by Peter Rowland | Sunday, October 18, 2020
Iridescent Flutterer Scientific Name: Rhyothemis braganza Size: Wingspan 85 mm What does it look like? The adult Iridescent Flutterer is blackish with broad, membranous wings, each having dark, metallic purplish-black basal patches of similar length and transparent...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, October 18, 2020
Indo-Pacific Portuguese Man-O-War Scientific Name: Physalia utriculus (Some published sources have synominised this species with P. physalis) Size: 100 mm (bell width) What does it look like? The Indo-Pacific Portugese Man-of-War is generally blue, with an enlarged...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, February 27, 2022
Humpback Whale Scientific Name: Megaptera novaeangliae Size: Total Length 18m What does it look like? The Humpback Whale is greyish-black above and sharply contrasting white below. Flippers long and slender (up to 5m) with knobs with barnacles on trailing edge. Tail...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, October 18, 2020
House Sparrow Scientific Name: Passer domesticus Size: 14 to 16 cm What does it look and sound like? The male House Sparrow has black and brown upperparts, pale grey underparts, a grey crown, and a black face and throat (the size of the black patch on the throat...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, October 18, 2020
House Mouse Scientific Name: Mus musculus Size: Total Length 9 cm (plus tail 10 cm) What does it look like? The House Mouse is pale brown to blackish, with whitish or pale brown belly. Tail mostly naked, with circular annulations (rows) of scales. Where is it found?...
