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January 1st joint Birdforum list (2021 edition) (1 Viewer)

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Dawn at Popa Falls on the Okavango River, the amazing Mahnago National Park just a few kilometres down the river. After a very good period in these areas, then drove 200km west to Rundu, many stops inthe excellent forestland on route. Afternoon and evening primarily at hte highly productive Rundu Settling Pools and associated floodplain.

166 species of bird, 20 species of mammals, good number of butterflies.

Ostrich
Little Grebe
Reed Cormorant
African Darter
Purple Heron
Goliath Heron
Grey Heron
Great White Egret
Intermediate Heron
Little Egret
Cattle Egret
Black Heron
Squacco Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Bittern
Green-backed Heron
Glossy Ibis
Yellow-billed Stork
Openbill Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Hammerkop
African Sacred Ibis
Spur-winged Goose
Egyptian Goose
African Pygmy Goose
White-fronted Whistling Duck
Comb Duck
Red-billed Teal
Cape Teal
Hottentot Teal
Cape Shoveler
Southern Pochard
White-backed Vulture
Bateleur
African Fish Eagle
Yellow-billed Kite
Honey Buzzard
Booted Eagle
Steppe Buzzard
African Harrier-Hawk
African Cuckoo-Hawk
Gabar Goshawk
Red-billed Francolin
Crested Francolin
Helmeted Guineafowl
Red-knobbed Coot
Common Moorhen
African Purple Swamphen
Allen's Gallinule
Black Crake
African Jacana
Lesser Jacana
Wattled Crane
Black-winged Stilt
Painted Snipe
Three-banded Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Blacksmith Lapwing
Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Ruff
Little Stint
Common Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Rock Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
Water Thick-knee
Temminck's Courser
Whiskered Tern
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Red-eyed Dove
African Mourning Dove
Cape Turtle Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Meyer's Parrot
Grey Go-away Bird
Black Cuckoo
Diderick Cuckoo
Jacobin Cuckoo
Senegal Coucal
Coppery-tailed Coucal
Palm Swift
Red-faced Mousebird
Grey Hornbill
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Pied Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Wood Kingfisher
Grey-headed Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Southern Carmine Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Lilac-breasted Roller
Broad-billed Roller
Green Wood-Hoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
African Hoopoe
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Dusky Lark
Sabota Lark
Red-breasted Swallow
Barn Swallow
Banded Martin
Fork-tailed Drongo
European Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
Pied Crow
Hartlaub's Babbler
Southern Black Tit
Dark-eyed Bulbul
Terrestrial Brownbul
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Kurrichane Thrush
Groundscraper Thrush
Northern Wheatear
White-browed Robin Chat
Bearded Scrub Robin
White-browed Scrub Robin
Grey-backed Camaroptera
Long-billed Crombec
Lesser Swamp Warbler
African Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Willow Warbler
Tinkling Cisticola
Wood Pipit
African Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Spotted Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Marico Flycatcher
African Paradise Flycatcher
African Yellow White-eye
Magpie Shrike
Red-backed Shrike
Black-backed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Burchell's Starling
Meve's Long-tailed Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
White-bellied Sunbird
Yellow-throated Petronia
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Grey-headed Sparrow
Thick-billed Weaver
Lesser Masked Weaver
Village Weaver
Fan-tailed Widow
Southern Red Bishop
Red-billed Firefinch
Blue Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Pin-tailed Whydah
Green-winged Pytilia
Locustfinch
Yellow-fronted Canary
Golden-breasted Bunting
 
From Spain (Madrid), some more:

Azured-winged Magpie
Cirl Bunting
Crested Tit
Dartford Warbler
European Serin
Firecrest
Golden Eagle
Great Bustard
Great Grey Shrike (L. meridionalis)
Green Woodpecker (P. sharpei)
Griffon Vulture
Hoopoe
Monk Vulture
Rock Bunting
Rock Sparrow
Spanish Imperial Eagle
Thekla Lark
Wood Lark
 
From a quick skim through I think there are 8 species that are sufficiently wide-ranging that they were seen in the UK and Namibia on the same day:
Little Grebe
Grey Heron
Great White Egret
Little Egret
Cattle Egret
Egyptian Goose
Common Moorhen
Greenshank

Plus at least Glossy Ibis, Ruff & Little Stint that have been seen in previous years and might have been on the UK list if it wasn't for the travel restrictions.
 
The US list lost 2 due to the correction above but has just gained 6 and is now at 72. I'm assuming Muscovy Duck is established and tickable in New Jersey, as I have no idea what local rules are (in the UK there's a long-running argument about whether our one self-sustaining population is genuinely self-sustaining, and we're not allowed to count them).

The other new ones are American Herring Gull, Great Blue Heron, Great Black-backed Gull, Common Loon and Savannah Sparrow.
No, Muscovy Duck is not established nor is it tickable in New Jersey.
 
From a quick skim through I think there are 8 species that are sufficiently wide-ranging that they were seen in the UK and Namibia on the same day:
Little Grebe
Grey Heron
Great White Egret
Little Egret
Cattle Egret
Egyptian Goose
Common Moorhen
Greenshank

Plus at least Glossy Ibis, Ruff & Little Stint that have been seen in previous years and might have been on the UK list if it wasn't for the travel restrictions.
Barn Owl would count too, if it was seen in both - it occurs in both
 
From Spain (Madrid), some more:
Note...

Azure-winged Magpie . . . = Iberian Magpie
Great Grey Shrike (L. meridionalis) . . . = Iberian Grey Shrike, a.k.a. Southern Grey Shrike
Green Woodpecker (P. sharpei) . . . = Iberian Green Woodpecker
Monk Vulture . . . a.k.a. [Eurasian] Black Vulture, "cinereous" vulture
 
Note...

Azure-winged Magpie . . . = Iberian Magpie
Great Grey Shrike (L. meridionalis) . . . = Iberian Grey Shrike, a.k.a. Southern Grey Shrike
Green Woodpecker (P. sharpei) . . . = Iberian Green Woodpecker
Monk Vulture . . . a.k.a. [Eurasian] Black Vulture, "cinereous" vulture
Thanks. I never use English names and mine are for sure outdated. I just looked for them in an old database.
 
From Spain (Madrid), some more:

Azured-winged Magpie
Cirl Bunting
Crested Tit
Dartford Warbler
European Serin
Firecrest
Golden Eagle
Great Bustard
Great Grey Shrike (L. meridionalis)
Green Woodpecker (P. sharpei)
Griffon Vulture
Hoopoe
Monk Vulture
Rock Bunting
Rock Sparrow
Spanish Imperial Eagle
Thekla Lark
Wood Lark
Europe up to 189 (we already had Crested Tit) and Europe excluding UK to 138.
No, Muscovy Duck is not established nor is it tickable in New Jersey.
USA now 71.
 
I should be able to add some more for the US list. Here was my list from Jan 1. Sorry for the weird formatting, it was easier to copy and paste this way.
Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus
Northern Saw-whet Owl - Aegolius acadicus
Virginia Rail - Rallus limicola
Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Barn Owl - Tyto alba
Merlin - Falco columbarius
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
Sharp-shinned Hawk - Accipiter striatus
Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus
Hutton's Vireo - Vireo huttoni
Hairy Woodpecker - Dryobates villosus
Pacific Wren - Troglodytes pacificus
Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator
Willet - Tringa semipalmata
Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon
Black Oystercatcher - Haematopus bachmani
Heermann's Gull - Larus heermanni
Herring Gull - Larus argentatus
Pacific Loon - Gavia pacifica
Northern Fulmar - Fulmarus glacialis
Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus
Steller's Jay - Cyanocitta stelleri
Pygmy Nuthatch - Sitta pygmaea
Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris
Surf Scoter - Melanitta perspicillata
Western Grebe - Aechmophorus occidentalis
Black Turnstone - Arenaria melanocephala
Common Murre - Uria aalge
Iceland Gull - Larus glaucoides
Red-throated Loon - Gavia stellata
Brandt's Cormorant - Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Pelagic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Common Raven - Corvus corax
Wrentit - Chamaea fasciata
Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa
House Wren - Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren - Thryomanes bewickii
Fox Sparrow - Passerella iliaca
Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
Common Loon - Gavia immer
Greater Scaup - Aythya marila
Horned Grebe - Podiceps auritus
Glaucous-winged Gull - Larus glaucescens
Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus
Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis
Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus
Long-billed Curlew - Numenius americanus
Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauri
Western Gull - Larus occidentalis
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
Rock Pigeon - Columba livia
American Avocet - Recurvirostra americana
Black-bellied Plover - Pluvialis squatarola
Marbled Godwit - Limosa fedoa
Dunlin - Calidris alpina
White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis
Western Bluebird - Sialia mexicana
Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum
American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius
Acorn Woodpecker - Melanerpes formicivorus
Nuttall's Woodpecker - Dryobates nuttallii
Pine Siskin - Spinus pinus
Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo
Canada Goose - Branta canadensis
Mute Swan - Cygnus olor
Blue-winged Teal - Spatula discors
Cinnamon Teal - Spatula cyanoptera
Northern Shoveler - Spatula clypeata
Gadwall - Mareca strepera
American Wigeon - Mareca americana
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca
Canvasback - Aythya valisineria
Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula
Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis
California Quail - Callipepla californica
Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps
Eared Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis
Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
Sora - Porzana carolina
Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata
American Coot - Fulica americana
Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus
Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus
Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla
Long-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus scolopaceus
Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata
Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca
Mew Gull - Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis
California Gull - Larus californicus
American White Pelican - Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Great Egret - Ardea alba
Snowy Egret - Egretta thula
Green Heron - Butorides virescens
Black-crowned Night-Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura
White-tailed Kite - Elanus leucurus
Northern Harrier - Circus hudsonius
Cooper's Hawk - Accipiter cooperii
Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis
American Kestrel - Falco sparverius
Black Phoebe - Sayornis nigricans
Say's Phoebe - Sayornis saya
Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow - Tachycineta thalassina
Bushtit - Psaltriparus minimus
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula
Marsh Wren - Cistothorus palustris
European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos
American Pipit - Anthus rubescens
House Finch - Haemorhous mexicanus
White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys
Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia
Lincoln's Sparrow - Melospiza lincolnii
California Towhee - Melozone crissalis
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus
Brewer's Blackbird - Euphagus cyanocephalus
Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Setophaga coronata
Band-tailed Pigeon - Patagioenas fasciata
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura
Anna's Hummingbird - Calypte anna
Downy Woodpecker - Dryobates pubescens
Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus
California Scrub-Jay - Aphelocoma californica
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos
Chestnut-backed Chickadee - Poecile rufescens
Oak Titmouse - Baeolophus inornatus
Brown Creeper - Certhia americana
Varied Thrush - Ixoreus naevius
Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus
American Robin - Turdus migratorius
Purple Finch - Haemorhous purpureus
Lesser Goldfinch - Spinus psaltria
Golden-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia atricapilla
Spotted Towhee - Pipilo maculatus
Townsend's Warbler - Setophaga townsendi
Western Screech-Owl - Megascops kennicottii
Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis
 
USA up to 172.

We now have Black Oystercatcher from the US to go with Eurasian Oystercatcher from the UK and the wonderfully-named Blackish Oystercatcher from the Falklands.

As usual, grateful for any corrections to the list below due to duplicates or taxonomy issues (my learning item for today being that Herring Gull and American Herring gull aren't split in the US but are in Europe).

Acorn Woodpecker - Melanerpes formicivorus
American Avocet - Recurvirostra americana
American Black Duck
American Coot - Fulica americana
American Crow
American Goldfinch
(American) Herring Gull
American Kestrel
American Pipit
American Robin
American Tree Sparrow
American White Pelican - Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
American Wigeon - Mareca americana
Anna's Hummingbird - Calypte anna
Bald Eagle
Band-tailed Pigeon - Patagioenas fasciata
Barn Owl - Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon
Bewick's Wren - Thryomanes bewickii
Black Oystercatcher - Haematopus bachmani
Black Phoebe - Sayornis nigricans
Black Turnstone - Arenaria melanocephala
Black Vulture
Black-bellied Plover - Pluvialis squatarola
Black-capped Chickadee
Black-crowned Night-Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax
Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus
Blue Jay
Blue-winged Teal - Spatula discors
Brandt's Cormorant - Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Brewer's Blackbird - Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown Creeper
Brown Pelican
Bufflehead
Bushtit - Psaltriparus minimus
Cackling Goose
California Gull - Larus californicus
California Quail - Callipepla californica
California Scrub-Jay - Aphelocoma californica
California Towhee - Melozone crissalis
Canada Goose
Canvasback - Aythya valisineria
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum
Chestnut-backed Chickadee - Poecile rufescens
Cinnamon Teal - Spatula cyanoptera
Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata
Common Goldeneye
Common Loon
Common Merganser
Common Murre - Uria aalge
Common Raven
Common Redpoll
Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas
Cooper’s Hawk
Dark-eyed Junco
Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus
Downy Woodpecker
Dunlin - Calidris alpina
Eared Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis
Eastern Bluebird
Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
European Starling
Fish Crow
Fox Sparrow - Passerella iliaca
Gadwall
Glaucous-winged Gull - Larus glaucescens
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia atricapilla
Great Black Back Gull
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret - Ardea alba
Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus
Greater Scaup - Aythya marila
Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca
Green Heron - Butorides virescens
Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca
Hairy Woodpecker
Heermann's Gull - Larus heermanni
Hermit Thrush
Herring Gull - Larus argentatus
Hooded Merganser
Horned Grebe - Podiceps auritus
Horned Lark
House Finch
House Sparrow
House Wren - Troglodytes aedon
Hutton's Vireo - Vireo huttoni
Iceland Gull - Larus glaucoides
Killdeer
Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Goldfinch - Spinus psaltria
Lesser Scaup
Lincoln's Sparrow - Melospiza lincolnii
Long-billed Curlew - Numenius americanus
Long-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus scolopaceus
Mallard
Marbled Godwit - Limosa fedoa
Marsh Wren - Cistothorus palustris
Merlin - Falco columbarius
Mew Gull - Larus canus
Mourning Dove
Mute Swan
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Fulmar - Fulmarus glacialis
Northern Harrier - Circus hudsonius
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Pintail
Northern Saw-whet Owl - Aegolius acadicus
Northern Shoveler - Spatula clypeata
Nuttall's Woodpecker - Dryobates nuttallii
Oak Titmouse - Baeolophus inornatus
Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
Pacific Loon - Gavia pacifica
Pacific Wren - Troglodytes pacificus
Pelagic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus
Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps
Pileated Woodpecker
Pine Siskin - Spinus pinus
Pink-footed Goose
Purple Finch - Haemorhous purpureus
Pygmy Nuthatch - Sitta pygmaea
Red Bellied Woodpecker
Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-throated Loon - Gavia stellata
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus
Ring-billed Gull
Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris
Rock Pigeon
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula
Ruddy Duck
Sanderling
Savannah Sparrow
Say's Phoebe - Sayornis saya
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Snowy Egret - Egretta thula
Song Sparrow
Sora - Porzana carolina
Spotted Towhee - Pipilo maculatus
Steller's Jay - Cyanocitta stelleri
Surf Scoter - Melanitta perspicillata
Townsend's Warbler - Setophaga townsendi
Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor
Tufted Titmouse
Tundra Swan
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura
Varied Thrush - Ixoreus naevius
Vermillion Flycatcher
Violet-green Swallow - Tachycineta thalassina
Virginia Rail - Rallus limicola
Western Bluebird - Sialia mexicana
Western Grebe - Aechmophorus occidentalis
Western Gull - Larus occidentalis
Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauri
Western Screech-Owl - Megascops kennicottii
Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-crowned Sparrow
White-tailed Kite - Elanus leucurus
White-throated Sparrow
Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo
Willet
Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata
Winter Wren
Wrentit - Chamaea fasciata
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Setophaga coronata
 
Can add waxwing and Eastern black redstart for UK, unless they are already in the list
Assuming these were seen on the 1st and not at the weekend, the UK total gains 2 and is now 139. The combined Europe figure gains 1 (we already had a different subspecies of Black Redstart) but also loses 1 as in the process of adding Waxwing I noticed I had Jackdaw under 2 different names. So still 189.
 
Assuming these were seen on the 1st and not at the weekend, the UK total gains 2 and is now 139. The combined Europe figure gains 1 (we already had a different subspecies of Black Redstart) but also loses 1 as in the process of adding Waxwing I noticed I had Jackdaw under 2 different names. So still 189.
Using the list from post #122 and the four additions since putting the UK list on 139, I can add the following:
Barnacle Goose
Pink-footed Goose
Whooper Swan
Hen Harrier
Taking the list to 143.

The following commoner/resident species are missing from the list from post #122:
Taiga Bean Goose
Tundra Bean Goose
Bewick's Swan
Garganey
Red Crested Pochard
Scaup
Common Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Cappercaillie
Black Grouse
Ptarmigan
Red Grouse
Grey Partridge
Black-throated Diver
Fulmar
Red-necked Grebe
Great White Egret
Golden Eagle
White-tailed Eagle
Crane
Whimbrel
Ruff
Little Stint
Jack Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Kittiwake
Little Gull
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
Caspian Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Sandwich Tern
Black Guillemot
Barn Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Great Grey Shrike
Chough
Crested Tit
Woodlark
Shorelark
Dusky Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Dartford Warbler
Firecrest
Hawfinch
Twite
Common Redpoll
Scottish Crossbill
Parrot Crossbill
Corn Bunting
Cirl Bunting
Lapland Bunting
Snow Bunting

In addition, the following rarer species were reported on the 1st Jan and are current missing from the list:
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Ferruginous Duck
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
King Eider
Surf Scoter
White-billed Diver
Glossy Ibis
Rough-legged Buzzard
Sociable Plover
Kentish Plover
Grey Phalarope
Lesser Yellowlegs
Ring-billed Gull
Little Auk
Rose-coloured Starling
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Little Bunting
Rustic Bunting

I'm sure users will have seen some of the above on NYD!
 
Using the list from post #122 and the four additions since putting the UK list on 139, I can add the following:
Barnacle Goose
Pink-footed Goose
Whooper Swan
Hen Harrier
Taking the list to 143.
Pink-footed Goose and Hen Harrier also new to the combined Europe list, which increases to 191.

Seeing the long list of resident species that we didn't see in the UK really emphasises what a difference the travel restrictions made. My normal New Year trip reliably yields Cirl Bunting, and the replacement more local journey I had in mind would have almost certainly got Red Crested Pochard. But while 139 is our lowest ever UK total, it's not bad in the circumstances.
 
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