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A Perfect Planet
Volcano
3 Jan 2021
Species features in each Sequence
1
Lesser flamingo, Maribou stork
2
Galápagos land iguana
3
Vampire ground finch, Nazca booby
4
Aldabra giant tortoise
5
North American river otter, Mountain coyote
6
Kamchatka brown bear, Sockeye salmon
7
Western white-bearded wildebeest
# Species by IUCN Conservation Status
1
Lesser flamingo
Phoeniconaias minor
NT
Lake Natron, Tanzania
Footnotes ▾
https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/in-pictures-sir-david-attenboroughs-new-series-a-perfect-planet/
1
Maribou stork
Leptoptilos crumenifer
LC
Lake Natron, Tanzania
2
Galápagos land iguana
Conolophus subcristatus
VU
La Cumbre, Fernandina Island, Galápagos, Ecuador
Footnotes ▾
https://asset-manager.bbcchannels.com/i/2g4150000f41000
3
Vampire ground finch
Geospiza septentrionalis
VU
Wolf Island, Galápagos, Ecuador
Footnotes ▾
https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/in-pictures-sir-david-attenboroughs-new-series-a-perfect-planet/
3
Nazca booby
Sula granti
LC
Wolf Island, Galápagos, Ecuador
4
Aldabra giant tortoise
Aldabrachelys gigantea gigantea
VU
Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles
5
North American river otter
Lontra canadensis pacifica
LC
Yellowstone National Park, USA
5
Mountain coyote
Canis latrans lestes
LC
Yellowstone National Park, USA
Footnotes ▾
According to the subspecies distribution map at Project Coyote (http://www.projectcoyote.org/carnivores/coyote/), the Yellowstone subspecies is lestes.
[Link 1]
6
Kamchatka brown bear
Ursus arctos beringianus
LC
Kurile Lake, Kamchatka, Russia
Footnotes ▾
https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/in-pictures-sir-david-attenboroughs-new-series-a-perfect-planet/
6
Sockeye salmon
Oncorhynchus nerka
LC
Kurile Lake, Kamchatka, Russia
Footnotes ▾
Visual ID based on distinctive red and olive colouration
[Link 1]
7
Western white-bearded wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi
LC
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania