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Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · Sep 12

Awesome hummingbird from the Atlantic Forest. _Phaethornis_eurynome_ (Lesson, 1832) | Rabo-branco-de-garganta-rajada | Scale-throated Hermit, @ Tapiraí - SP - Brasil.

📸 #Canon R7 + rf 100–400mm

#wildlife #birds #photography #naturephotography #nature #Brazil #biodiversity

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Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · Sep 8

Cissopis leverianus (Gmelin, 1788) | tietinga | Magpie Tanager. @ Tapiraí, SP, BRASIL

📸 #Canon R7 + rf 100–400mm

#wildlife #birds #photography #naturephotography #nature #Brazil #biodiversity

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Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · Sep 8

_Icterus_pyrrhopterus_ (Vieillot, 1819) | Encontro | Variable Oriole. @ Rio Verde, Goiás, BRASIL

📸 #Canon R7 + rf 100–400mm

#wildlife #birds #photography #naturephotography #nature #Brazil #biodiversity

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Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · Sep 5

A marvel from the Atlantic Forest. Tangara seledon (Statius Muller, 1776) | Saíra-sete-cores | Green-headed Tanager. Trilha dos Tucanos, Tapiraí -SP, Brasil

📸 #Canon R7 + rf 100–400mm

#wildlife #birds #photography #naturephotography #nature #Brazil #biodiversity

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Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · Aug 27

"They noticed that a handful of those parasitic insects weren’t where they were supposed to be."

A great story on an important study just published in JHR by @kirstenmprior.bsky.social and her team!

www.popsci.com/environment/...

Invasive parasitic wasp spotted in the US for the first time

How the insect made its way across the pond remains a mystery

www.popsci.com

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Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · Aug 27

www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Plumetops (Genus Ommatius)

Plumetops from Area Rural I, Rio Verde, GO, BR on April 23, 2023 at 11:48 AM by Fernando Farache

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Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · Aug 27

Robber fly! _Ommatius_ sp. Rio Verde, Goiás

📸 #Nikon D5300; #Tamron 90 mm macro 1:1; #Godox MF12 flash

#wildlife #photography #naturephotography #nature #Brazil #biodiversity #Macro #insects #bugs #invertebrates

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Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · Aug 26

Looking majestic! Pteroglossus bailloni (Vieillot, 1819) | Araçari-banana | Saffron Toucanet; Trilha dos Tucanos, Tapiraí -SP, Brasil.

📸 #Canon R7 + rf 100–400mm

#wildlife #birds #photography #naturephotography #nature #Brazil #biodiversity

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Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · Aug 26

Ramphastos dicolorus Linnaeus, 1766 | Tucano-de-bico-verde | Red-breasted Toucan . Trilha dos Tucanos, Tapiraí -SP, Brasil

📸 #Canon R7 + rf 100–400mm

#wildlife #birds #photography #naturephotography #nature #Brazil #biodiversity

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Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · Aug 25

Outstanding antenna! Eurytoma sp.

📸 #Canon R7; #AstrHori 25mm macro 2–5x; #Godox MF12 flash

#wildlife #photography #naturephotography #nature #Brazil #biodiversity #Macro #insects #bugs #invertebrates
www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Family Eurytomidae

Eurytomidae from Rio Verde - GO, Brasil on June 14, 2025 at 03:23 PM by Fernando Farache. Eurytomidae

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Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · Aug 6

Photographed at Tapiraí, SP, Brazil - Trilha dos Tucanos Lodge

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Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · Aug 6

My favorite Toucanet: _Selenidera_maculirostris_ (Lichtenstein, 1823) | Araçari-poca | Spot-billed Toucanet

📸 #Canon R7; rf 100–400mm

#wildlife #birds #photography #naturephotography #nature #Brazil #biodiversity

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Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · Aug 1

Vai ser recebido com uma bela tornozeleira de presente?

Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · Jul 3

Charismatic parasitoid wasp: _Aenasius_ sp. (cf.) (Chalcidodiea, Encyrtidae) - Bazil, GO, Rio Verde.

📸 #Canon R7; #AstrHori 25mm macro 2–5x; #Godox MF12 flash

#wildlife #photography #naturephotography #nature #Brazil #biodiversity #Macro #insects #bugs #invertebrates

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Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · May 5

At IF Goiano, Rio Verde - Goiás - Brazil

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Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · May 5

Close-up portrait of the Amazonian Motmot | _Momotus_momota_ (Linnaeus, 1766) | udu-de-coroa-azul
#wildlife #birds #photography #naturephotography #nature #Brazil #biodiversity

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Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · Apr 29

Love this scythebill! Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
(Lichtenstein, 1820) | Arapaçu-beija-flor | Red-billed Scythebill. Rio Verde - GO - Brazil
#wildlife #birds #photography #naturephotography #nature #Brazil #biodiversity

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Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · Apr 28

An amazing Aracari, eating brazilian cherry (pitanga). Pteroglossus castanotis Gould, 1834 | araçari-castanho | Chestnut-eared Aracari. IF Goiano, Rio Verde, GO, Brazil

#wildlife #birds #photography #naturephotography #nature #Brazil #biodiversity

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Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · Apr 25

Geothlypis aequinoctialis (Gmelin, 1789) | pia-cobra | Masked Yellowthroat; @ Mata de Santa Tereza, Ribeirão Preto - SP - Brazil
#wildlife #birds #photography #naturephotography #nature #Brazil #biodiversity

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Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · Apr 25

Thamnophilus pelzelni Hellmayr, 1924 | choca-do-planalto | Planalto Slaty-Antshrike ; @ Mata de Santa Tereza, Ribeirão Preto - SP - Brazil
#wildlife #birds #photography #naturephotography #nature #Brazil #biodiversity

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Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · Apr 18

The Chalcidoidea of the World book by Heraty & Wooley looks fantastic! Glad to collaborate with the Agaonidae chapter. www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/book/10....
#Entomology #Hymenoptera #Insects #Chalcidodiea

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Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · Apr 18

Why the long beak? _Ramphastos_toco_ Statius Muller, 1776 | Toco Toucan | Tucanuçu; @ Mata de Santa Tereza, Ribeirão Preto - SP - Brazil
#wildlife #birds #photography #naturephotography #nature #Brazil #biodiversity

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Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · Apr 14

Amazing bird of prey! Spizaetus tyrannus
(Wied, 1820) | Black Hawk-Eagle | Gavião-pega-macaco; Rio Verde - GO - Brazil
#wildlife #birds #photography #naturephotography #nature #Brazil #biodiversity

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Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · Mar 15

Fiquei curioso por não ter pontos no mapa! Na descrição do wikiaves consta “Visitante setentrional, esta gaivota aparece como vagante ocasional na Amazônia, tendo sido registrada numa única ocasião em Tefé (Amazonas), em novembro, e posteriormente na Colômbia e Equador.”

Fernando Farache @ffarache.bsky.social · Mar 10

A giant from Brazil! Jabiru mycteria (Lichtenstein, 1819) | tuiuiú | Jabiru. Rio Verde, GO, Brazil
#wildlife #birds #photography #naturephotography #nature #Brazil #biodiversity

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