January 1st joint Birdforum list (2024 edition) (5 Viewers)

[Jos Stratford]

Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
First birds of the day, all by spotlight, Common Pauraque, then Killdeer, then Yellow-crowned Night Heron. Spent the morning in coastal scrub and lagoons at Rio Lagartos, then shifted inland to forest at Xocen.

120 species in all.

Blue-winged Teal
American Flamingo
Least Grebe
Feral Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
Common Ground Dove
Ruddy Ground Dove
White-tipped Dove
White-winged Dove
Groove-billed Ani

Common Pauraque
Mexican Sheartail
Canivet's Emerald
Cinnamon Hummingbird
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Black-necked Stilt
American Oystercatcher
Killdeer
Northern Jacana

Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Ruddy Turnstone
Least Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Black Skimmer
Cabot's Tern
Royal Tern
Wood Stork

Magnificent Frigatebird
Anhinga
Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
Brown Pelican
American White Pelican
Bare-throated Tiger Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricoloured Heron

Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Great Blue Heron
Great White Egret
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
American Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Yellow-headed Vulture

Osprey
Common Black Hawk
Grey Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Laughing Falcon
Collared Forest-Falcon
American Kestrel
Great Horned Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
Lesson's Motmot

Yucatan Woodpecker
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
White-fronted Parrot
Yellow-lored Parrot
Olive-throated Parakeet
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper

Rose-throated Becard
Northern Beardless Tyrannulet
Least Flycatcher
Vermilion Sandpiper
Bright-rumped Atilla
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Social Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird

Lesser Greenlet
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Green Jay
Yucatan Jay
Mangrove Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
Yucatan Wren
Spot-breasted Wren

Black Catbird
Grey Catbird
Tropical Mockingbird
Yellow-billed Cacique
Black-cowled Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Orange Oriole
Altamira Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Melodious Blackbird

Great-tailed Grackle
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-White Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Palm Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler
Red-throated Ant-Tanager
Grey-headed Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Morelet's Swedeater
Black-headed Saltator

 

[Julian Thomas]

A few that Julian Thomas will have seen in Somerset if he pops along past this thread.

Yes, indeed. Though not as many as I might have hoped. Here is the full list from Somerset (present-day borders) on 1 Jan:
Wren
Robin
Blackbird
Redwing
Mallard
Carrion Crow
Dunnock
Mute Swan
Cetti’s Warbler
Kingfisher
Water Rail
Teal
Wigeon
Tufted Duck
Shoveler
Great White Egret
Little Egret
Goldcrest
Canada Goose
Starling
Marsh Harrier
Black-headed Gull
Cormorant
Woodpigeon
Pintail
Coot
Great Crested Grebe
Magpie
Greylag Goose
Chaffinch
Great Tit
Moorhen
Lesser Redpoll
Egyptian Goose
Gadwall
Stonechat
Firecrest
Bullfinch
Long-tailed Tit
Chiffchaff
Blue Tit
Jackdaw
Snipe
Herring Gull
Siskin
Reed Bunting
Pochard
Little Grebe
Barnacle Goose
Raven
Lapwing
Scaup
Collared Dove
Rook
House Sparrow
Baikal Teal
Crane
Buzzard
Kestrel
Bearded Tit
Pied Wagtail
Feral Pigeon
Pheasant
Stock Dove
Cattle Egret
Goosander
Glossy Ibis
Greenfinch
Goldeneye
Grey Heron
Woodcock
Jay
Ringed Plover
Kentish Plover
Curlew
Avocet
Shelduck
Redshank
Great Black-backed Gull
Dunlin
Grey Plover
Oystercatcher
Common Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit
Marsh Tit
Nuthatch
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Treecreeper
Goldfinch
Golden Plover
Fieldfare
Song Thrush
Spoonbill
Linnet

 

[Swindon Addick]

I haven't got to Jos or Julian's posts yet, those will hopefully get included while I'm on a train tomorrow morning. Up to the end of the previous page, I currently make it 172 for Europe, of which 157 UK and 78 rest of Europe. North America 190 of which USA 177, but a large proportion of the 120 from Mexico will be new for the North America list while Europe will only gain a few. Then again, one of those few gains is Baikal Teal.

 

[Swindon Addick]

USA list, sorted into alphabetical order for ease of checking:

Abert's Towhee
Acorn Woodpecker
Allen’s Hummingbird
American Black Duck
American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Kestrel
American Pipit
American Redstart
American Robin
American Tree Sparrow
American White Pelican
American Wigeon
Anhinga
Anna's Hummingbird
Audubon's Warbler
Bald Eagle
Band-tailed Pigeon
Barrow's Goldeneye
Belted Kingfisher
Bewick’s Wren
Black Phoebe
Black Scoter
Black Vulture
Black-bellied Plover
Black-capped Chickadee
Black-crowned Night Heron
Blue Jay
Blue-and-yellow Macaw
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Boat-tailed Grackle
Bonaparte's Gull
Brown Creeper
Brown Pelican
Bufflehead
Bushtit
Cackling Goose
Cactus Wren
California Towhee
Canada Goose
Canvasback
Carolina Wren
Caspian Tern
Cassin’s Kingbird
Cedar Waxwing
Chestnut backed Chickadee
Chestnut-fronted Macaw
Common Gallinule
Common Goldeneye
Common Grackle
Common Ground Dove
Common Loon
Common Merganser
Common Myna
Common Yellowthroat
Cooper's Hawk
Curve-billed Thrasher
Dark-eyed Junco
Double-crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpecker
Dunlin
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Meadowlark
Eastern Phoebe
Egyptian Goose
Eurasian Collared Dove
Eurasian Wigeon
European Starling
Field Sparrow
Fish Crow
Gadwall
Gila Woodpecker
Gilded Flicker
Golden crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Gray Catbird
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Greater Roadrunner
Greater Scaup
Greater Yellowlegs
Great-tailed Grackle
Green Heron
Green-winged Teal
Hairy Woodpecker
Harlequin Duck
Harris's Hawk
Hermit Thrush
Herring Gull
Hooded Merganser
Horned Grebe
Horned Lark
House Finch
House Sparrow
House Wren
Inca Dove
Indian Peafowl
Killdeer
King Rail
Laughing Gull
Least Bittern
Least Flycatcher
Least Sandpiper
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Goldfinch
Lesser Scaup
Loggerhead Shrike
Mallard
Mourning Dove
Muscovy Duck
Mute Swan
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Harrier
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Pintail
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Osprey
Painted Bunting
Palm Warbler
Peregrine Falcon
Phainopepla
Pied-billed Grebe
Pileated Woodpecker
Piping Plover
Prairie Warbler
Purple Gallinule
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-winged Blackbird
Ring-billed Gull
Ring-necked Duck
Rock Pigeon
Roseate Spoonbill
Royal Tern
Ruby crowned Kinglet
Ruddy Duck
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Sandhill Crane
Savannah Sparrow
Say's Phoebe
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Semipalmated Plover
Sharp-shinned hawk
Short-billed Dowitcher
Snow Goose
Snowy Egret
Song Sparrow Fox Sparrow
Spotted towhee
Surf Scoter
Swamp Sparrow
Tree Swallow
Tricolored Heron
Tropical Kingbird
Tufted Titmouse
Turkey Vulture
Western Bluebird
Western Cattle Egret
Western Grebe
Western Kingbird
Western Meadowlark
Western Sandpiper
White crowned Sparrow
White Ibis
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-eyed Vireo
White-tailed Kite
White-winged Scoter
Winter Wren
Wood Stork
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-rumped Warbler

 

[Swindon Addick]

Common Kingfisher, Baikal Teal, Eurasian Woodcock and Kentish Plover add 4 to the UK (161) and 3 to Europe overall (175). Thanks Julian.

 

[Kite]

I can add Canvasback and Velvet Scoter for the UK, plus Green Woodpecker and Green Sandpiper if we still need them!

 

[Swindon Addick]

Jos' list takes North America to a combined 270, of which USA 177, Mexico 119 and Barbados 20. Jos you have Least Sandpiper on your list twice.

Canvasback, Green Woodpecker and Green Sandpiper take the UK to 164 and Europe to 177.

A world total will need to wait until later in the day - work is about to interrupt me for a bit.

 

[Swindon Addick]

Running totals by continent (ish): North America 270, Europe 177, Africa 107, Australia 105, East Asia 51, South-west Asia 5. As yet I have no real idea how much overlap there is between these lists, other than that it's pretty extensive.

 

[delia todd]

As yet I have no real idea how much overlap there is between these lists

Sorry SA... just not sure what you mean

 

[njlarsen]

Sorry SA... just not sure what you mean

He is saying that the world list will be less then the sum of these numbers because there is overlap in species seen more than one place, however, he is not sure by how much. And sorry if I should have used the pronoun She instead of He.
Niels

 

[delia todd]

Ah! Of course. Thanks Niels.

 

[Swindon Addick]

He is saying that the world list will be less then the sum of these numbers because there is overlap in species seen more than one place, however, he is not sure by how much. And sorry if I should have used the pronoun She instead of He.
Niels

"Addick" is a non-gendered term, there being no traditional need to distinguish between male and female haddocks (it's a football club nickname). So no offence would be taken either way ("he" is correct but I'll answer to "they" or "oi you" quite happily).

 

[SlowLowFlyingTurkey]

I can add Little Owl for the UK (Waterbeach, Cambs.). This is my first time reading this thread and I noticed it missing from the list.

 

[Jonny721]

Nothing to add to the UK list from my NYD birding around Norfolk. A quick look through the UK list reveals the following regular resident/wintering species currently missing that some contributors will likely have seen:
Barnacle Goose
Bewick's Swan
Mandarin
Grey Partridge
Goshawk
Jack Snipe
Kittiwake
Caspian Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Chough
Willow Tit
Bearded Tit
Woodlark
Blackcap
Hawfinch
Corn Bunting

And the following rarities/scarcities/scarce residents that were around on NYD so may have been seen by some contributors:
Tundra Bean Goose
Taiga Bean Goose
American Wigeon
Ferruginous Duck
Ring-necked Duck
Surf Scoter
Capercaillie
Ptarmigan
Red-necked Grebe
Golden Eagle
Pallid Harrier
White-tailed Eagle
Rough-legged Buzzard
Whimbrel
Bonaparte's Gull
Little Gull
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Shorelark
Black-throated Thrush
Mealy Redpoll
Crossbill
Little Bunting
Lapland Bunting
Snow Bunting

Also worth noting that the Lancashire Cackling Goose which is currently included in the list is of very dubious origins (it's been hanging around with a feral Canada flock for over two years now), so personally I wouldn't count that one in the total.

 

[Swindon Addick]

A quick look through the UK list reveals the following regular resident/wintering species currently missing that some contributors will likely have seen:

Blackcap - one on a feeder in a random garden in Topsham. I hadn't noticed we were missing that one.

UK 166, Europe 179. Or one less for each if we drop the Cackling Goose. We do have that species for the world list - it was seen in the US.

 

[Jos Stratford]

Jos you have Least Sandpiper on your list twice.

I saw two 😅

 

[Jos Stratford]

Was 120 species, must have made a mistake somewhere typing out the list. Will check later, currently on a NYC subway train

 

[edenwatcher]

I seem to be drip feeding new species. I can add grey partridge

Rob

 

[Jon.Bryant]

Just seen the thread. Haven’t checked through all pages, but thought these records from New Zealand Blumine Island, Motuara Island and Queen Charlotte Sound may add to the total.

Arctic Skua
Red-billed Gull (Silver Gull)
Kelp Gull
White-fronted Tern
Fluttering Shearwater
Australian Gannet
Spotted Shag
New Zealand King Shag
New Zealand Pigeon
Weka
Variable Oystercatcher
Little Penguin
Pied Cormorant
New Zealand Falcon
Malherbe’s Parakeet
Tui
New Zealand Bellbird
Grey Gerygone
New Zealand Fantail
South Island Saddleback
Tomtit
Silvereye
Pacific Reef Heron
Yellow-crowned Parakeet
South Island Robin
Eurasian Blackbird

 

[loiner]

From Jonny721's list I can add Grey Partridge and Bearded Tit to the UK list.