Complete families of birds seen (2 Viewers)

Andy Adcock · Dec 7, 2017

Nutcracker said:
Quite a few local birders (not me) had all 5 divers in Northumbs this year

Didn't realise Pacific had occured up there Nutty?

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Paul Longland · Dec 7, 2017

andyadcock said:
Didn't realise Pacific had occured up there Nutty?

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Yes that was the one most went for ladyburn lake/Druridge pools.

Didn't have to go to Moray for white billed either. Had one at ten yards in Lincolnshire

Nutcracker · Dec 7, 2017

andyadcock said:
Didn't realise Pacific had occured up there Nutty?

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Yep, 20 Jan to some time in Feb.

And 2 or 3 White-billeds seen on seawatches this autumn.

lewis20126 · Dec 8, 2017

andyadcock said:
Anatidae must be do'able and that's a decent sized list ditto Accipitridae, Falconidae and Cuckoos?

Anyone got all the Laughingthrushes?

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I would guess James Eaton is closest to a full set of laughers; think he may just need spot-breasted? Certainly not an easy clear up.

Cheers, a

Alexjh1 · Dec 8, 2017

I would definitely assume that as an order, Divers have to be up there for ease given there are only five species. I've got the three UK regulars, but missed the other two in Japan where I was hoping to complete them.

Another comparatively easy one would be Hoatzin, if you were to visit the right countries anyway? Rheas probably also similarly.

I don't think I've got any particularly spectacular scores myself... I guess I've completed the genuses Tetrax, Neophron, Aegypius, Cyanopica, Pyrrhocorax and Panurus? None of which is bigger than two species granted...

Mark Harper · Dec 8, 2017

42 complete families, but at least half of those only have 1 species in them. The largest have 7 species, Skuas and New World Vultures.

Welsh Peregrine · Dec 8, 2017

Missing Californian Condor for the NW Vultures.

Andy Adcock · Dec 8, 2017

lewis20126 said:
andyadcock said:

All the woodpeckers is very difficult, especially now, eg Arabian, Sulu and others. It is possible to see most of them though. One remote Piculet in Bolivia is off the beaten track.

cheers, alan

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You must have all the Trogons Alan and all the Hornbills minus Sulu and Narcondam?

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Andy Adcock · Dec 8, 2017

Anyone got all or most of the Antpittas?

A lot easier now that they started feeding some of them.

Are all the Cotingas 'gettable' and what about Mannakins?

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Nutcracker · Dec 8, 2017

andyadcock said:
Anyone got all or most of the Antpittas?

A lot easier now that they started feeding some of them.

What do they feed them, ants or pitta bread? Or both mixed?

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Nightjar61 · Dec 9, 2017

Twelve (or thirteen) for me:

Hamerkop
Osprey*
Sunbittern
Limpkin
Egyptian Plover
Ibisbill
Crab Plover
Hoatzin
Wallcreeper
Donacobius
Oxpeckers
Olive Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat

*Split by IOC.

Dave

Larry Sweetland · Dec 10, 2017

Think this thread's been done before. I'm still on two 10's (Thicknees, and Stilts/Avocets, but I've finally cleaned up on Pelicans (8) while here in Peru

lewis20126 · Dec 10, 2017

Just remembered, all the rollers; not too difficult!

Cheers, a

Andy Adcock · Dec 11, 2017

Larry Sweetland said:
Think this thread's been done before. I'm still on two 10's (Thicknees, and Stilts/Avocets, but I've finally cleaned up on Pelicans (8) while here in Peru

Excluding single species families, exactly - none

Fairly close in a few cases though.

A

ovenbird43 · Dec 11, 2017

For me (excluding single-species families):

New World Vultures
Skuas
Darters
Oxpeckers

One shy on the dippers

I sometimes fantasize of doing an antpitta big year, a la Chris Goodie's year-long pitta adventure.

Andy Adcock · Dec 11, 2017

ovenbird43 said:
For me (excluding single-species families):

New World Vultures
Skuas
Darters
Oxpeckers

One shy on the dippers

I sometimes fantasize of doing an antpitta big year, a la Chris Goodie's year-long pitta adventure.

Ah, I do have those but still, a 2 species family isn't much more impressive than 1 is it!

Are all the Antpittas realistically, available

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ovenbird43 · Dec 11, 2017

andyadcock said:
Ah, I do have those but still, a 2 species family isn't much more impressive than 1 is it!

Are all the Antpittas realistically, available

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As far as I know, yes, though I don't have specific knowledge of all species. Certainly with more and more species being trained to come to worms the prospect of getting them all seems doable, though it would still require a lot of time and effort - there are so many range-restricted species, and plenty of difficult ones (e.g. Undulated, Crested-faced) that don't come to worms (yet?).

Nutcracker · Dec 11, 2017

andyadcock said:
Ah, I do have those but still, a 2 species family isn't much more impressive than 1 is it!

Are all the Antpittas realistically, available

A

I'm only 2 short on the oxpeckers, but a round 0 on antpittae

Got all the divers, though (and all in Northumbs, tho not all this year).

temmie · Dec 12, 2017

Undulated sometimes comes to Worms, but some species are still very very very hard to get. One in particular, Tachira antpitta, is still not within reach of us, visiting mortals.

JWN Andrewes · Dec 12, 2017

Anyone got all the Bustards or Sandgrouse? They must be doable, surely?

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