Great Southern Bioblitz
@gsbioblitz
Biodiversity awareness through citizen science November 27th-30th 2026 on iNaturalist @AGrandeBioblitz (Portuguese & Spanish) #GSBioblitz
🌿 Snowy Monaro is back for #GSB2026! In 2025, participants recorded 858 observations and 469 taxa—from Tiger Orchids and Flame Robins to Australian Painted Ladies and Bogong Moths. buff.ly/6ebC2TY 📅 27–30 Nov 🔎 Upload and identify by 14 Dec #GreatSouthernBioBlitz #CitizenScience
🦎 Meet Parson’s Chameleon (Calumma parsonii)—a Madagascar endemic and one of the world’s largest chameleons! This impressive individual was recorded in Alaotra-Mangoro during the Great Southern BioBlitz 2024 by @b-b. View the observation: buff.ly/UxO26AP 📷 © Bertrand Bouchard, CC BY-NC 4.0
🌿 Latrobe City is back for #GSB2026! bit.ly/2026GSB_latr... In 2025, participants recorded 390 observations & 245 taxa, including 53 bird taxa & > 100 insect taxa. Only 38 plant observations produced 32 species lets see more plant records to grow the 2026 list? 📅 27–30 November
🌿 Joburg is back for #GSB2026! In 2025, participants recorded 2,127 observations and 799 taxa—including 1,633 plant and 300+ insect records. What will Joburg discover this year? 📅 27–30 Nov 🔎 Upload and identify by 14 Dec #GreatSouthernBioBlitz #CitizenScience
🇲🇬 #Madagascar joins #GSB2026! In 2024: 📸 480 observations 🌱 314 species 👥 36 observers 🔎 224 identifiers From frogs and geckos to chameleons, weevils and lemurs—what will be discovered in 2026? 📅 27–30 Nov 🔎 Upload & identify by 14 Dec buff.ly/I4lytc5
🌿 Canberra is back for #GSB2026! In 2025, Canberra recorded 2,299 observations and 937 taxa, including 302 insects, 123 birds and 400+ plants! 🦋🐦🌱 Join us 27–30 November 2026 📸 buff.ly/Ht3jUZR #Canberra #CitizenScience #iNaturalist
We are just surfacing with some good news… Zanzibar is back for #GSB2026 ! In 2025, #Zanzibar impressed with spectacular marine life! 🐟🐢🌱 Thanks for all the contributions & Rainer Vierkoetter for organising Zanzibar #GSB2026. #Tanzania #GreenSeaTurtle #CitizenScience
Voting is open for the GSB2026 Banner, If you are a previous GSB organiser or participant you can see the submissions and vote on your favourite to help with the decision 👇👇👇 www.greatsouthernbioblitz.org/post/voting-...
🌿 The Limpopo Great Southern BioBlitz 2026 project is now live! In 2025, participants recorded 8,408 observations and 2,539 species—one of the biggest GSB projects anywhere! 🚀 Read the journal for highlights and join us 27–30 November 2026. 📖🦋🌿 #GreatSouthernBioBlitz #iNaturalist #Limpopo
Já temos 15 regiões no mapa! 🌏 O seu projeto está entre elas? Ajude-nos a organizar tudo criando o seu projeto e adicionando-o ao documento do Google. Depois, iremos adicioná-lo ao Projeto Guarda-Chuva da Grande Bioblitz do Hemisfério Sul 2026.
¡Ya tenemos 15 regiones en el mapa! 🌏 ¿Está tu proyecto entre ellas? Ayúdanos a organizarnos creando tu proyecto y añadiéndolo al documento de Google. Después lo agregaremos al Proyecto Paraguas de la Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur 2026.
We now have 15 regions on the map! 🌏 Is your project one of them? Help us get organised by creating your project and adding it to the Google Doc. We'll then add it to the Great Southern BioBlitz 2026 Umbrella Project.
Galápagos Dove (Zenaida galapagoensis) by ©DavidTorres, on San Cristobal, Ecuador
🌿 #SemanaNacionalDoMeioAmbiente 🌿 🦋 Dia 5: Phaeochlaena lampra 📸 © Carlos Otávio Gussoni (@gussoni) 📍 Rio Claro, SP, #Brasil Uma das muitas mariposas que revelam a extraordinária diversidade de insetos do Brasil. #Biodiversidade #Mariposas #iNaturalist 🦋
Polar ice is melting at an accelerating rate. Sea levels are rising. Ocean systems are shifting. The way we respond has never been more urgent. Join us #NowForClimate: World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay
🎨 Artists, photographers, designers & nature lovers — we need your help! Create the official artwork for the #GreatSouthernBioblitz 2026 🌏🌿 Showcase Southern Hemisphere biodiversity: 🌿 Flora 🦅 Fauna 🍄 Fungi 🏔️ Landscapes 🗳️ Selected by public vote 🔗 Details & submissions via our Linktree
A Green-blotched Moth (Cosmodes elegans) from Melbourne Victoria by @proteaceaejim buff.ly/bD4SLdB
🌿 Semana Nacional do Meio Ambiente 🌿 🐦 Dia 4: Jaçanã (Jacana jacana) 📸 © Gustavo Sigal 📍 Piratininga, Niterói - RJ, Brasil Conhecida por seus longos dedos, que permitem caminhar sobre plantas aquáticas. #SemanaNacionalDoMeioAmbiente #Brasil #Biodiversidade #AvesDoBrasil #iNaturalist 🐦
South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens) is one of the largest and most sexually dimorphic eared seals. Seen in Mar del Plata, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina by @gustavotrekman.bsky.social buff.ly/GGTMluJ
🌿 #SemanaNacionalDoMeioAmbiente 🌿 🐒 Dia 3: Macaco-prego-preto (Sapajus nigritus) 📸 Observado por Carlos Otávio Gussoni (@gussoni) 📍 São Paulo, #Brasil Um dos muitos mamíferos fascinantes que habitam as florestas brasileiras. #Biodiversidade #Mamíferos #iNaturalist 🐒
🌿 #SemanaNacionalDoMeioAmbiente 🌿 🐦 Dia 2: Bentevizinho-de-penacho-vermelho (Myiozetetes similis) 📸 © @claudia_mermelstein 📍 Rio Claro, RJ, #Brasil Uma das muitas aves incríveis que ajudam a tornar o Brasil um dos países mais biodiversos do planeta. #Biodiversidade #AvesDoBrasil #iNaturalist 🐦
Chalapo Clinid 'Labrisomus philippii' from Santa María del Mar, Perú seen by @brandon_o_a buff.ly/k2fTzjm @inatperu.bsky.social
🌿 Semana Nacional do Meio Ambiente 🌿 Vou compartilhar uma observação do Brasil por dia durante a semana! 🦋 Dia 1: Doutor-de-asa-vermelha (Ancyluris aulestes) 📸 Cajá-manga, Embu das Artes, SP, Brasil #SemanaNacionalDoMeioAmbiente #Brasil #Biodiversidade #iNaturalist #Borboletas 🦋🌿
Corythalia conferta, Heraclitus' Spider preying on an ant of the genus Atta in Vale das Laranjeiras, Indaiatuba, Brasil buff.ly/518zXaN
On #WorldParrotDay i bring you this Australian King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis) from Tuggeranong, Australia 📸 deborod #iNaturalist www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Buddha's Temple 'Crassula columnaris' a succulent native to South Africa and Namibia seen in Ceres, Western Cape, ZA by Jonathan Breytenbach
Eastern Spinebill 'Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris' 📸 Peter Crowcroft discovered on a Ecological survey of a conservation property, Victoria #Australia on @inaturalistorg #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsofoz buff.ly/z1dmoIi
Southern Broad-nosed Spiny Ant Polyrhachis femorata, Victoria, AU 📸 possumpete buff.ly/4EzqcLV
Today is International Day for Biological Diversity, we ask you consider what can iNaturalist do for priority ecosystems conservation in a megadiverse developing country? buff.ly/0dCsvgd