diff --git a/docs/supportedsites.md b/docs/supportedsites.md
index d9f3c372..a6ddb0e1 100644
--- a/docs/supportedsites.md
+++ b/docs/supportedsites.md
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ Consider all sites to be NSFW unless otherwise known.
 <tr>
     <td>Twitter</td>
     <td>https://twitter.com/</td>
-    <td>Bookmarks, Likes, Lists, List Members, Media Timelines, Search Results, Timelines, Tweets</td>
+    <td>Bookmarks, individual Images, Likes, Lists, List Members, Media Timelines, Search Results, Timelines, Tweets</td>
     <td>Supported</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
index 291c1893..792f1612 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
@@ -499,6 +499,34 @@ class TwitterTweetExtractor(TwitterExtractor):
         return TwitterAPI(self).tweet(self.tweet_id)
 
 
+class TwitterImageExtractor(Extractor):
+    category = "twitter"
+    subcategory = "image"
+    pattern = r"https?://pbs\.twimg\.com/media/([\w-]+)(?:\?format=|\.)(\w+)"
+    test = (
+        ("https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EqcpviCVoAAG-QG?format=jpg%name=orig"),
+        ("https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EqcpviCVoAAG-QG.jpg:orig"),
+    )
+
+    def __init__(self, match):
+        Extractor.__init__(self, match)
+        self.id, self.fmt = match.groups()
+
+    def items(self):
+        base = "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/" + self.id
+        url = base + "." + self.fmt
+        base += "?format=" + self.fmt + "&name="
+
+        data = {
+            "filename": self.id,
+            "extension": self.fmt,
+            "_fallback": TwitterExtractor._image_fallback(base, url),
+        }
+
+        yield Message.Directory, data
+        yield Message.Url, base + "orig", data
+
+
 class TwitterAPI():
 
     def __init__(self, extractor):