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Add your images to ARKive!
The ARKive team invites you to submit your own photos of threatened species for inclusion on www.arkive.org. Flickr users can join the ARKive group and send their images of threatened species to the pool.
We are particularly interested in receiving images of species that are not currently represented on ARKive, but welcome all submissions. Read more about increasing the chances of your images being selected on ARKive's Flickr homepage.
Any images shared will be regularly reviewed by the ARKive Media Research Team, who will select images to be included in the main ARKive website. If your images are selected, a member of the ARKive Media Research Team will contact you via your Flickr account. | | To celebrate the formation of the ARKive Flickr group, we are showcasing a selection of images included in ARKive that were discovered on Flickr. |
Amazing images of elusive species found via Flickr
 |  | The Colombian night monkey is a nocturnal primate from a mountainous area that spans parts of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. Much of its habitat is affected by human disturbance from activities such as deforestation, expanding illicit crops, coffee and armed conflict.
| The glow-throated hummingbird is restricted to a small area of Panama. Although it occupies areas that are largely untouched by human activities, its forest habitat is generally threatened by clearance for coffee plantations, cattle-grazing, over-use of pesticides and fires. |  |  | The sambar deer is very well adapted to a wide variety of habitats and environmental conditions, but even so, habitat encroachment and hunting are widespread and causing a sustained decline across its range. Logging has exacerbated this by opening up new areas to hunting and has caused many local extinctions.
| Recently uplisted to Critically Endangered, the Mariana crow is the only corvid found in Micronesia and inhabits Guam and Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands. The Mariana crow's decline on Guam is due to the introduced brown tree snake, and the recent introduction of the snake to Rota could potentially lead to an even more serious decline.
|  |  | The elusive nature of Gray's beaked whale, together with its far offshore habitat and apparent rarity, mean that little is known about this marine species. However, it is likely to feed mainly on cephalopods such as squid, with most prey being caught in deep water. Prey is thought to be sucked into the mouth and swallowed whole.
| Records suggest that the helmeted woodpecker is more common than previously thought. As it is silent for much of the year, and difficult to locate except when vocalising, this species has almost certainly been under-recorded. However, it is not common at any known site and its status remains unclear, particularly considering the high rates of deforestation in the small area of South America where it is found. |
More amazing images found via Flickr
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