ZooChat Big Year 2018

animal_expert01 said:
There was a bird of prey I saw a while ago and twice I have incorrectly identified it, first as a pacific baza and secondly as a grey Goshawk. I rethought my identification and now I am 100% sure that number 38 on my bird list is a Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus).

Mammals:
7. Red-Legged Pademelon (Thylogale stigmatica)

Birds:
62. Lotus Bird (rediparra gallinacea)
63. Grey Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae)
64. Large Billed scrub wren (Sericornis magnirostra)
65. Coot (Fulica atra)

Fish
13. Grilded Scalyfin (Parma unifasciata)

Invertebrates
5. Black Sea Cucumber (Holothuria leucospilota)
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This is a rather eventful post as I have beaten my bird total from last year. This is also the 700th post on this thread.

Birds:
66. Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus)
67. Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)

Fish:
14. Ornate Rainbowfish "Martin Creek" (Rhadinocentrus ornatus)
15. Swordtail (Xiphophorus hellerii)
16. Striped Gudgeon (Gobiomorphus australis)
17. Empire Gudgeon (Hypseleotris compressa)

Invertebrates:
6. Long-armed Freshwater Shrimp
7. Glass Shrimp (Paratya australiensis)
8. Yabby
 
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Horned grebes are regular but rare winter visitors in Belgium, but seeing one here in the summer is very rare. I'd never seen this species in my own country, and definitely not in breeding plumage, so I had to go check this one out! I've uploaded a picture of the grebe in the gallery.

BIRDS:
235) Horned grebe, Podiceps auritus

INVERTEBRATES:
40) Speckled bush-cricket, Leptophyes punctatissima
41) Common darter, Sympetrum striolatum
 
KevinVar said:
BIRDS
116. Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
117. Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus)
118. Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
119. Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
120. Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
121. Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
122. Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
123. Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
124. Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
125. Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
126. Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)

INVERTS
8. March Dagger Moth (Diurnea fagella)
9. Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)
10. Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
11. Oak Catkin Mirid Bug (Harpocera thoracica)
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Got a 'little' behind on updating my list here, but here we go.

BIRDS
Germany & Austria
127. Common Swift (Apus apus)
128. Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
129. Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
130. White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
131. Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
132. Eurasian Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus)
133. Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus)
134. Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
135. Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
136. Black Grouse (Lyrurus tetrix)
137. Common House Martin (Delichon urbicum)

Netherlands
138. Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
139. Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
140. Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
141. Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
142. Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
143. Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)

Sweden
144. Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
145. European Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
146. Black-throated Loon (Gavia arctica)
147. Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
148. Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)

Local Big Day
149. Eurasian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
150. Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris)
151. Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
152. Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
153. Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
154. Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
155. Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
156. Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
157. Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
158. Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
159. Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
160. Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
161. Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
162. Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
163. Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
164. Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
165. Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)

HERPTILES
Germany & Austria
4. Northern Viper (Vipera berus)
5. Viviparous Lizard (Zootoca vivipara)
6. Edible Frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus)
7. Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis)
8. Slow Worm (Anguis fragilis)

INVERTS
12. Small Engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia)
13. Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
14. Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines)
15. Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae)
16. Freyer’s Pug (Eupithecia intricata)
17. Black-and-red Froghopper (Cercopis vulnerata)
18. Sloe Bug (Dolycoris baccarum)
19. Crane Fly (Tanyptera atrata)
20. Parsnip Moth (Depressaria radiella)
21. Brown House Moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella)
22. Riband Wave (Idaea aversata)
23. Pale-backed Clothes Moth (Monopis crocicapitella)
24. White-shouldered House Moth (Endrosis sarcitrella)
25. Small China-mark (Cataclysta lemnata)
26. Meal Moth (Pyralis farinalis)
27. Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata)
28. Snout (Hypena proboscidalis)
29. Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)
30. Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria)
31. Little Grey (Eudonia lacustrata)
32. Light Emerald (Campaea margaritaria)
33. Tortrix Moth (Pammene germmana)
34. Sallow (Xanthia icteritia)
35. Maple Pug (Eupithecia inturbata)
36. Small Magpie (Anania hortulata)
37. Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria)
38. Bud Moth (Spilonota ocellana)
39. Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)
40. Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata)
41. Blue-eyed Grass-veneer (Agriphila straminella)
42. Longhorn Beetle (Leptura quadrifasciata)
43. Grease Moth (Aglossa pinguinalis)
44. Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)
45. White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda)
46. Map-winged Swift (Pharmacis fusconebulosa)

From number 24 down would probably all be lifers, I guess you could say I started paying attention to moths..
 
LaughingDove said:
I would suggest reading the post in my thread before looking at this list if you're following my thread.


Birds
404) White-crowned Shama
405) Short-tailed Babbler
406) Brown-backed Flowerpecker
407) Javan Myna (should be on the list already I think but missed off)
408) Black-capped Babbler
409) Bushy-crested Hornbill
410) Dusky Munia
411) Fiery Minivet
412) Chestnut-winged Babbler
413) Black-headed Pitta
414) Oriental Darter
415 )Temminck’s Sunbird
416) Hill Myna

Mammals:
61) Variable Giant Squirrel
62) Large Pencil-tailed Tree-mouse
63) Sunda Stink Badger
64) Large Flying Fox
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New birds
417) Bornean Banded Kingfisher
418) Green Iora
419) White-bellied Woodpecker
420) Green Imperial-pigeon
421) Greater Green Leafbird
422) Chestnut-collared Kingfisher
423) Lesser Coucal
424) Ruddy Kingfisher
425) White-breasted Woodswallow
426) Mangrove Blue Flycatcher
427) Streaked Bulbul
428) Little Green Pigeon
429) Intermediate Egret
430) Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher

Mammals
65) Island Palm Civet (from last night, split from Common Palm Civet)
66) Proboscis Monkey
67) House Rat
68) Bornean Silvered Langur
69) Philippine (Bornean) Slow Loris
+microbat photographed clearly hanging from a branch close by so possibly identifiable
 
Chlidonias said:
Actually it was the 701st post...
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No, it was the 700th post. If you go into the Wildlife and conservation menu and see the 2018 Big Year thread it says there have been 704 replies. There have been four replies since my reply (now 5). Although it doesn't really matter and I don't think it's worth getting into an argument about.
 
animal_expert01 said:
No, it was the 700th post. If you go into the Wildlife and conservation menu and see the 2018 Big Year thread it says there have been 704 replies. There have been four replies since my reply (now 5). Although it doesn't really matter and I don't think it's worth getting into an argument about.
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The thread numbers your post s #701.. I think the key word here is "replies" which is different from number of posts. I don't think the number of replies includes the first post.

~Thylo
 
LaughingDove said:
New birds
417) Bornean Banded Kingfisher
418) Green Iora
419) White-bellied Woodpecker
420) Green Imperial-pigeon
421) Greater Green Leafbird
422) Chestnut-collared Kingfisher
423) Lesser Coucal
424) Ruddy Kingfisher
425) White-breasted Woodswallow
426) Mangrove Blue Flycatcher
427) Streaked Bulbul
428) Little Green Pigeon
429) Intermediate Egret
430) Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher

Mammals
65) Island Palm Civet (from last night, split from Common Palm Civet)
66) Proboscis Monkey
67) House Rat
68) Bornean Silvered Langur
69) Philippine (Bornean) Slow Loris
+microbat photographed clearly hanging from a branch close by so possibly identifiable
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New birds seen:

431) Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker
432) Bornean Spiderhunter
433) Grey-bellied Bulbul
434) Grey-and-buff Woodpecker
435) Yellow-eared Spiderhunter
436) Fluffy-backed Tit-babbler
437) Plain Sunbird
438) Scarlet Minivet

Mammals:
70) Bornean Pygmy Squirrel
71) Black Flying Squirrel
72) Dusky Fruit Bat
 
LaughingDove said:
I've also surpassed my previous big year record for mammals now which was sixty-something the year before last.

My previous bird record was 600 though (also the year before last) so a bit of a way to go yet.
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I am quite sure you will break that 600 mark, 1000 bird species might be somewhat optimistic, but there are enough possibilities to increase your total.

You will also easily surpass the current Zoochat mammal record, which currently stands at 102...

What are your current mammal and bird life lists in terms of length?
 
LaughingDove said:
My previous bird record was 600 though (also the year before last) so a bit of a way to go yet.
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With still a lot of places in Borneo to visit, and then various places in Australia as well, you will easily pass 600 now.
 
lintworm said:
I am quite sure you will break that 600 mark, 1000 bird species might be somewhat optimistic, but there are enough possibilities to increase your total.

You will also easily surpass the current Zoochat mammal record, which currently stands at 102...

What are your current mammal and bird life lists in terms of length?
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Chlidonias said:
With still a lot of places in Borneo to visit, and then various places in Australia as well, you will easily pass 600 now.
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Yeah I think I can break 600 birds and 100 mammals this year but I wonder how much beyond, I don't think by that much. We'll have to see.

I haven't updated my lifelists at all this trip so they're out of date now obviously (and I don't really have an effective listing system for mammals, I just have a table in a word document which is inefficient so I have to fix that) but before this trip I was just over about 100 mammals depending on taxonomy and 1020-something birds (I can check exactly later) using HBW taxonomy since I use the HBW.com website for my bird records.
 
LaughingDove said:
New birds seen:

431) Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker
432) Bornean Spiderhunter
433) Grey-bellied Bulbul
434) Grey-and-buff Woodpecker
435) Yellow-eared Spiderhunter
436) Fluffy-backed Tit-babbler
437) Plain Sunbird
438) Scarlet Minivet

Mammals:
70) Bornean Pygmy Squirrel
71) Black Flying Squirrel
72) Dusky Fruit Bat
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Birds:
439) Pied Triller
440) Grey-chested Jungle-flycatcher
441) Red-billed Malkoha
442) Red-throated Barbet
443) Rufous Piculet
444) Bold-striped Tit-babbler
445) Bornean Brown Barbet
446) Wrinkled Hornbill

Mammals:
73) Large Treeshrew
74) Bornean Bearded Pig
 
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LaughingDove said:
I haven't updated my lifelists at all this trip so they're out of date now obviously (and I don't really have an effective listing system for mammals, I just have a table in a word document which is inefficient so I have to fix that) but before this trip I was just over about 100 mammals depending on taxonomy and 1020-something birds (I can check exactly later) using HBW taxonomy since I use the HBW.com website for my bird records.
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I actually thought your bird list would be higher, because I know you've birded in several parts of Australia, Africa, Europe, and a little bit of Asia. My list doesn't grow in relation to the number of trips I make because I keep going back to Asia, so the ratio of lifers isn't particularly high for the numbers of birds seen overall. (I'm four shy of 1700 birds at the moment). My last lifer was in August last year (in NZ), which was a Marsh Crake Porzana pusilla.
 
DesertRhino150 said:
Having a lot of fun trying to identify the different invertebrates I'm seeing around the garden. Also struck lucky today in the garden with my second reptile for the year:

2. Viviparous lizard Zootoca vivipara

26. Supertramp diving beetle Rhantus suturalis
27. Banded demoiselle damselfly Calopteryx splendens
28. Wild carrot wasp Gasteruption assectator
29. Red admiral butterfly Vanessa atalanta
30. Painted lady butterfly Vanessa cardui
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Seen another five invertebrates to add to my year list and earlier this evening on my first local walk in quite a while, I added a very pleasant mammal to my list as well:

7. European mole Talpa europaea

31. Blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura elegans
32. Small heath butterfly Coenonympha pamphilus
33. Swollen-thighed beetle Oedemera nobilis
34. Common malachite beetle Malachius bipustulatus
35. Cinnabar moth Tyria jacobaeae
 
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