Charlesjsharp

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Wildlife portrait photographer from the UK.
There are now three editions of my free magazine that offers photography tips and promotes Wikipedia & Commons. The Read online links take you to a flip book of what I have called "medium quality". You can access "Maximum", "High" and "Medium quality" versions as uploaded pdfs by visiting the Sharp Eye on wildlife photography page
Please send the links to anyone (or everyone)

My web site is www.sharpphotography.co.uk. You can also search for full size images on Flickr.
Many of my pictures are taken outside of the UK and the best ones will be in my galleries of
favourites, Featured pictures (261 from 38 countries), Quality images (2,087) and Valued images (2,239).
I have a Gallery of European butterflies
The quality of Valued Images may not be great, but are provided as reference images - the best we have at the moment. Click the star for POTY and barnstars
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I have 139 Featured pictures on English Wikipedia.
Please feel free to use any of the wildlife photos that I have uploaded here, most of which are used in Wikipedia articles, with attribution Charles J Sharp
Males are marked ♂ and females ♀
These animals were not photographed in zoos, safari parks, rescue centres, butterfly houses, in captivity or in a studio.
Most of the images are geocoded with very precise geocodes (six decimal places). Please do not take account of more than three decimal places.

Featured pictures by Charles J SharpEdit

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MammalsEdit

African bush elephants
Loxodonta africana
♀
South-western black rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis occidentalis
♀
Indian rhinoceros
Rhinoceros unicornis
♂
Bengal tiger
Panthera tigris tigris
♀
Jaguar
Panthera onca palustris
♂
Jaguar
Panthera onca palustris
♀
Lion
Panthera leo
♂
Lion
Panthera leo
♂
Tree-climbing lions
Panthera leo
♀
Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus
♀
Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus
♀
Cheetah cub
Acinonyx jubatus
Spotted hyena
Crocuta crocuta
Mountain gorilla
Gorilla beringei beringei
♀
Mountain gorilla
Gorilla beringei beringei
♀
Proboscis monkey
Nasalis larvatus
♀
Proboscis monkey
Nasalis larvatus
♂
Golden monkey
Cercopithecus kandti
Long-tailed macaque
Macaca fascicularis
Green monkey
Chlorocebus sabaeus juvenile
Southern plains grey langur
Semnopithecus dussumieri
♀
Rhesus macaque
Macaca mulatta
♂
Abyssinian black-and-white colobus Colobus guereza
♂
Grivet
Chlorocebus aethiops
Olive baboon with juvenile
Papio anubis
♀
Chacma baboon
Papio ursinus
♂
Chacma baboon
Papio ursinus
Ring-tailed lemur
Lemur catta
African buffalo
Syncerus caffer
♂
Red-billed oxpecker on buffalo Syncerus caffer
♂
Nilgai
Boselaphus tragocamelus
♂
Sable antelope
Hippotragus niger
♂
Roan antelope
Hippotragus equinus koba
Ugandan kobs
Kobus kob thomasi
♂
Topi
Damaliscus lunatus topi
♀
Black-faced impala
Aepyceros melampus petersi
♀
Red-billed oxpecker on impala B. erythrorhynchus
Ugandan defassa waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa ♂
Nilgiri tahr
Nilgiritragus hylocrius
♀
Southern warthog
Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii ♂
Southern warthogs
Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii ♂♂
Nolan warthogs (juveniles)
Phacochoerus africanus africanus
Six-banded armadillo
Euphractus sexcinctus
Yellow-headed caracara on capybara M. chimachima,H. hydrochaeris
Cattle tyrant on Capybara Machetornis rixosa, H. hydrochaeris
Meerkats
Suricata suricatta
Rock hyrax
Procavia capensis
Five-striped palm squirrel
Funambulus pennantii
Grey squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
Grey squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
Common seal
Phoca vitulina

BirdsEdit

African fish eagle
Haliaeetus vocifer
Black-chested snake-eagle
Circaetus pectoralis
Eastern chanting goshawk
Melierax poliopterus
Common black-hawk
Buteogallus anthracinus
Savanna hawk
Buteogallus meridionalis
Southern crested caracara
Caracara plancus
Southern crested caracara
Caracara plancus
Turkey vulture
Cathartes aura
Roadside hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
Steppe buzzard
Buteo buteo vulpinus
Smooth-billed ani
Crotophaga ani
Vervain hummingbird
Mellisuga minima
Red-billed streamertail
Trochilus polytmus
♀
Bee hummingbird
Mellisuga helenae
immature ♂
Scintillant hummingbird
Selasphorus scintilla'
♀
2 of 3
3 of 3
Sapphire-throated hummingbird Lepidopyga coeruleogularis♂
Snowy-bellied hummingbird
Amazilia edward
Violet sabrewinɡ Campylopterus hemileucurus mellitus♂
Green-crowned brilliant Heliodoxa jacula henryi)♀
Rufous-tailed flycatcher
Myiarchus validus
Campo flicker
Colaptes campestris
Red-crowned woodpecker
Melanerpes rubricapillus ♀
Cuban green woodpecker
Xiphidiopicus percussus
♀
Giant kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
♀
Malachite kingfisher
Corythornis cristatus cristatus
Malachite kingfisher
Corythornis cristatus cristatus
Malachite kingfisher
Corythornis cristatus stuartkeithi
Pied kingfisher
Ceryle rudis rudis
♀
Pied kingfisher
Ceryle rudis leucomelanurus
♀
Common kingfisher
Alcedo atthis ispida
♀
Common kingfisher
Alcedo atthis ispida
♀
Swallow-tailed bee-eater
Merops hirundineus chrysolaimus
White-fronted bee-eater
Merops bullockoides
Little bee-eater
Merops pusillus argutus
European bee-eaters
Merops apiaster with dragonflies
Indian roller
Coracias benghalensis
Rufous-headed ground-roller
Atelornis crossleyi
Lilac-breasted roller
Coracias caudatus
Purple roller
Coracias naevius mosambicus
European roller
Coracias garrulus
African emerald cuckoo
Chrysococcyx cupreus
♂
Marabou stork
Leptoptilos crumenifer
Red-legged seriema
Cariama cristata
Chaco chachalaca
Tyrannus melancholicus
Bare-faced curassow
Crax fasciolata
♀
African Grey Hornbill
Tockus nasutus
♀
Turquoise-fronted amazon
Amazona aestiva
Orange-winged parrots
Amazona amazonica tobagensis
Hyacinth macaw
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus
Yellow-billed shrike
Corvinella corvina corvina
Black-headed lapwing
Vanellus tectus
Spur-winged lapwing
Vanellus spinosus
Black skimmeɽ
Rynchops niger
Sacred ibis
Threskiornis aethiopicus
Grey crowned crane
Balearica regulorum gibbericeps
Yellow-billed oxpeckers
Buphagus africanus africanus
Pied-winged swallow
Hirundo leucosoma
Southern rough-winged swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
Tropical kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Northern masked weaver
Ploceus taeniopterus
♀
Village weaver
Ploceus cucullatus
♀
Black-headed weaver
Ploceus cucullatus bohndorffi
Sociable weaver
Philetairus socius
Robin (juvenile)
Erithacus rubecula
Saffron finch
Sicalis flaveola
♂
Baywing
Agelaioides badius
Seedeater
Sporophila sp.
♀
Bank myna
Acridotheres ginginianus
Asian pied starlings
Gracupica contra
Violet-backed starling
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
♂
Paddyfield pipit
Anthus rufulus
Brown rock chat
Oenanthe fusca
Pied bushchat
Saxicola caprata
♀
Palestine sunbird
Cinnyris osea
♂
Madagascar magpie-robin
Copsychus albospecularis
♀
Amber mountain rock thrush
Monticola sharpei erythronotus ♂
White-lined tanager
Tachyphonus rufus
♀
Yellow-billed cardinal
Paroaria capitata
Yellow-billed cardinal (juvenile) Paroaria capitata
Madagascar fody
Foudia madagascariensis
♂
Rosy-faced lovebird
Agapornis roseicollis
Rosy-faced lovebirds
Agapornis roseicollis
Common blackbird
Turdus merula mauretanicus
♀
Rufous-collared sparrow
Zonotrichia capensis
Mute swans and cygnets
Cygnus olor
Black-bellied whistling ducks
Dendrocygna autumnalis
West Indian whistling duck
Dendrocygna arborea
Greylag goose
Anser anser
Helmeted guineafowl
Numida meleagris

Butterflies and mothsEdit

Old World swallowtail
Papilio machaon gorganus
Old World swallowtail
Papilio machaon gorganus
Gold rim swallowtail
Battus polydamas jamaicensis
Black-veined white
Aporia crataegi
♂
Large white
Pieris brassicae
Common Brimstone
Gonepteryx rhamni
♂
Common Brimstone
Gonepteryx rhamni
♀
Clouded yellows mating
Colias croceus
♂♀
Eastern greenish black-tip
Euchloe penia
Adonis blue
Polyommatus bellargus
♂
Chalkhill blues mating
Polyommatus coridon
♂♀
Common blues mating
Polyommatus icarus
♂♀
Cassius blue
Leptotes cassius
Lang's short tail blue
Leptotes pirithous
♀
Green hairstreak
Callophrys rubi
Brown hairstreak
Thecla betulae
hairstreak
Hemiolaus cobaltina
Madagascar black-eye
Leptomyrina phidias
Common tiger
Danaus genutia
♂
Plain tiger
Danaus chrysippus
♂
Dark blue tiger
Tirumala septentrionis
♂
Blue tiger
Tirumala limniace exoticus
♂
Peacock
Aglais io
Autumn leaf
Doleschallia bisaltide
Scalloped yellow glider
Cymothoe fumana
♀
White peacock
Anartia jatrophae jatrophae
Two-tailed pasha
Charaxes jasius
Balkan fritillary
Boloria graeca balcanica
Balkan fritillary
Boloria graeca balcanica
Knapweed fritillary
Melitaea phoebe
Spotted fritillary
Melitaea didyma
Small pearl-bordered fritillary
Boloria selene
Marsh fritillary
Euphydryas aurinia
♂
Marsh fritillary
Euphydryas aurinia
♀
Marsh fritillaries mating
Euphydryas aurinia
♂♀
Small heath
Coenonympha pamphilus
Nettle tree
Libythea celtis
Silver-spotted skipper
Hesperia comma
♀
Silver-spotted skipper
Hesperia comma
Large skipper
Ochlodes sylvanus
Sphinx moth
Adhemarius gannascus
Sphinx moth
Adhemarius donysa
♂
Pink-spotted hawk moth
Agrius cingulata
♂
Owl moth
Automeris belti
Convolvulus hawk-moth
Agrius convolvuli
Magpie moth
Abraxas grossulariata
Rosy ermine moth
Trosia nigropunctigera
Bird-cherry ermine moth
Yponomeuta evonymella caterpillars
Poplar hawk-moth larva
Laothoe populi

Dragonflies and damselfliesEdit

Brilliant emerald
Somatochlora metallica
♀
Four-spotted chaser dragonfly
Libellula quadrimaculata
♀
Black darter
Sympetrum danae
♂
Hairy dragonfly
''Brachytron pratense
♂
Scarlet darter
Crocothemis erythraea
♀
Common darter dragonflies
Sympetrum striolatum mating
♂♀
Dancing Jewel
Platycypha caligata teneral
♂
Beautiful demoiselle
Calopteryx virgo
♂
Blue-tailed damselfly
Ischnura elegans
♀
Blue-tailed damselflies
Ischnura elegans
♂♀
Blue-tailed damselfies
Ischnura elegans
mating ♀
Common blue damselfly
Enallagma cyathigerum
immature ♂
Common blue damselflies
Enallagma cyathigerum mating ♂♀
Large red damselfly
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
♂
Large red damselfly
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
♂
Migrant spreadwing
Lestes barbarus
♀
Small red damselfly
Ceriagrion tenellum form melanogastrum♀
Small red damselflies
Ceriagrion tenellum mating female typica ♂♀
Emerald damselfly
Lestes sponsa
♂

Grasshoppers, locusts and other insectsEdit

Italian locust
Calliptamus italicus
♀
Garden locust
Acanthacris ruficornis
Variegated grasshopper
Zonocerus variegatus
Koppie foam grasshopper nymph Dictyophorus spumans
Roesel's bush-cricket
Metrioptera roeselii diluta
♂
Assassin bug Rhynocoris iracundus with bee (Apis sp)
Rose chafers
Cetonia aurata on thistle
Flatid leaf bugs and nymphs
Phromnia rosea
Sawfly larvae
Nematus miliaris
Abandoned bee honeycomb
Apis sp.

SpidersEdit

Malagasy green lynx spider
Peucetia lucasi green bottle fly Lucilia sp
Wandering spider
Cupiennius getazi katydid Tettigoniidae sp.
Crab spider
Misumena Vatia with skipper Hesperia comma
Labyrinth spider
Agelena labyrinthica female in web funnel

ReptilesEdit

Yacare caiman
Caiman yacare
Nile monitor lizard
Varanus niloticus
Ground agama
Agama aculeata
Rough chameleon
Trioceros rudis
Short-horned chameleon
Calumma brevicorne
♀
Blue-legged chameleon
Calumma crypticum
♂
Blue-legged chameleon
Calumma crypticum
♀
Oustalet's chameleon juvenile
Furcifer oustaleti
Panther chameleon
Furcifer pardalis
♂
Nosy Be panther chameleon
Furcifer pardalis
♂
Parson's chameleon
Calumma parsonii cristifer
♀
Oustalet's chameleon
Furcifer oustaleti
♂
2 of 4
3 of 4
4 of 4
Domergue's leaf chameleon
Brookesia thieli
Mossy leaf-tailed gecko
Uroplatus sikorae
2 of 2
Bosc's fringe-toed lizards
Acanthodactylus boskianus
♂♀
Bosc's fringe-toed lizard juvenile A. boskianus
Roughtail rock agama
Stellagama stellio
Indian tent turtle
Pangshura tentoria
Komodo dragon
Varanus komodoensis
Komodo dragons fighting
Varanus komodoensis
♂♂

FrogsEdit

Variegated golden frog
Mantella baroni
Golden-eyed tree frog
Agalychnis annae
Golden-eyed tree frog
Agalychnis annae
Marsh frog
Pelophylax ridibundus

Possible future FP nominationsEdit

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Possible future FP re-nominationsEdit

For anyone to nominate. These files have been reworked from RAW using Topaz Denoise AI. Technical shortcomings have (hopefully) been addressed.

Image on a postage stampEdit

Hyacinth macaw, India Post 2016

Camera location	51° 44′ 52.38″ N, 1° 18′ 13.7″ W	View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap

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