Description: This is a small heron (35-48 cm) with a long black bill, short neck and short yellow legs. In adults, the underparts are white-grey, the back and wings are darker with a black crown and crest. In Macao, it occurs from April to October. Photos used…
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Ardea purpurea
Read More: Ardea purpureaSpecies: Ardea purpurea English Name: Purple Heron Chinese Name: 草鷺 Family: Ardeidae Description: The purple heron is a large bird with 70-90cm in length. The plumage is reddish-brown in adults and browner in juvenils. It occurs in Macau as a autumn migrant. Photos used under a Creative Commons license References: – Department of Gardens and Green Areas, Civic and Municipal…
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Chinese Horseshoe Bat
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Least Horseshoe Bat
Chinese name: 小菊頭蝠Family: 菊頭蝠科 RhinolophidaeScientific name: Rhinolophus pusillusConservation status: 無危Habitat: Cave and forests Description:This is a small bat species found in South and Southeast Asia. It is characterized by its distinctive horseshoe-shaped noseleaf, which aids in echolocation. Its fur is typically brown or gray. This species inhabits caves, forests, and sometimes buildings, often roosting in small…
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Intermediate Horseshoe Bat
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