ZooChat Big Year 2018

A few more from photos I took on the grounds of Berlin Zoo

Birds
191) Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
192) Short-Toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
193) Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis

~Thylo

Some more Europe photo/ID species as well as an amphibian I forgot to add months ago:

Birds
194) Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
195) Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes

Amphibians
2) American Toad Anaxyrus americanus
3) Pool Frog Pelophylax lessonae

~Thylo
 
Birds
171. Satin Bowerbird
172. Kookaburra
173. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
174. Australian King Parrot
175. Grey Shrike-thrush
176. Yellow-tufted Honeyeater

:p

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Birds
177. Yellow-faced Honeyeater
178. White-eared Honeyeater
179. Australian Brush Turkey
180. Brown Cuckoo-dove
181. Sacred Kingfisher
182. Galah
183. White-browed Scrubwren
184. Brown Gerygone
185. Eastern Whipbird
186. Golden Whistler
187. Olive-backed Oriole
188. Eastern Yellow Robin

Reptiles
15. Eastern Water Skink

:p

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Birds
177. Yellow-faced Honeyeater
178. White-eared Honeyeater
179. Australian Brush Turkey
180. Brown Cuckoo-dove
181. Sacred Kingfisher
182. Galah
183. White-browed Scrubwren
184. Brown Gerygone
185. Eastern Whipbird
186. Golden Whistler
187. Olive-backed Oriole
188. Eastern Yellow Robin

Reptiles
15. Eastern Water Skink

Birds
189. Red-whiskered Bulbul
190. Silvereye
191. European Blackbird
192. Red-browed Finch
193. Eastern Rosella
194. Bell Miner

:p

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I doubled up with the Imperial Pigeon before. Also two more bats yet to be ID'd. Same with two species from back at the Sunny Coast.

Mammals
99. Coastal Sheathtail Bat (Taphozous australis)

Birds (non-passerines)
398. Rufous Owl

Birds (passerines)

399. Metallic Starling

Reptiles
132. Boyd's Forest Dragon (Hypsilurus boydii)
 
Totally forgot another addition! :D A butterfly that is very common in the area since a few days now:

INVERTEBRATES:
19 - Painted lady, Vanessa cardui

I've birded three more times since I went to Tamri, and got quite some additions mainly at Issen. Took me a while to identify everything and got quite some help especially for the pipits (thanks to @Vision ), the lizard and the butterfly (thanks to @Kakapo ) but I've finally put a name on everything that was identifiable so here I am! :p

07/11/2018 (Oued Souss):
BIRDS:
*117 - European shag, Phalacrocorax aristotelis
118 - Bluethroat, Luscinia svecica

08/11/2018
(Issen):
BIRDS:

119 - Zitting cisticola, Cisticola juncidis
120 - Cirl bunting, Emberiza cirlus
121 - Tree pipit, Anthus trivialis
122 - Black-crowned tchagra, Tchagra senegalus

INVERTEBRATES:
20 - Greenish black-tip, Euchloe charlonia

11/11/2018
(Oued Souss):
BIRDS:
123 - Sand martin, Riparia riparia

REPTILES:
4 - Spiny-footed lizard, Acanthodactylus erythrurus

*
European shags are native to Morocco but a rare and declining species. They are one of the few natives which must be reported to the Moroccan Bird Committee (which is the local committee that decides whether a vagrant or a rare species sighting is accepted or not) and I did send them a report of my find.

However, they can take as long as months to reply (which is understandable seeing how many reports they must complete) so for now I'm anticipating in advance and putting it on my list. If they deem it as a correct identification and accept the sighting, I'll let it on the list, if they do not I'll take it from it.
 
Mammals
100. Godman's Rock-wallaby (Petrogale godmani)
101. Northern Quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus)

Reptiles
133. Black Mountain Gecko (Nactus galgajuga)
134. Cooktown Ring-tailed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus tuberculatus)
 
Not a fan of wildlife watching, but i got an unexpected find.I'm not here to win, just share.
1.Chinese White dolphin
Finally went for my first (and probably only) bird watching trip(sort of) in wetland park, and not too shabby result!

Birds:
1.Grey heron(Ardea cinerea)
2.Northern shovler(Spatula clypeata)
3.Little egret (Egretta garzetta)
4.Great egret (Ardea alba)
5.Great cormorant(Phalacrocorax carbo)
6.Little grebe(Tachybaptus ruficollis)
7.Tufted duck((Aythya fuligula)
8.Chinese pond heron(Ardeola bacchus)
9.Black faced spoonbill (Platalea minor)
10.Pied kingfisher(Ceryle rudis)
11.White throated kingfisher(Halcyon smyrnensis)
12. Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
13.Marsh sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
14.Long-tailed shrike(Lanius schach)
And the ordinary ones:
15.Tree sparrow(Passer montanus)
16.Red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
17.Common magpie (Pica pica)
18. White wagtail (Motacilla alba)

Mammals:
2.Some type of squirrel(i'm sorry)
And the previous:
3.Rhesus macaque(Macaca mulatta)

Sorry for scientific name. I just search it on wikipedia..
 
Picked up a couple more birds at the weekend, the first a group of six birds hanging out on the conveniently-close-to-Hamerton Thrapston Lake on Saturday, and the second a winter species I missed last winter but picked up at a reliable local car park feeder on Sunday morning.

Birds:
213. Velvet Scoter - Melanitta fusca
214. Brambling - Fringilla montifringilla

(UK: 207)

:)
 
Some more Europe photo/ID species as well as an amphibian I forgot to add months ago:

Birds
194) Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
195) Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes

Amphibians
2) American Toad Anaxyrus americanus
3) Pool Frog Pelophylax lessonae

~Thylo

One from the other day:

Birds
196) Brant Goose Branta bernicla

~Thylo
 
The day before yesterday:

Birds (non-passerines)
400. Spotted Whistling Duck
401. Radjah Shelduck
402. Golden-shouldered Parrot

Birds (passerines)
403. Large-billed Gerygone
404. Cicadabird
405. Black-backed Butcherbird

Reptiles
135. Black Mountain Skink (Liburnascincus scirtetis)
136. Freshwater Crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni)
 
Yesterday:

Mammals
102. Common Spotted Cuscus (Spilocuscus maculatus)
103. Southern Common Cuscus (Phalanger mimicus)
104. Bare-backed Fruitbat (Dobsonia magna)

Birds (non-passerines)
406. Large-tailed Nightjar

Reptiles
137. Two-lined Dragon (Diporiphora bilineata)
138. Frilled Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii)
139. Brown-headed Snake (Furina tristis)

Amphibians
33. Australian Bull Frog (Hylarana daemeli)
 
Today I found a bird I should have seen a long time ago: the partridge. About few years ago, I would see them even frequently at work, but within 5 years they went all but extinct in my local area (I heard a single call this year). While it is sad to see an abundant species disappear that quickly, today I visited an area where the local agriculture management has changed to protect biodiversty. Today I saw 34 partridges, along with dozens of fieldfares and many hundreds of lapwings. Hope is not lost for the Dutch farmland birds!

Birds
256. Grey partridge [Perdix perdix]

Invertebrates
194. Silverfish [Lepisma saccharina]
 
Mammals
105. Cinnamon Antechinus (Antechinus leo)
106. Cape York Melomys (Melomys capensis)
107. Cape York Rat (Rattus leucopus)

Birds (non-passerines)
407. Eclectus Parrot
408. Double-eyed Fig-parrot
409. Superb Fruit-dove
410. Wompoo Fruit-dove

Birds (passerines)
411. Noisy Pitta
412. Tawny-breasted Honeyeater
413. Varied Honeyeater
414. White-faced Robin
415. Frill-necked Monarch
416. Black-winged Monarch
417. Grey Whistler
418. Shining Flycatcher
419. Black-eared Catbird
420. Magnificent Riflebird
421. Trumpet Manucode
 
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Birds
189. Red-whiskered Bulbul
190. Silvereye
191. European Blackbird
192. Red-browed Finch
193. Eastern Rosella
194. Bell Miner
Birds
195. Noisy Friarbird
196. Superb Fairywren
197. New Holland Honeyeater
198. Brown Thornbill
199. Chestnut Teal
200. Royal Spponbill
201. Australasian Grebe
202. Azure Kingfisher
203. Lewin's Honeyeater
204. Black-faced Monarch
205. Black-shouldered Kite

:p

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