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  1. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    the Malaysian list for the couple of weeks I was there:



    BIRDS:


    PENANG
    483) Asian glossy starling Aplonis panayensis
    484) Crested mynah Acridotheres cristatellus
    485) Pacific swallow Hirundo tahitica
    486) Pink-necked green pigeon Treron vernans
    487) Brahminy kite Haliastur indus

    TAMAN NEGARA
    488) Chestnut-winged babbler Stachyris erythroptera
    489) White-chested babbler Trichastoma rostratum
    490) Short-toed coucal Centropus rectunguis
    491) Grey-cheeked bulbul Alophoixus bres
    492) Scarlet-rumped trogon Harpactes duvaucellii
    493) Stork-billed kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
    494) Grey-breasted spiderhunter Arachnothera modesta
    495) Crested fireback pheasant Lophura ignita
    496) Chestnut-breasted malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
    497) Red-eyed bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
    498) Brown barbet Calorhamphus fuliginosus
    499) Blue-crowned hanging parrot Loriculus galgulus
    500) Olive-winged bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus
    501) Straw-headed bulbul Pycnonotus zeylanicus
    502) Yellow-bellied bulbul Alophoixus phaeocephalus
    503) Banded woodpecker Picus miniaceus
    504) Blue-breasted (Chinese painted) quail Coturnix chinensis
    505) Red-bearded bee-eater Nyctyornis amictus
    506) Spectacled bulbul Pycnonotus erythrophthalmus
    507) Blue-banded kingfisher Alcedo euryzona
    508) Slender-billed crow Corvus enca
    509) Bar-bellied cuckoo-shrike Coracina striata
    510) Buff-necked woodpecker Meiglyptes tukki
    511) Grey-chested babbler Malacopteron albogulare
    512) Little green pigeon Treron olax
    513) Hairy-backed bulbul Tricholestes criniger
    514) Malayan peacock-pheasant Polyplectron malacense
    515) Raffles' malkoha Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus
    516) Orange-backed woodpecker Reinwardtipicus validus
    517) Brown wood owl Strix leptogrammica
    518) Little spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
    519) Rhinoceros hornbill Buceros rhinoceros
    520) Olive-backed woodpecker Dinopium rafflesii
    521) Black-thighed falconet Microhierax fringillarius
    522) Malayan black hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus
    523) Blue-rumped parrot Psittinus cyanurus
    524) Greater green leafbird Chloropsis sonnerati

    KUALA SELANGOR TAMAN ALAM
    525) Javan mynah Acridotheres javanicus
    526) Ashy tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
    527) Mangrove whistler Pachycephala cinerea
    528) Pied triller Lalage nigra



    MAMMALS:


    PENANG
    67) Plantain squirrel Callosciurus notatus
    68) Sunda colugo Galeopterus variegatus
    69) Southern pig-tailed macaque Macaca nemestrina

    TAMAN NEGARA
    70) White-thighed langur Presbytis siamensis
    71) Slender squirrel Sundasciurus tenuis
    72) Cream-coloured giant squirrel Ratufa affinis
    73) Greater tree-shrew Tupaia glis
    74) Prevost's squirrel Callosciurus prevostii
    75) Three-striped ground squirrel Lariscus insignis

    KUALA SELANGOR TAMAN ALAM
    76) Silvered langur Trachypithecus cristatus
     
    Chlidonias, 18 Jun 2017
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  2. Maguari

    Maguari Never could get the hang of Thursdays. 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Additions from a couple of local excursions over the weekend - the first bird and first four invertebrates are from Avenue Washlands on Saturday afternoon, the remainder are from Padley Gorge and Owler Tor this morning.

    Birds:
    168. Little Owl - Athene noctua
    169. European Green Woodpecker - Picus viridis
    170. European Pied Flycatcher - Ficedula hypoleuca
    171. Common Redstart - Phoenicurus phoenicurus
    172. Whinchat - Saxicola rubetra

    Invertebrates:
    53. Broad-bodied Chaser - Libellula depressa
    54. Blue-tailed Damselfly - Ischnura elegans
    55. Common Ringlet - Aphantopus hyperantus
    56. Dingy Skipper - Erynnis tages
    57. Common Shiny Woodlouse - Oniscus asellus
    58. Small Heath - Coenonympha pamphilus

    :)
     
    Maguari, 18 Jun 2017
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  3. Hevden

    Hevden Well-Known Member

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    Two more from idle valley yesterday

    188. Turtle dove
    189. Garden warbler
     
    Hevden, 19 Jun 2017
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  4. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    A couple more picked up over the past few weeks:

    Birds
    77) Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
    78) Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
    79) Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea

    ~Thylo
     
    ThylacineAlive, 19 Jun 2017
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  5. savethelephant

    savethelephant Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    80. Red Tailed Hawk
     
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  6. savethelephant

    savethelephant Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    16. New England Cottontail
     
    savethelephant, 19 Jun 2017
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  7. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    How do you know it was not an Eastern Cottontail?

    ~Thylo
     
    ThylacineAlive, 20 Jun 2017
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  8. savethelephant

    savethelephant Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Although of course I cannot be 100% certain, I feel that based off of how long I've been around Easterns the individual I saw was more distinct (smaller eyes, ears, I saw at in a forest like area)
     
    savethelephant, 20 Jun 2017
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  9. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Afaik there are no definite morphological differences between the two species, only genetic. I've asked a few people who do field work in my state and none of them could give me a definitive way to differentiate the two.

    ~Thylo
     
    ThylacineAlive, 20 Jun 2017
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  10. vogelcommando

    vogelcommando Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Just back from 2 weeks vacation - 1 week Germany and 1 week Turkey.
    In Germany seen a lot of birds and many new species for the year-list but I still have to identify several of the photos made so these will follow later.
    For the birds seen in Turkey I'm already finished and that was in fact not that difficult because there are hardly any birds in Turkey ( at least not at theplaces I've been ) !
    To be honnest I had expected to see loads of birds and also a lot of new ones for the year list but only 5 can be added.
    3 species were very common and were seen in good numbers every day ( House sparrow, barn swallow and huouse martin ) and another 2 species were also seen every day but in smaller numbers ( Hooded crow and laughing dove ).
    The other 6 species seen I all saw only on one or 2 days ( Golden oriole, unidentified gull ( twice seen ), great tit, blackbird and little egret ).
    Not a single waterfowl ( we've been at severla lakes, smaller rivers and at the coast ! ) and not a single bird of prey ( we we're also in the mountains ! ). Can't explain it !!!
    Evenso of course enjoyed the trip and the rest of the nature - which is beautifull.
    The five new species for 2017 :
    86) Hooded crow ( see Hooded crow | ZooChat )
    87) Golden oriole
    88) Common bulbul ( see Common bulbul | ZooChat )
    89) Little egret
    90) Laughing dove ( see Laughing dove | ZooChat )
     
    vogelcommando, 20 Jun 2017
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  11. boof

    boof Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    183. rufous songlark
    184. white bellied cuckooshrike
     
    boof, 20 Jun 2017
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  12. savethelephant

    savethelephant Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Alright then, I trust your judgment more than mine. I guess I just saw an odd looking individual
    16. Eastern Cottaintail
     
    savethelephant, 20 Jun 2017
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  13. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I spent a few days in Melbourne (Australia) on my way back to New Zealand.

    BIRDS:

    Melbourne in general, and the Botanic Gardens
    529) Silver gull Larus novaehollandiae
    530) Little pied shag Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
    531) Black swan Cygnus atratus
    532) Rainbow lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
    533) Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
    534) Australian magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    535) Noisy miner Manorina melanocephala
    536) Little black shag Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
    537) Bell miner Manorina melanophrys
    538) Dusky moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
    539) Pacific black duck Anas superciliosa
    540) Australian little grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
    541) European blackbird Turdus merula
    542) Little wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
    543) White-eyed duck Aythya australis
    544) Brown thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
    545) Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    546) Eastern spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
    547) Spotted pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
    548) White-plumed honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
    549) Little raven Corvus mellori
    550) Red wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
    551) Australian wood duck Chenonetta jubata
    552) Grey fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
    553) Australian darter Anhinga novaehollandaie
    554) Nankeen night heron Nycticorax caledonicus
    555) Willy wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
    556) Hoary-headed grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
    557) Grey teal Anas gracilis
    558) Chestnut teal Anas castanea
    559) White-browed scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
    560) Grey butcherbird Cracticus torquatus

    Yarra Bend Park
    561) Crested pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
    562) White-faced heron Ardea novaehollandiae
    563) Musk lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
    564) Welcome swallow Hirundo neoxena
    565) Common starling Sturnus vulgaris
    566) Eastern rosella Platycercus eximius
    567) Common kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae

    Sherbrooke Forest
    568) Greater sulphur-crested cockatoo Cacatua galerita
    569) Crimson rosella Platycercus elegans
    570) Superb blue wren Malurus cyaneus
    571) White-throated treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
    572) Eastern yellow robin Eopsaltria australis
    573) Yellow-tailed black cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus
    574) Lewin's honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
    575) Superb lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae
    576) Golden whistler Pachycephala pectoralis

    Healesville
    577) Galah Cacatua roseicapilla
    578) Straw-necked ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
    579) Australian white ibis Threskiornis molucca
    580) Common bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
    581) Long-billed corella Cacatua tenuirostris

    St. Kilda
    582) Pied shag Phalacrocorax varius
    583) Little blue penguin Eudyptula minor

    Moonlit Sanctuary
    584) Cape Barren goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
    585) Spur-winged plover Vanellus miles
    586) Yellow-faced honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops


    NEW ZEALAND:
    a few birds seen in passing:

    587) Australasian harrier Circus approximans
    588) Southern black-backed gull Larus dominicanus
    589) Paradise duck Tadorna variegata
    590) NZ pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    591) Song thrush Turdus philomelos
    592) Pied fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    593) Common chaffinch Fringilla coelebs



    MAMMALS:

    Yarra Bend Park
    77) Grey-headed flying fox Pteropus poliocephalus

    Flagstaff Gardens
    78) Common brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula

    Sherbrooke Forest
    79) Eastern grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus
    80) Swamp wallaby Wallabia bicolor
    81) Common wombat Vombatus ursinus

    St. Kilda
    82) Australian water rat Hydromys chrysogaster

    Moonlit Sanctuary
    83) European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
     
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    Chlidonias, 21 Jun 2017
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  14. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    So I hope from now on, they will keep you in the cage of New Zealand for the rest of the year, to give other people at least a small chance this year :p
     
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  15. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    aren't you still only on about day three of your posts? I think you may be going to beat me in mammals at least!

    If I get to 600 for birds (and I will certainly be able to do that), then I'll be happy enough. It may not be many more than 600 though!
     
    Chlidonias, 21 Jun 2017
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  16. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Day 8 or so :p

    With mammals I might indeed beat you, I must be around 70 mammals by now and I will go back to Ethiopia in August, though only work, but I should get some there. So in the end it will probably depend on how many mammals I can see on the islands of St. Malo in December.
     
    lintworm, 21 Jun 2017
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  17. DesertRhino150

    DesertRhino150 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    From the past week or so, I have added two birds, two mammals (one being the previously unidentified bat), two fishes, two butterflies and two dragon or damselflies:

    143. Garden warbler Sylvia borin
    144. Tawny owl Strix aluco

    20. Nathusius' pipistrelle bat Pipistrellus nathusii
    21. European badger Meles meles

    6. European chub Squalius cephalus
    7. Common rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus

    16. Meadow brown butterfly Maniola jurtina
    17. Small heath butterfly Coenonympha pamphilus

    11. White-legged dragonfly Platycnemis pennipes
    12. Emperor dragonfly Anax imperator
     
    DesertRhino150, 21 Jun 2017
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  18. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I haven't heard of St. Malo. I googled it, assuming it would be in the Caribbean because it sounded Caribbeany. Not so much.

    I shall, in that case, endeavour to keep my mammal total rising. Maybe I'll see a fur seal or a hare...
     
    Chlidonias, 21 Jun 2017
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  19. boof

    boof Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    185. pallid cuckoo
     
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  20. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Well as long as you are not French it is only a cryptic hint ;) It is definitely not in the Caribbean :p
     
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