Pictures of fauna

Images of fauna taken by Rhett Ayers Butler. Last updated: January 2, 2023.

Lion approaching a wildebeest herd

Lion approaching a wildebeest herd

Little Bee-eater {Merops pusillus}

Little Bee-eater {Merops pusillus}

Male Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) chewing on grass

Male Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) chewing on grass

Cape buffalo with a Red-billed Oxpecker

Cape buffalo with a Red-billed Oxpecker

Stellar's sea lions

Stellar's sea lions

Trioceros sternfeldi chameleon

Trioceros sternfeldi chameleon

African elephant (Loxodonta africana) covering its eyes with its trunk

African elephant (Loxodonta africana) covering its eyes with its trunk

Bohor Reedbuck doe licking her ankle

Bohor Reedbuck doe licking her ankle

Young female lion

Young female lion

Black Colobus monkey (Colobus angolensis)

Black Colobus monkey (Colobus angolensis)

White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis)

White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis)

Sykes's Monkey Cercopithecus albogularis

Sykes's Monkey Cercopithecus albogularis

African elephants wading in a marsh

African elephants wading in a marsh

Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) on a dirt road

Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) on a dirt road

Black Kite (Milvus migrans)

Black Kite (Milvus migrans)

Plains zebra (Equus quagga burchellii)

Plains zebra (Equus quagga burchellii)

Gulls in flight

Gulls in flight

Maasai Mara sunset width buffalo

Maasai Mara sunset width buffalo

Young female lion -- tz_1726a

Young female lion -- tz_1726a

Elephants crossing a river bed

Elephants crossing a river bed

Bald eagle

Superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus) collecting grass

Superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus) collecting grass

Spotted hyena

Pair of plains zebra

Pair of plains zebra

Female lion with wildebeest kill

Female lion with wildebeest kill

Impala (Aepyceros melampus )

Impala (Aepyceros melampus )

Two young brown bears on a rocky beach in Alaska

Two young brown bears on a rocky beach in Alaska

Juvenile African puff adder (Bitis arietans)

Juvenile African puff adder (Bitis arietans)

Humpback whales breaching

Humpback whales breaching

Humpback whales breaching

Humpback whales breaching

Lion cubs

Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas)

Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas)

Male ostrich defending chicks

Male ostrich defending chicks

Orphaned elephant drinking milk at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

Orphaned elephant drinking milk at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

African Pygmy-falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus)

African Pygmy-falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus)

Infant elephant

Infant elephant

Infant elephant

Infant elephant

Suni (Neotragus moschatus) on Mt. Kenya

Suni (Neotragus moschatus) on Mt. Kenya

Frog

Standing bears

Kirk's Dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii)

Kirk's Dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii)

Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) feeding on a lion kill

Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) feeding on a lion kill

Vietnamese Mossy Frog (Theloderma corticale)

Vietnamese Mossy Frog (Theloderma corticale)

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

Elephants on a sandy riverbed

Elephants on a sandy riverbed

Pair of vervet monkeys standing on rear legs

Pair of vervet monkeys standing on rear legs

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

Tiny magenta-colored spider

Tiny magenta-colored spider

Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)

Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)

Bald eagle

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in the Ngorongoro Crater

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in the Ngorongoro Crater

Female Southern Tree Hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) with baby

Female Southern Tree Hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) with baby

African elephant

African elephant

African Wattled Plover (Vanellus senegallus)

African Wattled Plover (Vanellus senegallus)

Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2221

Ruppell's Vultures (Gyps rueppelli)

Blue orange and green beetle on Mt. Kenya

Helmeted guineafowl

Bohor Reedbuck doe

Southern Tree Hyrax with baby

Humpback whales breaching

A foal as a baby zebra is known

White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis)

Altum Angel (Pterophyllum altum)

Lioness with wildebeest kill

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) sitting on a termite mount

Humpback whales breaching

Humpback whale spyhopping

Infant elephant

Trioceros sternfeldi chameleon -- tz_2148

Gold dust day gecko a lizard introduced to Hawaii from Madagascar

Blue morpho butterfly

Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) stag

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) - headshot

Superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus) not Hildebrandt's Starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti)

Black and white colobus monkey in a Jacaranda tree

Phyllobates vittatus dart poison frog

Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) on sea ice in front of Johns Hopkins Glacier

Lion cubs peaking around a tree

Little Bee-eater {Merops pusillus} -- tz_1567

Arrow-marked Babbler (Turdoides jardineii)

Humpback whale tail

Zebra among scrub trees

Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori)

Humpback whales breaching

Approaching elephant

Habor seals on sea ice

Wagler's Pit Viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri)

Cape buffalo with a Red-billed Oxpecker -- tz_1585

Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudata -- tz_1355

White-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis senegalensis) [female]

Mother lion sleeping with cubs

Humpback whale tail

Gulls in flight

Male ostrich defending chicks -- tz_1868

White-Headed Buffalo Weaver (Dimenellia dinemelli)

Lion scratching itself in the morning sun

Herd of wildebeest

Eristaline hover-fly (Eristalinus quinquelineatus) not a tse-tse fly

African elephant (Loxodonta africana)

Heliconius melpomene butterflies mating

Black Colobus monkey (Colobus angolensis)

Female lion eating a wildebeest

Blue morpho butterfly

Bald eagle atop a tree in Glacier Bay National Park

Moon jelly (Aurelia sp)

Humpback whales breaching

Superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus) collecting nest-building materials

Humpback whales breaching

Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)

Lamplugh Glacier

Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2304

Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) headshot

Buffalo at sunset

Waxy monkey tree frog (Phyllomedusa sauvagei)

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

Humpback whales breaching

Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus)

Yellow-fronted Canary (Serinus mozambicus)

Lion cubs -- tz_1657

Lion in the morning sun

Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2218

Tanzania blue day gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi)

Waxy monkey tree frog (Phyllomedusa sauvagei)

Yellow-fronted Canary (Serinus mozambicus)

Pair of golden jackal (Canis aureus)

Profile of an Olive Baboon (Papio anubis)

Humpback whales breaching

Humpback whales breaching

Herd of Thomson's Gazelle (Gazella thomsoni)

Humpback whales breaching

Scrube hare (Lepus saxatilis)

Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons)

Elephants feeding on a grassy plain

Pair of plains zebra

Tanzania blue gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi)

Crowned Cranes (Balearica regulorum)

Snarling lioness

Humpback whales breaching

Humpback whale tail

Humpback whales breaching

Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus)

Line of Wildebeest; part of their famous migration

Wildebeest migration

Group of Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis

Brown bear cubs

Masai or Kilimanjaro Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi)

Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) -- tz_1554

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) in flight

Group of Southern Eland (Taurotragus oryx)

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus

Gulls on the shore of Glacier Bay

Bohor Reedbuck (Redunca redunca)

African elephants

Rock hyrax feeding on alpine moss on Mt. Kenya

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)

Humpback whales breaching

Dark red flowers of the African sausage tree (Kigelia pinnata)

Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudata

Baby vervet monkey

African elephant eating savanna grass

Stellar's sea lions

Yellow-throated longclaw (Macronyx croceus)

Mandarin Goby (Pterosynchiropus splendidus)

Three young brown bears watching two other bear cubs on a rocky beach

Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)

Herd of blue wildebeest

Elephant at sunset

Bird fluffing feathers to keep warm on Mt. Kenya

Tailless Mabuya skink on a tree trunk

Profile of a laughing hyena -- tz_2398

Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) on sea ice in front of Johns Hopkins Glacier

Group of banded mongoose (Mungos mungo)

Lion scratching itself in the morning sun

Group of buffalo watching two spotted hyena

Elephants on the African savanna

Bitis arietans snake

Dead crab in Hana

Crowned Cranes (Balearica regulorum)

Bald eagle in flight

Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus

Rock hyrax feeding on alpine moss on Mt. Kenya

Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)

Male ostrich defending chicks -- tz_1882

Ruppell's Vultures (Gyps rueppelli)

Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in Glacier Bay

Humpback whale peaking out of the water

Male Bohor Reedbuck (Redunca redunca)

Profile of a laughing hyena

Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis) atop a tree

Sunbird feeding on nectar

Red-necked Francolin

Red and black butterfly

Herd of elephants in a riverbed

Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)

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