Thanks, I did not know that. I always considered it a subspecies simply because my bird guide says it is.
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Thanks, I did not know that. I always considered it a subspecies simply because my bird guide says it is.
@Mr. Zootycoon we saw all 4 of the lammergeiers above our campground in Gèdre, where we saw it immediately after arriving while setting up the tent. We didn't see any on any of our walks, so I suppose that specific valley is very good for the species.
Picus sharpei is indeed split by the HBW, IUCN, IOC (and the observation.org list), and looks fairly different so I decided to split it as well.
@lintworm we visited three main locations; the French pyrenees, the Extremadura and the area around Donana. Extremadura (around Caceres) was indeed where we saw the larks, bustards and sandgrouse. The 2 otters we saw were actively fishing in a stream between Monroy and Trujillo, very early in the morning. In Donana we didn't really try too hard for lynx because most of the national park is not accessible, we did do a tour on the last day but didn't get any new additions, and definitely no lynxes... It was informative, but probably not worth the money if you're doing it for the birds as the stop it takes you to is one of the few areas that you can access alone. (which we had already done the day before, not knowing the tour would lead us there again..)
Picus sharpei is indeed split by the HBW, IUCN, IOC (and the observation.org list), and looks fairly different so I decided to split it as well.
@lintworm we visited three main locations; the French pyrenees, the Extremadura and the area around Donana. Extremadura (around Caceres) was indeed where we saw the larks, bustards and sandgrouse. The 2 otters we saw were actively fishing in a stream between Monroy and Trujillo, very early in the morning. In Donana we didn't really try too hard for lynx because most of the national park is not accessible, we did do a tour on the last day but didn't get any new additions, and definitely no lynxes... It was informative, but probably not worth the money if you're doing it for the birds as the stop it takes you to is one of the few areas that you can access alone. (which we had already done the day before, not knowing the tour would lead us there again..)
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I had never heard of this one. So I googled it, as one does. IUCN says there are now three hare species on the Iberian Peninsula!
Birds:
760) Brown Noddy
761) Bridled Tern
762) Buff-banded Rail
763) Black Noddy
764) Brown Booby
765) Spotted Dove (somehow this is not on the list yet. I must have missed it off at the start then assumed it was always on or something)
766) Great Frigatebird
767) Sooty Tern
768) Silvereye
769) Lesser Frigatebird
770) Beach Stone-curlew
771) Australian Pied Oystercatcher
772) Cicadabird
773) Grey Whistler
774) Lewin’s Honeyeater
Heard only: Noisy Pitta
Mammals:
136) Humpback Whale
137) Red-legged Pademelon
138) Fawn-footed Melomys
139) Striped Possum
BIRD UPDATE:
141 American Avocet - Recurvirostra americana
142 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Tyrannus forficatus
143 Orange-crowned Warbler - Oreothlypis celata
144 Clay-colored Sparrow - Spizella pallida
145 Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata
146 Vesper Sparrow - Pooecetes gramineus
147 Swainson's Hawk - Buteo swainsoni
148 Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica
149 Red-necked Grebe - Podiceps grisegena
150 White-faced Ibis - Plegadis chihi
151 Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla
152 Wilson's Phalarope - Phalaropus tricolor
153 Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius
154 Willet - Tringa semipalmata
155 House Wren - Troglodytes aedon
156 Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla
157 Lark Sparrow - Chondestes grammacus
158 Common Loon - Gavia immer
159 Horned Grebe - Podiceps auritus
160 Eared Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis
161 Western Kingbird - Tyrannus verticalis
162 Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus
163 Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus
164 Pine Siskin - Spinus pinus
165 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris
166 Great Crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus crinitus
167 Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis
168 Yellow Warbler - Setophaga petechia
169 Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea
170 Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus
171 Palm Warbler - Setophaga palmarum
172 Orchard Oriole - Icterus spurius
173 Baltimore Oriole - Icterus galbula
174 Green Heron - Butorides virescens
175 Warbling Vireo - Vireo gilvus
176 Upland Sandpiper - Bartramia longicauda
177 Bobolink - Dolichonyx oryzivorus
178 Mississippi Kite - Ictinia mississippiensis
179 Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea
180 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus americanus
181 Willow Flycatcher - Empidonax traillii
182 Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus
183 American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla
184 Magnolia Warbler - Setophaga magnolia
185 Wilson's Warbler - Cardellina pusilla
186 Dickcissel - Spiza americana
187 Northern Bobwhite - Colinus virginianus
188 Common Nighthawk - Chordeiles minor
189 Grasshopper Sparrow - Ammodramus savannarum
190 Stilt Sandpiper - Calidris himantopus
191 White-rumped Sandpiper - Calidris fuscicollis
192 Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens
193 Nashville Warbler - Oreothlypis ruficapilla
194 Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauri
195 Bell's Vireo - Vireo bellii
196 Bank Swallow - Riparia riparia
197 Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis
198 Blue Grosbeak - Passerina caerulea
199 Red-headed Woodpecker - Melanerpes erythrocephalus
200 Summer Tanager - Piranga rubra
201 White-eyed Vireo - Vireo griseus
202 Yellow-throated Vireo - Vireo flavifrons
203 Northern Parula - Setophaga americana
204 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - Nyctanassa violacea
205 Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus
206 Sanderling - Calidris alba
207 Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis
141 American Avocet - Recurvirostra americana
142 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Tyrannus forficatus
143 Orange-crowned Warbler - Oreothlypis celata
144 Clay-colored Sparrow - Spizella pallida
145 Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata
146 Vesper Sparrow - Pooecetes gramineus
147 Swainson's Hawk - Buteo swainsoni
148 Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica
149 Red-necked Grebe - Podiceps grisegena
150 White-faced Ibis - Plegadis chihi
151 Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla
152 Wilson's Phalarope - Phalaropus tricolor
153 Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius
154 Willet - Tringa semipalmata
155 House Wren - Troglodytes aedon
156 Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla
157 Lark Sparrow - Chondestes grammacus
158 Common Loon - Gavia immer
159 Horned Grebe - Podiceps auritus
160 Eared Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis
161 Western Kingbird - Tyrannus verticalis
162 Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus
163 Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus
164 Pine Siskin - Spinus pinus
165 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris
166 Great Crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus crinitus
167 Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis
168 Yellow Warbler - Setophaga petechia
169 Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea
170 Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus
171 Palm Warbler - Setophaga palmarum
172 Orchard Oriole - Icterus spurius
173 Baltimore Oriole - Icterus galbula
174 Green Heron - Butorides virescens
175 Warbling Vireo - Vireo gilvus
176 Upland Sandpiper - Bartramia longicauda
177 Bobolink - Dolichonyx oryzivorus
178 Mississippi Kite - Ictinia mississippiensis
179 Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea
180 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus americanus
181 Willow Flycatcher - Empidonax traillii
182 Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus
183 American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla
184 Magnolia Warbler - Setophaga magnolia
185 Wilson's Warbler - Cardellina pusilla
186 Dickcissel - Spiza americana
187 Northern Bobwhite - Colinus virginianus
188 Common Nighthawk - Chordeiles minor
189 Grasshopper Sparrow - Ammodramus savannarum
190 Stilt Sandpiper - Calidris himantopus
191 White-rumped Sandpiper - Calidris fuscicollis
192 Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens
193 Nashville Warbler - Oreothlypis ruficapilla
194 Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauri
195 Bell's Vireo - Vireo bellii
196 Bank Swallow - Riparia riparia
197 Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis
198 Blue Grosbeak - Passerina caerulea
199 Red-headed Woodpecker - Melanerpes erythrocephalus
200 Summer Tanager - Piranga rubra
201 White-eyed Vireo - Vireo griseus
202 Yellow-throated Vireo - Vireo flavifrons
203 Northern Parula - Setophaga americana
204 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - Nyctanassa violacea
205 Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus
206 Sanderling - Calidris alba
207 Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis
Mammal Update:
10. Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel - Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
11. Black-tailed Prairie-Dog - Cynomys ludovicianus
12. Eastern Gray Squirrel - Sciurus carolinensis
Reptiles:
1 Red-eared Slider
2 Bull Snake
3 Ornate Box Turtle
4 Western Massasauga
5 DeKey’s Brown Snake
6 Great Plains Rat Snake
7 Texas Long-nosed Snake
8 Prairie Kingsnake
9 Western Rat Snake
10 Plainbelly Water Snake
11 Prairie Rattlesnake
12 Red-sided Garter Snake
13 Western Painted Turtle
14 Common Snapping Turtle
15 Prairie Racerunner
Amphibians:
1 American Bullfrog
2 Woodhouse’s Toad
3 Great Plains Spadefoot
4 Blanchard’s Cricket Frog
1 Red-eared Slider
2 Bull Snake
3 Ornate Box Turtle
4 Western Massasauga
5 DeKey’s Brown Snake
6 Great Plains Rat Snake
7 Texas Long-nosed Snake
8 Prairie Kingsnake
9 Western Rat Snake
10 Plainbelly Water Snake
11 Prairie Rattlesnake
12 Red-sided Garter Snake
13 Western Painted Turtle
14 Common Snapping Turtle
15 Prairie Racerunner
Amphibians:
1 American Bullfrog
2 Woodhouse’s Toad
3 Great Plains Spadefoot
4 Blanchard’s Cricket Frog
BirdsSingapore Botanic Gardens
Birds
100. Red Junglefowl
101. Javan Myna
102. Laced Woodpecker
Reptiles
6. Clouded Monitor
7. Red-eared Slider
Hix
103. Oriental Dollarbird
104. Rose-ringed Parrot
105. Red-breasted Parrot
106. Long-tailed Parrot
107. Greater Racquet-tailed Drongo
108. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
109. White-breasted Sea Eagle
110. Rusty-breasted Cuckoo
111. Blue-throated Bee-eater
112. Sunda (Collared) Scops Owl
113. Pin-striped Tit-babbler
114. White-crested Laughing Thrush
115. Crimson Sunbird
116. Crested Goshawk
117. Oriental Pied Hornbill
118. Taninbar Corella
Mammals
13. Sunda Colugo
14. Slender Squirrel
15. Lesser Dog-faced Fruit bat
Reptiles
8. Saltwater Crocodile
9. Oriental Whip Snake
10. Oriental Garden Lizard
11. Sumatran Flying Dragon
12. Green Crested Lizard
13. Many-lined Sun Skink
Inverts
42. Mangrove Horseshoe Crab
43. Vinegar Crab
Fish
340. Common Snakehead
Hix
My first addition of July (June has been one my best months birding wise but July will mostly be doing nothing or just passive birding
) and I was wondering when I was going to add this species considering there are quite some right by my house:79 - Eurasian thick-knee, Burhinus oedicnemus
(Also forgot to add an invertebrate which was seen at Tifnit Beach along with the crab [identified by someone else who told me they were the only mussels at Tifnit Beach])
17 - Brown mussel, Perna perna
Have you missed an earlier one? Before this post I had you on two amphibians and five reptiles, so with this list you should be on 19 if my total wasn't incorrect.
I'm just updating the Big Year totals on my computer, and I was about to post that you'd already listed Slender Squirrel at Bukit Fraser. But I thought I'd just quickly google it first - I didn't know that the species had been split for a Malaysian montane species! Armchair tick for me! (But we won't tell @LaughingDove because his year-list is already too long...)
Oh I see, I listed number 13 twice, hence the confusion.
This should of course be:
HERPS:
8) Natterjack toad, Epidalea calamita
9) Spiny toad, Bufo spinosus
10) Ladder snake, Rhinechis scalaris
11) Large psammodromus, Psammodromus algirus
12) Conmon wall lizard, Podarcis muralis
13) Spanish pond turtle, Mauremys leprosa
14) Moorish wall gecko, Tarentola mauritanica
15) Viperine water snake, Natrix maura
16) Ocellated lizard, Timon lepidus
17) Iberian wall lizard, Podarcis hispanica
18) Montpellier snake, Malpolon monspessulanus
19) Mediterranean house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus
Ah, I probably should have noticed that myself! I was just looking at the names.Oh I see, I listed number 13 twice, hence the confusion.
140) Split montane Peninsular Malaysian form of Slender Squirrel, see above discussion (I haven't actually had time to look into this much myself yet, but if Chli is splitting something it must be a good split
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New Birds:
775) Red-capped Plover
776) Greater Sandplover
777) Red-necked Stint
778) Lesser Sandplover
779) Common Greenshank
780) Fairy Gerygone
781) Brown-backed Honeyeater
782) Restless Flycatcher
783) Little Shrike-thrush
784) Grey Fantail (this should be on earlier, actually from the first day in Darwin again me being lazy and not checking the field guide properly)
785) Fuscous Honeyeater
Mammals:
141) Long-nosed Bandicoot
This 2010 paper refers to tahan and altitudinis as subspecies of tenuis, while noting that they are deeply divergent from tenuis and, in their own words, "are likely more closely related to the high altitude species S. jentinki of Borneo, than to the lowland populations of S. tenuis from the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra". At the end it notes that a revision of the genus would be the subject of a later paper (one of the authors is of the recent Squirrels of the World book, in which the two montane species are split).140) Split montane Peninsular Malaysian form of Slender Squirrel, see above discussion (I haven't actually had time to look into this much myself yet, but if Chli is splitting something it must be a good split
http://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/61674/1/Moleuclar.pdf
This paper is also interesting in that it suggests that the Bornean Mountain Ground Squirrel should be a Sundasciurus and not a Dremomys: http://www.consevol.org/pdf/Hawkins_2016_MolPhylogenEvol.pdf
This species has also been split into a northern(ly) and southern(ly) species. I'm not sure where the overlap between them is, but obviously the ones round Cairns are the northern species.
