ZooChat Big Year 2018

Is everyone going intercontinental this year? I'll just stay in Europe. But... I've got 6 new inverts! Bet you didn't saw that coming! :p The first 3 are later identications from the Pyrenees and the latter are from a local area.

Invertebrates
154. Wood tiger [Parasemia plantaginis]
155. Sagittogethes incanus [Sap beetle]
156. Summer chafer [Amphimallon solstitiale]
157. Tawny cockroach [Ectobius pallidus]
158. Meadow grasshopper [Chorthippus parallelus]
159. Orthetrum cancellatum [Black-tailed skimmer]

@Chlidonias, maybe you should try to get some inverts to boost your numbers too. I bet there are at least some bugs around in New Zealand.
 
Bit of a catch-up post. The birds are two each from Frampton Marsh last week and Fairburn Ings and St Aidan's Nature Park (both yesterday). The fish was at St Aidan's as well and the inverts are a general catch up of the last couple of weeks, plus a couple of newly-ID'd individuals from earlier in the year.

Birds:
192. Spotted Redshank - Tringa erythropus
193. Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleuca
194. Eurasian Spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia
195. Wood Sandpiper - Tringa glareola
196. Little Owl - Athene noctua
197. Black Tern - Chlidonias niger

(UK:192)

Fishes:
3. Rudd - Scardinus erythrophthalmus

Invertebrates:
60. Common Purple-and-Gold - Pyrausta purpuralis
61. Ruddy Darter - Sympetrum sanguineum
62. Two-spotted Ladybird - Adalia bipunctata
63. Ringlet - Aphantopus hyperantus
64. Large Skipper - Ochlodes venata
65. Gatekeeper - Puronia tithonius
66. Thick-legged Flower Beetle - Oedemera nobilis
67. Bloodsucker Soldier Beetle - Rhagonycha fulva
68. Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris
69. Essex Skipper - Thymelicus lineola
70. Scarce Footman - Eilema complana
71. Seven-spotted Ladybird - Coccinella septempunctatum
72. Eleven-spotted Ladybird - Coccinella undecimpunctata
73. Marbled White - Melanargia galathea
74. Dark Green Fritillary - Argynnis aglaja
75. Six-spotted Burnet - Zygaena filipendulae
76. Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas
77. Blue Emperor Dragonfly - Anax imperator

:)
 
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LaughingDove said:
New birds:
699) Yellow-tinted Honeyeater
700) Gouldian Finch
701) Long-tailed finch
702) Hooded Robin
703) Crested Pigeon
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New birds:
704) Golden-backed (Black-chinned) Honeyeater
705) Mangrove Robin
706) Eastern Curlew
707) Whimbrel
708) Bar-tailed Godwit
709) Caspian Tern
710) Red-capped Plover

Mammals:
129) Indo-pacific Bottlenose Dolphin
130) Australian Humpback Dolphin
 
still got a few more birds and amphibians to ID, but now I'm back in the UK i thought I'd post the rest of my species from Thailand.

Mammals
11. Sambar (Rusa unicolor)
12. Yellow-throated Marten (Martes flavigula)
13. Dusky leaf monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus)
14. Gaur (Bos gaurus)
15. Malayan Porcupine (Hystrix brachyura)
16. Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)
17. Golden jackal (Canis aureus)
18. Stump-tailed Macaque (Macaca arctoides)
19. Indian Muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak)
20. Asian Palm civet (Paradoxurus hemaphroditus)
21. Grey-bellied Squirrel (Callosciurus caniceps)
22. Crab-eating Macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
23. Common Treeshrew (Tupaia glis)
24. Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang)
25. Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica)
26. Hog Badger (Arctonyx collaris)

Birds
108. Sooty-headed bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)
109. White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
110. Black Baza (Aviceda leuphotes)
111. Bronzed Drongo (Dicrurus aeneus)
112. Golden-fronted Leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons)
113. Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis)
114. White-browed Scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus schisticeps)
115. Plain-backed Sparrow (Passer flaveolus)
116. Eastern jungle crow (Corvus levaillantii)
117. Pied myna (Gracupica contra)
118. Ashy woodswallow (Artamus fuscus)
119. Little cormorant (Microcarbo niger)
120. Oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)
121. Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
122. Greater coucal (Centropus sinensis)
123. White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus)
124. Crested Serpent Eagle (Spilornis cheela)
125. Raffles's Malkoha (Rhinortha chlorophaea)
126. Silver-breasted Broadbill (Serilophus lunatus)
127. Indochinese bush lark (Mirafra erythrocephala)
128. Black-headed bulbul (Pycnonotus atriceps)
129. Common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)
130. Blue pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus)
131. Dark-necked Tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis)
132. Ochraceous bulbul (Alophoixus ochraceus)
133. Black-and-red Broadbill (Cymbirhynchus macrorynchos)
134. Streak-eared bulbul (Pycnonotus conradi)
135. Black-thighed Falconet (Microhierax fringillarius)
136. White-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
137. Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
138. Intermediate egret (Ardea intermedia)
139. Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
140. Blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)
141. Brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica)
142. Collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)
143. Rufous-bellied swallow (Cecropis badia)
144. Striated heron (Butorides striata)
145. Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)
146. Lesser coucal (Centropus bengalensis)
147. Mountain tailorbird (Phyllergates cucullatus)
148. Common emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica)
149. Asian glossy starling (Aplonis panayensis)
150. White-crowned Hornbill (Berenicornis comatus)
151. Greater green leafbird (Chloropsis sonnerati)
152. Stripe-throated bulbul (Pycnonotus finlaysoni)
153. Lesser racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus remifer)
154. Malay blue-banded kingfisher (Alcedo peninsulae)
155. Chestnut-breasted malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris)
156. Red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
157. Fire-breasted firepecker (Dicaeum ignipectus)
158. Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus)
159. Hooded crow (Corvus cornix)

Amphibians
15. Wallace's flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus)
16. Dark-sided Chorus frog (Microhyla heymonsi)
17. Asian giant toad (Phrynoidis asper)
18. Lesser toad (Ingerophrynus parvus)
19. Yellow-striped Caecilian (Ichthyophis cf. kohtaoensis)
20. Chantaburi warted treefrog (Theloderma stellatum)
21. Slender-legged horned frog (Megophrys longipes)
22. Spotted litter frog (Leptobrachium hendricksoni)
23. Berdmore's chorus frog (Microhyla berdmorei)
24. Bird poop frog (Theloderma asperum)
25. Smith's litter frog (Leptobrachium smithi)

Reptiles
50. Common four-clawed gecko (Gehyra mutilata)
51. Blanford's gliding lizard (Draco blanfordii)
52. White-banded wolf snake (Lycodon subcinctus)
53. Trang Province rock gecko (Cnemaspis kumpoli)
54. Striped bronzeback (Dendrelaphis caudolineatus)
55. Green crested lizard (Bronchocela cristatella)
56. Hagen's pit viper (Trimeresurus hageni)
57. Chan-ard's Rock gecko (Cnemaspis chanardi)
58. White-spotted Cat snake (Boiga drapiezii)
59. Elegant bronzeback (Dendrelaphis formosus)
60. Siamese peninsula pit viper (Trimeresurus fucatus)
61. Tuberculate Bent-toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus)
62. Malaysian Cat Gecko (Aeluroscalabotes felinus)
63. Black-bearded Gliding lizard (Draco melanopogon)
64. Jasper cat snake (Boiga jaspidea)
65. Beautiful pit viper (Trimeresurus venustus)
66. Keeled slug-eating snake (Pareas carinatus)
67. Phuket horned tree dragon (Acanthosaura phuketensis)
68. Green cat snake (Boiga cyanea)
69. Malayan bridle snake (Dryocalamus subannulatus)
70. Common wolf snake (Lycodon capucinus)
 
Hix said:
Birds
67. House Crow
68. Cattle Egret
69. Feral Pigeon
70. Little Pied Flycatcher
71. Blue-winged Leafbird
72. Fire-breasted Flowerpecker

Mammals
9. Plaintain Squirrel
10. Small-toothed Palm Civet
11. Mountain Red-bellied Squirrel
12. Upland (Slender) Squirrel
:p

Hix
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Kuala Selangor

Birds
73. Grey Heron
74. Purple Heron
75. Little Egret
76. Black-shouldered Kite
77. Crested Serpent Eagle
78. Brahminy Kite
79. Red-wattled Lapwing
80. Pink-necked Pigeon
81. Germain's Swiftlet
82. White-throated Kingfisher
83. Collared Kingfisher
84. Golden-bellied Gerygone
85. Common Iora
86. Pied Triller
87. Mangrove Whistler
88. Black-naped Oriole
89. Malaysian Pied Fantail
90. Cinereus Tit
91. Olive-winged Bulbul
92. Ashy Tailorbird
93. Yellow-bellid Prinia
94. Oriental White-eye
95. Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
96. Brown-throated Sunbird
97. Scaly-breasted Munia

Mammals
13. Selangor Silvered Langur

Reptiles
4. Oriental Garden Lizard
5. Water Monitor

:p

Hix
 
Najade said:
Amphibians
13. Quacking Frog (Crinia georgiana)
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Najade said:
Birds (passerines):
333. Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
334. Redthroat
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Birds (non-passerines)
335. Swamp Harrier

Birds (passerines)
336. Southern Scrub-robin

Amphibians
14. Günther’s Toadlet (Pseudophryne guentheri)
15. Burrowing Frog (Neobatrachus sp)

Number 15 is likely to be kunapalari but will need to confirm later.
 
Najade said:
Birds (non-passerines)
335. Swamp Harrier

Birds (passerines)
336. Southern Scrub-robin

Amphibians
14. Günther’s Toadlet (Pseudophryne guentheri)
15. Burrowing Frog (Neobatrachus sp)

Number 15 is likely to be kunapalari but will need to confirm later.
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Birds (non-passerines)
337. Western Corella

Amphibians
16. Moaning Frog (Heleioporus eyrei)
17. Western Banjo Frog (Lymnodynastes dorsalis)
18. (Crinia sp)
 
Hix said:
Kuala Selangor

Birds
73. Grey Heron
74. Purple Heron
75. Little Egret
76. Black-shouldered Kite
77. Crested Serpent Eagle
78. Brahminy Kite
79. Red-wattled Lapwing
80. Pink-necked Pigeon
81. Germain's Swiftlet
82. White-throated Kingfisher
83. Collared Kingfisher
84. Golden-bellied Gerygone
85. Common Iora
86. Pied Triller
87. Mangrove Whistler
88. Black-naped Oriole
89. Malaysian Pied Fantail
90. Cinereus Tit
91. Olive-winged Bulbul
92. Ashy Tailorbird
93. Yellow-bellid Prinia
94. Oriental White-eye
95. Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
96. Brown-throated Sunbird
97. Scaly-breasted Munia

Mammals
13. Selangor Silvered Langur

Reptiles
4. Oriental Garden Lizard
5. Water Monitor

:p

Hix
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Jurong Bird Park
Birds
98. Black-crowned Night Heron
99. Lesser Whistling Duck

:p

Hix
 
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I’m a bit late to the party, but this looks like fun so I thought I’d have a go at adding my lists.

Birds

Mount Buffalo National Park

1. Pacific Black Duck
2. Laughing Kookaburra
3. Crimson Rosella
4. Satin Bowerbird
5. Yellow-faced Honeyeater
6. Red Wattlebird
7. White-eared Honeyeater
8. White-browed Scrubwren
9. Brown Thornbill
10. Australian Magpie
11. Pied Currawong
12. Grey Shrikethrush
13. Grey Fantail
14. Australian Raven
15. Little Raven
16. Flame Robin
17. Silvereye

Werribee Gorge State Park

18. Grey Teal
19. Superb Fairywren
20. New Holland Honeyeater
21. Eastern Yellow Robin
22. Welcome Swallow
23. Australian Reed Warbler
24. Common Blackbird

Point Addis

25. Black Swan
26. Great Cormorant
27. Rufous Bristlebird

Melba Gully State Park

28. Fan-tailed Cuckoo
29. Olive Whistler
31. Forest Raven

Fawthrop Lagoon

32. Chestnut Teal
33. Little Pied Cormorant
34. Little Black Cormorant
35. Great Egret
36. Australian White Ibis
37. Swamp Harrier
38. Masked Lapwing
39. Silver Gull
40. Caspian Tern
41. Pallid Cuckoo
42. Galah
43. Long-billed Corella
44. Little Corella
45. Rainbow Lorikeet
46. Striated Thornbill
47. European Goldfinch
48. House Sparrow

Cape Nelson State Park

49. Australasian Gannet
50. Singing Honeyeater
51. Willie Wagtail

Point Danger

52. Cape Gannet

Mt Clay

53. Straw-necked Ibis
54. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
55. Gang-gang Cockatoo
56. Blue-winged Parrot
57. White-naped Honeyeater
58. Rufous Whistler
59. Tree Martin

Lower Glenelg National Park

60. Sacred Kingfisher
61. Eastern Spinebill

Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Reserve

62. Hoary-headed Grebe
63. White-faced Heron
64. Australian Pied Oystercatcher
65. Brown Falcon

Portland Botanic Gardens

66. Rock Dove
67. Eastern Rosella
68. Musk Lorikeet
69. Little Wattlebird

Fawthrop Lagoon

70. Royal Spoonbill

Portland Habour

71. Musk Duck
72. Pied Cormorant
73. Pacific Gull
74. Kelp Gull

Enchanted Forest

75. Beautiful Firetail

Fivebough Wetlands

76. Magpie Goose
77. Freckled Duck
78. Pink-eared Duck
79. Hardhead
80. Australasian Darter
81. Australian Pelican
82. Intermediate Egret
83. Nankeen Night-Heron
84. Glossy Ibis
85. Yellow-billed Spoonbill
86. Spotless Crake
87. Australasian Swamphen
88. Dusky Moorhen
89. Eurasian Coot
90. Pied Stilt
91. Red-kneed Dotterel
92. Black-fronted Dotterel
93. Whiskered Tern
94. Crested Pigeon
95. Variegated Fairywren
96. Black-faced Cuckooshrike
97. Magpie-lark
98. Fairy Martin
99. Golden-headed Cisticola
100. Zebra Finch

That’s my January road trip.
 
Birds

101. Great-crested Grebe
102. Wedge-tailed Eagle
103. White-throated Treecreeper
104. Striated Pardalote
105. Buff-rumped Thornbill
106. Varied Sitella
107. Nankeen Kestrel
108. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
109. Australian Wood Duck
110. Australasian Grebe
111. Spotted Pardalote
112. Red-browed Finch
113. White-throated Gerygone
114. Dusky Woodswallow
115. Emu
116. Black-shouldered Kite
117. Azure Kingfisher
118. Dollarbird
119. Bell Miner
120. Common Myna
121. Noisy Miner
122. Painted Buttonquail
123. Brown Cuckoo-Dove
124. Peaceful Dove
125. Rainbow Bee-eater
126. Red-rumped Parrot
127. Brown Treecreeper
128. Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
129. White-plumed Honeyeater
130. Black-chinned Honeyeater
131. Rockwarbler
132. Speckled Warbler
133. Yellow-rumped Thornbill
134. Pied Butcherbird
135. White-bellied Cuckooshrike
136. Restless Flycatcher
137. White-winged Chough
138. Jacky Winter
139. Double-barred Finch
140. Australasian Pipit
141. Plumed Whistling-duck
142. Common Bronzewing
143. Australian Owlet-nightjar
144. Turquoise Parrot
145. Inland Thornbill
146. Yellow Thornbill
147. Southern Whiteface
148. White-browed Babbler
149. Apostlebird
150. Red-capped Robin
151. Hooded Robin
152. Southern Boobook
153. Peregrine Falcon
154. Brown-headed Honeyeater
155. Scarlet Robin
156. Black Kite
157. Australian Hobby
158. Superb Parrot
159. Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
160. Fuscous Honeyeater
161. Noisy Friarbird
162. Grey Butcherbird
163. Yellow-nosed Albatross
164. Shy Albatross
165. Black-browed Albatross
166. Brown Skua
 
Mammals

1. Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus)
2. Eastern Barred Bandicoot (Perameles gunnii)
3. Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
4. Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
5. Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
6. Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
7. Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
8. European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
9. Yellow-footed Antechinus (Antechinus flavipes)
10. Common Wallaroo (Macropus robustus)
11. Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
12. Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
13. Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
14. Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
15. Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

Reptiles

1. Black Rock Skink (Egernia saxatilis)
2. Southern Water Skink (Eulamprus tympanum)
3. Lowlands Copperhead (Austrelaps superbus)
4. Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus)
5. Eastern Bearded Dragon (Pogona barbata)
6. Eastern Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis)
7. Cunningham’s Skink (Egernia cunninghami)
8. Eastern Water Skink (Eulamprus quoyii)
9. Lace Monitor (Varanus varius)
10. Eastern Long-necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis)
11. Marbled Gecko (Christinus marmoratus)
12. Delicate Garden Skink (Lampropholis delicata)

Peacock Spiders

1. Maratus harrisi
2. Maratus tasmanicus
3. Maratus plumosus
4. Maratus vespertilio
 
Invertebrates

1. Harris’ Peacock Spider (Maratus harrisi)
2. Punctate Flower Chaffer (Neorrhina punctatum)
3. Maratus tasmanicus
4. Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)
5. Blue Skimmer (Orthetrum caledonicum)
6. Aurora Bluetail (Ischnura aurora)
7. Eastern Billabongfly (Austroagrion watsonia)
8. Australian Jewel Spider (Austracantha minax)
9. Common Macrotona (Macrotona australis)
10. Phoracantha tricuspis
11. Southern Calamari Squid (Sepioteuthis australis)
12. Marbled Scorpion (Lychas marmoreus)
13. Purple-winged Mantis (Tenodera australasiae)
14. Maratus plumosus
15. Blue Banded Bee (Amegilla cingulata)
16. Maratus vespertilio
 
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