ZooChat Big Year 2018

Reptiles
71. Bynoe's Gecko (Heteronotia binoei)
72. Reddening Sand Dragon (Ctenophorus rubens)
73. Western Brown Snake (Pseudonaja mengdeni)
74. Western Bluetongue (Tiliqua occipitalis)
75. Mottled Ground Gecko (Lucasium squarrosum)
76. White-spotted Ground Gecko (Lucasium alboguttatum)
77. Robust Striped Gecko (Strophurus michaelseni)
 
Another day at the coast got me a good lark, and a third try for a particularly interesting wader finally yielded results!

BIRDS:
319) Horned lark, Eremophila alpestris
320) Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis fulva
 
Let's throw another (very local) twitch (#183) in the mix then.
181. Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
182. Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
183. Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus)
184. Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

And some other animals I'd forgotten to include in my last post.
MAMMALS
12. Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
13. Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)

INVERTS
54. Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa)
55. Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)

My next post will feature animals from a different continent! :rolleyes:
 
20/10/2018
201. red whiskered bubul
202. crimson rosella
203. yellow faced honeyeater
 
Mammals
80. Indo-pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)

Birds (passerines)
371. Western Grasswren

(Possibly some new waders. As always awaiting photo ID.)

Quick revision after checking the pictures:
Reptiles
66. Lozenge-marked Dragon (Ctenophorus scutulatus)
...
78. Spotted Military Dragon (Ctenophorus maculatus)
79. Peron's Snake-eyed Skink (Cryptoblepharus plagiocephalus)
80. Western Netted Dragon (Ctenophorus reticulatus)
 
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LaughingDove said:
Some very rare species seen over the last few days: (not really)

1062) Red Kite
1063) Carrion Crow
1064) Rose-ringed Parakeet
1065) Canada Goose

196) Eastern Grey Squirrel
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Some rather nice additions from a bit of birding last weekend from a site just outside Oxford which I suppose is now the closest thing I have to a local patch for most of the year:

1066) Egyptian Goose (not sure what the introduced status of this species is likely to be around Oxford, but I think it's probably countable)
1067) Redwing (I think the last time I saw this species was 2015)
1068) Lesser Black-backed Gull
1069) Long-tailed Tit
1070) Merlin
 
LaughingDove said:
1066) Egyptian Goose (not sure what the introduced status of this species is likely to be around Oxford, but I think it's probably countable)
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Yeah, Egyptian Geese have a widespread self-sustaining population in the UK, so unless you saw them mixed with other waterfowl you know or suspect to be captive then they're perfectly legitimate*.


*well, as legitimate as a species living on the wrong continent is ever going to be..!
 
Najade said:
Mammals
80. Indo-pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)

Birds (passerines)
371. Western Grasswren

(Possibly some new waders. As always awaiting photo ID.)

Quick revision after checking the pictures:
Reptiles
66. Lozenge-marked Dragon (Ctenophorus scutulatus)
...
78. Spotted Military Dragon (Ctenophorus maculatus)
79. Peron's Snake-eyed Skink (Cryptoblepharus plagiocephalus)
80. Western Netted Dragon (Ctenophorus reticulatus)
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Birds (non-passerines)
372. Fairy Tern
373. Red-necked Stint

Birds (passerines)
374. Little Crow

Reptiles
81. Pretty Gecko (Diplodactylus pulcher)
82. Westcoast Banded Snake (Simoselaps littoralis)
 
animal_expert01 said:
Birds:
101. Red-Backed Fairy Wren (Malurus melanocephalus)
102. Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
103. Brown Cuckoo Dove (Macropygia phasianella)

Reptiles:
12. Keelback (Tropidonophis mairii)
13. Short-necked Turtle (Emydura macquarii)
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Birds:
104. Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
105. Pacific Baza (Aviceda subcristata)
 
ThylacineAlive said:
A mix of some more species from Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, and England:

Mammals
34) European Hare Lepus europaeus
35) European Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus

Birds
177) Carrion Crow Corvus corone
178) House Martin Delichon urbicum
179) Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
180) Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
181) Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
182) Rook Corvus frugilegus
183) Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
184) Eurasian Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
185) Ring-Necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
186) European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
187) Ring-Necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri
188) Song Thrush Turdus philomelos

More to come as I go through my photos and ID stuff/remember species I didn't write down as I went. @Chlidonias any magic sources for hare subspecies? When I Googled them I just kept getting a list of 15 (up to 30 for older sources) but no distributions. Animal was seen on a train from Jihlava to Prague.

~Thylo
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@Chlidonias right you are, obviously. When I started making this above post I forgot about the woodpecker split and quoted the previous post. I then remembered about the split and fixed which post was quoted, but then forgot to updated the numbers despite making a mental note to.

In any case I got a new addition the other day that I genuinely cannot believe has remained missing for so long (unless of course I missed it during my quick skim of my list thus far...):

190) Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon

~Thylo
 
Bit of a slow day yesterday, but north of Geraldton isn't too exciting species-wise.

Reptiles
83. Stripe-tailed Monitor (Varanus caudolineatus)
 
Birds (non-passerines)
375. Bourke's Parrot

Birds (passerines)
376. Southern Whiteface

Reptiles
84. Broad-banded Sandswimmer (Eremiascincus richardsonii)
85. Woodland Dark-flecked Morethia (Morethia butleri)
86. Spotted Ctenotus (Ctenotus uber)
 
Reptiles
87. Jewelled Gecko (Strophurus elderi)

Also another Blindsnake that still needs proper IDing.

Amphibians
20. Centralian Burrowing Frog (Platyplectrum spenceri)
 
Mammals
81. Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius)

Birds (non-passerines)
377. Little Buttonquail

Birds (passerines)
378. Sandhill (Striated) Grasswren

Reptiles
88. Central Desert Robust Slider (Lerista desertorum)
89. Dwarf Bearded Dragon (Pogona minor)
 
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