Have You Seen Any of These Birds? (1 Viewer)

Jacana · Jul 21, 2009

Itombwe Nightjar and Cayenne Nightjar should be on the list I suppose, no one's seen these with certainty as far as i'm aware.

South Georgia Pipit is another remote bird.

how many people on the forum have been to Sao Tome & Principe? 23 (or so) endemics to be had there, all pretty easy, although Sao Tome Grosbeak can be a bit of a bugger i'm told, it's usually the endemic everyone misses.

edenwatcher · Jul 21, 2009

South Georgia pipit on my list (as the saying is)!

Rob

Birdingcraft · Jul 22, 2009

How about this trio from southwestern Amazonia: Elusive Antpitta, Acre Antshrike, and Selva Cacique.

jurek · Jul 22, 2009

Tepui Tinamou?

Duida Grass-Finch? - apparently seen only by one ornithologist who visited a remote mountain Duida in Venezuela and shot some specimens. I wonder if anybody re-visited this place afterwards?

Damar Flycatcher? - Damar is an islet in Indonesia perhaps visited only twice by ornithologists, with a century in between.

Red Sea Swallow? White-eyed River-Martin? - other mythical birds

White-eared Night Heron?

Rasmus Boegh · Jul 23, 2009

jurek said:
Duida Grass-Finch? - apparently seen only by one ornithologist who visited a remote mountain Duida in Venezuela and shot some specimens. I wonder if anybody re-visited this place afterwards?

Unlike the species of the eastern Tepuis (species found on regularly visitied Mt. Roraima or Sierra de Lema), there are a small number of species (notably Buff-breasted Sabrewing, White-faced Whitestart, Guaiquinima Whitestart, Scaled Flowerpiercer and above mentioned Duida Grass-Finch) restricted to the central and/or western Tepuis that have been seen by virtually no living birders/ornithologists. Anyhow, these region, incl. Duida, have actually been visited by a few ornitholoigsts within the last 10 years, and I know they've seen some of the species, but really don't remember if the Duida Grass-Finch was among them.

Eduardo Gelli(tiriba) · Jul 23, 2009

Grey-winged Cotinga

I have seen the Grey-winged Cotinga twice in Serra dos Órgãos National Park though in Caledonia is much easier. If you know the place where the G-w Cotinga lives, you can find it easily.

Hanno · Jul 23, 2009

White-eared Night Heron?

Seen by a number of birders earlier this year in Northern Vietnam; sadly I could not join:-(

Farnboro John · Jul 23, 2009

edenwatcher said:
South Georgia pipit on my list (as the saying is)!

Rob

And mine, along with the pintail, although that's only a race if that.

John

chris butterworth · Jul 23, 2009

I was going to mention Sth Georgia Pipit, along with the Tristan and Gough endemics- all on my list- as are White-eyed River Martin, Raso Lark and Fiji Petrel( 25 n.m. NNE of Ngau in 1998 ). What about the Socotra endemics, Sao Thome + Principe endemics, Aloatra Grebe and Atilan Grebe ( must be someone old enough to have these two?
Chris

Larry Lade · Jul 23, 2009

Hi, Eduardo, we are glad to have you join us here on BirdForum. Welcome aboard!

gambirder · Jul 23, 2009

Prigogine's Nightjar. Only known from a single wing found in Zaire in 1952!

gambirder · Jul 23, 2009

From an African perspective, there was a very good article on this theme in the August 2007 African Bird Club Bulletin entitled "Birds to find: a review of 'lost', obscure and poorly known African bird species" by S. Buchart. Unfortunately I don't have it to hand but if anyone does it could add a lot of extremely challenging species to the BF Wanted list.

Larry Lade · Jul 23, 2009

List updated.

Andrew Whitehouse · Jul 23, 2009

Larry Lade said:
So, Andrew, have you also seen the Grey-winged Cotinga?

Yes, I've seen Grey-winged Cotinga too. There are still quite a few tricky east Brazilian birds I've not seen though!

Xenospiza · Jul 23, 2009

gambirder said:
Prigogine's Nightjar. Only known from a single wing found in Zaire in 1952!

You're mixing up two species: Prigogine's (or Itombwe) is known from a single female specimen, and may have been tape-recorded elsewhere in the Congo forest block. The single wing was Nechisar Nightjar, which was seen recently.

How about White-chested Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus makawai)?

bkrownd · Jul 23, 2009

Larry Lade said:
Hawaii O'o

Long long long long long extinct

Jos Stratford · Jul 23, 2009

Larry Lade said:
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Atilan Grebe

You can add [now extinct] after this one - in 1990, I went looking for it in its last year (two still present 1989). Extensive search failed to locate any remaining birds, it has never been seen since.

Jeff Hopkins · Jul 23, 2009

JWN Andrewes said:
How about Kinglet Calyptura!

I was present when our guide in Ubatuba felt he had seen one (very briefly). Unfortunately, the bird flew before he could get the rest of us on it. We and other groups spent two days trying to relocate it with no luck.

gambirder · Jul 23, 2009

Xenospiza said:
You're mixing up two species: Prigogine's (or Itombwe) is known from a single female specimen, and may have been tape-recorded elsewhere in the Congo forest block. The single wing was Nechisar Nightjar, which was seen recently.

Cheers for the clarification xenospiza!:t:

Valéry Schollaert · Jul 24, 2009

How about White-chested Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus makawai)?

==> Hybrid or atypical Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, but unlikely a full species.

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