Zoochat Big Year 2023

CMP said:
Birds
It was nice to finally see the most common species I was missing for Illinois. Partially this is because siskins are irruptive and they haven't had an irruption here since the very beginning of when I started birding. They really are a much better-looking bird than I had expected from field guides and photos, more like a nicely streaked winter plumage goldfinch than the slightly yellow, drab house finch I thought they'd be.
244. Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) (Lifer)

Some previously seen species:

Fish
12. Striped shiner (Luxilus chrysocephalus) (Lifer)

Insects/Inverts
296. Giant euscoma moth (Euscoma giganteana) (Lifer)
297. Garden fleahopper (Mircrotechnites bractatus)
298. Yellow-legged pleuroloma (Pleuroloma flavipes)
299. F-winged barklouse (Graphopsocus cruciatus) (Lifer)
300. One-spotted Stink Bug (Euschistus variolarius)
301. Common striped woodlouse (Philoscia muscorum)

This might be it for me this year, but hopefully I find a short-eared owl or other nice wintering species before then.
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Amphibian
While looking through my lists, I surprisingly didn't include my most commonly seen amphibian for the year
6. American toad (Anaxyrus americanus)​

Insects/Inverts
Some final insect IDs
302. Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina)
303. Yellow case-bearing leaf beetle (Pachybrachis tridens) (Lifer)
304 Soybean stem borer (Dectes sayi) (Lifer)​

and finally, I've made an informed decision on my shrew ID.

Mammal
23. Northern Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicauda) (Lifer)​


Totals: 23 (m), 244 (b), 6 (r), 6 (a), 12 (f), 304 (i)
Bold = Personal Best, by far my best for birds and mammals, but I slacked off when it came to fish and inverts. For herps, I think I just didn't visit the right locations.

Overall, a great year, although definitely a much more front heavy one. The three days in California were probably the three best in my life, with a great number of lifer mammals and birds. I hope everyone has a good new year, and that those traveling have a productive and safe time. Hopefully next year brings some fun new species and good views of familiar favorites to us all!
 
Here is my slightly late list for the year. Overall 2023 was a brilliant year for wildlife watching for me with many exciting wildlife sightings. I broke my previous bird year record, mammal year record and amphibian year record, with the bird record being broken by a significant margin. Unfortunately I did see a lot of animals that I was unable to identify to a species level, namely an enormous amount of fish in Lifou, several skinks in Vanuatu and several bat and snake species in Australia. Despite this it was still an awesome year for animal watching with many spectacular species seen.

Mammals:
1. Common Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)
2. Grey-headed Flying Fox (Pteropus poliocephalus)
3. European Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
4. Black Rat (Rattus rattus)
5. Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
6. Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
7. Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
8. Squirrel Glider (Petaurus norfolcensis)
9. Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
10. Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
11. Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
12. Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
13. European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
14. House Mouse (Mus musculus)
15. Black Flying Fox (Pteropus alecto)
16. Long-nosed Bandicoot (Perameles nasuta)
17. Eastern-chestnut Mouse (Pseudomys gracilicaudatus)
18. Northern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus)
19. Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps)
20. Pretty-faced Wallaby (Macropus parryi)
21. Red-legged Pademelon (Thylogale stigmatica)
22. Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
23. Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Birds:
1. Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
2. Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
3. Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
4. Common Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)
5. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
6. Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
7. Peewee (Grallina cyanoleuca)
8. Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)
9. Pale-headed Rosella (Platycercus adscitus)
10. Masked Plover (Vanellus miles)
11. Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
12. Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
13. Australian Bush Turkey (Alectura lathami)
14. Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
15. Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis)
16. Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis)
17. Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis moluccus)
18. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (Zanda funerea)
19. Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
20. Lewin’s Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii)
21. Great Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)
22. Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
23. Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus)
24. Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons)
25. Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)
26. Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
27. Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
28. Indian Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
29. Plumed-whistling Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni)
30. Sulpher-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
31. Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea)
32. Brown Cuckoo Dove (Macropygia phasianella)
33. White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
34. Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
35. Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus)
36. Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
37. Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis)
38. Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera)
39. Black-faced Cuckoo shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
40. Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
41. Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
42. Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
43. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
44. Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus)
45. Azure Kingfisher (Alcedo azurea)
46. Forest Kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii)
47. Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
48. Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)
49. Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
50. Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
51. Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
52. White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
53. Cicadabird (Coracina tenuirostris)
54. Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)
55. Australasian Figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti)
56. Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)
57. Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)
58. King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis)
59. Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
60. Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
61. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
62. Great Egret (Ardea alba)
63. Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)
64. Spectacled Monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus)
65. White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)
66. Radjah Shelduck (Radjah radjah)
67. Magpie Geese (Anseranas semipalmata)
68. Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus)
69. Grey Teal (Anas gracilis)
70. Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)
71. Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
72. Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus)
73. Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus)
74. Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis)
75. Little Friarbird (Philemon citreogularis)
76. Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
77. Double-barred Finch (Taeniopygia bichenovii)
78. Bush-stone Curlew (Burhinus grallarius)
79. Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
80. Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
81. Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
82. Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis)
83. Golden-headed Cristicola (Cisticola exilis)
84. Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora)
85. Grey-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis)
86. Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)
87. Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris)
88. White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)
89. Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)
90. Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)
91. Glossy-black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)
92. Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)
93. White Cheeked Honeyeater (Phylidonyris niger)
94. Apostlebird (Struthidea cinerea)
95. Black Falcon (Falco subniger)
96. Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)
97. Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Lichenostomus chrysops)
98. Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus)
99. Woompoo Pigeon (Ptilinopus magnificus)
100. Pale-yellow Robin (Tregellasia capito)
101. Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis)
102. Rose Robin (Petroica rosea)
103. Spotted Harrier (Circus assimilis)
104. Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera)
105. Wandering Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata)
106. Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
107. Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)
108. Australian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus australis)
109. Hoary Headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)
110. Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus)
111. Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis)
112. Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)
113. Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta)
114. Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia)
115. Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
116. Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)
117. Large-billed Scrubwren (Sericornis magnirostra)
118. Yellow Rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa)
119 Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)
120. Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus)
121. White Headed Pigeon (Columba leucomela)
122. Torresian Kingfisher (Todiramphus sordidus)
123. Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
124. Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)
125 Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides)
126. Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)
127. Painted Buttonquail (Turnix varius)
128. Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
129. Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator)
130. Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
131. Fairy Martin (Petrochelidon ariel)
132. Red-backed Fairywren (Malurus melanocephalus)
133. Variegated Fairywren (Malurus lamberti)
134. Varied Triller (Lalage leucomela)
135. Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
136. Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)
137. Yellow-throated Scrubwren (Sericornis citreogularis)
138. Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)
139. Green Catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris)
140. Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)
141. Noisy Pitta (Pitta versicolor)
142. Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii)
143. Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
144. Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
145. Bush Stone-curlew (Burhinus grallarius)
146. Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus)
147. Tawny Grassbird (Megalurus timoriensis)
148. Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula)
149. Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax)
150. Hardhead (Aythya australis)
151. Australasian Shoveler (Anas rhynchotis)
152. Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
153. Pacific Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps longirostris)
154. Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
155. Australian Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
156. Eastern Reef Egret (Egretta sacra)
157. Square-tailed Kite (Lophoictinia isura)
158. Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
159. White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)
160. Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis)
161. Restless Flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta)
162. White-throated Treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea)
163. Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)
164. Mistletoe Bird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)
165. Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius)
166. Australian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae)
167. Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea)
168. Plum-headed Finch (Neochmia modesta)
169. Rainbow Bee Eater (Merops ornatus)
170. White-rumped Swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius)
171. Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
172. Green-backed White-eye (Zosterops xanthochroa)
173. Dark-brown Honeyeater (Lichmera incana)
174. Red-bellied Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus greyii)
175. South Melanesian Cuckooshrike (Coracina caledonica)
176. Large Lifou White-eye (Zosterops inornatus)
177. Small Lifou White-eye (Zosterops minutus)
178. Fan-tailed Gerygone (Gerygone flavolateralis)
179. New Caledonian Friarbird (Philemon diemenensis)
180. Long-tailed Triller (Lalage leucopyga)
181. Pacific Swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
182. Pacific Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pacifica)
183. Vanuatu Honeyeater (Phylidonyris notabilis)
184. Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)
185. Red-footed Booby (Sula sula)

Reptiles:
1. Common Garden Skink (Lampropholis guichenoti)
2 Australian Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii)
3. Carpet Python (Morelia spilota)
4. Asian House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)
5. Elegant Snake-eyed Skink (Cryptoblepharus pulcher)
6. Eastern Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis)
7. Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
8. Australian Short-necked Turtle (Emydura macquarii)
9. Eastern Bearded Dragon (Pogona barbata)
10. Yellow-spotted Monitor (Varanus panoptes)
11. Eastern Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis)
12. Lace Monitor (Varanus varius)
13. White-crowned Snake (Cacophis harriettae)
14. Eastern Water Skink (Eulamprus quoyii)
15. Keelback (Tropidonophis mairii)
16. Common Litter Skink (Caledoniscincus austrocaledonicus)
17. New Caledonian Sea Krait (Laticauda saintgironsi)
18. Pacific Blue-tailed skink (Emoia caeruleocauda)

Amphibians:
1. Cane Toad (Rhinella marina)
2. Green Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea)
3. Striped Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes peronii)
4. Peron's Tree Frog (Litoria peronii)
5. Stony Creek Frog (Litoria wilcoxii)
6. Broad-palmed Rocket Frog (Litoria latopalmata)
7. Ornate Burrowing Frog (Platyplectrum ornatum)

Fish:
1. Sand Whiting (Sillago ciliata)
2. Yellowfin Bream (Acanthopagrus australis)
3. Moses Perch (Lutjanus russellii)
4. Butter Bream (Monodactylus argenteus)
5. Spotted Scat (Scatophagus argus)
6. Cobia (Rachycentron canadum)
7. Australasian Snapper (Pagrus auratus)
8. Painted Grinner (Trachinocephalus trachinus)
9. Orange-spotted Estuary Cod (Epinephelus coioides)
10. Diamondscale Mullet (Liza vaigiensis)
11. Hairtail Herring (Trichiurus lepturus)
12 Sea Mullet (Mugil cephalus)
13. Tarwhine (Rhabdosargus sarba)
14. Stripey (Microcanthus strigatus)
15. Sawtail Surgeonfish (Prionurus microlepidotus)
16. Australian Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera neglecta)
17. Indo-Pacific Sergeant Major (Abudefduf vaigiensis)
18. Spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari)
19. Gunther’s Wrasse (Pseudolabrus guentheri)
20. Pink-eyed Mullet (Trachystoma petardi)
21. Spangled Perch (Leiopotherapon unicolor)
22. Goldfish (Carassius auratus)
23. Leopard Ray (Himantura uarnak)
24. Threebar Porcupine Fish (Dicotylichthys punctulatus)
25. Estuary Ray (Dasyatis fluviorum)
26. Firetail Gudgeon (Hypseleotris galii)
27. Empire Gudgeon (Hypseleotris compressa)
28. Pacific Blue-eye (Pseudomugil signifer)
29. Australian Long-finned Eel (Anguilla reinhardtii)
30. Mangrove Jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
31. Humbug Damsel (Dascyllus aruanus)
32. Picasso Triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus)
33. Convict Tang (Acanthurus triostegus)
34. Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus)
 
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Lota lota said:
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Most hotels have access to amazing snorkeling sights on their grounds. Even my hotel, which lay close to the city with lots of traffic in the water, had a very rich sea life. I don't have a camera to record what I see underwater, and it's of course impossible to snorkel with a book or your cellphone, so for someone who lacks an underwater camera, species id and creating a species list may be a bit hard. I luckily have a pretty photographic memory, so I could snorkel, and later while on dry land, scroll through the Inat checklist for the region and write down the species I know 100% I saw. I also used the checklist to familiarize myself with the sealife so that I could often know what I was looking at while in the water. My actual fish list is undoubtedly a bit longer, since I only write down the fish I know I saw with 100% certainty. The only species I wrote down as lifers are the more distinctive species I have no recollection of seeing during my previous visit to Egypt.This because it's hard to know what I have seen before, and the previous hotel I stayed at was located in an areas with much greater diversity.So I have likely seen most species already.

8 Slingjaw wrasse (Epibulus insidiator)
9 Purple tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum)
10 Lined bristletooth (Ctenochaetus striaus)
11 Indian ocean humbug (Dascyllus abudafur)
12 Yellowfin goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis)
13 Crimson soldierfish (Myripristis murdjan)
14 Red sea goatfish (Parupeneus forsskali)
15 Scissortail sergant (Abudefduf sexfasciatus)
16 Red sea half-and-half chromis (Pycnochomis dimidiatus)
17 Yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicum)
18 Yellowstripe goatfish Mulloidichthys flavolineatus)
19 Klunzinger's wasse (Thalassoma rueppellii)
20 Doublebar bream (Acanthopagrus bifasciatus)
21 Masked puffer (Arothron diadematus)
22 Red sea anemonefish (Amphiprion bicinctus)
23 Sohal surgeonfish (Acanthurus sohal)
24 Indian bullethead parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus)
25 Indian sailfin tang (Zebrasom desjardinii)
26 Masked butterflyfish (Chaetodon semilarvatus)
27 Red sea bannerfish (Heniochus intermedius)
28 Green damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon indicus)
29 Red Sea birdwrasse (Gomphosus klunzingeri)
30 Red sea racoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon fasciatus)
31 Threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga)
32 Bluespotted cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii)
33 Elegant uniqornfish (Naso elegans)
34 Sulfur damsel (Pomacentrus sulfureus)
35 Rusty parrotfish (Scarus ferrugineus)
36 Spotted sandperch (Parapercis hexophtalma)
37 Round batfish (Platax orbicularis)
38 Striated fusilier (Caesio striata)
39 Crown butterflyfish (Chaetodon paucifsciatus)
40 Blackspotted rubberlip (Plectorhinchus gaterinus)
41 Halfmoon angelfish (Pomacanthus maculosus)
42 Lunar fusilier (Casio lunaris)
43 Rivulated rabbitfish (Siganus rivulatus)
44 Lyretail anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)
45 Freckled hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri)
46 Bluestriped snapper (Lutjanus kasmira)
47 Striped eel catfish (Plotosus lineatus)
48 Indian lionfish (Pterois miles)
49 Bluespotted fantail ray (Taeniura lymma)
50 Exquisite butterflyfish (Chaetodon austriacus)
51 Titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens)
52 Spotfin squirrelfish (Neoniphon sammara)
53 Spotted porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix)
54 Starry puffer (Arothron stellatus)
55 Leopard torpedo (Torpedo panthera)
56 Snowflake moray (Echidna nebulosa)
57 Cirrhitus spilotoceps
58 Pearl toby (Canthigaster margaritata)
59 Tailspot goby (Amblygobius albimaculatus)
60 Steephead parrotfish (Chlorurus gibbus)
61 Thumbprint emperor (Lethrinus harak)
62 Bluefin trevally (Caranx melampygus)
63 Blackspot snapper (Lutjanus fulviflamma)
64 Ehrenberg's snapper (Lutjanus ehrenbergii)
65 Blackspot sergant (Abudefduf sordidus)
66 Clown coris (Coris aygula)
67 Red sea clearfin lionfish (Pterois cincta)
68 Indo-Pacific sergant major (Abudefduf vaigiensis)
69 White-spotted puffer (Arothron hispidus)
70 Regal angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus)
71 Bluespine uniqornfish (Naso uniqornis)
72 Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator)
73 Broomtail wrasse (Cheilinus lunulatus)
And some fishes from Sweden. I don't count fishes I caught this year.
74 Common bream (Abramis brama)
75 White bream (Blicca bjoerkna)
76 Stone loach (Barbatula barbatula)
77 Crucian carp (Carssius carassius)
78 Sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus)
79 Brown trout (Salmo trutta)
80 Three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
81 Tench (Tinca tinca)
82 Viviparous eelpout (Zoarces viviparus)
83 European river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis)
84 Round goby (Neogobius melanostomus)
85 Broadnosed pipefish ( Syngnathus typhle)
86 Vimba bream (Vimba vimba)
87 European bullhead (Cottus gobio)
 
Chlidonias said:
Where were you in Vanuatu?
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I was in Port Villa. I saw the honeyeaters on the very outskirts of the city feeding in a fruiting tree in somebodies backyard. I was on a trip with my family on a cruise ship, and because of this I was not on the islands for very long, hence why my bird list is a bit strange. I saw a majority of birds on Lifou as I was on a remote beach surrounded by a large amount of forest, while in Noumea and Port Villa I was mainly in the city and because of this saw very little in Vanuatu and mainland New Caledonia.
 
animal_expert01 said:
I was in Port Villa. I saw the honeyeaters on the very outskirts of the city feeding in a fruiting tree in somebodies backyard. I was on a trip with my family on a cruise ship, and because of this I was not on the islands for very long, hence why my bird list is a bit strange. I saw a majority of birds on Lifou as I was on a remote beach surrounded by a large amount of forest, while in Noumea and Port Villa I was mainly in the city and because of this saw very little in Vanuatu and mainland New Caledonia.
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I would be extremely unlikely to have seen Vanuatu Honeyeaters in Port Vila. On the larger islands they are largely birds of hill or mountain forest. I have not seen any records of them from Port Vila.
 
This is my final list for the year. 2023 was probably the most prosperous Big Year I have ever had, and I am very happy with my final results. Not only did I finally achieve my long-time goal of reaching over 100 bird species in one year, but I also broke my records for the mammals and the herps. I am very proud of what I accomplished, and I remain hopeful that last year's fortune will carry onto this year.


Mammals (8 lifers):

1. Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
2. Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
3. Nutria (Myocastor coypus)
4. North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis)
5. White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
6. Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
7. Eastern Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)
8. Groundhog (Marmota monax)
9. Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
10. American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
11. Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
12. Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
13. Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
14. Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
15. Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)


Birds (59 lifers):

1. Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
2. House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
3. Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
4. European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
5. Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
6. Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
7. Dark-Eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
8. Ruby-Crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)
9. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
10. American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
11. Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
12. Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
13. Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
14. Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
15. Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
16. American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
17. White-Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
18. Double-Crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
19. Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri)
20. Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
21. Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
22. American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)
23. Common Loon (Gavia immer)
24. Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
25. Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
26. Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
27. American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
28. Ring-Billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
29. Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
30. American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
31. Boat-Tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)
32. Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
33. Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
34. Sanderling (Calidris alba)
35. Bonaparte’s Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
36. Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
37. Great Egret (Ardea alba)
38. Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
39. Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
40. Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
41. Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
42. Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
43. Green-Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
44. American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
45. Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
46. Barred Owl (Strix varia)
47. Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
48. Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
49. Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
50. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
51. Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
52. Brown-Headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla)
53. Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
54. Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
55. Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
56. Red-Winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
57. Yellow-Rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
58. Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
59. Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
60. Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
61. American White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
62. American Wigeon (Mareca americana)
63. Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
64. Pied-Billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
65. Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
66. Ring-Necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
67. Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
68. Rock Dove (Columba livia)
69. Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
70. Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)
71. Red-Shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
72. Red-Bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
73. Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)
74. Brown-Headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
75. Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
76. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
77. Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
78. Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
79. Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)
80. White-Throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
81. Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
82. Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
83. Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
84. Red-Headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
85. Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
86. Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
87. Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
88. Golden-Crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
89. Blue-Headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
90. Common Raven (Corvus corax)
91. Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus)
92. Red-Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
93. Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
94. American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
95. American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
96. Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina)
97. Chestnut-Sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
98. Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
99. Northern Rough-Winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
100. Black-And-White Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
101. Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
102. Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis)
103. Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)
104. Black-Throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)
105. Sharp-Shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
106. Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
107. Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
108. Blue-Winged Teal (Spatula discors)
109. Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
110. Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
111. Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
112. Western Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
113. Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
114. Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
115. Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
116. Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
117. Great-Tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
118. Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
119. White-Crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
120. Common Moorhen (Gallinula galeata)
121. American Coot (Fulica americana)
122. Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
123. Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
124. Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
125. Crissal Thrasher (Toxostoma crissale)
126. Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps)
127. Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
128. Say’s Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
129. Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)


Reptiles (7 lifers):


1. Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
2. Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)
3. Red-Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
4. River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna)
5. Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
6. Common Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon)
7. Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
8. Common Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)
9. American Five-Lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus)
10. Italian Wall Lizard ((Podarcis siculus)


Amphibians (6 lifers):

1. Squirrel Tree Frog (Dryophytes squirellus)
2. Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus orestes)
3. Blue Ridge Two-Lined Salamander (Eurycea wilderae)
4. Northern Gray-Cheeked Salamander (Plethodon montanus)
5. Red-Backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus)
6. Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus)
7. Fowler’s Toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)


Fish (4 lifers):

1. Northern Puffer (Phoeroides maculatus)
2. Pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides)
3. Atlantic Silverside (Menidia menidia)
4. Silver Jenny (Eucinostomus gula)


Invertebrates (8 lifers):

1. Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta)
2. Housefly (Musca domestica)
3. Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)
4. Metricus Paper Wasp (Polistes metricus)
5. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
6. Two-Lined Spittlebug (Prosapia bicincta)
7. Golden Orb-Weaver (Trichonephila clavipes)
8. Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
9. Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes)
10. American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
11. Tiger Bee Fly (Xenox tigrinus)
12. Pasture Wireworm (Monocrepidius exsul)
13. Eastern Parson Spider (Herpyllus ecclesiasticus)
14. Eastern Yellow Jacket (Vespula maculifrons)
15. Atlantic Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)
16. Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica)
17. Mud Fiddler Crab (Minuca pugnax)
18. White Shrimp (Litopenaeus setiferus)
19. Atlantic Ghost Crab (Ocypode quadrata)
20. Spinybacked Orbweaver (Gasteracantha cancriformis)

 
ThylacineAlive said:
"With the end of the year fast approaching, will I be able to crack 700?"

The answer... is yes!

First off, I realized I had yet another omission from my Kenya trip. A bird my party was very confident we'd identified correctly, but I was skeptical so left off of my list intentionally until I got home and could verify. Only, when I eventually went through my photos, I'd forgotten they were for the ID purposes not just record shots and move along thinking I'd of course included the bird *facepalm*

692) Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens

NOW this is the last of the Kenya updates (probably)

Now to (most likely) close off what has been a truly unbelievable year for me, and one I will struggle to ever top, I was gifted with one final surprise: a family vacation. Only last month, my father surprised my siblings and I with the news that he'd been saving for a couple years to take us all on possibly one last family vacation before my siblings graduate and enter the boring adult world as I have. The location he chose: the Dominican Republic.

Now, keep in mind this was primarily a family trip to a resort, so I kept my wildlife watching time restricted to birding on the grounds of the resort, one half-day outing, and a visit to the National Zoo during our day trip to Santo Domingo. So don't expect my list to look anything like @Najade's from earlier this year! I do want to thank him, though, for helping me get in touch rather last minute with a birder-friendly English speaking driver and a great bird guide in Juan Cespede for my outing. Sadly, mammal watching on this trip was kept to a single incidental sighting, with no time for bat caves or solenodons (the zoo's solenodon also died about two months back so no luck there either :( ).

All of this said, I think I did really great with my limited time here and my restrictions. In three and a half days I amassed 29 new species for my year list, 22 of which were completely new lifers for me. Technically, I do not leave until tomorrow afternoon, however I don't plan to leave the resort to go birding again and I think I've probably maxed out my species potential for the resort grounds. With that in mind, I figured in the interest of me having downtime now, I'd go ahead and post my list as I really don't expect there to be any more additions.

Afternoon birding at RIU Palace Punta Cana (Saturday, 12/16)
693) Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
694) Palmchat Dulus dominicus
695) Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger
696) Hispaniolan Woodpecker Melanerpes striatus
697) Antillean Palm Swift Tachornis phoenicobia

Intermittent birding at RIU Palace Punta Cana (Sunday, 12/17)
698) Yellow-Throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
699) Hispaniolan Conure Psittacara chloroptera
700) Hispaniolan Amazon Amazona ventralis
701) Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
702) Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
703) Smooth-Billed Ani Crotophaga ani

Los Haitises National Park (Monday, 12/18)
704) Broad-Billed Tody Todus subulatus
705) Yellow-Faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
706) Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata
707) White-Necked Crow Corvus leucognaphalus
708) Hispaniolan Mango Anthracothorax dominicus
709) Black-Crowned Palm-Tanager Phaenicophilus palmarum
710) Ridgway's Hawk Buteo ridgwayi
711) Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
712) Black-Whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
713) Antillean Piculet Nesoctites micromegas
714) Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
715) Stolid Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus
716) Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo Coccyzus longirostris
717) Muscovy Dove Cairina moschata
718) Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
719) White-Crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
720) West Indian Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arborea

I have to say, I don't think I've ever done as intense of birding as I did on this day. The hawks proved themselves tricky to find, so my guides took me into the karst montane forests, hiking all the way up a steep muddy incline, to find a pair perched in a small tree at the very top. It's hard for me to think of a tougher (and certainly scarier) workout than ascending--and eventually descending..--that terrain. Thankfully, the tour only got easier from there, ending in a rather nice boat tour through the mangrove forest out to Bahía de San Lorenzo. Typically lots of swallows, martins, and even sometimes bats can be viewed flying from the caves along the bay. Unfortunately, yesterday was not one of those days. Cannot complain in the end, though!

National Zoological Park in Santo Domingo (Tuesday, 12/19)
721) White-Cheeked Pintail, Anas bahamensis

Mammals
152) Small Indian Mongoose Urva auropunctata

Seen on the grounds of my resort...

Reptiles
27) Hispaniolan Masked Curly-Tailed Lizard Leiocephalus personatus
28) Dominican Green Anole Anolis callainus
29) Central Antillean Slider Trachemys stejnegeri
30) North Caribbean Bark Anole Anolis distichus
31) Hispaniolan Stout Anole Anolis hispaniolae
32) Rhinoceros Iguana Cyclura cornuta

~Thylo
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I see everyone's getting one last big push for additions in at the very end of the year! Very exciting! I have but one new ID from my last morning in the DR:

33) Common House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus

I plan to post a review of my year in the coming days.

There's currently quite a lot of action bird-wise in CT, especially in the southwest corner of the State. Unfortunately, a certain virus will be keeping me locked inside my apartment (and mostly my bed) for a while.

~Thylo
 
Chlidonias said:
I would be extremely unlikely to have seen Vanuatu Honeyeaters in Port Vila. On the larger islands they are largely birds of hill or mountain forest. I have not seen any records of them from Port Vila.
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I may be wrong but I was pretty confident of my ID. When I first saw the birds in question I initially thought they were a friarbird species as they reminded me a lot of little friarbirds. The birds had a curved beak and were significantly lighter and slightly larger than the dark brown honeyeaters I was seeing everywhere in New Caledonian and Vanuatu. eBird suggests they have been found relatively close to the city. If you think this identification is unlikely though I will take your word and remove it.

On a side note, is anyone sure if the lorikeets on mainland New Caledonia are rainbow lorikeets, coconut lorikeets or are both species present on the island?
 
Macaw16 said:
I had been meaning to update for a while, and then realised I hadn't posted anything this year... :oops:

In June I spent a few weeks in Sabah, Borneo - my first trip outside of Europe! Most of my time was spent on a university field trip in the Danum Valley, however I also spent some time on the Kinabatangan River and a couple of nights in Kota Kinabalu. Otherwise, everything else is from various locations around the UK (but mostly within the Midlands).

I haven't had chance to add scientific names for any of my UK sightings, but happy to clarify any species if needed.

Mammals
1. Eastern grey squirrel
2. Roe deer
3. Brown rat
4. Red fox
5. European rabbit
6. Brown hare
7. Reeves’s muntjac
8. Chinese water deer
9. Common pipistrelle
10. Prevost’s squirrel Callosciurus prevostii
11. Southern pig-tailed macaque Macaca nemestrina
12. Long-tailed macaque Macaca fascicularis
13. Proboscis monkey Nasalis larvatus
14. Silvery langur Trachypithecus cristatus
15. Asian palm civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
16. Bornean pygmy elephant Elephas maximus borneensis
17. Sambar Rusa unicolor
18. Bornean orangutan Pongo pygmaeus
19. Red leaf monkey Presbytis rubicunda
20. Sunda colugo Galeopterus variegatus
21. Banded palm civet Hemigalus derbyanus
22. Red giant flying squirrel Petaurista petaurista
23. Least pygmy squirrel Exilisciurus exilis

Birds
1. European robin
2. Eurasian blue tit
3. Common blackbird
4. Dunnock
5. European herring gull
6. Common woodpigeon
7. Eurasian wren
8. Carrion crow
9. Eurasian magpie
10. Common starling
11. Western jackdaw
12. Common buzzard
13. Coal tit
14. Eurasian sparrowhawk
15. Green woodpecker
16. Eurasian bullfinch
17. Common moorhen
18. Great cormorant
19. Common chaffinch
20. Mute swan
21. Mallard
22. Common pochard
23. Tufted duck
24. Common shelduck
25. Goosander
26. Northern shoveller
27. Gadwall
28. Black-headed gull
29. Northern lapwing
30. Common gull
31. Canada goose
32. Eurasian wigeon
33. Common kestrel
34. Stock dove
35. Eurasian teal
36. Long-tailed tit
37. Little grebe
38. Eurasian coot
39. Feral pigeon
40. Little egret
41. Pied wagtail
42. Meadow pipit
43. Great crested grebe
44. Common goldeneye
45. Fieldfare
46. Great northern diver
47. Lesser redpoll
48. Redwing
49. Lesser black-backed gull
50. Grey wagtail
51. Glaucous gull
52. Greylag goose
53. Grey heron
54. Common chiffchaff
55. Goldcrest
56. European goldfinch
57. Red kite
58. Great spotted woodpecker
59. Great tit
60. Song thrush
61. House sparrow
62. Bewick’s swan
63. Dunlin
64. Black-tailed godwit
65. Northern pintail
66. European golden plover
67. Rook
68. Barnacle goose
69. Greater white-fronted goose
70. Common snipe
71. Common crane
72. Great white egret
73. Red-crested pochard
74. Common pheasant
75. Sanderling
76. Common reed bunting
77. Greenfinch
78. Eurasian nuthatch
79. Eurasian jay
80. Eurasian treecreeper
81. Eurasian oystercatcher
82. Water rail
83. Marsh tit
84. Cetti’s warbler
85. Eurasian collared dove
86. Common sandpiper
87. Peregrine
88. Common raven
89. Long-tailed duck
90. Eurasian skylark
91. Northern wheatear
92. Barn swallow
93. Northern fulmar
94. Mandarin duck
95. European stonechat
96. Common whitethroat
97. Sedge warbler
98. Eurasian blackcap
99. Common tern
100. Common swift
101. Red-legged partridge
102. Corn bunting
103. Common linnet
104. House martin
105. Mistle thrush
106. House swift Apus nipalensis
107. Large-billed crow Corvus macrorhynchos
108. Common mynah Acridotheres tristis
109. Eurasian tree sparrow Passer montanus
110. Asian glossy starling Aplonis panayensis
111. White-bellied woodpecker Dryocopus javensis
112. Spotted dove Spilopelia chinensis
113. Indigo flycatcher Eumyias indigo
114. Pacific swallow Hirundo tahitica
115. Common hill mynah Gracula religiosa
116. Rhinoceros hornbill Buceros rhinoceros
117. Green imperial pigeon Ducula aenea
118. Buffy fish owl Ketupa ketupu
119. Yellow-bellied warbler Abroscopus superciliaris
120. Stork-billed kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
121. Blue-eared kingfisher Alcedo meninting
122. White-breasted waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
123. Black-and-red broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
124. White-bellied sea eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
125. Oriental darter Anhinga melanogaster
126. Oriental pied hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris
127. Purple heron Ardea purpurea
128. Storm’s stork Ciconia stormi
129. Crested serpent eagle Spilornis cheela
130. Greater coucal Centropus sinensis
131. Bushy-crested hornbill Anorrhinus galeritus
132. Wrinkled hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus
133. Lesser adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
134. Black hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus
135. Wallace’s hawk-eagle Nisaetus nanus
136. Grey-headed fish eagle Haliaeetus ichthyaetus
137. Slender-billed crow Corvus enca
138. Collared kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
139. White-breasted woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
140. House crow Artamus leucorynchus
141. Great argus Argusianus argus
142. Whiskered treeswift Hemiprocne comata
143. White-crowned shama Copsychus stricklandii
144. Yellow-bellied bulbul Alophoixus phaeocephalus
145. Grey-hooded babbler Cyanoderma bicolor
146. Bold-striped tit-babbler Mixornis bornensis
147. Rufous-fronted babbler Cyanoderma rufifrons
148. Hairy-backed bulbul Tricholestes criniger
149. Little spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
150. Lesser green leafbird Chloropsis cyanopogon
151. Ferruginous babbler Pellorneum bicolor
152. Bornean black magpie Platysmurus aterrimus
153. Blue-crowned hanging parrot Loriculus galgulus
154. Brown-throated sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
155. Orange-bellied flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma
156. Malaysian honeyguide Indicator archipelagicus
157. Oriental magpie-robin Copsychus saularis
158. Glossy swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
159. Yellow-breasted flowerpecker Prionochilus maculatus
160. Silver-rumped spinetail Rhaphidura leucopygialis
161. Streaked bulbul Ixos malaccensis
162. Greater green leafbird Chloropsis sonnerati
163. Yellow-eared spiderhunter Arachnothera chrysogenys
164. Spectacled bulbul Ixodia erythropthalmos
165. Bornean bristlehead Pityriasis gymnocephala
166. Grey-rumped treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis
167. Great slaty woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus
168. Bornean crested fireback Lophura ignita
169. Black-winged flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus
170. Plain sunbird Anthreptes simplex
171. Black-crowned pitta Erythropitta ussheri
172. Malaysian blue flycatcher Cyornis turcosus
173. White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaultia
174. Rufous-collared Kingfisher Actenoides concretus
175. Grey-chested jungle flycatcher Cyornis umbratilis
176. Chestnut-naped forktail Enicurus ruficapillus
177. Oriental dwarf kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
178. Bornean black-capped babbler Pellorneum capistratoides
179. Yellow-rumped flowerpecker Prionochilus xanthopygius
180. Paddyfield pipit Anthus rufulus
181. Rufous-tailed tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus
182. Striated heron Butorides striata
183. Crimson sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
184. Malaysian pied fantail Rhipidura javanica
185. Intermediate egret Ardea intermedia
186. Chestnut munia Lonchura atricapilla
187. Common iora Aegithina tiphia
188. Blue-naped parrot Tanygnathus lucionensis
189. Little green pigeon Treron olax
190. Zebra dove Geopelia striata
191. Eurasian hobby
192. Sand martin
193. Egyptian goose

Reptiles
1. Asian water monitor Varanus salvator
2. Saltwater crocodile Crocodylus porosus

Amphibians
1. Smooth newt
2. Common toad
3. Common frog
4. Great crested newt
5. Wallace’s flying frog Rhacophorus nigropalmatus
6. Dark-eared tree frog Polypedates macrotis
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The last few additions for the year.

A push for two more species on the 31st got me over 200 species of birds for the year, a first for me!

Mammals
24. European hedgehog
25. Bank vole
26. Wood mouse
27. Soprano pipistrelle
28. Common noctule
29. Common shrew
30. Red squirrel
31. Red deer
32. Grey seal
33. Harbour porpoise

Birds
194. Western marsh harrier
195. White-throated dipper
196. European shag
197. Red grouse
198. Bohemian waxwing
199. Great black-backed gull
200. Red-breasted merganser
201. Red-throated diver
 
animal_expert01 said:
Here is my slightly late list for the year. Overall 2023 was a brilliant year for wildlife watching for me with many exciting wildlife sightings. I broke my previous bird year record, mammal year record and amphibian year record, with the bird record being broken by a significant margin. Unfortunately I did see a lot of animals that I was unable to identify to a species level, namely an enormous amount of fish in Lifou, several skinks in Vanuatu and several bat and snake species in Australia. Despite this it was still an awesome year for animal watching with many spectacular species seen.

Mammals:
1. Common Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)
2. Grey-headed Flying Fox (Pteropus poliocephalus)
3. European Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
4. Black Rat (Rattus rattus)
5. Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
6. Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
7. Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
8. Squirrel Glider (Petaurus norfolcensis)
9. Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
10. Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
11. Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
12. Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
13. European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
14. House Mouse (Mus musculus)
15. Black Flying Fox (Pteropus alecto)
16. Long-nosed Bandicoot (Perameles nasuta)
17. Eastern-chestnut Mouse (Pseudomys gracilicaudatus)
18. Northern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus)
19. Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps)
20. Pretty-faced Wallaby (Macropus parryi)
21. Red-legged Pademelon (Thylogale stigmatica)
22. Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
23. Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Birds:
1. Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
2. Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
3. Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
4. Common Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)
5. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
6. Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
7. Peewee (Grallina cyanoleuca)
8. Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)
9. Pale-headed Rosella (Platycercus adscitus)
10. Masked Plover (Vanellus miles)
11. Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
12. Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
13. Australian Bush Turkey (Alectura lathami)
14. Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
15. Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis)
16. Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis)
17. Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis moluccus)
18. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (Zanda funerea)
19. Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
20. Lewin’s Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii)
21. Great Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)
22. Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
23. Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus)
24. Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons)
25. Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)
26. Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
27. Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
28. Indian Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
29. Plumed-whistling Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni)
30. Sulpher-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
31. Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea)
32. Brown Cuckoo Dove (Macropygia phasianella)
33. White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
34. Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
35. Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus)
36. Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
37. Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis)
38. Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera)
39. Black-faced Cuckoo shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
40. Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
41. Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
42. Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
43. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
44. Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus)
45. Azure Kingfisher (Alcedo azurea)
46. Forest Kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii)
47. Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
48. Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)
49. Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
50. Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
51. Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
52. White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
53. Cicadabird (Coracina tenuirostris)
54. Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)
55. Australasian Figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti)
56. Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)
57. Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)
58. King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis)
59. Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
60. Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
61. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
62. Great Egret (Ardea alba)
63. Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)
64. Spectacled Monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus)
65. White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)
66. Radjah Shelduck (Radjah radjah)
67. Magpie Geese (Anseranas semipalmata)
68. Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus)
69. Grey Teal (Anas gracilis)
70. Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)
71. Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
72. Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus)
73. Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus)
74. Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis)
75. Little Friarbird (Philemon citreogularis)
76. Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
77. Double-barred Finch (Taeniopygia bichenovii)
78. Bush-stone Curlew (Burhinus grallarius)
79. Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
80. Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
81. Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
82. Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis)
83. Golden-headed Cristicola (Cisticola exilis)
84. Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora)
85. Grey-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis)
86. Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)
87. Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris)
88. White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)
89. Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)
90. Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)
91. Glossy-black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)
92. Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)
93. White Cheeked Honeyeater (Phylidonyris niger)
94. Apostlebird (Struthidea cinerea)
95. Black Falcon (Falco subniger)
96. Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)
97. Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Lichenostomus chrysops)
98. Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus)
99. Woompoo Pigeon (Ptilinopus magnificus)
100. Pale-yellow Robin (Tregellasia capito)
101. Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis)
102. Rose Robin (Petroica rosea)
103. Spotted Harrier (Circus assimilis)
104. Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera)
105. Wandering Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata)
106. Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
107. Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)
108. Australian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus australis)
109. Hoary Headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)
110. Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus)
111. Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis)
112. Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)
113. Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta)
114. Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia)
115. Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
116. Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)
117. Large-billed Scrubwren (Sericornis magnirostra)
118. Yellow Rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa)
119 Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)
120. Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus)
121. White Headed Pigeon (Columba leucomela)
122. Torresian Kingfisher (Todiramphus sordidus)
123. Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
124. Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)
125 Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides)
126. Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)
127. Painted Buttonquail (Turnix varius)
128. Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
129. Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator)
130. Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
131. Fairy Martin (Petrochelidon ariel)
132. Red-backed Fairywren (Malurus melanocephalus)
133. Variegated Fairywren (Malurus lamberti)
134. Varied Triller (Lalage leucomela)
135. Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
136. Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)
137. Yellow-throated Scrubwren (Sericornis citreogularis)
138. Australian Logrunner (Orthonyx temminckii)
139. Green Catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris)
140. Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)
141. Noisy Pitta (Pitta versicolor)
142. Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii)
143. Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
144. Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
145. Bush Stone-curlew (Burhinus grallarius)
146. Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus)
147. Tawny Grassbird (Megalurus timoriensis)
148. Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula)
149. Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax)
150. Hardhead (Aythya australis)
151. Australasian Shoveler (Anas rhynchotis)
152. Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
153. Pacific Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps longirostris)
154. Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
155. Australian Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
156. Eastern Reef Egret (Egretta sacra)
157. Square-tailed Kite (Lophoictinia isura)
158. Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
159. White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)
160. Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis)
161. Restless Flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta)
162. White-throated Treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea)
163. Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)
164. Mistletoe Bird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)
165. Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius)
166. Australian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae)
167. Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea)
168. Plum-headed Finch (Neochmia modesta)
169. Rainbow Bee Eater (Merops ornatus)
170. White-rumped Swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius)
171. Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
172. Green-backed White-eye (Zosterops xanthochroa)
173. Dark-brown Honeyeater (Lichmera incana)
174. Red-bellied Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus greyii)
175. South Melanesian Cuckooshrike (Coracina caledonica)
176. Large Lifou White-eye (Zosterops inornatus)
177. Small Lifou White-eye (Zosterops minutus)
178. Fan-tailed Gerygone (Gerygone flavolateralis)
179. New Caledonian Friarbird (Philemon diemenensis)
180. Long-tailed Triller (Lalage leucopyga)
181. Pacific Swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
182. Pacific Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pacifica)
183. Vanuatu Honeyeater (Phylidonyris notabilis)
184. Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)
185. Red-footed Booby (Sula sula)

Reptiles:
1. Common Garden Skink (Lampropholis guichenoti)
2 Australian Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii)
3. Carpet Python (Morelia spilota)
4. Asian House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)
5. Elegant Snake-eyed Skink (Cryptoblepharus pulcher)
6. Eastern Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis)
7. Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
8. Australian Short-necked Turtle (Emydura macquarii)
9. Eastern Bearded Dragon (Pogona barbata)
10. Yellow-spotted Monitor (Varanus panoptes)
11. Eastern Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis)
12. Lace Monitor (Varanus varius)
13. White-crowned Snake (Cacophis harriettae)
14. Eastern Water Skink (Eulamprus quoyii)
15. Keelback (Tropidonophis mairii)
16. Common Litter Skink (Caledoniscincus austrocaledonicus)
17. New Caledonian Sea Krait (Laticauda saintgironsi)
18. Pacific Blue-tailed skink (Emoia caeruleocauda)

Amphibians:
1. Cane Toad (Rhinella marina)
2. Green Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea)
3. Striped Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes peronii)
4. Peron's Tree Frog (Litoria peronii)
5. Stony Creek Frog (Litoria wilcoxii)
6. Broad-palmed Rocket Frog (Litoria latopalmata)
7. Ornate Burrowing Frog (Platyplectrum ornatum)

Fish:
1. Sand Whiting (Sillago ciliata)
2. Yellowfin Bream (Acanthopagrus australis)
3. Moses Perch (Lutjanus russellii)
4. Butter Bream (Monodactylus argenteus)
5. Spotted Scat (Scatophagus argus)
6. Cobia (Rachycentron canadum)
7. Australasian Snapper (Pagrus auratus)
8. Painted Grinner (Trachinocephalus trachinus)
9. Orange-spotted Estuary Cod (Epinephelus coioides)
10. Diamondscale Mullet (Liza vaigiensis)
11. Hairtail Herring (Trichiurus lepturus)
12 Sea Mullet (Mugil cephalus)
13. Tarwhine (Rhabdosargus sarba)
14. Stripey (Microcanthus strigatus)
15. Sawtail Surgeonfish (Prionurus microlepidotus)
16. Australian Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera neglecta)
17. Indo-Pacific Sergeant Major (Abudefduf vaigiensis)
18. Spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari)
19. Gunther’s Wrasse (Pseudolabrus guentheri)
20. Pink-eyed Mullet (Trachystoma petardi)
21. Spangled Perch (Leiopotherapon unicolor)
22. Goldfish (Carassius auratus)
23. Leopard Ray (Himantura uarnak)
24. Threebar Porcupine Fish (Dicotylichthys punctulatus)
25. Estuary Ray (Dasyatis fluviorum)
26. Firetail Gudgeon (Hypseleotris galii)
27. Empire Gudgeon (Hypseleotris compressa)
28. Pacific Blue-eye (Pseudomugil signifer)
29. Australian Long-finned Eel (Anguilla reinhardtii)
30. Mangrove Jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
31. Humbug Damsel (Dascyllus aruanus)
32. Picasso Triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus)
33. Convict Tang (Acanthurus triostegus)
34. Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus)
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I will remove Vanuatu honeyeater from my list due to possibility of misidentification. My bird list however remains 185 due to a new edition.

Birds:
185. Coconut Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)

I would also like to replace common garden skink (number one on the reptile list) with delicate garden skink (Lampropholis delicata) due to a misidentification.
 
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I may be wrong but I was pretty confident of my ID. When I first saw the birds in question I initially thought they were a friarbird species as they reminded me a lot of little friarbirds. The birds had a curved beak and were significantly lighter and slightly larger than the dark brown honeyeaters I was seeing everywhere in New Caledonian and Vanuatu. eBird suggests they have been found relatively close to the city. If you think this identification is unlikely though I will take your word and remove it.
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Which sites on eBird are you looking at?
 
Lota lota said:
14 Northern water vole (Arvicola amphibius)
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15 Red deer (Cervus elaphus)
16 Mountain hare (Lepus timidus)
17 European fallow deer (Dama dama)
18 American mink (Neogale vison)
19 Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)
20 Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
21 Yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis)
22 Wild boar (Sus scrofa)
23 Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra)
 
Lota lota said:
I visited Egypt for the 2nd time back at the end of October and got a few new birds.The hotel I stayed at the first time was teeming with birds—nice species like hoopoes, bluethroats, red-backed pipits, and Sardinian warblers—in the hotel gardens and lawns. And a wide array of gulls, terns, and waders on the hotel beach and in the tidal mudflat.

The first time I visited Egypt I wasn't a serious birder and didn't record the sightings. But since the memories from the birds I just noticed effortlessly were so pleasant, I thought I was in for something real good. Unfortunately, there were barely any birds in the hotel, probably because there was barely any habitat for them, the beach was very developed, there was little room for birds, and there was no big tidal area. The hotel gardens and lawns were also small and lacked cover for the birds. The main reason for the lack of birds was probably because the hotel was close to the city, as compared to the previous hotel, which was like 40 minutes away from town with nothing but desert and a few scattered hotels.


149 House crow (Corvus splendens)

150 White-eyed gull (Larus leocophthalmus)

151 Sooty gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii)

152 Laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)

153 Brown booby (Sula leucogaster)

154 Desert wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)

155 Brown-necked raven (Corvus rufficolis)

156 Greater sand-plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
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Some more birds I saw.
157 Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
158 Common redpoll (Aacanthis flammea)
159 Red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
160 Velvet scoter (Melanitta fusca)
161 White-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
162 Little bunting (Emberiza pusilla)
And that's all of it.:)
 
birdsandbats said:
Birds
312. White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
313. Fiery-throated Hummingbird Streptoprocne zonaris
314. Black-cheeked Warbler Basileuterus melanogenys
315. Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
316. Mountain Thrush Turdus plebejus
317. Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
318. Spot-crowned Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes affinis
319. Large-footed Finch Pezopetes capitalis
320. Slaty Flowerpeircer Diglossa plumbea
321. Sulphur-winged Parakeet Pyrrhura hoffmanni
322. Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
323. Black-and-yellow Silky-Flycatcher Phainoptila melanoxantha
323. Yellow-thighed Brushfinch Atlapetes tibialis
324. Collared Redstart Myioborus torquatus
325. Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
326. Ochraceous Wren Troglodytes ochraceus
327. Olive-streaked Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus
328. Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
329. Volcano Hummingbird Selasphorus flammula
330. Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
331. Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops
332. Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
333. Volcano Hummingbird Junco vulcani
334. Talamanca Hummingbird Eugenes spectabilis

Mammals
32. Red-tailed Squirrel Sciurus granatensis

Herps
16. Emerald Swift Sceloporus malachiticus
17. Red-legged Webfoot Salamander Bolitoglossa pesrubra
18. Montane Alligator Lizard Abronia monticola
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And my final two species for the year:

Birds
335. Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea
336. Dusky Nightjar Antrostomus saturatus

Into the new year! And the lowland forests. ;)
 
I've complied my year's list into one post.


(Wild Lifers in BOLD)

Brooklyn, NY:
1. Eastern Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis (Jan 2)
2. Common Raccoon, Procyon lotor (Feb 15)
3. Brown Rat, Rattus norvegicus (Feb 16)

!Khwa ttu Nature Reserve:
4. Common Duiker, Sylvicapra grimmia (Mar 3)
5. Karoo Bush Rat, Otomys unisulcatus
6. Four-striped grass mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio
7. Springbok, Antidorcas marsupialis

Papkuilsfontein Guest Farm Nieuwoudtville:
8. Namaqua Rock Rat, Aethomys namaquensis
9. Cape Gerbil, Gerbilliscus afra
10. Scrub Hare, Lepus saxatilis
11. Cape gray mongoose, Herpestes pulverulentus (Mar 4)
12. Cape Rock Sengi, Elephantulus edwardii
13. Cape Porcupine, Hystrix africaeaustralis (Mar 5)
14. Bat-eared Fox, Otocyon megalotis
15. Steenbok, Raphicerus campestris
16. Cape Fox, Vulpes chama
17. Rock hyrax, Procavia capensis
18. Yellow mongoose, Cynictis penicillata

Cape Town:
19. Cape Golden Mole, Chrysochloris asiatica (Mar 7)
20. Cape Mole-rat, Georychus capensis
21. Natal Long-fingered Bat, Miniopterus natalensis

Karoo Gariep Nature Reserve:
22. Cape Ground Squirrel, Geosciurus inauris (Mar 9)
23. West-Central South African Four-striped Grass Rat, Rhabdomys bechuanae
24. Gemsbok, Oryx gazella
25. Meerkat, Suricata suricatta
26. Common Eland, Taurotragus oryx
27. Blesbok, Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi
28. Roan Antelope, Hippotragus equinus
29. Sable Antelope, Hippotragus niger
30. Common Warthog, Phacochoerus africanus
31. South African Springhare, Pedetes capensis
32. Aardwolf, Proteles cristatus
33. African Buffalo, Syncerus caffer (Mar 10)
34. Cape Short-eared Gerbil, Desmodillus auricularis
35. Egyptian Free-tailed Bat, Tadarida aegyptiaca
36. Hippo, Hippopotamus amphibius
37. African Wildcat, Felis lybica
38. Small-spotted genet, Genetta genetta
39. Aardvark, Orycteropus afer
40. Cape Hare, Lepus capensis
41. Highveld Gerbil, Gerbilliscus brantsii (Mar 11)
42. Cape Serotine, Laephotis capensis
43. Impala, Aepyceros melampus
44. Eastern Rock Sengi, Elephantulus myurus
45. Vervet, Chlorocebus pygerythrus (Mar 12)

Mokala National Park:
46. Burchell’s Zebra, Equus quagga burchellii
47. Lowland Nyala, Tragelaphus angasii (Mar 13)
48. Red Hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus caama
49. Greater Kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros
50. Chacma Baboon, Papio ursinus
51. Common Tsessebe, Damaliscus lunatus lunatus
52. Black-backed Jackal, Lupulella mesomelas
53. Blue wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus
54. White Rhino, Ceratotherium simum
55. Black wildebeest, Connochaetes gnou

Marrick Safari:
56. African Pygmy Mouse, Mus minutoides

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park:
57. Hairy-footed Gerbil, Gerbillurus paeba (Mar 14)
58. Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus (Mar 15)
59. Long-tailed Serotine, Eptesicus hottentotus
60. Brant’s Whistling Rat, Parotomys brantsii 3.16
61. Southern Giraffe, Giraffa giraffa
62. African Leopard, Panthera pardus pardus
63. Slender Mongoose, Herpestes sanguineus
64. African Lion, Panthera leo
65. Spotted Hyena, Crocuta crocuta (Mar 17)
66. Honey badger, Mellivora capensis (Mar 18)

Augrabies Falls National Park:
67. Klipspringer, Oreotragus oreotragus
68. Marsh Mongoose, Atilax paludinosus
69. Hartman’s Mountain Zebra, Equus zebra hartmannae (Mar 19)

Goegap Nature Reserve:
70. Dassie Rat, Petromus typicus (Mar 20)
71. Western Rock Sengi, Elephantulus rupestris

Port Nolloth:
72. Heaviside's Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii

Cape Town:
73. Cape Fur Seal, Arctocephalus pusillus (Mar 23)

Fossil Butte National Monument, WY:
74. Pronghorn, Antilocapra americana (Apr 14)
75. White-tailed Prairie Dog, Cynomys leucurus
76. Least Chipmunk, Neotamias minimus minimus
77. American Elk, Cervus canadensis canadensis
78. Rocky Mountain Mule Deer, Odocoileus hemionus hemionus
79. White-tailed Jackrabbit, Lepus townsendii
80. Desert Cottontail, Sylvilagus audubonii (Apr 15)

Southeastern ID:
81. Uinta Ground Squirrel, Urocitellus armatus
82. Yellow-bellied Marmot, Marmota flaviventris nosophora
83. Fox Squirrel, Sciurus niger

Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve, ID:
84. Craters of the Moon Chipmunk, Neotamias cratericus

Silver Creek Preserve, ID:
85. Mountain Cottontail, Sylvilagus nuttallii
86. Montane Vole, Microtus montanus
87. Columbian Ground Squirrel, Urocitellus columbianus columbianus

Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area:
88. Northwestern American Badger, Taxidea taxus jeffersonii
89. Ord’s Kamgaroo-Rat, Dipodomys ordii columbianus
90. Western Deer Mouse, Peromyscus sonoriensis
91. Great Basin Black-tailed Jackrabbit, Lepus californicus deserticola
92. Piute Ground Squirrel, Urocitellus mollis idahoensis (Apr 16)

Bowler Park, ID:
93. Townsend’s Pocket Gopher, Thomomys townsendii

Emmett, ID:
94. Southern Idaho Ground Squirrel, Urocitellus brunneus endemicus

Prosser, WA:
95. Townsend's Ground Squirrel, Urocitellus townsendii (Apr 17)

Warden, WA:
96. Washington Ground Squirrel, Urocitellus washingtoni (Apr 18)

Brooklyn, NY:
97. Eastern Chipmunk, Tamias striatus (May 2)
98. House Mouse, Mus musculus (May 4)

Singapore:
99. Common Tree Shrew, Tupaia glis (May 29)
100. Southeast Asian Palm Civet, Paradoxurus musangus
101. Malayan Colugo, Galeopterus variegatus
102. Banded Pig, Sus scrofa vittatus
103. Lesser Mouse Deer, Tragulus kanchil
104. Malayan Sambar Deer, Rusa unicolor equina
105. Raffles' Banded Langur, Presbytis femoralis (May 30)
106. Plantain Squirrel, Callosciurus notatus
107. Smooth-coated Otter, Lutrogale perspicillata
108. Slender Squirrel, Sundasciurus tenuis
109. Crab-eating Macaque, Macaca fascicularis
110. Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat, Cynopterus brachyotis
111. Indomalayan Lesser Bamboo Bat, Tylonycteris fulvida
112. Malayan Greater Bamboo Bat, Tylonycteris malayana
113. Cave Nectar Bat, Eonycteris spelaea

Java:
114. Large Flying Fox, Pteropus vampyrus (Jun 1)
115. Javan Mouse Deer, Tragulus javanicus (Jun 2)
116. Black Giant Squirrel, Ratufa bicolor
117. Black-striped Squirrel, Callosciurus nigrovittatus
118. Javan Tree Shrew, Tupaia javanica
119. Javan Mongoose, Urva javanica
120. Asian House Shrew, Suncus murinus (Jun 3)
121. West Javan Langur, Trachypithecus mauritius (Jun 6)
122. Javanese Flying Squirrel, Iomys horsfieldii
123. Lesser False Vampire Bat, Megaderma spasma (Jun 10)

Malaysia:
124. White-thighed Surili, Presbytis siamensis (June 13)
125. Grey-bellied Squirrel, Callosciurus caniceps
126. Black-bearded Tomb Bat, Taphozous melanopogon
127. Malayan Civet, Viverra tangalunga
128. Annandale's Rat, Sundamys annandalei
129. Malayan Woolly Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus morio
130. Southern Pig-tailed Macaque, Macaca nemestrina (Jun 14)
131. Dusky Leaf Monkey, Trachypithecus obscurus
132. Sunda Slow Loris, Nycticebus coucang
133. Mainland Leopard Cat, Prionailurus bengalensis
134. Gray Tree Rat, Lenothrix canus
135. Prevost's Squirrel, Callosciurus prevostii (Jun 15)

Hyde Park, Vt:
136. Woodchuck (Jul 22)

Reykavik Whale Watch, Iceland:
137. Harbour Porpoise, Phocoena phocoena (Aug 31)
138. White-beaked Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris

Jægersborg Dyrehave, Denmark:
139. Red Deer, Cervus elaphus (Sep 6)
140. European Fallow Deer, Dama dama
141. Sika Deer, Cervus nippon (introduced)

Ranomafana National Park:
142. Groves’ Dwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleus grovesi) (Oct 3)
143. Rufous Mouse Lemur (Microcebus rufus)
144. Pale Shrew Tenrec (Microgale fotsifotsy)
145. Fanaloka (Fossa fossana)
146. Eastern Red Forest Rat (Nesomys rufus) (Oct 4)
147. Red-bellied Lemur (Eulemur rubriventer)
148. Golden Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur aureus)
149. Peyrieras’s Woolly Lemur (Avahi peyrierasi)
150. Milne-Edwards Sifaka (Propithecus edwardsi)
151. Ring-tailed Mongoose (Galidia elegans)
152. White-tailed Antsangy (Brachytarsomys albicauda)
153. Webb’s Tufted-tailed Rat (Eliurus webbi)
154. Lesser Tufted-tailed Rat (Eliurus minor)
155. Small-toothed Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur microdon)
156. Sibree’s Dwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleus sibreei)
157. Tanala Tufted-tailed Rat (Eliurus tanala) (Oct 5)

Kianjavato Ahmanson Field Station:
158. Greater Bamboo Lemur (Prolemur simus)
159. Eastern Sucker-footed Bat (Myzopoda aurita)
160. Peter’s Sheath-tailed Bat (Paremballonura atrata)
161. Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegate)
162. Red-fronted Brown Lemur (Eulemur rufifrons)
163. Jolly’s Mouse Lemur (Microcebus jollyae)
164. Greater Hedgehog Tenrec (Setifer setosus)

Ranomafana National Park:
165. Major’s Long-fingered Bat (Miniopterus majori) (Oct 6)
166. Dobson's Shrew Tenrec (Nesogale dobsoni) (Oct 7)

Kirindy Forest:
167. Verreaux’s Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) (Oct 8)
168. Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)
169. Grey Mouse Lemur (Microcebus murinus)
170. Western Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleus medius)
171. Pale Fork-marked Lemur (Phaner pallescens)
172. Red-tailed Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur ruficaudatus)
173. Madame Berthe’s Mouse Lemur (Microcebus berthae)

Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park:
174. Peters’s Mouse Lemur (Microcebus myoxinus) (Oct 9)
175. Bemaraha Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur randrianasoloi) (Oct 10)
176. Decken’s Sifaka (Propithecus deckeni)
177. Rufous Brown Lemur (Eulemur rufus)
178. Malagasy Mouse-eared Bat (Myotis goudotii)
179. Malagasy Giant Mastiff Bat (Otomops madagascariensis)
180. Western Red Forest Rat (Nesomys lambertoni)

Kirindy Forest:
181. Bastard’s Big-footed Mouse (Macrotarsomys bastardi) (Oct 11)
182. Giant Jumping Rat (Hypogeomys antimena)
183. Black Rat (Rattus rattus) (introduced)
184. Racey's Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus raceyi) (Oct 12)
185. Kirindy Serotine (Neoromicia bemainty)
186. Grandidier's free-tailed bat (Mops leucogaster)
187. Narrow-striped Mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata)

Andasibe-Mantadia National Park:
188. Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema) (Oct 13)
189. Indri (Indri indri)
190. Eastern Grey Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur griseus)
191. Lowland Streaked Tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus)
192. Common Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus)
193. Goodman’s Mouse Lemur (Microcebus lehilahytsara)
194. Eastern Woolly Lemur (Avahi laniger)
195. Crossley’s Dwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleus crossleyi)
196. Madagascar Rousette (Rousettus madagascariensis) (Oct 14)
197. Weasel Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur mustelinus)
198. Peters’s Goblin Bat (Mormopterus jugularis) (Oct 15)
199. Malagasy Eastern Free-tailed Bat (Chaerephon atsinanana)

Farankaraina Reserve:
200. Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) (Oct 16)
201. Greater Dwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleus major)
202. Seal’s Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur seali)
203. Anjiahely Mouse Lemur (Microcebus macarthurii)
204. Masoala Woolly Lemur (Avahi mooreorum)

Masoala National Park:
205. Lowland Red Forest Rat (Nesomys audeberti) (Oct 17)
206. Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra)
207. White-fronted Brown Lemur (Eulemur albifrons)
208. Northern Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur occidentalis)
209. Masoala Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur scottorum)
210. Grandidier's Tufted-tailed Rat (Eliurus grandidieri)
211. Ellerman's Tufted-tailed Rat (Eliurus ellermani)
212. Commerson’s Leaf-nosed Bat (Macronycteris commersoni)
***. Falanouc (Eupleres goudotii) (guide only)
213. Madagascar Flying Fox (Pteropus rufus) (Oct 19)

Parc Ivoloina:
214. Malagasy White-bellied Free-tailed Bat (Mops leucostigma) (Oct 20)

Marojejy National Park:
215. Mittermeier’s Mouse Lemur (Microcebus mittermeieri) (Oct 21)
216. Silky Sifaka (Propithecus candidus) (Oct 22)

Daraina (Loky-Manambato Protected Area):
217. Golden-crowned Sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli) (Oct 23)
218. Crowned Lemur (Eulemur coronatus)
219. Northern Fork-marked Lemur (Phaner electromontis)
220. Daraina Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur milanoii)
221. Tavaratra Mouse Lemur (Microcebus tavaratra)

Andrafiamena-Andavakoera Protected Area:
222. Perrier’s Sifaka (Propithecus perrieri) (Oct 24)
223. Ankarana Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur ankaranensis)
224. Aellen’s Long-fingered Bat (Miniopterus aelleni) (Oct 25)
225. Griveaud's Long-fingered Bat (Miniopterus griveaudi)

Montagne D’Ambre National Park:
226. Sanford’s Brown Lemur (Eulemur sanfordi)
227. Montagne D’Ambre Dwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleus andysabini)
228. Montagne D’Ambre Mouse Lemur (Microcebus arnholdi)

Ankarana Special Reserve:
229. Ankarana Dwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleus shethi) (Oct 27)
230. Madagascar Fruit Bat (Eidolon dupreanum) (Oct 28)
231. Western Sheath-tailed Bat (Paremballonura tiavato)
232. Glen’s Long-fingered Bat (Miniopterus gleni)

Ambanja/Antranokarany:
233. Northern Giant Mouse Lemur (Mirza zaza)
234. Sambirano Fork-marked Lemur (Phaner parienti)
235. Gray-backed Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur dorsalis)

Nosy Be/Lokobe Nature Special Reserve:
236. Nosy Be Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur tymerlachsoni) (Oct 29)
237. Black Lemur (Eulemur macaco)
238. Nosy Be Mouse Lemur (Microcebus mamiratra)
239. Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) (Oct 30)

Antanambao:
240. Blue-eyed Black Lemur (Eulemur flavifrons)

Anjiamangirana Research Station:
241. Danfoss’s Mouse Lemur (Microcebus danfossi)

Ankarafantsika National Park:
242. Mauritian Tomb Bat (Taphozous mauritianus) (Oct 31)
243. Coquerel’s Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli)
244. Golden-brown Mouse Lemur (Microcebus ravelobensis)
245. Milne-Edwards’s Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur edwardsi)
246. Western Tufted-tailed Rat (Eliurus myoxinus)
247. Western Woolly Lemur (Avahi occidentalis) (Nov 1)
248. Mongoose Lemur (Eulemur mongoz)

Ifaty/Reniala Reserve:
249. Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec (Echinops telfairi) (Nov 2)

Tsimanampetsotse National Park:
250. Mahafaly Long-fingered Bat (Miniopterus mahafaliensis) (Nov 3)
251. Trouessart's Trident Bat (Paratriaenops furculus)
252. Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)
253. Grandidier’s Mongoose (Galidictis grandidieri)
254. Grey-brown Mouse Lemur (Microcebus griseorufus)

Berenty Private Reserve:
255. Petter’s Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur petteri) (Nov 5)

Andohalhela National Park:
256. White-footed Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur leucopus)
257. Southern Woolly Lemur (Avahi meridionalis)

Sainte Luce Reserve:
258. Red-collared Brown Lemur (Eulemur collaris) (Nov 6)
259. Thomas' Dwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleus thomasi)
260. Anosy Mouse Lemur (Microcebus tanosi)

11 new wild mammal families, 3 of which I had never even seen captive before (Golden Moles, Sportive Lemurs, and Sucker-footed Bats)

178/260 (68%) were lifers. No doubt helped by my first trip to Madagascar where only 3 of the 118 species were repeats.
 
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