ZooChat Big Year 2018

Still being chased by the cold we made it to Uluru.

Mammals
82. Feral Horse (Equus caballus)

Birds (passerines)
379. Hooded Robin

Reptiles
90. Central Desert Spiny-tailed Skink (Egernia eos)
91. Common Desert Ctenotus (Ctenotus leonhardii)
92. Black-headed Monitor (Varanus tristis)
93. Pale Knob-tailed Gecko (Nephrurus laevissimus)
94. Monk Snake (Parasuta monachus)

Amphibians
21. Desert Spadefoot Toad (Notaden nichollsi)
 
Zoo Tycooner FR said:
19 - Southern gray shrike, Lanius meridionalis
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This species has recently been split into two species: the Iberian shrike (found in Iberia) and the Steppe shrike (found in Central Asia) and I of course thought the Moroccan populations were still considered as Southern grey shrikes (so Iberian shrike post-split) as most split Iberian taxa that occur in North Africa but surprisingly enough, it seems like the recent change includes both of the subspecies we get into Great grey shrike! (and it has been accepted and applied on Observation.org which I follow for my lists).

A lifer gained, one lost, so of course no impact on my life list nor on this year's list or numbers but still a good thing to know.

19 - Great grey shrike, Lanius excubitor ssp. algeriensis*

*I generally do not note subspecies but the two that occur in Morocco are quite different morphologically and easy to tell apart so quite interesting to differentiate, in my opinion.
 
LaughingDove said:
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
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1071) Brambling

(and in the last few days there's been a vagrant Pink-backed Pelican in Warsaw about 30 mins walk away from my house so it would be extremely easy to see (and would be my second species of vagrant pelican in Poland this year!) if it wasn't for the fact that I'm currently in Oxford and won't be back in Warsaw until December :().
 
Mammals
83. Chocolate Wattled Bat (Chalinolobus morio)

Birds (non-passerines)
380. Major Mitchell's Cockatoo

Birds (passerines)
381. Crested Bellbird

Reptiles
96. Pygmy Mulga Monitor (Varanus gilleni)
97. Central Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps)
98. Centralian Knob-tailed Gecko (Nephrurus amyae)
99. Inland Velvet Gecko (Oedura cincta)

Amphibians
22. Centralian Green Tree Frog (Litoria gilleni)
 
Birds (passerines)
382. White-fronted Honeyeater

Reptiles
100. Inland Snake-eyed Skink (Cryptoblepharus australis)
101. Variable Fat-tailed Gecko (Diplodactylus conspicillatus)
102. Eastern Tree Dtella (Gehyra versicolor)
103. Pale-headed Gecko (Heteronotia fasciolatus)
104. Centralian Carpet Python (Morelia bredli)
 
Birds (passerines)
383. Dusky Grasswren

Reptiles
105. Desert Death Adder (Acanthophis pyrrhus)
106. Curl Snake (Suta suta)
107. Centralian Bandy Bandy (Vermicella vermiformis)
 
Only two months of the year left to go. Will anyone be able to take over the respective leads in any of the categories? (Answer: outlook not likely)


BIRDS:

LaughingDove – 1071
lintworm – 422
Najade – 384
Vision – 322
Dannelboyz – 305
Coelacanth18 – 298
Mr. Zootycoon – 254
akasha – 237
Maguari – 210
Ituri – 207
boof – 203
ThylacineAlive – 190
robmv – 184
KevinVar – 184
TeaLovingDave – 173
Swampy – 167
birdsandbats – 140
Hix – 136
jayjds2 – 124
DesertRhino150 – 112
Zoo Tycooner FR – 111
animal_expert01 – 105
Macaw16 – 79
Chlidonias – 57
Pleistohorse – 54
James54321 – 30
TheWalrus – 25
d1am0ndback – 19
Fresco3 – 2


MAMMALS:

LaughingDove – 196
Najade – 84
lintworm – 63
Coelacanth18 – 50
Dannelboyz – 47
ThylacineAlive – 35
TeaLovingDave – 33
Maguari – 27
Swampy – 26
Mbwamwitu – 26
Mr. Zootycoon – 23
Pleistohorse – 20
Vision – 19
akasha – 17
jayjds2 – 16
Hix – 15
Ituri – 15
James54321 – 15
DesertRhino150 – 14
birdsandbats – 13
KevinVar – 13
TheWalrus – 10
animal_expert01 – 9
Macaw16 – 7
Zoo Tycooner FR – 4
Chlidonias – 4
Fresco3 – 2
d1am0ndback – 1
aardvark250 – 1


HERPTILES:

Najade – 130 Herptiles total (108 Reptiles, 22 Amphibians)
Swampy – 96 Herptiles total (70 Reptiles, 26 Amphibians)
jayjds2 – 27 Herptiles total (22 Reptiles, 5 Amphibians)
Dannelboyz – 26 Herptiles total (24 Reptiles, 2 Amphibians)
Vision – 21 Herptiles total (16 Reptiles, 5 Amphibians)
Ituri – 19 Herptiles total (15 Reptiles, 4 Amphibians)
animal_expert01 – 17 Herptiles total (13 Reptiles, 4 Amphibians)
Mr. Zootycoon – 15 Herptiles total (5 Reptiles, 10 Amphibians)
Hix – 13 Herptiles total (13 Reptiles, 0 Amphibians)
akasha – 12 Herptiles total (12 Reptiles, 0 Amphibians)
TeaLovingDave – 11 Herptiles total (4 Reptiles, 7 Amphibians)
LaughingDove – 10 Herptiles total (4 Reptiles, 6 Amphibians)
Maguari – 10 Herptiles total (4 Reptiles, 6 Amphibians)
birdsandbats – 10 Herptiles total (6 Reptiles, 4 Amphibians)
ThylacineAlive – 9 Herptiles total (8 Reptiles, 1 Amphibians)
KevinVar – 8 Herptiles total (4 Reptiles, 4 Amphibians)
lintworm – 6 Herptiles total (2 Reptiles, 4 Amphibians)
DesertRhino150 – 4 Herptiles total (2 Reptiles, 2 Amphibians)
Zoo Tycooner FR – 3 Herptiles total (2 Reptiles, 1 Amphibians)
Macaw16 – 1 Herptiles total (0 Reptiles, 1 Amphibians)


FISH:

Hix – 391
animal_expert01 – 25
Dannelboyz – 21
jayjds2 – 12
DesertRhino150 – 8
Vision – 4
Mr. Zootycoon – 4
Maguari – 4
birdsandbats – 3
Zoo Tycooner FR – 1


INVERTEBRATES:

Mr. Zootycoon – 193 assorted
Vision – 83 assorted
Maguari – 81 assorted
DesertRhino150 – 77 assorted
KevinVar – 55 assorted
Hix – 53 assorted
lintworm – 39 assorted
birdsandbats – 23 assorted
Zoo Tycooner FR – 18 assorted
akasha – 16 assorted
jayjds2 – 10 assorted
animal_expert01 – 10 assorted
 
I really need to see some more birds and mammals this year I think. Maybe a week in Jordan in December will help? ;) (taking advantage of Ryanair's brand new and excellently priced route direct from Warsaw to Jordan!)

(if anyone here has been wildlife watching in Jordan before, it looks like I'll have two nights at Dana Biosphere Reserve, two nights at Aqaba, and two nights at Wadi Mujib around Christmas time - wildlife watching info for these sites is rather sparse! I would make an advice thread, but to be honest, I'm not really expecting to get much information. Maybe PM me if you've done any wildlife watching in Jordan?)
 
Mammals
85. Purple-necked Rock-wallaby (Petrogale purpureicollis)

Birds (non-passerines)
385. Australian Bustard
386. Royal Spoonbill

Birds (passerines)
387. Spotted Bowerbird
 
Hix said:
Birds
128. Yellow Wagtail
129. Barn Swallow
130. Pacific Black Duck
131. Green Junglefowl
132. White Tern
133. Nankeen Night Heron
134. Chinese Pond Heron
135. Pied Stilt
136. Ruddy Turnstone
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Birds
137. Australian Wood Duck
138. Grey Teal
139. Hardhead
140. Dusky Moorhen
141. Eurasian Coot
142. Australasian Swamphen
143. Little Black Cormorant
144. Australian White ibis
145. Musk Lorikeet
146. Noisy Miner
147. Grey Butcherbird
148. Magpie-lark
149. Australian Raven
150. Welcome Swallow
151. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
152. Rainbow Lorikeet
153. Red Wattlebird
154. Pied Currawong
155. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
156. Channel-billed Cuckoo

Reptiles
14. Eastern Water Dragon

Inverts
54. Common Honeybee


:p

Hix
 
Birds (non-passerines)
388. Black Falcon
389. Yellow-billed Spoonbill

Birds (passerines)
390. Plum-headed Finch

Reptiles
109. Eyrean Earless Dragon (Tympanocryptis tetraporophora)
 
Mammals
86. Black-striped Wallaby (Macropus dorsalis)

Birds (non-passerines)
391. Red-rumped Parrot

Reptiles
110. Eastern Bearded Dragon (Pogona barbata)
111. Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis)
112. Burn's Dragon (Amphibolurus burnsi)
113. Tessellated Gecko (Diplodactylus tessellatus)
114. De Vis's Banded Snake (Denisonia devisi)
115. Eastern Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis)
116. Eastern Hooded Scalyfoot (Pygopus schraderi)
117. Dubious Dtella (Gehyra dubia)
118. Eastern Stone Gecko (Diplodactylus vittatus)
119. Dwyer's Snake (Parasuta dwyeri)
120. Box-pattern Gecko (Lucasium steindachneri)
121. Golden-tailed Gecko (Strophurus taenicauda)

Amphibians
23. Spotted Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis)
24. Eastern Snapping Frog (Cyclorana novaehollandiae)
25. Broad-palmed Rocket-frog (Litoria latopalmata)
 
Hix said:
Birds
137. Australian Wood Duck
138. Grey Teal
139. Hardhead
140. Dusky Moorhen
141. Eurasian Coot
142. Australasian Swamphen
143. Little Black Cormorant
144. Australian White ibis
145. Musk Lorikeet
146. Noisy Miner
147. Grey Butcherbird
148. Magpie-lark
149. Australian Raven
150. Welcome Swallow
151. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
152. Rainbow Lorikeet
153. Red Wattlebird
154. Pied Currawong
155. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
156. Channel-billed Cuckoo

Reptiles
14. Eastern Water Dragon

Inverts
54. Common Honeybee


:p

Hix
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Birds
157. Black Swan
158. Crested Pigeon
159. Masked Lapwing
160. Silver Gull
161. Caspian Tern
162. Australian Pelican
163. Little Corella
164. Yellow Thornbill
165. Australian Magpie
166. Willie Wagtail
167. Grey Fantail
168. Little Pied Cormorant
169. Great Cormorant
170. Little Wattlebird

:p

Hix
 
Mammals
87. Red-necked Pademelon (Thylogale thetis)
88. Southern Greater Glider (Petauroides volans)
89. Southern Long-nosed Bandicoot (Perameles nasuta)
90. Broad-toed Feathertail Glider (Acrobates frontalis)
91. Short-eared Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus caninus)

Birds (non-passerines)
392. Masked Owl

Birds (passerines)
393. Eastern Koel

Reptiles
122. Keelback (Tropidonophis mairii)
123. Brown Tree Snake (Boiga irregularis)
124. Clouded Gecko (Amalosia jacovae)
125. Golden-crowned Snake (Cacophis squamulosus)
126. Dwarf Crowned Snake (Cacophis krefftii)

Amphibians
26. Eastern Stony Creek Frog (Litoria wilcoxii)
27. Southern Orange-eyed Tree Frog (Litoria chloris)
28. Giant Barred Frog (Mixophyes iteratus)
29. Fleay's Barred Frog (Mixophyes fleayi)
30. Great Barred Frog (Mixophyes fasciolatus)
31. Cascade Tree Frog (Litoria pearsoniana)
32. Tusked Frog (Adelotus brevis)
 
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