Almost There Beyond Wallace’s Line Project progress – Bird Families of the World 249/250 99.6% More then 100 endemic bird species can be seen in this unique shaped island but I had only one main target on my short Sulawesi visit. Luckily we’ve got Hylocitrea, the only endemic bird family here, on our first stop […]
Bornean Bird Families of the Oldest Rainforest Project progress – Bird Families of the World 246-248/250 99.2% Borneo is defiantly one of the top birding destinations on earth. Three nations share the third biggest island: Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. We visited the two counties on the Malaysian part: Sabah and Sarawak. Accommodation varied from the […]
Old cars, cigars and Cuban Warblers! Project progress – Bird Families of the World 245/250 98% Ticking Cuban Warblers for me: Clean up Caribbeans, clean up Neotropics, clean up non-monotype. The 2 members of Cuban Warblers have different distributions. Yellow-headed Warbler can be seen on the west third of Cuba, while Oriente Warbler seen on […]
Bird Families of the World holly grail – New Guinea! Project progress – Bird Families of the World 244/250 97.6% Most of New Guinea’s 7 endemic bird families member seen only on the highlands. Tari Gap area is less accessible than legendary Kumul Lodge and trails, but it seems that birding there is more productive. […]
Wonderful plain plan for the Plains Wanderer Project progress – Bird Families of the World 236/250 94% Clean up Australian continent endemic families, clean up non-passerines families, second try after the failure in 2018, finally I’ve ticked Plains Wanderer! Thanks Simon Starr for great tour! After wandering an hour or so in the dark, wet […]
The Tiniest Territory for Endemic Bird Family Project progress – Bird Families of the World 235/250 94% One of the easiest ticks during Puerto Rico endemics cleanup is the monotype family of Puerto Rican Tanager. This species is common on mid and high elevation. Most of our trip was on the south-west corner of the […]
Cleanup Afrotropic at East Usambara Mountains Project progress – Bird Families of the World 234/250 94% My main reason of joining the first legs of “Tanzanian Endemics Cleanup” expedition, which includes my friends Noam Shany, Dubi Shapiro and Philip Johnson, was one bird. Dapple-throat and Allies (Modulatricidae) is the most elusive and desired bird family […]
IBISBILL! now I got you! Project progress – Bird Families of the World 233/250 93% Jim Corbett national park lays on the Himalayan foothills, and winter hosting my target for this trip: The monotype family of Ibisbill. Visit Uttarakhand is relatively easy, and the park located a few hours drive from New Delhi international airport. […]
Cleanup South America! (in deep mud) Project progress – Bird Families of the World 232/250 93% Ecuador represents a variety of Neotropical habitats which allows birder to tick many Neotropical bird families. From the Choco on the western Andean slope, via chilly Paramo on Andean mountain with picks over 4000 m altitude, down to the […]
is it a Wren? is it a Thrush? is it a Tanager? it’s Wrenthrush & Thrush-tanager! Project progress – Bird Families of the World 228/250 91% Bird families lister must stop either in Panama or Costa Rica for the monotype Talamanca mountain range endemic family of Wrenthrush. Other families ticked on this milestone can be […]