ZooChat Big Year 2019

Windjana Gorge:
Mammals
30. Short-eared Rock-wallaby (Petrogale brachyotis brachyotis)
31. Ghost Bat (Macroderma gigas)

Birds
28. Green-backed Gerygone (Gerygone chloronota)
29. Sandstone Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla woodwardi)

Reptiles
20. Freshwater Crocodile (Crocodylus johnsoni)

And that completes my set of Aussie Gerygones and Shrike-thrushes.

 

Saw a species I was afraid I would miss out on this year while driving from Agadir to Marrakesh:

13/07/2019 (Somewhere near Autoroute A7, Morocco)
BIRDS:
115 - White stork, Ciconia ciconia

And now I'm in Madrid and although I don't have much time to bird at all, a quick stop by El Parque Retiro yesterday gave me a great batch of local species including my second and third ever woodpecker species!

14/07/2019
BIRDS:
(Plaza de Tirso de Molina, Madrid)
116 - Common swift, Apus apus

(Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid)
117 - Monk parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus
118 - European robin, Erithacus rubecula

(Parque de El Retiro, Madrid)
119 - Short-toed treecreeper, Certhia brachydactyla
120 - Great spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos major
121 - Iberian green woodpecker, Picus sharpei
122 - Stock dove, Columba oenas

 

On the Munja Track:
Mammals
32. Feral Cattle (Bos taurus)

Birds
30. Silver-backed Butcherbird (Cracticus argenteus)
31. Varied Lorikeet (Psitteuteles versicolor)
32. Northern Rosella (Platycercus venustus)
—. Silver-crowned Friarbird (might have mis-IDed it last year)

(Full set of Butcherbirds.)

 

6 nights at Bachsten Creek Bush Camp (one of the best if not the best thing I’ve done in Aus):
Mammals
33. Monjon (Petrogale burbidgei)
34. Northern Quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus)
35. Golden-backed Tree-rat (Mesembriomys macrurus)
36. Kimberley Rock-rat (Zyzomys woodwardi)
37. Rock Ringtail Possum (Petropseudes dahli)
38. Scaly-tailed Possum (Wyulda squamicaudata)
39. Dingo (Canis dingo)
40. Northern Cave Bat (Vespadelus caurinus)

Birds
33. White-quilled Rock-pigeon (Petrophassa albipennis)
—. Purple-backed Fairy-wren (ssp rogersi)
34. Black Grasswren (Amytornis housei)
35. Kimberley Honeyeater (Meliphaga fordiana)
36. Partridge Pigeon (Geophaps smithii blaauwi)
—. Varied Sittella (ssp leucoptera)
37. Buff-sided Robin (Poecilodryas cerviniventris)
38. Rainbow Pitta (Pitta iris)
—. Little Shrike-thrush (ssp parvula)

Sadly we couldn’t find any Bandicoots the whole time we were there

 

At Malarri Creek (around Drysdale River Station):
Birds
39. Purple-crowned Fairy-wren (Malurus coronatus)
—. Black-throated Honeyeater (ssp laetior)

And that’s another completed set: Fairy-wrens

 

Since my last update, I have added no new birds (although I did pop out this morning to successfully see the locally-nesting cattle egrets) but I have seen a sixth fish species and identified another twelve invertebrates, two of them lifers:

6. Northern pike Esox lucius

61. Large black longhorn beetle Stictoleptura scutellata
62. Hoverfly Syrphus ribesii
63. Small skipper butterfly Thymelicus lineola
64. Common red soldier beetle Rhagonycha fulva
65. Scarce chaser dragonfly Libellula fulva
66. Malachite beetle Cordylepherus viridis
67. Hummingbird hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum
68. Common wasp Vespula vulgaris
69. Green shieldbug Palomena prasina
70. Latticed heath moth Chiasmia clathrata
71. Gatekeeper butterfly Pyronia tithonus
72. Willow emerald damselfly Lestes viridis

 

-Bird List

I'm not sure I have seen Rock sparrows this year,so I cancel them from the list.

51. Serin (Serinus serinus) (L)

52. Mediterranean gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus) (L)

-Mammal List

4. Roe (Caproelus caproelus) (L)

 

Obviously doesn't count but I heard a Fisher calling from the woods last night!

~Thylo

 

Wyndham:
Birds
40. Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae)
41. Masked Finch (Poephila personata)
42. Pictorella Mannikin (Heteromunia pectoralis)
43. Pied Heron (Egretta picata)

Reptiles
21. Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)

 

Fishes
3. Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
4. Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
5. Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
6. Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
7. Walleye Perca flavescens
8. Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus

 

165 lesser whitethroat
166 pied avocet
167 bank martin
only the second time i saw the avocket and the martin was a lifer

 

So I just went to a pretty amazing country, and saw some pretty amazing stuff...

BIRDS:
Day 1:
420) Black vulture, Coragyps atratus
421) Great-tailed grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus
422) Grey-breasted martin, Progne chalybea
423) Neotropic cormorant, Phalacrocorax brasilianus
424) Tropical mockingbird, Mimus gilvus
425) Wood stork, Mycteria americana

Day 2:
426) Clay-coloured thrush, Turdus grayi
427) Great kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus
428) Ruddy ground dove, Columbina talpacoti
429) Rufous-tailed hummingbird, Amazilia tzacatl
430) Variable seedeater, Sporophila corvina
431) Crimson-backed tanager, Ramphocelus dimidiatus
432) Palm tanager, Thraupis palmarum
433) Orange-chinned parakeet, Brotogeris jugularis
434) Tropical kingbird, Tyrannus melancholicus
435) House wren, Troglodytes aedon
436) White-collared swift, Streptoprocne zonaris
437) Blue-grey tanager, Thraupis episcopus
438) Barred antshrike, Thamnophilus doliatus
439) Pale-vented pigeon, Patagioenas cayennensis
440) Social flycatcher, Myiozetetes similis
441) Red-crowned woodpecker, Melanerpes rubricapillus
442) Lineated woodpecker, Dryocopus lineatus
443) Blue-headed parrot, Pionus menstruus
444) Buff-breasted wren, Cantorchilis leucotis
445) Streaked flycatcher, Myiodynastes maculatus
446) Turkey vulture, Cathartes aura
447) Keel-billed toucan, Ramphastos sulfuratus
448) White-shouldered tanager, Tachyphonus luctuosus
449) Thick-biled euphonia, Euphonia laniirostris
450) Whooping motmot, Momotus subrufescens
451) Red-crowned ant-tanager, Habia rubica
452) Fasciated antshrike, Cymbilaimus lineatus
453) Red-throated ant-tanager, Habia fuscicauda
454) Dusky-capped flycatcher, Myiarchus tuberculifer
455) Short-tailed swift, Chaetura brachyura
456) Fork-tailed flycatcher, Tyrannus savana
457) Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens
458) Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis
459) American darter, Anhinga anhinga
460) Southern rough-winged swallow, Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
461) Mangrove swallow, Tachycineta albilinea
462) Garden emerald, Chlorostilbon assimili
463) Lesser kiskadee, Pitangus lictor
464) Yellow-headed caracara, Milvago chimachima
465) Common tody-flycatcher, Todirostrum cinereum
466) Yellow-crowned night heron, Nyctanassa violacea
467) Southern lapwing, Vanellus chilensis
468) Laughing gull, Leucophaeus atricilla

Day 3:
469) Red-lored amazon, Amazona autumnalis
470) American white ibis, Eudocimus albus
471) Long-billed hermit, Phaethornis longirostris
472) Slaty-tailed trogon, Trogon massena
473) Checker-throated antwren, Epinecrophylla fulviventris
474) Grey-headed tanager, Eucometis penicillata
475) Cocoa woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus susurrans
476) Scarlet-rumped cacique, Cacicus microrhynchus
477) Yellow-rumped cacique, Cacicus cela
478) Broad-billed motmot, Electron platyrhynchum
479) Black-throated trogon, Trogon rufus
480) Masked tityra, Tityra semifasciata
481) Black-bellied whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis
482) Scaled pigeon, Patagioenas speciosa
483) Ringed kingfisher, Megaceryle torquata
484) Roadside hawk, Rupornis magnirostris
485) Yellow-crowned amazon, Amazona ochrocephala

Day 4:
486) Streaked saltator, Saltator striatipectus
487) Saffron finch, Sicalis flaveola
488) Panamaian flycatcher, Myiarchus panamensis
489) Northern crested caracara, Caracara cheriway
490) Little blue heron, Egretta caerula
491) Willet, Tringa semipalpata

Day 5:
492) White-tipped dove, Leptotila verreauxi
493) White-tailed kite, Elanus leucurus
494) Brown booby, Sula leucogaster
495) Groove-billed ani, Crotophaga sulcirostris
496) Spotted woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus eryhtropygius
497) Boat-billed flycatcher, Megarynchus pitangua

Day 6:
498) Smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani
499) Collared aracari, Pteroglossus torquatus
500) Black-chested jay, Cyanocorax affinis
501) Yellow-faced grassquit, Tiaris olivaceus
502) Black-cheeked woodpecker, Melanerpes pucherani
503) Chestnut-headed oropendola, Psarocolius wagleri
504) Crowned woodnymph, Thalurania colombica
505) Bay-headed tanager, Tangara gyrola
506) Silver-throated tanager, Tangara icterocephala
507) Southern nightingale-wren, Microcerculus marginatus
508) Shining honeycreeper, Cyanerpes lucidus
509) White-necked jacobin, Florisuga mellivora
510) Stripe-throated hermit, Phaethornis striigularis
511) Spot-crowned antvireo, Dysithamnus puncticeps
512) Pale-vented thrush, Turdus obsoletus
513) Squirrel cuckoo, Piaya cayana
514) Tawny-capped euphonia, Euphonia anneae
515) Tooth-billed tanager, Piranga lutea
516) Tawny-crested tanager, Tachyphonus delatrii
517) Common black hawk, Buteogallus anthracinus
518) Savanna hawk, Buteogallus meridionalis
519) White-winged dove, Zenaida asiatica
520) Grey-capped flycatcher, Myiozetetes granadensis
521) Bat falcon, Falco rufigularis

Day 7:
522) Blue-black grassquit, Volatinia jacarina
523) Sapphire-throated hummingbird, Lepidopyga coeruleogularis
524) Lesser yellow-headed vulture, Cathartes burrovianus
525) American oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus
526) Bronzed cowbird, Molothrus aeneus
527) Lance-tailed manakin, Chiroxiphia lanceolata
528) Brown-throated parakeet, Eupsittula pertinax
529) Snowy egret, Egretta thula

Day 8:
530) Wattled jacana, Jacana jacana
531) Scaly-breasted hummingbird, Phaeochroa cuvierii

Day 9:
532) Bare-throated tiger heron, Tigrisoma mexicanum
533) Short-billed pigeon, Patagioenas nigrirostris
534) Crested oropendola, Psarocolius decumanus
535) Piratic flycatcher, Legatus leucophaius
536) Rufous-collared sparrow, Zonotrichia capensis
537) Blue ground dove, Claravis pretiosa
538) Red-legged honeycreeper, Cyanerpes cyaneus
539) White-naped brushfinch, Atlapetes albinucha
540) Chestnut-capped brushfinch, Arremon brunneinucha
541) Lesson's motmot, Momotus lessonii
542) White-throated thrush, Turdus assimilis
543) Snowy-bellied hummingbird, Amazilia edward

Day 10:
544) Orange-billed nightingale-thrush, Catharus aurantiirostris
545) Flame-coloured tanager, Piranga bidentata
546) Mountain thrush, Turdus plebejus
547) Lesser goldfinch, Spinus psaltria
548) Rufous-capped warbler, Basileuterus rufifrons
549) Lesser greenlet, Hylophilus decurtatus
550) Isthmian wren, Cantorchilus elutus
551) Buff-throated saltator, Saltator maximus
552) Lesser elaenia, Elaenia chiriquensis
553) Blue-and-white swallow, Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
554) White-throated mountaingem, Lampornis castaneoventris
555) Lesser violetear, Colibri
556) Scintillant hummingbird, Selasphorus scintilla
557) Green-crowned brilliant, Heliodoxa jacula
558) Purple-throated mountaingem, Lampornis calolaemus
559) Yellow-bellied elaenia, Elaenia flavogaster
560) Dark pewee, Contopis lugubris
561) Black-faced solitaire, Myadestes melanops
562) Violet sabrewing, Campylopterus hemileucurus
563) Scarlet-thighed dacnis, Dacnis venusta
564) Swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus
565) Rufous-and-white wren, Thryophilus rufalbus
566) Mountain elaenia, Elaenia frantzii
567) Scarlet-rumped tanager, Ramphocelus passerinii

Day 11:
568) Slate-throated whitestart, Myioborus miniatus
569) Vaux's swift, Chaetura vauxi
570) Acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus
571) Elegant euphonia, Euphonia elegantissima
572) Ruddy treerunner, Margarornis rubiginosus
573) Silvery-fronted tapaculo, Scytalopus argentifrons
574) Black guan, Chamaepetes unicolor
575) Ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush, Catharus frantzii
576) Resplendent quetzal, Pharomachrus mocinno
577) Sooty-capped chlorospingus, Chlorospingus pileatus
578) Spot-crowned woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes affinis
579) Collared trogon, Trogon collaris
580) Tufted flycatcher, Mitrephanes phaeocercus
581) Green kingfisher, Chloroceryle americana
582) Black phoebe, Sayornis nigricans

Day 12:
583) Band-tailed pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata
584) White-winged tanager, Piranga leucoptera
585) Brown-capped vireo, Vireo leucophrys
586) Bicoloured hawk, Accipiter bicolor
587) Green heron, Butorides virescens
588) Green-breasted mango, Anthracothorax prevostii
589) Tropical pewee, Contopus cinereus
590) Bananaquit, Coereba flaveola
591) Plain-coloured tanager, Tangara inornata
592) White-lined tanager, Tachyphonus rufus
593) Olive-throated parakeet, Eupsittula nana

Day 13:
594) Thick-billed seed finch, Oryzoborus funereus
595) Montezuma oropendola, Psarocolius montezuma
596) Giant cowbird, Molothrus oryzivorus
597) Blue-chested hummingbird, Amazilia amabilis
598) Golden-collared manakin, Manacus vitellinus
599) Tropical gnatcatcher, Polioptila plumbea
600) Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri
601) Bay wren, Cantorchilus nigricapillus
602) Stub-tailed spadebill, Platyrinchus cancrominus

Day 14:
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Day 15:
603) Muscovy duck, Cairina moschata
604) Crimson-fronted parakeet, Psittacara finschi

Day 16:
605) Grey-headed chachalaca, Ortalis cinereiceps
606) Golden-hooded tanager, Tangara larvata
607) Grey-necked wood rail, Aramides cajaneus
608) Pauraque, Nyctidromus albicollis

Day 17:
609) Yellow-bellied seedeater, Sporophila nigricollis
610) Green hermit, Phaethornis guy
611) Slaty antwren, Myrmotherula schisticolor
612) Black-faced grosbeak, Caryothraustes poliogaster
613) Green honeycreeper, Chlorophanes spiza
614) Brown-hooded parakeet, Pyrilia haematotis

Day 18:
615) Boat-billed heron, Cochlearius cochlearius
616) Rufous-breasted wren, Pheugopedius rutilus
617) Shiny cowbird, Molothrus bonariensis
618) Yellow-crowned euphonia, Euphonia luteicapilla
619) Black-striped sparrow, Arremonops conirostris
620) Lemon-rumped tanager, Ramphocelus icteronotus
621) Spot-crowned barbet, Capito maculicoronatus
622) Spectacled owl, Pulsatrix perspicillata
623) Black-headed saltator, Saltator atriceps
624) Mistletoe tyrannulet, Zimmerius parvus
625) Plain-brown woodcreeper, Dendrocincla fuliginosa
626) Plain xenops, Xenops minutus
627) Emerald tanager, Tangara florida

Day 19:
628) White hawk, Pseudastur albicollis

MAMMALS:
30) Central American agouti, Dasyprocta punctata
31) Brown-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus
33) Variegated squirrel, Sciurus variegatoides
34) White-nosed coati, Nasua narica
35) Red-tailed squirrel, Sciurus granatensis
36) White-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus
37) Hoffmann's two-toed sloth, Choloepus hoffmanni
38) Mantled howler monkey, Alouatta palliata (ssp trabeata, CR)
39) White-faced capuchin, Cebus capucinus
40) Central American dwarf squirrel,
Microsciurus alfari

HERPS:
20) Mourning gecko, Lepidodactylus lugubris
21) Central American ameiva, Holcosus festivum
22) Leaf-litter toad, Rhinella alata
23) Common green iguana, Iguana iguana
24) Black iguana, Ctenosaura similis
25) Rainforest rocket frog, Silverstoneia flotator
26) Warszewitsch's frog, Lithobates warszewitschii
27) Grass anole, Anolis auratus
28) Cane toad, Rhinella marina
29) Giant ameiva, Ameiva ameiva
30) Yellow-headed gecko, Gonatodes albigularis
31) Strawberry poison dart frog, Oophaga pumilio
32) Tropical house gecko, Hemidactylus mabouia
33) Brown basilisk, Basiliscus vittatus

Inverts and fish (if I can identify any) and potential corrections or additions on bird/mammal/herp front will follow later. Panama (and probably the rest of Latin America) is fantastic, and resplendent quetzals definitely deserve all the hype they receive! I don't think I'll get away with not making a thread about this trip, so expect that some time in the near future!

 

I had heard of both splits, yeah (I saw the squirrels in Boquete so they will be boquetensis if you split them on the mammal year list), but I havent been able to read up on them much so I decided to go with the "general" species for now - as I also did with the Azuero howlers, which are often split as a subspecies of Coiba Island howler. It doesn't matter that much for my list either way, I only saw the three species in one place each so my totals won't change if I do accept the splits. I did hear howlers in many other places, but unfortunately only saw them in Azuero.

Thanks for the heads-up, though! I'm generally quite well up to date with bird splits (following a specific list like IOC helps a lot with that) but herps and mammals are a lot harder to be consistent with as there's not really good lists of either, to my knowledge. So far I've always followed what observation.org does with them, as that's where I upload my sightings.

I'm sorry. I promise this is my last trip for the year though, so the rest of my year list will have to be from Europe!

 

62. Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus Sandwichensis
63. Rough-legged Hawk - Buteo Lagopus
64. Alder Flycatcher - Empidonax Alnorum
65. Dunlin - Calidris Alpina

 

suprise mammal lifer today at the beach plus a new fish
14 american mink
fish
133 goldsinny wrasse

 

One from the Lake Argyle cruise and the other two from around Victoria River Roadhouse.
Mammals
41. Common Wallaroo (Macropus robustus)
42. Northern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus)
—. Short-eared Rock Wallaby (Petrogale brachyotis victoriae)

 

More species from Madrid although certainly not as impressive as Vision's list!

18/07/2019 (In Front of Parque Juan Pablo II, Madrid)
BIRDS:
123 - Eurasian tree sparrow, Passer montanus

15/07/2019 (Near Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Madrid)
INVERTEBRATES:
16 - Southern scarce swallowtail, Iphiclides feisthamelii