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lintworm said:
472. Waller's starling
473. White-eared barbet
474. Green barbet
475. Uluguru violet-backed sunbird
476. Palm-nut vulture
477. African cuckoo hawk
478. Trumpeter hornbill

Mammals
83. Angolan black-and-white colobus
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479. Fischer's turaco
480. Blue-mantled crested flycatcher
481. European cuckoo

Mammals
84. Bushy-tailed mongoose
 
lintworm said:
479. Fischer's turaco
480. Blue-mantled crested flycatcher
481. European cuckoo

Mammals
84. Bushy-tailed mongoose
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482. Cabanis's bunting
483. Black-bellied starling

Mammals
85. Mountain dwarf galago
86. African palm civet

In Costa Rica, Arjan Dwarshuis has just broken the big year record and he has now seen 6132 bird species (following IOC), his goal is to reach the 7000 species mark by the end of the year...
 
lintworm said:
482. Cabanis's bunting
483. Black-bellied starling

Mammals
85. Mountain dwarf galago
86. African palm civet

In Costa Rica, Arjan Dwarshuis has just broken the big year record and he has now seen 6132 bird species (following IOC), his goal is to reach the 7000 species mark by the end of the year...
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484. Crowned eagle
485. Little sparrowhawk
486. Yellowbill
487. African golden oriole
488. Usambara thrush
489. Mountain greenbul
490. Purple-banded sunbird
491. Green-backed cameroptera

I have seen the Usambara thrush last year, but the East Africa field guide is rather outdated and regards it as a subspecies, but it is actually quite accepted as a full species.
 
LaughingDove said:
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
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I braved the cold and the snow (it's barely November and snowing already!) to go out birding today and managed to add a few species to the year-list:

597) Lesser-spotted Woodpecker
598) Brambling
599) Merlin

So close to 600...

And also a mammal:

68) Wild Boar
 
Macaw16 said:
From RSPB Blacktoft Sands (3/9/2016):

8. Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus (how did it take me so long?!)
9. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes

96. Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
97. Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
98. Dunlin Calidris alpina
99. Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
100. Ruff Philomachus pugnax
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One more at last (12/11/2016):
101. Tawny Owl

LaughingDove said:
I braved the cold and the snow (it's barely November and snowing already!)
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It has already snowed here, albeit very pathetically with none settling. :p
 
Macaw16 said:
It has already snowed here, albeit very pathetically with none settling. :p
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Maybe I'm just used to the amount of snow I got in Saudi Arabia then :p.
Though it was snowing quite heavily for a couple of days this week (on Tuesday it snowed solidly for pretty much the whole day) and quite a bit has settled. A snowy forest is very pretty though.
 
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A trip to Insel-Hombroich in Germany got me a few more:

Birds
130) Red kite, Milvus milvus
131) Long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus

Mammals
23) Coypu, Myocastor coypus
 
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A few weeks spent in the Himalayas. Not much around up there in the winter...


BIRDS:

237) Great tit Parus major
238) Eurasian (Black-billed) magpie Pica pica
239) White-winged redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
240) White-browed tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
241) Lammergeier (Bearded vulture) Gypaetus barbatus
242) Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos
243) Chukar Alectoris chukar
244) Red-billed chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
245) Robin accentor Prunella rubeculoides
246) Hill pigeon Columba rupestris
247) Common wren Troglodytes troglodytes
248) Yellow-billed chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
249) Brown accentor Prunella fulvescens
250) Brown dipper Cinclus pallasii
251) Common rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
252) Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
253) Himalayan snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensis
254) Tibetan partridge Perdix hodgsoniae
255) White-throated dipper Cinclus cinclus
256) White-winged grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
[also honourary mention to my first wild rock doves (as opposed to feral pigeons)]


MAMMALS:

33) Large-eared pika Ochotona macrotis
34) Woolly hare Lepus oiostolus
35) Bharal (Blue sheep) Pseudois nayaur
36) Mountain weasel Mustela altaica
37) Red fox Vulpes vulpes
38) Ladakh urial Ovis orientalis vignei
 
lintworm said:
484. Crowned eagle
485. Little sparrowhawk
486. Yellowbill
487. African golden oriole
488. Usambara thrush
489. Mountain greenbul
490. Purple-banded sunbird
491. Green-backed cameroptera

I have seen the Usambara thrush last year, but the East Africa field guide is rather outdated and regards it as a subspecies, but it is actually quite accepted as a full species.
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492. Grey-headed sparrow

87. Angolan fruit bat
 
lintworm said:
492. Grey-headed sparrow

87. Angolan fruit bat
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493. Grey olive greenbul
494. Olive ibis

Olive ibises are extremely difficult birds to observe and additionally they are also very rare in East Africa, they are easiest to see when they fly to their roosts at dusk and apparently they sometimes fly over my rest house where I have slept for about 5.5 weeks in total until now. But off course I hadn't heard, let alone seen, them... Well until this evening when I was working on my laptop and I heard very loud ibis calls approaching and when I looked out of my window I saw 2 ibises flying over very fast. I am hoping to get better views in the coming weeks, but that might not happen....
 
Derbyshire birder Mark Pass has also smashed the uk year list record and reached a milestone by seeing a kildeer on Shetland, his 400th species in Britain this year (excluding Ireland). With over a month to go he looks set to see more species in the UK this year than I have in the last 25 years
 
Ituri said:
1 Common Raven - Corvus corax
2 Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis
3 Rock Pigeon - Columba livia
4 Black-billed Magpie - Pica hudsonia
5 American Coot - Fulica americana
6 House Finch - Haemorhous mexicanus
7 House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
8 Canada Goose - Branta canadensis
9 Ring-necked Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus
10 Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus
11 Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus
12 Northern Shrike - Lanius excubitor
13 Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestris
14 Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus
15 Juniper Titmouse - Baeolophus ridgwayi
16 Bewick's Wren - Thryomanes bewickii
17 European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
18 Common Redpoll - Acanthis flammea
19 Trumpeter Swan - Cygnus buccinator
20 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
21 Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula
22 Mountain Chickadee - Poecile gambeli
23 Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis
24 American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos
25 Rough-legged Hawk - Buteo lagopus
26 Long-eared Owl - Asio otus
27 Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis
28 Common Loon - Gavia immer
29 Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa
30 Red Crossbill - Loxia curvirostra
31 American Kestrel - Falco sparverius
32 Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus
33 Townsend's Solitaire - Myadestes townsendi
34 American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis
35 Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia
36 Mute Swan - Cygnus olor
37 Wood Duck - Aix sponsa
38 American Wigeon - Anas americana
39 Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris
40 Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola
41 Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus
42 Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
43 Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura
44 Red-breasted Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus ruber
45 Brown Creeper - Certhia americana
46 Gadwall - Anas strepera
47 Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata
48 Redhead - Aythya americana
49 American Robin - Turdus migratorius
50 Merlin - Falco columbarius
51 Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
52 White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys
53 Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus
54 Northern Harrier - Circus cyaneus
55 Brewer's Blackbird - Euphagus cyanocephalus
56 Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis
57 American Pipit - Anthus rubescens
58 Western Meadowlark - Sturnella neglecta
59 Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
60 Common Merganser - Mergus merganser
61 Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps
62 Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus
63 American White Pelican - Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
64 Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus
65 Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon
66 White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis
67 Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos
68 Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens
69 Rock Wren - Salpinctes obsoletus
70 Canyon Wren - Catherpes mexicanus
71 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula
72 Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana
73 Spotted Towhee - Pipilo maculatus
74 Prairie Falcon - Falco mexicanus
75 Ferruginous Hawk - Buteo regalis
76 Yellow-rumped Warbler - Setophaga coronata
77 Pine Siskin - Spinus pinus
78 Lesser Goldfinch - Spinus psaltria
79 Ross's Goose - Chen rossii
80 Cackling Goose - Branta hutchinsii
81 Sharp-shinned Hawk - Accipiter striatus
82 California Quail - Callipepla californica
83 Bohemian Waxwing - Bombycilla garrulus
84 Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum
85 Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata
86 Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus
87 Purple Finch - Haemorhous purpureus
88 Western Screech-Owl - Megascops kennicottii
89 Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus
90 Northern Saw-whet Owl - Aegolius acadicus
91 Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator
92 Pine Grosbeak - Pinicola enucleator
93 Northern Goshawk - Accipiter gentilis
94 Evening Grosbeak - Coccothraustes vespertinus
95 Barrow's Goldeneye - Bucephala islandica
96 Great Egret - Ardea alba
97 Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca
98 Virginia Rail - Rallus limicola
99 Harris's Sparrow - Zonotrichia querula
100 Cooper's Hawk - Accipiter cooperii
101 Steller's Jay - Cyanocitta stelleri
102 Dunlin - Calidris alpina
103 Snow Goose - Chen caerulescens
104 White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis
105 American Tree Sparrow - Spizelloides arborea
106 Ruffed Grouse - Bonasa umbellus
107 Gray Partridge - Perdix perdix
108 Snow Bunting - Plectrophenax nivalis
109 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch - Leucosticte tephrocotis
110 Black Rosy-Finch - Leucosticte atrata
111 Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo
112 Northern Pygmy-Owl - Glaucidium gnoma
113 American Dipper - Cinclus mexicanus
114 Greater White-fronted Goose - Anser albifrons
115 Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
116 California Gull - Larus californicus
117 Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus
118 Chukar - Alectoris chukar
119 Tundra Swan - Cygnus columbianus
120 Herring Gull - Larus argentatus
121 Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus
122 Marsh Wren - Cistothorus palustris
123 Pacific Wren - Troglodytes pacificus
124 Eurasian Wigeon - Anas penelope
125 Black-crowned Night-Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax
126 Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater
127 Barn Owl - Tyto alba
128 Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis
129 Say's Phoebe - Sayornis saya
130 Lincoln's Sparrow - Melospiza lincolnii
131 Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
132 Burrowing Owl - Athene cunicularia
133 Short-eared Owl - Asio flammeus
134 Canvasback - Aythya valisineria
135 Loggerhead Shrike - Lanius ludovicianus
136 Sagebrush Sparrow - Artemisiospiza nevadensis
137 Long-billed Curlew - Numenius americanus
138 Cinnamon Teal - Anas cyanoptera
139 Anna's Hummingbird - Calypte anna
140 Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocercus urophasianus
141 Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura
142 Mountain Bluebird - Sialia currucoides
143 Sandhill Crane - Antigone canadensis
144 Clark's Nutcracker - Nucifraga columbiana
145 Western Bluebird - Sialia mexicana
146 Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor
147 Violet-green Swallow - Tachycineta thalassina
148 Bushtit - Psaltriparus minimus
149 Fox Sparrow - Passerella iliaca
150 Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis
151 Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus
152 Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca
153 Swainson's Hawk - Buteo swainsoni
154 Horned Grebe - Podiceps auritus
155 Eared Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis
156 Western Grebe - Aechmophorus occidentalis
157 Clark's Grebe - Aechmophorus clarkii
158 White-faced Ibis - Plegadis chihi
159 American Avocet - Recurvirostra americana
160 Franklin's Gull - Leucophaeus pipixcan
161 Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
162 Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata
163 Lesser Prairie-Chicken - Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
164 Lapland Longspur - Calcarius lapponicus
165 Vesper Sparrow - Pooecetes gramineus
166 Blue-winged Teal - Anas discors
167 Snowy Plover - Charadrius nivosus
168 Hudsonian Godwit - Limosa haemastica
169 Marbled Godwit - Limosa fedoa
170 Baird's Sandpiper - Calidris bairdii
171 Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla
172 Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos
173 Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla
174 Long-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus scolopaceus
175 Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe
176 Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis
177 Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos
178 Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla
179 Eastern Meadowlark - Sturnella magna
180 Barred Owl - Strix varia
181 Red-headed Woodpecker - Melanerpes erythrocephalus
182 Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus
183 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Tyrannus forficatus
184 Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis
185 Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor
186 Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus
187 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea
188 Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum
189 Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis
190 Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula
191 Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis
192 White-winged Dove - Zenaida asiatica
193 Monk Parakeet - Myiopsitta monachus
194 Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
195 Inca Dove - Columbina inca
196 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris
197 Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus
198 Red-cockaded Woodpecker - Picoides borealis
199 Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus
200 Brown-headed Nuthatch - Sitta pusilla
201 Pine Warbler - Setophaga pinus
202 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis
203 Mottled Duck - Anas fulvigula
204 Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus
205 Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis
206 Snowy Egret - Egretta thula
207 Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea
208 Tricolored Heron - Egretta tricolor
209 Reddish Egret - Egretta rufescens
210 White Ibis - Eudocimus albus
211 Roseate Spoonbill - Platalea ajaja
212 White-tailed Kite - Elanus leucurus
213 Black-bellied Plover - Pluvialis squatarola
214 American Golden-Plover - Pluvialis dominica
215 Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus
216 Piping Plover - Charadrius melodus
217 Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres
218 Red Knot - Calidris canutus
219 Sanderling - Calidris alba
220 Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauri
221 Willet - Tringa semipalmata
222 Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes
223 Laughing Gull - Leucophaeus atricilla
224 Least Tern - Sternula antillarum
225 Caspian Tern - Hydroprogne caspia
226 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
227 Forster's Tern - Sterna forsteri
228 Royal Tern - Thalasseus maximus
229 Sandwich Tern - Thalasseus sandvicensis
230 Crested Caracara - Caracara cheriway
231 Sedge Wren - Cistothorus platensis
232 Boat-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus major
233 Clapper Rail - Rallus crepitans
234 Sora - Porzana carolina
235 Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus
236 Short-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus griseus
237 House Wren - Troglodytes aedon
238 Black Tern - Chlidonias niger
239 Black Skimmer - Rynchops niger
240 Fulvous Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna bicolor
241 Anhinga - Anhinga anhinga
242 American Bittern - Botaurus lentiginosus
243 Green Heron - Butorides virescens
244 Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus
245 Purple Gallinule - Porphyrio martinicus
246 Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata
247 Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus
248 Purple Martin - Progne subis
249 Cave Swallow - Petrochelidon fulva
250 Seaside Sparrow - Ammodramus maritimus
251 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus americanus
252 Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens
253 Yellow-throated Vireo - Vireo flavifrons
254 Blue-headed Vireo - Vireo solitarius
255 Warbling Vireo - Vireo gilvus
256 Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus
257 Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus
258 Wood Thrush - Hylocichla mustelina
259 Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis
260 Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla
261 Worm-eating Warbler - Helmitheros vermivorum
262 Louisiana Waterthrush - Parkesia motacilla
263 Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera
264 Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia
265 Prothonotary Warbler - Protonotaria citrea
266 Swainson's Warbler - Limnothlypis swainsonii
267 Tennessee Warbler - Oreothlypis peregrina
268 Kentucky Warbler - Geothlypis formosa
269 Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas
270 Hooded Warbler - Setophaga citrina
271 Northern Parula - Setophaga americana
272 Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus
273 Summer Tanager - Piranga rubra
274 Scarlet Tanager - Piranga olivacea
275 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus
276 Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea
277 Orchard Oriole - Icterus spurius
278 Great Crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus crinitus
279 Fish Crow - Corvus ossifragus
280 Cliff Swallow - Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
281 Wood Stork - Mycteria americana
282 Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus
283 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - Nyctanassa violacea
284 Painted Bunting - Passerina ciris
285 Florida Scrub-Jay - Aphelocoma coerulescens
286 Common Ground-Dove - Columbina passerina
287 Muscovy Duck - Cairina moschata
288 Swallow-tailed Kite - Elanoides forficatus
289 Snail Kite - Rostrhamus sociabilis
290 Limpkin - Aramus guarauna
291 Pacific Golden-Plover - Pluvialis fulva
292 Least Bittern - Ixobrychus exilis
293 Cape May Warbler - Setophaga tigrina
294 Yellow-throated Warbler - Setophaga dominica
295 Northern Gannet - Morus bassanus
296 American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla
297 Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria
298 Common Nighthawk - Chordeiles minor
299 Black-throated Blue Warbler - Setophaga caerulescens
300 Bachman's Sparrow - Peucaea aestivalis
301 Blackpoll Warbler - Setophaga striata
302 White-eyed Vireo - Vireo griseus
303 Northern Bobwhite - Colinus virginianus
304 Nanday Parakeet - Aratinga nenday
305 Gray-headed Swamphen - Porphyrio poliocephalus
306 Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius
307 Gull-billed Tern - Gelochelidon nilotica
308 Bobolink - Dolichonyx oryzivorus
309 Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata magnificens
310 Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica
311 Chuck-will's-widow - Antrostomus carolinensis
312 Connecticut Warbler - Oporornis agilis
313 American Flamingo - Phoenicopterus ruber
314 Stilt Sandpiper - Calidris himantopus
315 King Rail - Rallus elegans
316 Eastern Screech-Owl - Megascops asio
317 White-crowned Pigeon - Patagioenas leucocephala
318 Gray Kingbird - Tyrannus dominicensis
319 Black-whiskered Vireo - Vireo altiloquus
320 Common Myna - Acridotheres tristis
321 Smooth-billed Ani - Crotophaga ani
322 White-rumped Sandpiper - Calidris fuscicollis
323 Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina
324 Common Poorwill - Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
325 Western Kingbird - Tyrannus verticalis
326 Yellow-breasted Chat - Icteria virens
327 Lazuli Bunting - Passerina amoena
328 Willow Flycatcher - Empidonax traillii
329 Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx serripennis
330 Yellow Warbler - Setophaga petechia
331 Western Wood-Pewee - Contopus sordidulus
332 Black-headed Grosbeak - Pheucticus melanocephalus
333 Bank Swallow - Riparia riparia
334 Wilson's Plover - Charadrius wilsonia
335 Blue Grosbeak - Passerina caerulea
336 Black-chinned Hummingbird - Archilochus alexandri
337 Hammond's Flycatcher - Empidonax hammondii
338 Nashville Warbler - Oreothlypis ruficapilla
339 MacGillivray's Warbler - Geothlypis tolmiei
340 Western Tanager - Piranga ludoviciana
341 Dickcissel - Spiza americana
342 Prairie Warbler - Setophaga discolor
343 Wilson's Phalarope - Phalaropus tricolor
344 Northern Waterthrush - Parkesia noveboracensis
345 Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus
346 Whooping Crane - Grus americana
347 Palm Warbler - Setophaga palmarum
348 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius
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348 American Bittern - Botaurus lentiginosus
349 Black Scoter - Melanitta americana
350 Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus
 
Figured it was about time I posted this here as well. Managed to pick up quite some new species in Ghana, although obviously not as much as if it would've been a trip focused on birding. The trip being a family trip in combination with me not being a very experienced birder (but a very strict one, after all) didn't result in enormous numbers. Nonetheless, I am quite satisfied with the amount of animals I saw and especially happy with certain rarities!
KevinVar said:
01. Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)
02. Great Tit (Parus major)
03. Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
04. European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
05. Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
06. European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
07. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
08. Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
09. Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
10. Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
11. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
12. White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
13. Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
14. Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
15. Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
16. Canadian Goose (Branta canadensis)
17. Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
18. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
19. Gadwall (Anas strepera)
20. Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
21. Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
22. Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
23. Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
24. Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
25. Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
26. Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
27. Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
28. Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
29. European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
30. Eurasian Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
31. Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
32. Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
33. Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
34. Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
35. Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus)
36. Common Gull (Larus canus)
37. Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
38. Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
39. Eurasian Teal (Anas crecca)
40. Common Goosander (Mergus merganser)
41. Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
42. Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
43. Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
44. Common Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
45. Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
46. Common Raven (Corvus corax)
47. Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
48. European Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
49. Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
50. Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
51. Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
52. Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
53. Eurasian Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
54. Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
55. Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
56. Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
57. Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
58. Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
59. Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
60. Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
61. White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
62. Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
63. Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
64. Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
65. Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
66. Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
67. Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
68. Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
69. Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
70. Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
71. Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
72. Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
73. Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
74. European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
75. Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
76. Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
77. Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
78. Common Linnet (Carduelis cannabina)
79. Brant Goose (Branta bernicla)
80. Nothern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
81. Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
82. Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
83. Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
84. Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
85. Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
86. Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
87. Sanderling (Calidris alba)
88. Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
89. Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
90. Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
91. Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
92. Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
93. Bean Goose (Anser serrirostris)
94. Common Swift (Apus apus)
95. European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
96. Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
97. Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
98. House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
99. Little Owl (Athene noctua)
100. Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
101. Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
102. Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
103. Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
104. Common Crane (Grus grus)
105. Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
106. Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
107. Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
108. Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
109. European Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
110. Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
111. Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
112. Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
113. Bearded Reedling (Panurus biarmicus)
114. Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
115. Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes)
116. Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
117. Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
118. Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
119. Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
120. Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
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121. Lesser Striped Swallow (Cecropis abyssinica)
122. Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda)
123. Northern Red Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus)
124. Yellow-mantled Widowbird (Euplectes macroura)
125. Oriole Warbler (Hypergerus atriceps)
126. Blue-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta rubricata)
127. Bar-breasted Firefinch (Lagonosticta rufopicta)
128. Long-tailed Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis caudatus)
129. Yellow-crowned Gonolek (Laniarius barbarus)
130. Southern Fiscal (Lanius collaris)
131. Black-and-white Mannikin (Lonchura bicolor)
132. Bronze Mannikin (Lonchura cucullata)
133. Northern Black Flycatcher (Melaenornis edolioides)
134. African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp)
135. Pied Crow (Corvus albus)
136. Northern Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus)
137. Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus)
138. Tawny-flanked Prinia (Prinia subflava)
139. Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
140. Yellow-fronted Canary (Serinus mozambicus)
141. Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegala)
142. African Thrush (Turdus pelios)
143. Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus bengalus)
144. Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura)
145. Wilson's Indigobird (Vidua wilsoni)
146. African Yellow White-eye (Zosterops senegalensis)
147. Buff-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra adelberti)
148. Olive-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris chloropygius)
149. Beautiful Sunbird (Cinnyris pulchellus)
150. Superb Sunbird (Cinnyris superbus)
151. Splendid Sunbird (Cinnyris coccinigastrus)
152. Little Swift (Apus affinis)
153. African Palm Swift (Cypsiurus parvus)
154. Bearded Barbet (Lybius dubius)
155. Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis)
156. Senegal Coucal (Centropus senegalensis)
157. Western Plantain-eater (Crinifer piscator)
158. Green Turaco (Tauraco persa)
159. Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
160. Red-eyed Dove (Streptopelia semitorquata)
161. Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
162. Abyssinian Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus)
163. Northern Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)
164. African Pied Hornbill (Tockus fasciatus)
165. African Grey Hornbill (Tockus nasutus)
166. Red-throated Bee-eater (Merops bulocki)
167. Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus)
168. Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)
169. Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash)
170. Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)
171. White-faced Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
172. African Swamphen (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
173. Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
174. Double-spurred Francolin (Pternistis bicalcaratus)
175. Stone Partridge (Ptilopachus petrosus)
176. Grey Kestrel (Falco ardosiaceus)
177. Palm-nut Vulture (Gypohierax angolensis)
178. Gabar Goshawk (Micronisus gabar)
179. Yellow-billed Kite (Milvus aegyptius)
180. Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus)
181. Long-tailed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus)
182. African Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus senegallus)

KevinVar said:
01. Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
02. European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
03. European Hare (Lepus europaeus)
04. House Mouse (Mus musculus)
05. European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)
06. Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
07. Common Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
08. European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
09. Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)
10. Common Vole (Microtus arvalis)
11. Reeves' Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi)
12. Eastern Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
13. Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
14. Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
15. Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus)
16. Striped Field Mouse (Apodemus agrarius)
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17. African Striped Ground Squirrel (Xerus erythropus)
18. Straw-coloured Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum)
19. Franquet's Epauletted Fruit Bat (Epomops franqueti)
20. Mona Monkey (Cercopithecus mona)
21. Green Monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus)
22. Geoffroy's Black-and-white Colobus (Colobus vellerosus)
23. Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus patas)
24. Olive Baboon (Papio anubis)
25. Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus)
26. Kob (Kobus kob)
27. Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)
28. Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus)
29. African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)

Herps will follow soon, possibly along with some birds that still need (confirmed) identification.
 
@ KevinVar - that's a lot of lifers!

And - for anyone who might be planning a trip to Ghana - where did you see them all?

The Rose-ringed Parrots I'm guessing are aviary escapees?


:p

Hix
 
@ Hix,
Basically everything, with the exception of a few species I had already seen this year (great egret, feral pigeon and spotted flycatcher) was a wild lifer for me as it was my first time to Africa. For anyone who is interested, I also keep a spreadsheet with everything I've seen with the date and locations where I saw the species for the first time this year. You can find it here. Pictures will also be uploaded to the gallery in the future.:)

The Rose-ringed parakeets I saw for the first time in Kumasi, which is outside their natural range according to my guide book, so those could be escapees. However, later I also saw them in Mole National Park in northern Ghana, which is part of their residential range and I am fairly certain these were truly wild animals.
 
Picked up a seasonal addition 10min from home as I was departing for a zoo day today.

344. Bohemian Waxwing - Bombycilla garrulus

:)
 
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