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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status
Your image, File:Oustalet's chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti) male Montagne d’Ambre.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 00:39, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi Charlesjsharp,

This is to let you know that File:Pacific gull_(Larus_pacificus_pacificus)_Freycinet.jpg, a featured picture that you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for February 7, 2026. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2026-02-07. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you!  — Amakuru (talk) 14:27, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Pacific gull

The Pacific gull (Larus pacificus) is a bird in the gull family, Laridae, native to the coasts of Australia. It is moderately common in a band along the coast between Carnarvon, Western Australia, in the west, and Sydney in the east, as well as Tasmania and other islands off the continent's southern coast. The Pacific gull ranges in length from 58 to 66 centimetres (23 to 26 in), with a wingspan of 137 to 157 centimetres (54 to 62 in). Its diet consists of fish and invertebrates, such as crabs, sand flatheads and cephalopods. This Pacific gull of the subspecies L. p. pacificus was photographed in Moulting Lagoon Important Bird Area, Tasmania.

Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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Hi Charlesjsharp,

This is to let you know that File:European souslik_(Spermophilus_citellus)_Obrovisko.jpg, a featured picture that you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for February 18, 2026. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2026-02-18. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you!  — Amakuru (talk) 10:23, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

European ground squirrel

The European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus), also known as the European souslik, is a species from the squirrel family, Sciuridae. Like all squirrels, it is a member of the rodent order and it is found in central and southeastern Europe with its range is divided in two parts by the Carpathian Mountains. It is a colonial animal and is mainly diurnal. It excavates a branching system of tunnels up to 2 m (6 ft) deep, with several entrances. This requires a habitat of short turf, which it finds this on the steppes and in pasture, in dry banks, on sports fields, parks and lawns. The European ground squiirel's short dense fur is yellowish-grey, tinged with red, with a few indistinct pale and dark spots on the back. Adults typically measure 20 to 23 cm (8 to 9 in) with a weight of 240 to 340 g (8.5 to 12.0 oz). It has a slender build with a short bushy tail and has a shrill alarm call that will cause all other individuals in the vicinity to dive for cover. This European ground squirrel was photographed in the Obrovisko family park near Muráň, Slovakia.

Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp