Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/In their habitats

Gallery of Animals in their Habitats This page is a gallery of featured pictures that the community has chosen to be highlighted as some of the finest on Commons. Other galleries containing featured pictures of animals: Arthropods Fish Amphibians Reptiles Birds Mammals Other animals Bones and fossils Shells Animals in their habitats   This gallery is for photos with animals as part of a landscape or cityscape, the places where they live and interact with other species. Photos for species identification and animal portraits, are displayed in the primary animal galleries. Animals in their own environment Amphibians Indosylvirana urbis-Kadavoor-2017-05-05-001.jpg Indosylvirana urbis (Urban Golden-backed frog) Grasfrosch-Rana-temporaria-side.jpg Rana temporaria (Common frog) Teichfrosch Pelophylax esculentus Gruga 003.jpg Pelophylax esculentus (Edible Frog) Top See also: Amphibian habitats (category) Galleries   Arthropods Coccinella septempunctata Luc Viatour.JPG Coccinella quinquepunctata Gemeine Blutzikade, Cercopis vulnerata 1.JPG Cercopis vulnerata (Black-and-red Froghopper) Pyrrhocoris apterus (Kowale bezskrzydłe).JPG Pyrrhocoris apterus (Firebug) Pseudomallada edwardsi AF 1.jpg Pseudomallada edwardsi Atractomorpha lata, Burdwan, West Bengal, India 27 10 2012.jpg ♂ Atractomorpha lata Zayapa (Grapsus grapsus), Cerro Brujo, isla de San Cristóbal, islas Galápagos, Ecuador, 2015-07-24, DD 151.JPG Grapsus grapsus (Marbled Rock Crab) Top See also: Insect habitats (category) Galleries   Arachnids (Spiders, ticks, mites, etc.) Misumena vatia on Achillea millefolium qtl2.jpg Misumena vatia (Goldenrod Crab Spider) Tulip Tree Liriodendron tulipifera Leaf Underside Red Mite 2700px.jpg Unidentified Acari on a Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip Tree) leaf Image is also a Featured picture of Magnoliales Top See also: Arachnida (category) Galleries   Diptera (Flies) Schizophyllum commune with Pollenia sp. male on Betula.jpg ♂ Pollenia sp. (Cluster Fly) on a Schizophyllum commune Scatophaga stercoraria 3 Luc Viatour.jpg Scathophaga stercoraria (Yellow Dung Fly) Hoverfly May 2008-8.jpg Episyrphus balteatus (Marmalade Hoverfly) Hoverfly on flower edit.jpg Sphaerophoria scripta (Long Hoverfly) Top See also: Diptera (category) Galleries   Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps, etc.) Anchusa undulata 1.jpg Anthophora sp. Bee mid air.jpg Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee) Bee on Lavender Blossom 2.jpg Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee) Lasius niger y Cinara tujafilina en Thuja orientalis.jpg Lasius niger (Black Garden Ant) Image is also a Featured picture of Hemiptera PolistesDominulus.jpg Polistes dominula (European Paper Wasp), on a Lilium (True Lily) plant Vespula vulgaris.jpg Vespula vulgaris (Common Wasp) Top See also: Hymenoptera (category) Galleries   Lepidoptera (Butterflies) Eurema blanda at Nayikayam Thattu.jpg Eurema blanda (Three-Spot Grass Yellow) Zitronenfalter ♂ Gonepteryx rhamni 4.JPG ♂ Gonepteryx rhamni (Common Brimstone) 2013.08.04.-04-Ladenburg-Hauhechel-Blaeuling-Maennchen.jpg ♂ Polyommatus icarus (Common Blue) Gemeiner Bläuling.jpg Gemeiner Bläuling Danaus plexippus (7).jpg Danaus plexippus (Monarch Butterfly) Butterfly 053.JPG Caligo sp. (Owl Butterfly) Großes Ochsenauge Maniola jurtina 3.JPG ♂ Maniola jurtina (Meadow Brown) Argynnis adippe auf Centaurea jacea 01.jpg Argynnis adippe (High Brown Fritillary) Carterocephalus palaemon grassroots.jpg Carterocephalus palaemon (Chequered Skipper) Chenille chevrefeuille.jpg Macrothylacia rubi (Fox Moth), caterpillar Dwarf birch spinner (Eriogaster arbusculae) cocoon Dovrefjell.jpg Dwarf birch spinner (Eriogaster arbusculae) cocoon Dovrefjell ComputerHotline - Lepidoptera sp. (by) (30).jpg Attacus atlas (Atlas Moth) Top See also: Lepidoptera (category) Galleries   Odonata (Damselflies and Dragonflies) Emperor-Dragonfly-(5).jpg ♀ Anax imperator (Emperor Dragonfly) 2015.07.07.-24-Mulde Eilenburg--Schwarze Heidelibelle-Weibchen.jpg ♀ Sympetrum danae (Black Darter) Libélula (Orthetrum sabina) sobre un Gymnocalicium mihanowichii, Ciudad Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, 2013-08-14, DD 02.jpg Orthetrum sabina (Slender Skimmer) Libélula (Tramea sp), isla Lobos, islas Galápagos, Ecuador, 2015-07-25, DD 61.jpg Tramea sp. (Saddlebag) Top See also: Odonata (category) Galleries   Birds Birds among buildings Jubilee and Munin, Ravens, Tower of London 2016-04-30.jpg Corvus corax (Common Ravens) Jubilee and Munin, ravens at the Tower of London 2013.06.23.-08-Wesenberg-Rauchschwalben.jpg Hirundo rustica (Barn Swallows) Schlüsselau Störche Nest P4RM1792.jpg Ciconia ciconia (White Stork) Fonte Gaia - she wolf detail.jpg Columba livia (Rock Dove) Image is also a Featured picture of fountains Trinkende Taube am Neptunbrunnen in Tübingen 2019 cropped.jpg Columba livia (Rock Dove) Top See also: Bird habitats (category) Galleries   Birds in open places Weißrückengeier Gyps africanus HP L2043.JPG Gyps africanus (White-backed Vultures) Birds on the wire - crop.jpg Unidentified Icteridae White-cheeked Starlings perching on the cables.jpg Sturnus cineraceus (White-cheeked Starlings) Pelecanus rufescens - Étang de Bages-Sigean 01.jpg Pelecanus rufescens (Pink-backed Pelican) Ciconia ciconia - Heidelberg.jpg Ciconia ciconia (White stork) Rock doves in flight.jpg Columba livia (Rock Dove) Rooster04 adjusted.jpg ♂ Gallus gallus subsp. domesticus (Chicken) Sandhill Cranes in flight 7960.jpg Grus canadensis (Sandhill Cranes) Budgerigar- Mount Hope.jpg Budgerigar- Mount Hope זריחה באגמון חולה בזמן נדידת העגורים.jpg זריחה באגמון חולה בזמן נדידת העגורים Top See also: Bird habitats (category) Galleries   Birds near water Old Pier, Salen, Isle of Mull.jpg The old pier at Salen on the Isle of Mull Osprey landing in the nest at Camp Echockotee.JPG Pandion haliaetus (Osprey) CygnusOlorNaturalHabitatMorning.jpg Cygnus olor (Mute Swan) A Colony of Brünnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) at Alkefjellet, Svalbard.jpg Uria lomvia (Thick-billed Murres) Image is also a Featured picture of Norway Gulls on Morro Strand State Beach.jpg Laridae sp. (Gulls on Morro Strand State Beach) Kittywakes (Rissa tridactyla) hunting fish at a glacier on Svalbard.jpg Rissa tridactyla (Black-legged Kittiwake) Solitary sandpiper in swamps.jpg Tringa solitaria (Solitary sandpiper) Starlings on a birdhouse (92039).jpg Starlings on a birdhouse (92039) Cistothorus palustris CT2.jpg Cistothorus palustris (Marsh Wren) Great Blue Heron Yellowstone.jpg Great Blue Heron Yellowstone Ardea alba in mangrove.jpg Ardea alba (Great Egret) Little Egret 2013 05 12 9241d.jpg Egretta garzetta (Little Egret) Yellow crowned night heron in la manzanilla mexico-1.jpg Nyctanassa violacea (Yellow-crowned Night Heron) Dusky Moorhen Water Lilies.jpg Gallinula tenebrosa (Dusky Moorhen) Flamingos in Hörmetci reeds.jpg Flamingos in Hörmetci reeds Colony of aptenodytes patagonicus.jpg Aptenodytes patagonicus (King Penguins) Pingüinos de El Cabo (Spheniscus demersus), Playa de Boulders, Simon's Town, Sudáfrica, 2018-07-23, DD PAN 40-42.jpg Spheniscus demersus (African penguins) Camargue Étang de Vaccarès.jpg Phalacrocorax carbo (Great Cormorants) Phalacrocorax carbo, Hérault River cf01.jpg Phalacrocorax carbo (Great Cormorant) Oriental Darter with fish, Nepal.jpg Oriental Darter with fish, Nepal Crepuscular rays in ggp 2.jpg Crepuscular rays in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco Canada Geese and morning fog.jpg Branta canadensis (Canada Geese) and morning fog in Golden Gate Park California Image is also a Featured picture of Anseriformes Top See also: Bird habitats (category) Galleries   Birds in wooded areas Milvus migrans qtl1.jpg Milvus migrans (Black Kite) Scarlet tanager in GWC (25318).jpg Scarlet tanager in GWC (25318) Mejsene fodres-4.jpg Eurasian blue tit leaves the nest box Merak tarung.jpg Pavo muticus (Green Peacock) Händkakk 2014.JPG Strix uralensis (Ural Owl) Дві сови на гілці.jpg Дві сови на гілці Tyto alba 1 Luc Viatour.jpg Tyto alba (Western Barn Owl) Top See also: Bird habitats (category) Galleries   Fish Paracirrhites forsteri Forsters Hawkfish juvenile Papua New Guinea by Nick Hobgood.jpg Paracirrhites forsteri (Black-sided Hawkfish), juvenile Banco de peces trompeta (Macroramphosus scolopax), islas Azores, Portugal, 2020-07-27, DD 38.jpg Banco de peces trompeta (Macroramphosus scolopax), islas Azores, Portugal, 2020-07-27, DD 38 Banco de peces trompeta (Macroramphosus scolopax), islas Azores, Portugal, 2020-07-27, DD 40.jpg Banco de peces trompeta (Macroramphosus scolopax), islas Azores, Portugal, 2020-07-27, DD 40 Tiburón azul (Prionace glauca) y submarinista, canal Fayal-Pico, islas Azores, Portugal, 2020-07-27, DD 08.jpg Tiburón azul (Prionace glauca) y submarinista, canal Fayal-Pico, islas Azores, Portugal, 2020-07-27, DD 08 Parque Nacional Marinho de Fernando de Noronha - João Paulo Marques DAndretta 1-edited.jpg Parque Nacional Marinho de Fernando de Noronha - João Paulo Marques DAndretta 1 Top See also: Fish habitats (category) Galleries   Mammals Bat cave in El Maviri Sinaloa - Mexico.jpg Bat cave in El Maviri Sinaloa - Mexico NMMP dolphin with locator.jpeg Tursiops truncatus (Common Bottlenose Dolphin) Chevaux estive Pyrenees.jpg Equus caballus (Horses) Horse-drawn sleighs 2012 G1.jpg Equus caballus (Horse) Image is also a Featured picture of vehicles Auf dem Gehrenberg 6.jpg Equus caballus (Horse) Onagers Negev Mountains 1.jpg Equus hemionus (Onagers) Masai Mara National Reserve 20 - Mara river crossing.jpg Masai Mara National Reserve 20 - Mara river crossing Cavalos nas dunas de Jericoacora (edited).jpg Cavalos nas dunas de Jericoacora (edited) Baboon @ Steenbras River Gorge 1.jpg Baboon @ Steenbras River Gorge 1 SL Bundala NP asv2020-01 img30.jpg SL Bundala NP asv2020-01 img30 Khaoyai 06.jpg Elephas maximus (Asian elephant) Loxodonta africana South Luangwa National Park (1).jpg Loxodonta africana (African Bush Elephant) Elephants rushing to water (Etosha, 2013).jpg Loxodonta africana (African Bush Elephant) California ground squirrel at Point Lobos.jpg Otospermophilus beecheyi (California Ground Squirrel) Japanese Squirrel edited version.jpg Sciurus lis (Japanese Squirrel) Squirrel in CP (40494).jpg Squirrel in CP (40494) Top See also: Mammal habitats (category) Galleries   Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates) Faroese sheep Sumba 1.jpg Sumba sheeps 1 Herding sheep353 (edited).jpg Herding sheep Aepyceros melampus petersi female 8014.jpg Aepyceros melampus (Impalas) Bos grunniens at Letdar on Annapurna Circuit.jpg Bos grunniens (Domestic Yak) Delleboersterheide – Catspoele Natuurgebied van It Fryske Gea. Omgeving van het heideveld 034.jpg Delleboersterheide – Catspoele Natuurgebied van It Fryske Gea. Omgeving van het heideveld 034 Anjarle Bridge and Cows-fix.jpg Bos taurus (Cattles) Image is also a Featured picture of bridges Alpine Ibex in Gornergrat.JPG Capra ibex (Alpine Ibex) CH cow 2.jpg Bos taurus (Braunvieh Cattle) 2012-wildebeest-fight.jpg Connochaetes taurinus (Blue Wildebeest) Gazelles of Sunset.jpg Gazella sp. (Gazelles) Buffalos at Hürmetçi Wetlands.jpg Buffalos at Hürmetçi Wetlands 002 Wild Alpine Ibex Swiss Alps and Creux du Van Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg 002 Wild Alpine Ibex Swiss Alps and Creux du Van Photo by Giles Laurent Vicugna vicugna Salar de Chalviri.jpg Vicugna vicugna Salar de Chalviri ET Afar asv2018-01 img06 Lake Karum area.jpg ET Afar asv2018-01 img06 Lake Karum area Camels in Jordan valley (4568207363).jpg Camels in Jordan valley Lamas in the sunset San Pedro de Atacama Chile Luca Galuzzi 2006.jpg Lama glama (Llamas) Cervus elaphus Luc Viatour 1.jpg ♂ Cervus elaphus (Red Deer) Axis axis crossing the road.JPG Axis axis (Chital) Reindeer Ljungris October 2014 02.jpg Rangifer tarandus (Reindeers) Три олениці взимку.jpg Три олениці взимку Three giraffes 01.jpg Three giraffes 01 Top See also: Artiodactyla (category) Galleries   Carnivora (Carnivores) Лиса-огневка на фоне Вилючинского вулкана.jpg Vulpes vulpes subsp. beringiana (Red Fox) Sara - Perro Pastor 01.jpg Canis lupus subsp. familiaris (Gos-d'Atura-Catala) Cheetah at Sunset.jpg Acinonyx jubatus (Cheetah) Lionesses Scratching Tree Cubs Luangwa Jul23 A7C 06340.jpg Lionesses Scratching Tree Cubs Luangwa Jul23 A7C 06340 Duesternbrook Leopard auf Baum.jpg Panthera pardus subsp. pardus (African Leopard) Лежка моржей на острове Нортбрук.jpg Odobenus rosmarus (Walrus) Lobo marino (Zalophus californianus wollebaeki), Punta Pitt, isla de San Cristóbal, islas Galápagos, Ecuador, 2015-07-24, DD 11.JPG Zalophus wollebaeki (Galápagos Sea Lion) Polar bear after unlucky hunt for a seal.jpg Polar bear after unlucky hunt for a seal Top See also: Carnivora (category) Galleries   Reptiles Alligator mississippiensis 2 babies.jpg Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator) Chamaeleo namaquensis (Namib-Naukluft, 2011).jpg Chamaeleo namaquensis (Namaqua Chameleon) Combat-de-phelsumes-sur-un-bananier.JPG Phelsuma laticauda subsp. laticauda (Gold Dust Day Gecko) Iguana marina (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), isla Lobos, islas Galápagos, Ecuador, 2015-07-25, DD 47.JPG Iguana marina (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), isla Lobos, islas Galápagos, Ecuador, 2015-07-25, DD 47 CtenosauraSimilis.jpg Ctenosaura similis (Black Spiny-tailed Iguana) Anolis marmoratus Lamarre 2010-04-05.jpg Anolis marmoratus (Leopard Anole) BennyTrapp Natrix helvetica.jpg BennyTrapp Natrix helvetica Hawaii turtle 2.JPG Chelonia mydas (Green Sea Turtle) Green turtle Chelonia mydas is basking on Punaluu Beach Big Island of Hawaii.jpg Chelonia mydas (Green Sea Turtle) Parque Nacional Marinho de Fernando de Noronha - João Paulo Marques DAndretta 12.jpg Parque Nacional Marinho de Fernando de Noronha - João Paulo Marques DAndretta 12 Turtle rock in Prospect Park (01717).jpg Turtle rock in Prospect Park (01717) Top See also: Reptile habitats (category) Galleries   Other animals Ice planet and antarctic jellyfish.jpg Diplulmaris antarctica Bigfin reef squid (11760).jpg Bigfin reef squid (11760) Top See also: Animal habitats (category) Galleries   Mixed animal groups Morena gigante (Gymnothorax javanicus), Ras Katy, Sharm el-Sheij, Egipto, 2022-03-26, DD 83.jpg Giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus) surrounded by net fire coral (Millepora dichotoma), Ras Katy, Sharm el-Sheikh, Red Sea, Egypt Amphiprion sandaracinos on Heteractis crispa.jpg Amphiprion sandaracinos (Orange Skunk Clownfish) on Heteractis crispa (Sebae Anemone) Amphiprion ocellaris (Clown anemonefish) in Heteractis magnifica (Sea anemone).jpg Amphiprion ocellaris (Ocellaris Clownfish) Atriolum robustum (Ascidian) on Siphonogorgia godeffroyi (Soft tree coral).jpg Atriolum robustum on Siphonogorgia godeffroyi (Cherry Blossom Coral) Montastraea cavernosa (Great Star Coral) with Elacatinus oceanops (Neon Goby).jpg Montastraea cavernosa (Great Star Coral) with Elacatinus oceanops (Neon Goby) Image is also a Featured picture of fish Three moon jellyfishes captured by a lion's mane jellyfish 1.jpg Three moon jellyfishes captured by a lion's mane jellyfish Heron Bommie SVII.jpg Heron Bommie SVII Underwater mcmurdo sound.jpg Adamussium colbecki (Antarctic Scallop), Ophionotus victoriae, and other animals Image is also a Featured picture of Mollusca Northern fulmars chasing Kittywakes away from their fishing ground.jpg Fulmarus glacialis (Northern Fulmars) chasing away Rissa tridactyla (Black-legged Kittiwakes) Image is also a Featured picture of Laridae Apatura eat frog 2010 G2.jpg Apatura iris (Purple Emperors) and Apatura ilia (Lesser Purple Emperors) Hunter baby chameleon.jpg Hunter baby chameleon Red-eared sliders and Mallard in Golden Gate Park 1.jpg Trachemys scripta subsp. elegans (Red-eared Sliders) and a Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard) Image is also a Featured picture of Anas platyrhynchos Begegnung-01.jpg Diceros bicornis (Black Rhinoceros) and Giraffa camelopardalis (Northern Giraffe) Image is also a Featured picture of Giraffa camelopardalis Dust Cloud in Etosha National Park.jpg Featured picture of Struthio camelus]] Top See also: Animal habitats (category) Galleries   Unsorted The FPCBot will place images here, they can manually be sorted into more specific sections. 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