ZooChat Challenge (Global) 2017

I'll add the thrush following ThylacineAlive's clarification:

Living Coasts - 30.06.2017

72. Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)

London Zoo - 19.08.2017

73. Black-necked weaver (Ploceus nigricollis)
74. Blue-faced parrotfinch (Erythrura trichroa)
75. Montserrat oriole (Icterus oberi)
76. Orange-spotted bulbul (Pycnonotus bimaculatus)
77. Southern red bishop (Euplectes orix)
78. Red-legged honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)
79. Scarlet-chested sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis)
80. Splendid sunbird (Cinnyris coccinigastrus)
81. White-crowned robin-chat (Cossypha albicapillus)

 

A couple more from a revisit to Burgers' Zoo today, and unlike my visit in February, the pihas were actually screaming!

Burgers' Zoo, 03/09/2017:
233) Green-backed twinspot, Mandingoa nitidula
234) Screaming piha, Lipaugus vociferans
235) White-eared catbird, Ailuroedus buccoides

 

I thought I would join just for fun, as I have no chance at all to win or even be well-classed because I'm afraid the following additions are my first and last for this year. Let's go!

Zoo Berlin, 10/08/2017:

1) African quailfinch, Ortygospiza atricollis
2) African silverbill, Euodice cantans
3) Amethyst starling, Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
4) Asian glossy starling, Aplonis panayensis
5) Australian magpie (ssp. White-backed), Gymnorhina tibicen hypoleuca
6) Bali mynah, Leucopsar rothschildi
7) Black-and-white seedeater, Sporophila luctuosa
8) Black-faced dacnis, Dacnis lineata
9) Black-faced firefinch (ssp. Vinaceous), Lagonosticta larvata vinacea
10) Blue-and-grey tanager, Thraupis episcopus
11) Blue-capped cordon-bleu, Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
12) Blue-faced honeyeater, Entomyzon cyanotis
13) Brazilian tanager, Ramphocelus bresilia
14) Chestnut-backed ground-thrush, Zoothera dohertyi
15) Common bulbul, Pycnonotus barbatus
16) Common hill myna, Gracula religiosa intermedia
17) Common myna, Acridotheres tristis
18) Cuban grassquit, Tiaris canorus
19) Cut-throat finch, Amadina fasciata
20) Emerald starling, Lamprotornis iris
21) Golden-breasted starling, Lamprotornis regius
22) Golden-headed manakin, Ceratopipra erythrocephala
23) Gouldian finch, Erythrura gouldiae
24) Greater blue-eared glossy starling, Lamprotornis chalybaeus
25) Grey-headed oliveback, Nesocharis capistrata
26) Java finch, Padda oryzivora
27) Northern red bishop, Euplectes franciscanus
28) Paradise tanager (ssp. paradisea), Tangara chilensis paradisea
29) Red-billed leiothrix, Leiothrix lutea
30) Red-cheeked cordon-bleu, Uraeginthus bengalus
31) Red-headed parrot-finch, Erythrura psittacea
32) Red-rumped cacique, Cacicus haemorrhous
33) Rueppell's glossy starling, Lamprotornis purpuroptera
34) Scarlet-headed blackbird, Amblyramphus holosericeus
35) Spangled cotinga, Cotinga cayana
36) Superb starling, Lamprotornis superbus
37) Taveta golden weaver, Ploceus castaneiceps
38) Tricolor parrot-finch, Erythrura tricolor
39) Trumpet manucode, Manucodia keraudrenii
40) Village weaver, Ploceus cucullatus
41) Wattled starling, Creatophora cinerea
42) Western bluebill, Spermophaga haematina
43) White-eared bulbul, Pycnonotus leucotis
44) White-headed buffalo-weaver, Dinemellia dinemelli
45) White-necked raven, Corvus albicollis
46) Yellow-fronted canary, Serinus mozambicus
47) Zebra finch (ssp. Chestnut-eared finch), Taeniopygia guttata castanotis

and because I completely forgot this species but I don't want to change every line number :

48) Blue grosbeak, Passerina caerulea

Tierpark Berlin, 12/08/2017:

49) Antillean siskin, Carduelis dominicensis
50) Asian azure-winged magpie, Cyanopica cyanus
51) Asian black bulbul, Hypsipetes leucocephalus
52) Asian fairy-bluebird, Irena puella
53) Black-breasted thrush, Turdus dissimilis
54) Black-headed greenfinch, Carduelis ambigua
55) Black-throated laughingthrush, Dryonastes chinensis
56) Blue-and-yellow tanager, Thraupis bonariensis
57) Blue-crowned laughingthrush, Dryonastes courtoisi
58) Buffy laughingthrush, Dryonastes berthemyi
59) Chinese babax, Babax lanceolatus
60) Chinese grosbeak, Eophona migratoria
61) Chinese hwamei, Leucodioptron canorum
62) Common raven (ssp. nominate), Corvus corax corax
63) Crested oropendola, Psarocolius decumanus
64) European goldfinch (ssp. Grey-headed goldfinch), Carduelis carduelis caniceps
65) Greater Antillean bullfinch, Loxigilla violacea
66) Greater necklaced laughingthrush (ssp. picticollis), Garrulax pectoralis picticollis
67) Lesser necklaced laughingthrush, Garrulax monileger
68) Omei Shan liocichla, Liocichla omeiensis
69) Red-billed blue magpie, Urocissa erythroryncha
70) Red-crested finch, Coryphospingus cucullatus
71) Red-legged honeycreeper, Cyanerpes cyaneus
72) Red-tailed laughingthrush, Trochalopteron milnei
73) Red-whiskered bulbul, Pycnonotus jocosus
74) Rosy starling, Pastor roseus
75) Scarlet-faced liocichla, Liocichla ripponi
76) Siberian thrush, Zoothera sibirica
77) Swallow tanager, Tersina viridis
78) Violaceous euphonia, Euphonia violacea
79) White-browed laughingthrush, Pterorhinus sannio
80) White-crested laughingthrush, Garrulax leucolophus
81) Yellow-faced grassquit, Tiaris olivaceus

 

A few from last Sunday
68) Orange-spotted Bulbul (Pycnonotus bimaculatus)- ZSL London Zoo
69) Amethyst Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster)- ZSL London Zoo
70) Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis)- ZSL London Zoo
71) Splendid Sunbird (Nectarinia coccinigaster)- ZSL London Zoo
72) Blue-faced Parrotfinch (Erythrura trichroa)- ZSL London Zoo
73) Ultramarine Grosbeak (Cyanoloxia brissoni)- ZSL London Zoo

 

Quite some more additions from my journey across the pond!

Bird Kingdom Niagara Falls, 11/09/2017:
236) Blue-and-yellow tanager, Pipraeidea bonariensis
237) Blue-gray tanager, Thraupis episcopus
238) Pin-tailed whydah, Vidua macroura
239) Turquoise tanager, Tangara mexicana
240) Scarlet tanager, Piranga olivacea
241) Collared finchbill, Spizixos semitorques

Toronto Zoo, 13/09/2017:
242) Plush-crested jay, Cyanocorax chrysops
243) Loggerhead shrike, Lanius ludovicianus
244) Rufous-collared sparrow, Zonotrichia capensis
245) Opal-rumped tanager, Tangara velia
246) Red pileated finch, Coryphospingus cucullatus
247) White-lined tanager, Tachyphonus rufus

Montreal Biodôme, 17/09/2017:
248) Black-and-white warbler, Mniotilta varia
249) Myrtle warbler, Setophaga coronata
250) Black-capped chickadee, Poecile atricapillus

Central Park Zoo, 20/09/2017:
251) Chestnut weaver, Ploceus rubiginosus
252) Venezuelan troupial, Icterus icterus
253) Red-crested cardinal, Paroaria coronata
254) Yellow-crowned gonolek, Laniarius barbarus
255) Golden-breasted bunting, Emberiza flaviventris

Prospect Park Zoo, 20/09/2017:
256) Double-barred finch, Taeniopygia bichenovii
257) African yellow white-eye, Zosterops senegalensis
258) Chinese hwamei, Leucodioptron canorum

Bronx Zoo, 21/09/2017 & 23/09/2017:
259) Lesser bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea minor
260) Metallic starling, Aplonis metallica
261) Blue-faced parrotfinch, Erythrura trichroa
262) Bananaquit, Coereba flaveola
263) Black-capped social weaver, Pseudonigrita cabanisi
264) Violaceous euphonia, Euphonia violacea
265) Yellow-hooded blackbird, Chrysomus icterocephalus
266) Black-and-white seedeater, Sporophila luctuosa
267) Palm tanager, Thraupis palmarum
268) Red-billed firefinch, Lagonosticta senegala

 

Visited Avifauna today for the second time this year ( in company of 2 very nice people - one being my wife and the other being a ZooChatter ) and found some of the species I missed on my first visit. Because of the bad weather it was quite dark in the Tropical halls and taking photos was not easy - that is why some of the pictures I've up-loaded already into the Avifauna-gallery are of such a poor quality ( ). With the 5 new species I at least have past the 100-mark !
98) Saffron finch ( Sicalis flaveola )
99) Scarlet-headed blackbird ( Amblyrhamhus holosericeus ) ( see Scarlet-headed blackbird - Amblyrhamphus holosericeus | ZooChat )
100) Golden-crested myna ( Ampeliceps coronatus )
101) Yellow-faced myna ( Mino dumontii ) ( see Yellow-faced myna - Mino dumontii | ZooChat )
102) White-crowned robin-chat ( Cossypha albicapilla ) ( see White-crowned robin-chat - Cossypha albicapilla | ZooChat )

 

Gonna add my abysmal 2 passerines to this thread for the hell of it.

Amazon World - August 2017

1) Superb Starling - (Lamprotornis Superbus)

Monkey Haven - August 2017

2) Red-Billed Blue Magpie - (Urocissa Erythroryncha)

Think I'm certain to win this

 

Adding the American zoos -

Bronx Zoo - 21 & 23.08.2017
82. Green singing finch (Serinus mozambicus)
83. Yellow-hooded blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus)
84. Red-faced parrot finch (Erythrura psittacea)
85. Double-barred owl finch (Taeniopygia bichenovii)
86. Plum-headed finch (Neochmia modesta)
87. Plush-crested jay (Cyanocorax chrysops)
88. European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
89. Red fody (Foudia madagascariensis)
90. Blue dacnis (Dacnis cyana)
91. Violaceous euphonia (Euphonia violacea)
92. Saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola)
93. Silver-beaked tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)
94. Calfbird (Perissocephalus tricolor)
95. Black-capped social weaver (Pseudonigrita cabanisi)
96. Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisaea raggiana)
97. Lesser Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisaea minor)
98. Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
99. Black-throated laughingthrush (Garrulax chinensis)
100. Black-and-white seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa)
101. Palm tanager (Thraupis palmarum)

Central Park Zoo - 22.08.2017
102. Venezuelan troupial (Icterus icterus)
103. Blue-whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)
104. Blue-grey tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
105. Long-tailed glossy starling (Lamprotornis caudatus)
106. Chestnut weaver (Ploceus rubiginosus)
107. Yellow-crowned gonolek (Laniarius barbarus)
108. Golden-breasted bunting (Emberiza flaviventris)

Philadelphia Zoo - 29.08.2017
109. Metallic starling (Aplonis metallica)
110. Northern oriole (Icterus glabula)
111. Magpie shrike (Urolestes melanoleucus)
112. Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula)
113. White-vented bulbul (Pyconotus barbatus)

 

After reviewing photos from Zoo Miami, it seems I did not actually see yellow-faced mynah, but rather a hybrid between common and something else. Unfortunately, this throws every number of mine after 122 off, but my apologies. The quoted post has the correct numbers.

North Carolina Zoo 11/6/17:
156. Blue-winged leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis
157. Scarlet-faced liocichla Liocichla ripponi
158. Yellow-rumped warbler Setophaga coronata
159. Golden-crested myna Ampeliceps coronatus
160. Summer tanager Piranga rubra
161. Red-eyed vireo Vireo olivaceus
162. Hermit thrush Catharus guttatus
163. Horned lark Eremophila alpestris
164. House finch Haemorhous mexicanus

 

Yes, here it is:

I was rather hopeful it was a yellow-faced mynah (which the zoo does have on exhibit), but when I went back and looked at it I quickly found it wasn’t. It is interesting nonetheless.

 

74) African Pied Crow (Corvus albus)- Hamerton Zoo Park
75) Diamond Firetail (Stagonopieura guttata)- Hamerton Zoo Park

 

It turns out that I saw an additional new passerine the day I visited Columbus:

165. White-crowned robin chat Cossypha albicapilla albicapilla

 

Looking over these lists and my notes again, it would appear as if I missed a species I saw on my second visit to Prague, because I mistook it for a very similar species I thought I had already seen this year...

269) Sunda whistling thrush, Myophonus glaucinus

...And ironically enough, when I did finally see that species I mistook the Sunda whistling thrush for, I still didn't realize it was the first time I had seen that species that year!

270) Blue whistling thrush, Myophonus caeruleus

Two very stupid additions on my part, though I'm glad I sorted it out! I wish I had known earlier that the two weren't the same species, however, as it turns out I don't have any decent pictures of the M.glaucinus, which is the only individual of its species in Europe...

 

Adding a couple of new things, and some old ones following identification:

Birdworld -

114. White-crested laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus)

Bronx Zoo -

115. Inca jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

Faunia - 11.11.2017

116. Black-throated magpie-jay (Calocitta colliei)
117. Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus)

 

Damn...
You posted this just after I left, and I love birds. I'm sure I won't win (I wouldn't have even if I'd been participating; I just would have made more note of the passerines at the places I've been), but this gives me a reason to see those zoos I've been putting off going to before the end of the year, and also to pay attention to the small songbirds which (with a few exceptions like honeycreepers) I don't usually pay much mind.

Unfortunately I don't remember more than a couple of the passerines I saw at San Antonio, and I think there may have been a pair of cardinals at the Austin Nature and Science Center, but this gives me an reason to go back to both places (since I'm not sure about species for the passerines I do remember from San Antonio, I'm going to skip them). There's also a couple of passerines that I think I saw at the Denver Zoo which I'm not including because I can't place the exhibit I saw them in.

Any rate...
Austin Nature and Science Center
1. Raven (marked as common raven Corvus corax but probably fan-tailed raven C. rhipidurus based on the fact that it was legally imported and staff described it as an "African raven.")
2. Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
3. Great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
4. Blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Denver Zoo
5. Scarlet-faced liocichla (Liocichla ripponi)
6. Snowy-crowned robin-chat (Cossypha niveicapilla)
7. Pekin robin (Leiothrix lutea)
8. Blue dacnis (Dacnis cayana)
9. Crested oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)
10. Royal starling (Lamprotornis regius)
11. Chestnut-backed thrush (Geokichla dohertyi)
12. Violaceous euphonia (Euphonia violacea)

 

I went back to the San Antonio Zoo today, and managed to see almost all of the passerines identified on signs, with all of the exceptions being because the Zoo closes at nine in December bot the Hixon Bird House still closes at five and I didn't realize this, so I had less than half an hour in it. I also saw at least five species that weren't signed (not counting ones where the signs were elsewhere), which I'm marking with an asterisk, though I'm confident I identified all of them correctly except possibly the orange-cheeked waxbill. (There are several drab-bodied estrildid finches with reddish faces and I identified it based on it being the only such finch that the zoo's Wikipedia page mentions.)

I made a note of where I saw these birds since several were in the wrong place based on their signs, so in the unlikely event someone goes to San Antonio this winter and wants to find them, you can (the black-throated magpie jays are also outside the South America exhibit, but I didn't see them until I was on my way out). Miraculously, I was able to decipher my own handwriting for every single bird. Somewhat surprisingly there were only two cases of overlap with the Denver Zoo: the pekin robin and royal starling, likely because the Denver Zoo had so relatively few passerines to begin with and passerines also constituted most of the birds on exhibit which I failed to see.

Speaking of the Denver Zoo, I realized just after the editing window passed that I'd forgotten the spangled cotinga I saw at the Denver Zoo, so I'm starting my list with that. (If I'm ordering in the order I saw them it should actually go between the thrush and euphonia, but ... close enough.)

Denver Zoo (cont...)
13. Spangled cotinga (Cotinga cayana)

San Antonio Zoo: South America
14. Green oropendola (Psarocolius viridis)

San Antonio Zoo: Africa
15. White-headed buffalo weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli)
16. Emerald starling (Lamprotornis iris) *
17. Superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus)
18. Yellow-mantled widowbird (Euplectes macroura)
19. Magpie shrike (Urolestes melanoleucus) *
20. Amethyst starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster)

San Antonio Zoo: Australia and path to Bird House
21. Metallic starling (Aplonis metallica)
22. White-necked raven (Corvus albicollis)

San Antonio Zoo: Hixon Bird House
22. Red-capped cardinal (Paroaria gularis)
23. Asian fairy bluebird (Irena puella)
24. Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae)
25. Orange bishop (Euplectes franciscanus)
26. Golden-crested myna (Ampeliceps coronatus)
27. Black and white mannikin (Lonchura bicolor)
28. Red-winged pytillia (Pytilia phoenicoptera)
29. Taveta weaver (Pytilia phoenicoptera)
30. Blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
31. Turquoise tanager (Tangara mexicana) *
32. Venezuelan troupial (Icterus icterus)
33. Red-cheeked cordon-blue (Uraeginthus bengalus)
34. Long-tailed finch (Poephila acuticauda) *
35. Orange-cheeked waxbill (Estrilda melpoda) *

San Antonio Zoo: between Bird House and Carousel
36. Black-throated magpie jay (Calocitta colliei)
37. Bali mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi)
38. Blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis)

 

I have four more additions to end the year:

Philadelphia Zoo
60) African Long-Tailed Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus

Staten Island Zoo
61) Green Oropendola Psarocolius viridis
62) White-Headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli

Magic Wings Butterfly Conservancy
63) Red-Cheeked Cordon-Bleu Uraeginthus bengalus

Unfortunately I did not get nearly as many passerines as I was planning due to all of my travel plans being pushed into 2018

If everyone would kindly post their final tallies at the end of the year that would be helpful, if not I'll just go through the thread on the 31st.

~Thylo

 

My Hail Mary pass was more like a poorly-aimed toss:

Dallas World Aquarium 12/22/17:

165. Red bird-of-paradise Paradisaea rubra
166. Peruvian burnished buff tanager Tangara cayana cayana
167. Panamanian silver throated tanager Tangara icterocephala oresbia
168. Guianan red cotinga Phoenicircus carnifex
169. Peruvian blue-naped chlorophonia Chlorophonia cyanea longipennis
170. Panamanian red-capped manakin Ceratopipra mentalis iginifera
171. Golden-headed manakin Ceratopipra erythrocephala erythrocephala
172. Panamanian golden-collared manakin Manacus vitellinus vitellinus
173. Northern swallow tanager Tersina viridis occidentalis
174. Red-rumped cacique Cacicus haemorrhous haemorrhous/pachyrhynchus
175. Guianan cock-of-the-rock Rupicola rupicola
176. Long-wattled umbrellabird Cephalopterus penduliger
177. Passerini’s tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
178. Crimson-backed tanager Ramphocelus dimidiatus


Fort Worth Zoo 12/23/17:

179. European starling Sturna vulgaris
180. Eastern meadowlark Sturnella magna

Total: 180

This year I’d been hoping to make 150, so I was glad to do so. I formed my lifelists during this challenge, so I’m not sure how many birds were lifers, but I’d say around 90. This is the first year I’ve really been into birds, with this challenging being one of a few contributing factors.

Good game, everybody!