40. Collared Lemming
ZooChat Big Year 2015
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276 Lapland Longspur - Calcarius lapponicus
494. Eurasian marsh harrier
495. Gull-billed tern
496. White-fronted bee-eater
74. Grant's gazelle
75. Defassa waterbuck
a couple of splits don't change my year total but do give me two lifers:
136) White-tailed leaf-warbler Phylloscopus ogilviegranti (the species with the name P. davisoni is now called Davison's leaf-warbler, and I have seen it previously in Thailand).
165) Indochinese yuhina Yuhina torqueola
However today I did see an additional bird for the year:
231) Australian shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
A vagrant pair has been hanging around the estuary for a couple of weeks and I managed to go off to see them this afternoon (although I could only find the male).
Mammals
19. Spinner Dolphin
Fish
179. Bluestripe Snapper
180. Yellowedge Coronation Trout
181. Spotbanded Butterflyfish
182. Lyretail Pigfish
183. Red Firegoby
184. Mimic Surgeonfish
185. Yellowback Tubelip
186. Earmuff Wrasse
187. Eightline Wrasse
188. Coral Rockcod
189. Pastel Slender Wrasse
190. Doublebar Puller
191. Leopard Rockcod
192. Yellowbreasted Wrasse
193. Reef Flat Cardinalfish
194. Bicolor Combtooth Blenny
195. Sixline Wrasse
Invertebrates
7. Pineapple Seacucumber
8. Swell Moth (Brana calopasa)
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19. Spinner Dolphin
Fish
179. Bluestripe Snapper
180. Yellowedge Coronation Trout
181. Spotbanded Butterflyfish
182. Lyretail Pigfish
183. Red Firegoby
184. Mimic Surgeonfish
185. Yellowback Tubelip
186. Earmuff Wrasse
187. Eightline Wrasse
188. Coral Rockcod
189. Pastel Slender Wrasse
190. Doublebar Puller
191. Leopard Rockcod
192. Yellowbreasted Wrasse
193. Reef Flat Cardinalfish
194. Bicolor Combtooth Blenny
195. Sixline Wrasse
Invertebrates
7. Pineapple Seacucumber
8. Swell Moth (Brana calopasa)
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I am back in Amani (Usambara) now and this morning I hit the 500 species mark:
497. Osprey
498. Striped kingfisher
499. Yellow-throated canary
500. Peter's twinspot
76. Yellow baboon
I have now seen 4 baboon species over the past 4 months. Yesterday was also a "good" roadkill day with a fresh serval and African civet along the road....
zooboy28
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Still been a slow bird year, still because of a lack of effort on my part. Recently spotted one new bird in Melbourne, Australia; and three in the lower North Island of New Zealand:
Birds
111 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
112 North Island Kaka Nestor meriondalis
113 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
114 New Zealand Wood Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
Its unlikely I will see anything new locally this year, but I'm hopeful of seeing one or two new things before the year is out.
Some new birds from E Usambara, including my first turaco, and some frogs from the past few weeks and some butterflies from Europe still
501. Scarlet-chested sunbird
502. Black & white shrike flycatcher
503. Crowned eagle
504. Cabanis's bunting
505. Fischer's turaco
506. African citril
Herps
21. Cape river frog
22. Brown-backed tree frog
23. Amani forest tree frog
24. Spotted reed frog
Invertebrates
10. Old world swallowtail
11. Dingy skipper
12. Grizzled skipper
13. Gatekeeper
14. Eurasian white cardinal
15. Adonis blue
16. Common blue
nanoboy
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500 is a great milestone. Well done! Are servals and civets so common where you are that they get run over regularly?
The African Citril has been split, the one found in Amani has been elevated to full species status and is the Southern Citril (Serinus hypostictus).
Hix
232) New Zealand dotterel Charadrius obscurus
An unusual vagrant to the Christchurch area, probably from Stewart Island (the southern subspecies now breeds only on Stewart Island; the North Island subspecies is from the northern North Island).
An unusual vagrant to the Christchurch area, probably from Stewart Island (the southern subspecies now breeds only on Stewart Island; the North Island subspecies is from the northern North Island).
The African Citril has been split, the one found in Amani has been elevated to full species status and is the Southern Citril (Serinus hypostictus).
Hix
Thanks, the field guide can really need an updated edition, but that one should be on it's way....
@Nanoboy, Serval and Civet are both supposed to be quite common. I saw both roadkills on the road from Dar es Salaam to the Usambara's, so that is a stretch of 200 km through degraded Miombo woodland / farmlands. Both roadkills were about 50 km apart and they are the first I have seen here so far. Dogs are still by far the most common roadkill...
I only know because I listed my sighting as African Citril in eBird and they contacted me and asked me to verify or amend the record. I was probably using the same books as you.
Hix
I accompanied a Canadian birder up to Arthurs Pass in the Southern Alps to find him a Rock Wren, at which we succeeded, and I also luckily saw a Chamois whilst there.
32) Chamois Rupicapra rupicapra
32) Chamois Rupicapra rupicapra
Some new birds from E Usambara, including my first turaco, and some frogs from the past few weeks and some butterflies from Europe still
501. Scarlet-chested sunbird
502. Black & white shrike flycatcher
503. Crowned eagle
504. Cabanis's bunting
505. Fischer's turaco
506. African citril
Herps
21. Cape river frog
22. Brown-backed tree frog
23. Amani forest tree frog
24. Spotted reed frog
Invertebrates
10. Old world swallowtail
11. Dingy skipper
12. Grizzled skipper
13. Gatekeeper
14. Eurasian white cardinal
15. Adonis blue
16. Common blue
Some additions from the Usambara's, this is my last week in Africa for this year and I am hoping for 12 lifers, to end the year with a total of 800 bird species on my life list.
507. Lesser honeyguide
508. Trumpeter hornbill
509. Brown-crowned tchagra
510. Retz's helmet shrike
Helmet shrikes are now my new favourite birds on the African mainland, they are very enjoyable to watch and a very diverse group. It is a shame they are almost not represented in zoos....
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