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    Inaccessible bird species

    I went to the Nakani after my failed attempt to get into the higher elevations of the Whiteman Mountains. I walked from Salelubu on 6/1/1994. Saw my first Thrush on 7/1 at 940m, another next day at 1485m, heard another on 9/1. They were quite common but exceedingly elusive. I don't think I had...
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    Inaccessible bird species

    Black-backed (New Britain & Bougainville) Thrush LC 1972/1980 I saw several of these in the Nakani mountains January 1994, easily accessible without big expedition.
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    Soldier Fly ID? (NW Cambs)(June)

    it is
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    Rock Bunting? Sunderland coast,England 8th November2023

    I dont think any American sparrows have a mesial stipe - Linnet
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    Unbirded localities of the world

    I think this in large part accounts for it. FOMO is a big thing now. In my day there were no local guides anywhere in the developing world, even those in Australia were not very commercial and often just took us out birding for nothing. Also in the pre-internet, pre-mobile phone days the info...
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    "Lost" birds. Again

    I tried in 1984, but completely messed up transport, didn't have enough time so failed to get to habitat. There are many species more likely to be extant than this one to look for.
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    Unbirded localities of the world

    You don't need to be a millionaire (although of course it helps), all you need it to be relatively young and fit, and have quite a hight tolerance of discomfort, and most of the places I listed above you can get to. All of my extensive trips across Melanesia, lasting many months, including the...
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    Unbirded localities of the world

    Afraid not, many islands between Raja Empat and Halmahera could hold undescribed taxa, but mostly low lying. i do not know if anyone has visited since the early collectors.
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    Unbirded localities of the world

    Indeed, it is the existence (or former existence ) of the Wondiwoi tree-kangaroo that makes me think this is a possible candidate for an unbirded location with potential undescribed taxa.
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    Unbirded localities of the world

    Certainly there will still be many undiscovered species lurking in most parts of the tropics, but most are likely to be very low-density species that might take years of fieldwork before they come to light. I took the meaning of the OP as asking about places that are unbirded to the extent that...
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    Unbirded localities of the world

    As far as I know no birder has ever reached the high reaches of the Whiteman Mountains in New Britain, I tried in 1993 but failed. I don't think anyone has been into the Fakfak mountains since my trip in 1992. Jared Diamond visited the Kumawa Mountains, but no birders since that I have heard of...
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    Lizard in Sicily

    Not withstanding the other reply, this is Italian wall lizard or Podarcis siculus, which occurs all over Eastern Sicily. Sicilian Wall Lizard Podarcis waglerianus much scarcer and in specific grassland habitat.
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    Crab in Sicily

    Pachygrapsus marmoratus marbled crab
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    Grasshopper in Sicily

    They are subspecies Locusta mgratoria cinerascens is the taxon recorded on Sicily, measurement overlap widely, Tegmen length only appears to be useful in males.
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    "Lost" birds. Again

    Foja Mountains and remote DRC are expedition territory but surely New Ireland straight forward, just fly there and walk into the mountains, unless things are very different now than when I did this in 1994? The Whiteman Mountains of new Britain are much harder to get into.
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