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So I've got a big herp update to post.

To start with, the most recent update from a school trip to Kampinos National Park today:

22) Slow Worm

I was very excited to see this, though unfortunately there was much screaming and yelling at the 'poisonous snake' from other students on the trip. Sigh. I have posted a few pictures in the Poland - Wildlife Gallery

And I also have a bunch of herps that I have finally identified from my trip to Kenya in Febuary. See the Kenya - Wildlife Gallery for some more details on the identification process.

The first three species are amphibians, the rest are reptiles.

23) Hyperolius glandicolor ferniquei
24) Sclerophrys xeros
25) Ptychadena anchietae
26) Hemidactylus mabouia
27) Pelomedusa subrufa
28) Trachylepis varia
29) Lygodactylus manni
30) Agama mwanzae

I also want to note that the snake I counted from Nairobi National Park that was identified by my safari guide as a Green Mamba was actually Battersby's Green Snake, Philothamnus battersbyi. I can't be bothered looking through for the actual post, and this doesn't affect the total at all or the number of lifers, but I felt it was worth mentioning.
 
well it's the first of the month in NZ, so here are the latest totals (and LaughingDove's post above moves him to the top of the herptile ranks). There's obviously a lot of people who aren't up to date on their posts though.


BIRDS:

LaughingDove – 592
lintworm – 452
jbnbsn99 – 400
robmv – 352
Maguari – 342
Ituri – 335
boof – 314
Hevden – 221
TeaLovingDave – 194
DesertRhino150 – 146
ThylacineAlive – 145
Vision – 124
KevinVar – 115
Macaw16 – 100
Fireplume – 76
Zoo Tycooner FR – 70
Mr. Zootycoon – 60
Chlidonias – 58
BeardsleyZooFan – 40
Hix – 37
canaryboy2 – 28
zooboy28 – 25
Pleistohorse – 9


MAMMALS:

lintworm – 73
LaughingDove – 67
Maguari – 54
TeaLovingDave – 34
Ituri – 31
jbnbsn99 – 23
ThylacineAlive – 23
Vision – 22
Fireplume – 22
DesertRhino150 – 21
Zoo Tycooner FR – 19
KevinVar – 16
Macaw16 – 9
Mr. Zootycoon – 7
Pleistohorse – 7
BeardsleyZooFan – 7
Chlidonias – 6
Hix – 3
zooboy28 – 1


HERPTILES:

LaughingDove – 30 Herptiles total (22 Reptiles, 8 Amphibians)
Ituri – 26 Herptiles total (20 Reptiles, 6 Amphibians)
lintworm – 18 Herptiles total (13 Reptiles, 5 Amphibians)
ThylacineAlive – 17 Herptiles total (6 Reptiles, 11 Amphibians)
TeaLovingDave – 16 Herptiles total (6 Reptiles, 10 Amphibians)
Vision – 13 Herptiles total (10 Reptiles, 3 Amphibians)
Maguari – 13 Herptiles total (7 Reptiles, 6 Amphibians)
Fireplume – 7 Herptiles total (4 Reptiles, 3 Amphibians)
DesertRhino150 – 6 Herptiles total (3 Reptiles, 3 Amphibians)
KevinVar – 6 Herptiles total (1 Reptiles, 5 Amphibians)
Macaw16 – 5 Herptiles total (1 Reptiles, 4 Amphibians)
Hix – 2 Herptiles total (2 Reptiles, 0 Amphibians)
Mr. Zootycoon – 2 Herptiles total (2 Reptiles, 0 Amphibians)


FISH:

Hix – 285
DesertRhino150 – 11
Maguari – 9
Fireplume – 1
TeaLovingDave – 1


INVERTEBRATES:

Maguari – 96 various
lintworm – 6 Butterflies, 37 Molluscs
Hix – 43 various
DesertRhino150 – 20 Butterflies, 15 Damsel/Dragonflies, 6 Bumblebees, 1 Hornet
robmv – 10 Butterflies, 6 Damsel/Dragonflies
ThylacineAlive – 3 insects
 
Hix said:
Fish

285. Clown Coris (Coris aygula)

:p

Hix
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Fish

286. Tricolor Parrotfish

Hopefully going out on a boat to the rarely visited eastern and possibly southern side of island tomorrow so should pick up a few more fish, possibly some lifers (and some possibly new to the island).

:p

Hix
 
lintworm said:
I am now in the airport of Addis, so no new birds from Ethiopia anymore this year, though I probably will have to return for some time next year...

449. Kori bustard
450. Wahlberg's eagle
451. European oriole
452. Grasshopper buzzard
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Some additions from a weekend of cycling in NL and Germany (without binoculars...)

453. Black woodpecker
454. Common linnet
455. European kingfisher

Mammals
74. Serotine bat
 
Hix said:
Fish

286. Tricolor Parrotfish
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Fish
287. Brown-banded Eviota (a goby)
288. Shoulderbar Goby
289. Leopard Rockcod
290. Redtooth Triggerfish
291. Pale-lipped Surgeonfish
292. Midas Combtooth Blenny
293. Masked Bannerfish

Inverts

44. Humpback Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)

:p

Hix
 
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Additions from last weekend:

116. Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
117. Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
118. Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
119. Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
120. Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
 
I've been in Auckland for the weekend. I did have some wildlifey plans but they sort of fell apart because I ended up somewhat under the weather. Didn't even go to the zoo in the end. However Monday was spent wader-watching at the Mangere ponds. A friend of mine was flying into Auckland in the morning and I was flying out in the evening, and the ponds are quite near the airport so it made a good combination. The tides weren't good, and most of the birds seen were ones seen earlier in the year, but there were a few additons.

59) Eastern rosella Platycercus eximius
60) Common mynah Acridotheres tristis
61) Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis
62) Spot-necked dove Streptopelia chinensis
63) NZ dabchick Poliocephalus rufopectus
64) NZ dotterel Charadrius obscurus
 
BIRDS:
336 Black-chinned Hummingbird
337 Hammond's Flycatcher
338 Nashville Warbler
339 MacGillivray's Warbler
340 Western Tanager
341 Dickcissel
342 Prairie Warbler
343 Wilson's Phalarope
344 Northern Waterthrush
345 Lesser Black-backed Gull
346 Whooping Crane
347 Palm Warbler
 
Mammals:
32 Snowshoe Hare - Lepus americana
33 Franklin's Ground Squirrel - Poliocitellus franklinii

Reptiles:
21 Six-lined Racerunner - Aspidoscelis sexlineata

Amphibians:
8 Southern Toad - Anaxyrus terrestris
 
I've been a bit lax over the Summer and missed a couple of additions:

353. Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
354. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Now that Autumn's here, things are getting much more interesting:

355. Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) LIFER
356. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
357. Western Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) LIFER
358. Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
359. Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
360. Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
361. Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
362. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
363. Booted Warbler (Iduna caligata) LIFER
364. Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)
365. Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) LIFER
366. Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
367. Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) LIFER

(228 UK)
 
Hix said:
Fish
287. Brown-banded Eviota (a goby)
288. Shoulderbar Goby
289. Leopard Rockcod
290. Redtooth Triggerfish
291. Pale-lipped Surgeonfish
292. Midas Combtooth Blenny
293. Masked Bannerfish

Inverts

44. Humpback Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)
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Fish
294. Banded Moray
295. Barred Blenny
296. Slingjaw Wrasse

Inverts
45. Banded Urchin (Echinothrix calamaris)
46. Imperial Lance Urchin (Phyllacanthus imperialis)
47. Rusty-spotted Guard Crab (Trapezia rufopunctata)


:p

Hix
 
lintworm said:
Some additions from a weekend of cycling in NL and Germany (without binoculars...)

453. Black woodpecker
454. Common linnet
455. European kingfisher

Mammals
74. Serotine bat
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456. Willow warbler
457. Alexandrine parakeet (Cologne...)


Invertebrates
44. Hummingbird hawk moth
45. Discus ruderatus (snail ;))

Monday I am traveling to Kenya again and I will spend 2.5 weeks there and the rest of the year will be spent in Tanzania (Amani, Pemba & Gombe).
 
My friend Mr. Andy wanted to go birding with me somewhere, so we went to Borneo. Because he has adult responsibilities, like a wife and a baby and a job, it could only be a short trip - just ten days or so - and we chose places I had been before so I knew my way around, but to which he hadn't so there would be lots of new birds and mammals for him to see. The flights from New Zealand come in to Kuala Lumpur, so we decided to start off at the nearby hill station of Bukit Fraser where we would spend two days looking for siamang before continuing on to Sabah. In Sabah we will be visiting Sepilok (which is where we are right now) and then Mt. Kinabalu because he has always wanted to go there. This was my fourth time at Bukit Fraser, my third at Sepilok, and will be my fourth at Mt. Kinabalu. Consequently I am expecting lifer birds to be few and far between. Hopefully there will be some nice mammal lifers to make up for that.
In the meantime, here are the birds and mammals seen at Bukit Fraser.



BIRDS:

65) House crow Corvus splendens
66) Glossy swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
67) Asian glossy starling Aplonis panayensis
68) Tree sparrow Passer montanus
69) Zebra dove Geopelia striata
70) Pacific swallow Hirundo tahitica
71) Long-tailed sibia Heterophasia picaoides
72) Fire-breasted flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
73) Chestnut-capped laughing-thrush Garrulax mitratus
74) Mountain imperial pigeon Ducula badia
75) Oriental magpie-robin Copsychus saularis
76) Mountain bulbul Hypsipetes macclellandii
77) Black-throated sunbird Aethopyga saturata
78) Grey-chinned minivet Pericrocotus solaris
79) Lesser racquet-tailed drongo Dicrurus remifer
80) Mountain leaf-warbler Phylloscopus trivirgatus
81) Silver-eared mesia Leiothrix argentauris
82) Little spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostris
83) Blue-winged minla Siva (Minla) cyanouroptera
84) Bar-winged flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
85) Bronzed drongo Dicrurus aeneus
86) Grey wagtail Motacilla cinerea
87) Little cuckoo-dove Macropygia ruficeps
88) White-throated fantail Rhipidura albicollis
89) Fire-tufted barbet Psilopogon pyrolophus
90) Streaked spiderhunter Arachnothera magna
91) Mountain fulvetta Alcippe peracensis
92) Golden babbler Stachridopsis chrysaea
93) Black-eared shrike-babbler Pteruthius melanotos
94) Mountain tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
95) Common green magpie Cissa chinensis
96) Grey-throated babbler Stachyris nigriceps
97) Brown shrike Lanius cristatus
98) Green-winged (Emerald) dove Chalcophaps indica
99) White-rumped shama Copsychus malabaricus


MAMMALS:

7) Himalayan striped squirrel Tamiops macclellandii
8) Grey-bellied squirrel Callosciurus caniceps
9) Siamang Symphalangus syndactylus
10) Red-bellied (Pallas') squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus
11) Dusky langur Trachypithecus obscurus
12) Sunda slow loris Nycticebus coucang
13) Greater tree shrew Tupaia glis
14) Crab-eating macaque Macaca fascicularis
 
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Chlidonias said:
My friend Mr. Andy wanted to go birding with me somewhere, so we went to Borneo.
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Damn!!! I'm flying to Perth tomorrow for work and as I was only 28 birds behind you (I'm on 37), I thought I could pass you with an hours birding in Kings Park or Herdsman Lake!

Chlidonias said:
BIRDS:
99) Green-winged (Emerald) dove Chalcophaps indica
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Now called the Asian Green-winged (Emerald) Dove, to distinguish it from the Pacific Green-winged (Emerald) Dove Chaclcophaps longirostris

:p

Hix
 
Starting to get some winter birds now, and two lifers. One of which is particularly overdue.

593) Rough-legged Buzzard
594) Grey Partridge
595) Snow Bunting
596) Twite
 
have you got a trip report thread going chlidonias or will you be giving short reports through this thread as you update your list?
 
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