Birds of the World A to Z - the list so far

dillotest0

dillotest0

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I thought as I was putting my tiles here, it would be fun to see how many of the list members here have seen themselves.
A
ADELIE PENGUIN Pygoscelis adeliae
ALBATROSS Phoebastria immutabilis
AMERICAN PYGMY KINGFISHER Chloroceryle anea
ANDEAN CONDOR Vultur gryphus
ANNA'S HUMMIGBIRD Calypte anna
ARCHAEOPTERYX Archaeopteryx lithographica
ARCTIC SKUA Stercorarius parasiticus
AVOCET Recurvirostra avosetta
B
BALD EAGLE Haliaeetus leucocephalus
BARE-THROATED BELLBIRD Procnias nudicollis
BAR-HEADED GOOSE Anser indicus
BARN OWL Tyto alba
BARRED OWL Strix varia
BEE-EATER [EUROPEAN] Merops apiaster
BEE-EATER [SOUTHERN CARMINE] Merops nubicoides
BLACK SWAN Cygnus atratus
BLACK VULTURE Aegypius monachus
BLACKBIRD Turdus merula
BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
BLACK-HEADED GULL Chroicocephalus ridibundus
BLUE-CROWNED HANGING PARROT Loriculus galgulus
BLUE TIT Cyanistes caeruleus
BONELLI'S EAGLE Aquila fasciata
BOOTED EAGLE Hieraaetus pennatus
BRAMBLING Fringilla montifringilla
BUFFY FISH OWL Ketupa ketupu
BULLFINCH Pyrrhula pyrrhula
BURROWING OWL Athene cunicularia
BUZZARD Buteo buteo
C
CACTUS WREN Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
CANARY Serinus canaria
CARDINAL Cardinalis cardinalis
CAROLINA PARAKEET Conuropsis carolinensis
CASSOWARY Casuarius casuarius
CHAFFINCH Fringilla coelebs
CHICKEN Gallus gallus [or Red Junglefowl I guess]
CHOUGH Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
COCK OF THE ROCK Rupicola peruvianus
COOT Fulica atra
CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo
CRANE Grus grus
CUCKOO Cuculus canorus
CUCKOO-HAWK Aviceda cuculoides
CURLEW Numenius arquata
D
DARTER Anhinga rufa
DIPPER Cinclus cinclus
DODO Raphus cucullatus
DOTTEREL Eudromias morinellus
DUNNOCK Prunella modularis
E
EASTERN SCREECH OWL Megascops asio
EGYPTIAN VULTURE Neophron percnopterus
EIDER Somateria mollissima
ELEPHANT-BIRD Aepyornis maximus
ELF OWL Micrathene whitneyi
EMPEROR PENGUIN Aptenodytes forsteri
EMU Dromaius novaehollandiae
EURASIAN EAGLE OWL Bubo bubo bubo
EUROPEAN BLACK KITE Milvus migrans milgrans
F
FERAL PIGEON Columbia livia
FIELDFARE Turdus pilaris
FIERY-THROATED FRUITEATER Pipreola chlorolepidota
FLAMINGO Phoeniconaias minor
FRIGATEBIRD Fregata minor
FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis
G
GANNET Morus bassanus
GALAPAGOS PENGUIN Spheniscus mendiculus
GOLDEN EAGLE Aquila chrysaetos
GOLDFINCH Carduelis carduelis
GREENFINCH Chloris chloris
GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis
GREAT AUK Pinguinus impennis
GREAT BUSTARD Otis tarda
GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus
GREAT GREY OWL Strix nebulosa
GREAT HORNED OWL Bubo virginianus
GREAT RHEA Rhea americana
GREAT TIT Parus major
GREY HERON Ardea cinerea
GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea
GRIFFON VULTURE Gyps fulvus
GUILLEMOT Uria aalge
H
HAMERKOP Scopus umbretta
HARPY EAGLE Harpia harpyja
HAWAII AMAKIHI Chlorodrepanis virens
HIMALAYAN QUAIL Ophrysia superciliosa
HIMALAYAN SNOWCOCK Tetraogallus himalayensis
HOATZIN Ophisthocomus hoazin
HONEYGUIDE Indicator indicator
HOOPOE Upupa epops
HOUBARA Chlamydotis macqueenii
HUMBOLDT PENGUIN Spheniscus humboldti
HYACINTHINE MACAW Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus
I
IBIS Eudocimus albus
INCA TERN Larosterna inca
IRANIAN EAGLE-OWL Bubo bubo nikolskii
IVORY BILLED WOODPECKER Campephilus principalis

/90 [96 taxa; 95 species are listed here; but the smaller number accounts for the extinct species included]
Overall I have seen a good seventeen or so of these species in the wild; and counting captive birds the number is around fourty-five. In my defense I haven't been to many parts of the world; mostly the Europe area but also to Israel.
Will be interested to see how others score. Don't expect anyone to score an elephant bird though!
 
I have 19 in the wild (plus an additional 21 in captivity), which I feel is pretty good considering this is a very Euro-centric list and I have never been to Europe.
 
Those which I have seen:
Andean Condor - Riga Zoo [2015], Welsh Mountain Zoo [2020]
Avocet - Birdland [various years], Cotswolds Wildlife Park [2021], perhaps other places
Bald Eagle - Millets Falconry [various years]
Bar-Headed Goose - Whipsnade [2023, probably earlier and other places]
Barn Owl - Millets Falconry [various years] probably other places I'm forgetting
Bee-Eater [European] - Zoo Berlin [2022]
Black Swan - Jerusalem Biblical Zoo [2016]; perhaps other places
Black Vulture - Chester Zoo [2019] [and the American species too at Millets Falconry 2024]
Blackbird - seen often in the wild
Blackcap - Knepp Estate [2023]
Black-headed gull - Seen in the wild; Farlington Marshes 2024 comes to mind
Blue Tit - seen often in the wild
Buffy Fish Owl - Paignton Zoo [2017]
Burrowing Owl - Birdland [various years], Millets Falconry [various years], maybe others?
Buzzard - Seen in wild occasionally
Canary - Birdland prior to 2019, probably seen it elsewhere
Cassowary - Birdland [2024, 2021, probably earlier], Cotswolds Wildlife Park [2023, 2021], Zoo Berlin [2022], probably others
Chaffich - Occasionally seen in the wild
Chicken - More places than I care to list off
Coot - Seen wild frequently enough
Cormorant - Seen in wild occasionally, particularly coastal settlements
Crane - Zoo Berlin [2022], I want to think other places too
Dunnock - Seen often in the wild
Egyptian Vulture - Zoo Berlin [2022], Jardin des Plantes [2023]
Eider - Whipsnade [2023, probably earlier]
Emu - More places than I care to list
Eurasian Eagle Owl - Millets Falconry [various years] comes to mind the most, but probably others
Euras. Black Kite - Zoo Vincennes [2023]
Feral Pigeon - Easily seen in wild; larger cities of course but I have also seen them in my immediate area on occasion
[Lesser] Flamingo - Zoo Berlin [2022]
Golden Eagle - Millets Falconry at some point; probably elsewhere
Goldfinch - Seen in wild often enough
Green Woodpecker - Seen by a hair's breadth at Knepp [2023], heard it often there too
Great Bustard - Cotswolds Wildlife Park [2023, 2021]
Great-Crested Grebe - Have seen wild numerous times; always watered area
Great Grey Owl - Numerous places over the years; most recently Millets Falconry
Greater Rhea - Numerous places, too many to recall
Great Tit - Seen often in wild
Grey Heron - Seen often in wild
Grey Wagtail - Saw my first one at Cheddar Gorge this year
Griffon Vulture - Zoo Vincennes [2023], probably others
Hamerkop - Marwell Zoo [various years], Birdland [various years], maybe more I've forgotten
Hoopoe - Birdland [2021, 2020], also in Israel in 2016
Houbara - Jardin des Plantes [2023]
Humboldt Penguin - More places than I care to list
Hyacinthine Macaw - Berlin Zoo [2022], probably others
Inca Tern - Bristol Zoo [various years]
47 in all. Still more than half!
 
Here's what I've seen. Most of these species aren't found in American captivity as it's European dominant.

A (3/7)
  1. Andean Condor - At ABQ BioPark Zoo, Brookfield Zoo, Franklin Park Zoo, and San Francisco Zoo
  2. Laysan Albatross - I think at Monterey Bay
  3. Pied Avocet - At Central Park Zoo
B (5/21)
  1. Bald Eagle - At ABQ BioPark Zoo, Brookfield Zoo, EcoTarium, Oakland Zoo, Roger Williams Park Zoo, Smithsonian National Zoo, and VINS
  2. Barred Owl - At Animal Adventures, EcoTarium and VINS
  3. Black Swan - At Franklin Park Zoo, and Southwick's Zoo
  4. Blue-Crowned Hanging Parrot - At Central Park Zoo
  5. Burrowing Owl - At ABQ BioPark Zoo
I've seen Barn Owl but only the (T. furcata) species.
C (4/14)
  1. Andean Cock-of-the-Rock - At Brookfield Zoo
  2. Northern Cardinal - At VINS
  3. Red Junglefowl - I've seen them wild in Hawaii
  4. Southern Cassowary - At San Francisco Zoo
D (0/4)
E (5/8)
  1. Common Eider - In the wild
  2. Eastern Screech Owl - At Animal Adventures, Boston Musuem of Science, Brookfield Zoo, EcoTariumFranklin Park Zoo, and VINS
  3. Emu - At ABQ BioPark Zoo, Animal Adventures, Brookfield Zoo, Capron Park Zoo, Franklin Park Zoo, Oakland Zoo, San Francisco Zoo, and Southwick's Zoo
  4. Eurasian Eagle-Owl - At Animal Adventures, San Francisco Zoo, and Southwick's Zoo
  5. European Black Kite - Seen at London Zoo
F (2/6)
  1. Feral Pigeon - Wild
  2. Lesser Flamingo - At Disney's Animal Kingdom, Oakland Zoo, and Southwick's Zoo
G (3/16)
  1. Golden Eagle - At ABQ BioPark Zoo, Roger Williams Park Zoo, San Francisco Zoo, VINS
  2. Great Grey Owl - At VINS
  3. Great Horned Owl - At ABQ BioPark Zoo, Animal Adventures, Brookfield Zoo, and VINS
H (3/11)
  1. Hamerkop - At Brookfield Zoo, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Franklin Park Zoo, Oakland Zoo, and San Francisco Zoo
  2. Humboldt Penguin - At Brookfield Zoo, and London Zoo
  3. Hyacinth Macaw - At ABQ BioPark Zoo, Brookfield Zoo, Roger Williams Park Zoo, San Francisco Zoo, Southwick's Zoo, and Stone Zoo
I (2/4)
  1. American White Ibis - At Brookfield Zoo and San Francisco Zoo
  2. Inca Tern - At Brookfield Zoo, and Stone Zoo


So I've seen 27/90 (30%) which is a very small amount which will hopefully be raised
 
MOG2012 said:
I've seen Barn Owl but only the (T. furcata) species.
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I will say...
When the original sketchbook was created [about 12 years ago now!] and also when the second tile was created [April 2024] the barn owl was still considered one species.
So if you wish you can pick up this one!
 
dillotest0 said:
I will say...
When the original sketchbook was created [about 12 years ago now!] and also when the second tile was created [April 2024] the barn owl was still considered one species.
So if you wish you can pick up this one!
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Even if the number changed to 28/90 animals, it would only increase the amount of completed animals by 1.11%
 
Of your list so far I have seen:

63 species in total
25 species just in captivity
24 species just in the wild
14 species in the wild & in captivity
 
I'm still rather surprised you have yet to see species such as Bullfinch, Curlew, Dipper, Gannet, Greenfinch, Guillemot etc as especially the finches are really quite commonplace garden birds. However, it of course depends where you are in the country for the other species as you are highly unlikely to see a Gannet in Oxfordshire for example :D
 
birdsandbats said:
I have 19 in the wild (plus an additional 21 in captivity), which I feel is pretty good considering this is a very Euro-centric list and I have never been to Europe.
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I'm curious as to what 'Euro-centric' implies.
I took the 90 species from these list to make note of what was 'European' and what was not.
But one issue I ran into quickly..... much of what lives in Europe also lives in Asia or Africa. This did leave me with some 'surefire Europeans', but also a good couple of 'close calls'.
Some close calls are simply because, yes they occur in Europe, but they are just as abundant in other areas of the world. Does the feral pigeon count as European? Yes, just as much as it counts as Asian, Australian or North American. Does the guillemot [or common murre] count as European? Sure it does, but it also counts as North American.
I recall 'G' being the one with the most such 'close calls'. Simply because quite a few of them had native ranges extending to North America. If we are counting European species as those with ranges that happenstance include Europe, we get 13 from G, but if Europe has to be a major part of the range to count as European, the total is measly 6.
Nevertheless I did estimation for both 'conservative' and 'liberal' estimates. Overall the 'conservative' estimate [no close calls] got 31 out of 90, or 34%. The liberal one, close calls included, got 51%, just over half with 46 species.
 
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