I have seen all 5 divers in the U.K., including the first Pacific Diver in the U.K. and the first White-billed Diver in Wales. My last silky flycatcher was Phainopepla! I have also seen all Spoonbills, Egrets, Shelgeese, and Aquila eagles. I am just one short of Gannets and Boobys, and Pelicans. I hope to complete Sugarbirds, Nicators, Rockjumpers and Secretarybird this autumn.
Is there any type of animal where you have seen every species?
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Out of curiosity what are your final remaining gannet/booby and pelican species?
Abbott’s Booby and Spot-billed Pelican.
I couldn't remember if you'd been to Australia, so I was going to guess Australasian Gannet and Australian Pelican!
Apart from flight connections to and from PNG my only Australia visit was back in 1992; I need to return for Plains Wanderer, Shrike-Tit, Scrubbird and Bristlebird. And have never visited New Zealand, so far!
I have seen every extant species of Callaeidae (NZ Wattlebirds [treating South Island Kokako as extinct]), Notiomystidae (Stitchbird), Acanthisittidae (NZ Wrens), and Apterygidae (kiwi).
Depending on one's taxonomic leanings, I have also seen every species of Nestoridae (Kea and Kaka), Strigopidae (Kakapo), and Mohouidae (Whitehead, Yellowhead, Brown Creeper).
Also - possibly bending the rules of the thread - I am, appropriately-enough, the only Zoochatter to have seen every species of Chlidonias in the wild in New Zealand.
No prizes for guessing my missing Chlidonais, but I have seen 4 taxa from the genus in U.K!
Just curious, where did you see Australasian Gannet if you haven't been to NZ and only went to Australia en route to New Guinea (which I assume would be via Brisbane or Cairns)?
(Edit: I think I misread your earlier post about Australia)
(Edit: I think I misread your earlier post about Australia)
I saw Aus Gannet at Phillip Island. Did a week in NT from Darwin, a couple of days from Alice Springs, a week in Victoria, about 18 days in Queensland and a week around Perth.
Complete Mammal families in the wild
Monotypic
platypus
Musky Rat Kangaroo
Pronghorn
Walrus
and both species of Beaver
Monotypic
platypus
Musky Rat Kangaroo
Pronghorn
Walrus
and both species of Beaver
I can add walrus and Pronghorn.
I only really keep track of mammals: 1/1 platypus, possibly 4/4 kangaroos, 1/1 bilby, 1/1 koala, 2/3 wombats (both that are in captivity), 2/3 elephants (only missing the forest elephant), 1/1 dugong, 4/5 or possibly 5/5 panthera (unsure on jaguar), 3/5 rhino (no Sumaturan or Javan), 2/2 Hippo. I think I am near complete on the camel family, 6/7, only missing wild Bactrian.
Aardwolf
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I suppose they were referring to the four "great" kangaroos - red, eastern grey, western grey, and antilopine. I used to hear those referred to as the four "real" kangaroos, as opposed to wallabies, tree 'roos, wallaroos, etc. I've often found macropod taxonomy to be a bit arbitrary.There's rather more than four species of kangaroo
Seems very arbitrary given the fact that the two wallaroos are classified within the same genus as the Red and Antilopine you mention, and if the lack of the word "kangaroo" in the common name warrants their exclusion @decat probably should have cited a rather smaller number of camel species
Aardwolf
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No argument from me. I'm trying to decide if it makes more or less sense under the current system, or back when everything was Macropus.Seems very arbitrary given the fact that the two wallaroos are classified within the same genus as the Red and Antilopine you mention, and if the lack of the word "kangaroo" in the common name warrants their exclusion @decat probably should have cited a rather smaller number of camel species
I've seen all species of pelican, bear, big cat, elephant and giraffid; some are luckier than others, but otherwise pretty tame.
Been lucky enough to see all the members of a few different genera/families, but these are probably my favourites:
- All three Meles species - ironically European badger was the toughest...
- All three elephant species.
- All species of cockatoo.
- All the Spatula and Mergus species.
I've seen all 15 crane species.