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Still, a fantastic feat. You might get to 425 this year, it sounds like.
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Still, a fantastic feat. You might get to 425 this year, it sounds like.
it will be higher than that. I *should* get at least 40 species here at Bukit Fraser, and then Burma I have no idea. I should end the year somewhere between 450 and 500. (Well I would have if I hadn't just jinxed it!)
passed 425 easily today....
top three mammal lists on here appear to be (as of last postings) lintworm on 53 [but I suspect he has probably got some more since then], Chlidonias on 48 [but I've gone up to 52 since then at Bukit Fraser, just not posted yet until I finish my stay here] and Hix on 48.
I will have to try more to keep Chlidonias behind me 
only one new mammal the past days, but another nice one 
54. Ring tailed mongoose/'vontsira (Galidia elegans)
Birds:
242. Madagascar blue pigeon
243. Greater vasa parrot
244. Lesser vasa parrot
245. Red breasted coua
246. Madagascar scops owl
only one new mammal the past days, but another nice one 54. Ring tailed mongoose/'vontsira (Galidia elegans)
Birds:
242. Madagascar blue pigeon
243. Greater vasa parrot
244. Lesser vasa parrot
245. Red breasted coua
246. Madagascar scops owl
A trip to the Capertee Valley today (and then to Lake Wallace) proved fruitful:
Birds
377. Common Bronzewing
378. Peaceful Dove
379. Restless Flycatcher
380. Hooded Robin
381. Horsfield's Bushlark
382. Eurasian Skylark
383. Australasian Pipit
384. Musk Duck
385. Black-tailed Native Hen
Hix
Birds
377. Common Bronzewing
378. Peaceful Dove
379. Restless Flycatcher
380. Hooded Robin
381. Horsfield's Bushlark
382. Eurasian Skylark
383. Australasian Pipit
384. Musk Duck
385. Black-tailed Native Hen
Hix
Didn't made a bird-list this year but I gues it would be around 100 bird-species. I mainly made these sighting in the Netherlands and Germany. Day-trips to Belgium, France and Danmark didn't result in new species. The last few days of this year I will stay in Mexico so I guess there will be some new species being waithing for me 
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Next year I will be starting a list from the beginning a be part of the competition !
.Next year I will be starting a list from the beginning a be part of the competition !
I snuck past 450 birds yesterday, and am also now on 57 mammals so lintworm better get his mammal-finding shoes on. Still tonight and part of tomorrow to go at Bukit Fraser but I won't get more than another couple of birds here I don't think.
I also saw my 1300th species of bird the other day (a Siberian thrush) which is exciting because it is fun getting to round-hundreds numbers.
I also saw my 1300th species of bird the other day (a Siberian thrush) which is exciting because it is fun getting to round-hundreds numbers.
ground parrots are hard! If you can ever visit, they are "easy" at Melaleuca in Tasmania (where the orange-bellied parrots breed). I saw several there over a couple of days.And a visit to Barren Grounds this morning:
Birds
386. Eastern Bristlebird
387. Southern Emu-wren
388. Black-faced Monarch
Dipped out on the Ground Parrot
Then I assume Chlidonias will win the birds & the mammals part, because I won't leave Betampona anymore this year and I don't think I will see a fossa, vroad striped mongoose, avahi, fanaloka and sportive lemur + an aye-aye anymore this year . But for next year there is travelling around the island on the program, so that should increase the number of species
. But for next year there is travelling around the island on the program, so that should increase the number of species
Is there a blunt on your head on the island?
No idea what that means.
But if I went to Tassie, it would be for a few weeks and I would drive. I will do it in good time when I can enjoy it, otherwise I will miss out on things.
Birds:
389. Regal Sunbird
390. Grey-throated Flycatcher
391. African Dusky Flycatcher
392. Grey-backed Camaroptera
Hix
Bukit Fraser, Malaysia:
BIRDS:
410) Glossy swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
411) Lesser racquet-tailed drongo Dicrurus remifer
412) White-throated fantail Rhipidura albicollis
413) Chestnut-capped laughing thrush Garrulax mitratus
414) Silver-eared mesia Leiothrix argentauris
415) Long-tailed sibia Heterophasia picaoides
416) Little pied flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
417) Golden babbler Stachyridopsis chrysaea
418) Mountain tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
419) Blue-winged minla Minla cyanouroptera
420) Black-eared shrike-babbler Pteruthius melanotos
421) Mountain fulvetta Alcippe peracensis
422) Streaked spiderhunter Arachnothera magna
423) Mugimaki flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
424) Black-throated sunbird Aethopyga saturata
425) Little spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
426) Black and crimson oriole Oriolus cruentus
427) Mountain imperial pigeon Ducula badia
428) Greater yellownape woodpecker Picus flavinucha n
429) Dark-sided flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
430) Chestnut-crowned warbler Seicercus castaniceps
431) Siberian thrush Zoothera sibirica
432) Fire-tufted barbet Psilopogon pyrolophus
433) Little cuckoo-dove Macropygia ruficeps
434) Mountain leaf warbler Phylloscopus trivirgatus
435) Rufous-browed flycatcher Ficedula solitaris
436) White-browed shrike-babbler Pteruthius flaviscapis
437) Himalayan swiftlet Collocalia brevirostris
438) Verditer flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
439) Javan cuckoo-shrike Coracina javensis
440) Grey-chinned minivet Pericrocotus solaris
441) Sultan tit Melanochlora sultanea
442) Great hornbill Buceros bicornis
443) Pacific swallow Hirundo tahitica
444) Blue nuthatch Sitta azurea
445) Scarlet minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
446) Bar-winged flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
447) Wreathed hornbill Rhyticeros undulatus
448) White-bellied erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
449) Bronzed drongo Dicrurus aeneus
450) Greater leafbird Chloropsis sonnerati
451) Rufescent prinia Prinia rufescens
452) Buff-breasted babbler Pellorneum tickelli
453) Orange-bellied leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
454) Fire-breasted flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
455) Blyth's hawk-eagle Spizaetus alboniger
MAMMALS:
49) Himalayan striped squirrel Tamiops macclellandi
50) Grey-bellied squirrel Callosciurus caniceps
51) Slender squirrel Sundasciurus tenuis
52) Greater tree shrew Tupaia glis
53) White-thighed langur Presbytis siamensis
54) Dusky langur Trachypithecus obscurus
55) Southern pig-tailed macaque Macaca nemestrina
56) Colugo Cynocephalus variegatus
57) Siamang Symphalangus syndactylus
BIRDS:
410) Glossy swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
411) Lesser racquet-tailed drongo Dicrurus remifer
412) White-throated fantail Rhipidura albicollis
413) Chestnut-capped laughing thrush Garrulax mitratus
414) Silver-eared mesia Leiothrix argentauris
415) Long-tailed sibia Heterophasia picaoides
416) Little pied flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
417) Golden babbler Stachyridopsis chrysaea
418) Mountain tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
419) Blue-winged minla Minla cyanouroptera
420) Black-eared shrike-babbler Pteruthius melanotos
421) Mountain fulvetta Alcippe peracensis
422) Streaked spiderhunter Arachnothera magna
423) Mugimaki flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
424) Black-throated sunbird Aethopyga saturata
425) Little spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
426) Black and crimson oriole Oriolus cruentus
427) Mountain imperial pigeon Ducula badia
428) Greater yellownape woodpecker Picus flavinucha n
429) Dark-sided flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
430) Chestnut-crowned warbler Seicercus castaniceps
431) Siberian thrush Zoothera sibirica
432) Fire-tufted barbet Psilopogon pyrolophus
433) Little cuckoo-dove Macropygia ruficeps
434) Mountain leaf warbler Phylloscopus trivirgatus
435) Rufous-browed flycatcher Ficedula solitaris
436) White-browed shrike-babbler Pteruthius flaviscapis
437) Himalayan swiftlet Collocalia brevirostris
438) Verditer flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
439) Javan cuckoo-shrike Coracina javensis
440) Grey-chinned minivet Pericrocotus solaris
441) Sultan tit Melanochlora sultanea
442) Great hornbill Buceros bicornis
443) Pacific swallow Hirundo tahitica
444) Blue nuthatch Sitta azurea
445) Scarlet minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
446) Bar-winged flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
447) Wreathed hornbill Rhyticeros undulatus
448) White-bellied erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
449) Bronzed drongo Dicrurus aeneus
450) Greater leafbird Chloropsis sonnerati
451) Rufescent prinia Prinia rufescens
452) Buff-breasted babbler Pellorneum tickelli
453) Orange-bellied leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
454) Fire-breasted flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
455) Blyth's hawk-eagle Spizaetus alboniger
MAMMALS:
49) Himalayan striped squirrel Tamiops macclellandi
50) Grey-bellied squirrel Callosciurus caniceps
51) Slender squirrel Sundasciurus tenuis
52) Greater tree shrew Tupaia glis
53) White-thighed langur Presbytis siamensis
54) Dusky langur Trachypithecus obscurus
55) Southern pig-tailed macaque Macaca nemestrina
56) Colugo Cynocephalus variegatus
57) Siamang Symphalangus syndactylus
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Always had a soft spot for the Spectacled Langur myself, although I believe that currently it is classified as Trachypithecus obscurus - that said, the true Presbytis taxa I have seen are even nicer.
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