A male Cairns Birdwing butterfly (Ornithoptera euphorion) in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo. The Cairns birdwing is one of the largest butterflies in Australia with a wingspan of upto 15cm.
A Red-Bodied Swallowtail, Pachliopta polydorus, in the Butterfly House at the Melbourne Zoo.
A Double-Eyed Fig Parrot in the Melbourne Zoo. At around 14cm, these are Australia’s smallest parrot.
A Sumatran Tiger pacing the enclosure at the Melbourne Zoo. This is the smallest of the tigers, growing up to 2.4 metres long and about 120 kilograms. They have the darkest coat with broad black stripes that extend to the forelegs. Over a third of the remaining Sumatran Tigers are in captivity – 375, with around 620 in the wild.
A Pied Stilt at the Melbourne Zoo. These waders use their long thin beak to probe for small crustaceans and insects.
The last one of the Gillie and Marc Love The Last March sculptures at the Melbourne Zoo – the Chimpanzee.
The lowland gorilla from the Melbourne Zoo’s part of Love the Last by Gillie and Marc.
The Rhinoceros and Gorilla from Gillies and Marc’s Love The Last March in the Melbourne Zoo. Love The Last March is billed as being the worlds largest public sculpture, and features 45 endangered species. When it was displayed in full in Singapore the sculpture stretched for 192m.
The Peter Pan sculpture in the Melbourne Zoo.
PETER PAN
Presented to the City of Melbourne By
Alderman C.E. Jeffries
9.12.1926
Paul Montford Sculptor
Moved to its current location
for the enjoyment of Melbourne families
by the City of Melbourne
and the surviving grandchildren
of Alderman Jeffries, Audrey Cox, Jeff Gill,
Brian Rowe and Margaret Nicholas
June 1993
A Red Tailed Black Cockatoo at the Melbourne Zoo. This cockatoo was flying up and down the main path through the zoo between two keepers. He was swooping around visitors and skimming just over their heads. Unfortunately none of the in-flight photos where he showed off the two red tail panels were clear enough to use.
A Black-faced Cormorant seen in the Great Flight Aviary at the Melbourne Zoo. These cormorants can dive 12m into the sea for prey, after fishing they spread their wings to dry. The black-faced cormorant is slightly smaller than the Great Cormorant and slightly larger than the Little Pied Cormorant.
A Swamp Wallaby in the Australian Bush Habitat at the Melbourne Zoo. These wallabies prefer areas with dense undergrowth like woodlands, swamps, and heathlands, where is plenty of cover to hide in during the day. The swamp wallaby is the only member of the wider kangaroo family with webbed feet, meaning that they are great swimmers.