So I was trying to get through all of my European trip photos before the end of the year in order to ensure I didn't miss any potential identifications I needed to make before posting my totals, but obviously the year it just about over. I did skim through, though, so I don't think I'm missing anything and if I am it will only be one or two species. So without further adieu, here are my 2018 European challenge totals:
Faunia
1) Black Swan
Cygnus atratus
2) Black-Necked Swan
Cygnus melancoryphus
3) Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagris
4) Crested Screamer
Chauna torquata
5) Mute Swan
Cygnus olor
6) Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea
7) Red-Crested Pochard
Netta rufina
8)
Bare-Faced Curassow Crax fasciolata
9) Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsis
10) Ross’s Goose
Anser rossii
Madrid Zoo Aquarium
11) Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatus
12) Cape Barren Goose
Cereopsis novaehollandiae
Duisburg Zoo
13) Cinnamon Teal
Spatula cyanoptera
14) Common Eider
Somateria mollissima
15) Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
16) Cape Teal
Anas capensis
Krefeld Zoo
17) Nēnē
Branta sandvicensis
18) Ringed Teal
Callonetta leucophrys
19) Bar-Headed Goose
Anser indicus
Weltvogelpark Walsrode
20) Vulturine Guineafowl
Acryllium vulturinum
21)
Mrs. Hume’s Pheasant Syrmaticus humiae
22) Himalayan Monal
Lophophorus impejanus
23) Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallus
24) Garganey
Spatula querquedula
25) Marbled Teal
Marmaronetta angustirostris
26) Australian Brush-Turkey
Alectura lathami
27)
White-Crested Guan Penelope pileata
28)
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
29)
Horned Guan Oreophasis derbianus
30) Maleo
Macrocephalon maleo
31) Wattled Guan
Aburria aburri
32) Bornean Crested Fireback
Lophura ignita
33)
Jungle Bush-Quail Perdicula asiatica
34) Chinese Painted Quail
Synoicus chinensis
35) Stone Partridge
Ptilopachus petrosus
36) Congo Peafowl
Afropavo congensis
37) Crested Wood Partridge
Rollulus rouloul
38) North American Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
39) Coscoroba Swan
Coscoroba coscoroba
40) Spur-Winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensis
41) Old World Comb Duck
Sarkidiornis melanotos
42) Snow Goose
Anser caerulescens
43)
Magellanic Steamer Duck Tachyeres pteneres
44) Magellan Goose
Chloephaga picta
45) White-Faced Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna viduata
46) Common Goldeneye
Bucephala clangula
47) Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulata
48) Emperor Goose
Anser canagicus
49) Red-Breasted Goose
Branta ruficollis
50) Spectacled Eider
Somateria fischeri
51) Freckled Duck
Stictonetta naevosa
52) Long-Tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalis
53) King Eider
Somateria spectabilis
54) Hottentot Teal
Spatula hottentota
55) Lesser Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna javanica
56) Palawan Peacock-Pheasant
Polyplectron napoleonis
57)
Chestnut-Bellied Hill-Partridge Arborophila gingica
58) Yellow-Knobbed Curassow
Crax daubentoni
59) Lady Amherst’s Pheasant
Chrysolophus amherstiae
60) Golden Pheasant
Chrysolophus pictus
61) Red-Billed Curassow
Crax blumenbachii
62)
Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta
63)
Crestless Curassow Mitu tomentosum
64)
Black-Fronted Piping-Guan Pipile jacutinga
65) Ocellated Turkey
Meleagris ocellata
66) Northern Helmeted Curassow
Pauxi pauxi
67)
Arabian Partridge Alectoris melanocephala
68) Silver Teal
Spatula versicolor
69) Salvadori’s Pheasant
Lophura inornata
70) Baer’s Pochard
Aythya baeri
71) Baikal Teal
Sibirionetta formosa
72) Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover
73) Blue-Winged Goose
Cyanochen cyanoptera
74) Yellow-Necked Francolin
Pternistis leucoscepus
75) Ferruginous Duck
Aythya nyroca
76) Yellow-Billed Duck
Anas undulata
77) Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Berlin Zoological Garden
79) Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiaca
80) Blue-Throated Piping-Guan
Pipile cumanensis
81) Grey Peacock-Pheasant
Polyplectron bicalcaratum
82) Edward’s Pheasant
Lophura edwardsi
83) Yellow-Billed Teal
Anas flavirostris
84)
Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii
85) Bronze-Winged Duck
Speculanas specularis
86) Great Curassow
Crax rubra
87)
Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
88) White-Winged Wood Duck Asarcornis scutulata
89) Madagascar Teal
Anas bernieri
90) Common Pochard
Aythya ferina
91) Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus
92) Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula
93) Chiloe Wigeon
Mareca sibilatrix
94) Greater White-Fronted Goose
Anser albifrons
95) Magpie-Goose
Anseranas semipalmata
96) Bahama Teal
Anas bahamensis
97) Philippine Duck
Anas luzonica
98) Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
99) Smew
Mergellus albellus
100) Common Teal
Anas crecca
101) Great Argus
Argusianus argus
102) Germain’s Peacock-Pheasant
Polyplectron germaini
103) Elliot’s Pheasant
Syrmaticus ellioti
Tierpark Berlin
104) Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
105) New Zealand Scaup
Aythya novaeseelandiae
106) Australian White-Eyed Duck
Aythya australis
107) Bufflehead
Bucephala albeola
108) Chinese Merganser
Mergus squamatus
109) Meller’s Duck
Anas melleri
110) Southern Pochard
Netta erythrophthalma
111) Red-Billed Pintail
Anas erythrorhyncha
112) Plumed Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna eytoni
113) Maned Wood Duck
Chenonetta jubata
114) Green Peafowl
Pavo muticus
115) Ring-Necked Pheasant
Phasianus colchicus
116) Reeves’s Pheasant
Syrmaticus reevesii
117) Brown Eared-Pheasant
Crossoptilon mantchuricum
118) Koklass Pheasant
Pucrasia macrolopha
119) Satyr Tragopan
Tragopan satyra
120) Cabot’s Tragopan
Tragopan caboti
121) Cheer Pheasant
Catreus wallichii
122)
Copper Pheasant Syrmaticus soemmerringii
123) Mikado Pheasant
Syrmaticus mikado
124) White Eared-Pheasant
Crossoptilon crossoptilon
125) Blue Eared-Pheasant
Crossoptilon auritum
126) Mountain Bamboo-Partridge
Bambusicola fytchii
127) Temminck’s Tragopan
Tragopan temminckii
128) Wild Greylag Goose
Anser anser
129) Rosy-Billed Pochard
Netta peposaca
Leipzig Zoological Garden
130) White-Headed Duck
Oxyura leucocephala
131) Puna Teal
Spatula puna
132) Swinhoe’s Pheasant
Lophura swinhoii
133) Indian Spot-Billed Duck
Anas poecilorhyncha
134) Cape Shoveler
Spatula smithii
135) Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolor
136) Brazilian Teal
Amazonetta brasiliensis
137) Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca Penelope
138) African Pygmy Goose
Nettapus auritus
Magdeburg
139) Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
140) African Black Duck
Anas sparsa
141) South African Shelduck
Tadorna cana
142) Spotted Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna guttata
143) Orinoco Goose
Neochen jubata
144) Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna autumnalis
145) Hartlaub’s Duck
Pteronetta hartlaubii
Tierpark Schönebeck
146)
California Quail Callipepla californica
147)
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
Nowe Zoo Poznań
148) Japanese Quail
Coturnix japonica
149) Siamese Fireback
Lophura diardi
150) Razor-Billed Curassow
Mitu tuberosum
Stare Zoo Poznań
151) Ruddy-Headed Goose
Chloephaga rubidiceps
Wrocław Zoological Garden
152) Kenyan Crested Guineafowl
Guttera pucherani
153) Crested Duck
Lophonetta specularioides
154) Chinese Bamboo-Partridge
Bambusicola thoracicus
155) Trumpeter Swan
Cygnus buccinator
Ostrava Zoo
156) Wild Swan Goose
Anser cygnoid
157) Madagascar Partridge
Margaroperdix madagarensis
Prague Zoo
158) Malayan Peacock-Pheasant
Polyplectron malacense
159) Indian Pygmy Goose
Nettapus cormomandelianus
160)
Bar-Backed Hill-Partridge Arborophila brunneopectus
161) Wild Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschata
162) American Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensis
163) Harlequin Duck
Histrionicus histrionicus
164) Bewick’s Swan
Cygnus bewickii
165) Bronze-Tailed Peacock-Pheasant
Polyplectron chalcurum
Plzeň Zoo
166) Australian Shelduck
Tadorna tadornoides
167) Yellow-Billed Pintail
Anas georgica
168) Maccoa Duck
Oxyura maccoa
169) Hawaiian Duck
Anas wyvilliana
170)
Japanese Green Pheasant Phasianus versicolor
171)
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix
172) Lesser White-Fronted Goose
Anser erythropus
173)
Chaco Chachalaca Ortalis canicollis
174) Chukar Partridge
Alectoris chukar
175) West Indian Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna arborea
176) Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
177) Lesser Scaup
Aythya affinis
178) American Black Duck
Anas rubripes
179) Blue-Winged Teal
Spatula discors
180) Sunda Teal
Anas gibberifrons
181) Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa
182) Wandering Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna arcuata
183) White-Necklaced Hill-Partridge
Arborophila gingica
184) Pink-Footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchus
185) Australian White-Eyed Duck
Aythya australis
186) Chestnut Teal
Anas castanea
187) Radjah Shelduck
Radjah radjah
188) Falcated Teal
Mareca falcata
Hamerton Zoo
189) Paradise Shelduck
Tadorna variegata
Lotherton Wildlife World
190)
Erckel’s Francolin Pternistis erckelii
191)
Southern Helmeted Curassow Pauxi unicornis
192)
Spix’s Guan Penelope jacquacu
193) Laysan Teal
Anas laysanensis
Chester Zoo
194) Mountain Peacock-Pheasant
Polyplectron inopinatum
I'm pretty surprised by just how well I did here with having only been in Europe for less than a month. I'm only 15 species shy of first place, maybe had I done Slimbridge when I returned to the UK I could have actually managed a win here! But regardless thanks to
@Vision and
@KevinVar for a great challenge and I apologize for not putting this out until the very last minute. See you next year! (well I won't... unless I do? But probably not- maybe.)
~Thylo
