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 […]
Trying to cleanup Aussie land Project progress – Bird Families of the World 224/250 90% My second trip to Australia was an attempt to cleanup all missing families. Out of 7 families on my wish-list, 6 where seen & photographed. All seen in New South Wales and Victoria, so visiting West Australia on the trip’s […]
Tiny hidden bird on the Himalayan foothills Project progress – Bird Families of the World 218/250 87% North-east India isolated states, Assam & Arunachal Pradesh host 2 target families: Ibisbill on the streams of Nameri NP, and Spotted Elachura at Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary. Unfortunately the Ibisbill left that year early (seen until around March 27th, we arrived on the […]
Wader families of the south of south Project progress – Bird Families of the World 217/250 87% Patagonia, the south end of both Argentina and Chile, serves as a preferred location for these two wader families. I choose Argentina particle reasons. Reserva Laguna Nimez at El Calafate was the spot for Magellanic Plover. 216. Family […]
The most remote endemic bird family and the only one for Oceania Project progress – Bird Families of the World 215/250 86% The only endemic family for Oceania and the most desired bird in New Caledonia is the flightless Kagu, which can be seen easily on Le Parc Provincial de la Rivière Bleue. Entering the […]
The only reason for a bird families chaser to visit North America Project progress – Bird Families of the World 214/250 86% The only Nearctic endemic bird family is the monotype Olive Warbler. All other bird families in North America have at least one member who appears in other biogeography zone. So here I am, climbing up […]
Essential stop for Caribbean families: Hispaniola Project progress – Bird Families of the World 213/250 85% Hispaniola of the Greater Antilles is the best Caribbean destination for bird families. Two countries share this Island, and birding in Dominican Republic seems easier than in Haiti. Three endemic families: Palmchat monotype and Dominican Republic national bird, which […]