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  1. fatbirder

    Mrs Benson's Brush Warbler

    I see James has Con Benson listed as the guy honoured in the followinwing subbies... but it is not so... My entry is: Benson, JP Terrestrial Brownbul ssp. Phyllastrephus terrestris bensoni VGL Van Someren, 1945 NCR [JS Phyllastrephus terrestris suahelicus] Kenrick’s Starling ssp. Poeoptera...
  2. fatbirder

    Xenicus jagmi (Millener, 1988)

    What's to 'understand'. Instead of using full name, or surname or forename as is the convention the binomial is based on initials or nickname so is mildly humerous... obviously, unlike some commentators, they didn't take themselves too seriously.
  3. fatbirder

    The two Ritter von Hochstetter birds

    Dr Arthur Ferdinand Heinrich von Hochstetter (1863-1936)
  4. fatbirder

    Pericrocotus flammeus suchitrae Deignan, 1946

    Suchitra Scarlet Minivet ssp. Pericrocotus flammeus suchitrae HG Deignan, 1946 NCR [JS Pericrocotus speciosus semiruber] Associate Professor Dr Suchitra Punyaratabandhu (DNF) was a civil servant and teacher from Bangkok, Thailand. She was Dean, School of Public Administration, National...
  5. fatbirder

    maxwelli and stuarti

    Arthur Maxwell Stuart (fl.1894-1911) was a natural history dealer; he collected in Bolivia, including Lepidoptera around La Paz towards the end of the 19th century. He corresponded with Hartert, and his brother was Charles
  6. fatbirder

    Grallaria fenwickorum/urraoensis … irrespective of their validity or not

    b.1951
  7. fatbirder

    Alectoris chukar koroviakovi (Sarudny, 1914)

    Boris Dmitrievich Koroviakov
  8. fatbirder

    Strix aluco willkonskii (Menzbier, 1896)

    Willkonski Tawny Owl ssp. Strix aluco willkonskii MA Menzbier, 1896 Floran Vladislavovich Vilkonsky (aka Willlkonski) (DNF) was a Russian collector in Batum (now Batumi) on the Black Sea coast, Georgia. Menzbier was confused, originally giving his name as ‘Willkousky’. He provided no first...
  9. fatbirder

    County listing

    Lists on Fatbirder Just had this thread drawn to my attention - so I've updated all the lists I have in line with this thread so far... I'm always happy to update anything drawn to my attention but with over 2000 pages and over 30,000 links, and only me to do it as ONE of my tasks, I simply do...
  10. fatbirder

    birding with a disability

    Ooops Ooops that should have been: http://www.birderstravel.com/TripReports/ bo
  11. fatbirder

    birding with a disability

    Someone just popinted out this [long standing] thread to me and I hope all those who have so far posted are around and can take note. I set up the dba nearly 5 years ago and we now have over 400 members in the UK and a good number in a separate chapter in the USA www.dba-usa.com as well as...
  12. fatbirder

    Fatbirder website

    Sorry guys - technical hitch [actually someone's almighty cock-up - but not, I hasten to add, mine]. Should have used the forum earlier to let people know that the problem was being worked on... Thanks for everyone's patience bo
  13. fatbirder

    Australian hypocrisy over mining in Indonesian forests

    ...it has been getting some publicity over here - particularly from BirdLife International bo
  14. fatbirder

    Bird names - yet again!

    PS I've seen the weaver-sparrrow :-))
  15. fatbirder

    Bird names - yet again!

    Just a couple of tasters: Arthur Donaldson-Smith (1864-1939) was a traveller and hunter. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Of American birth, he was a big-game hunter in Africa and seems to have spent a great deal of time in East Africa, He was probably in Ethiopia at the time...
  16. fatbirder

    Bird names - yet again!

    For those of you interested in "Blogg's" bird etc... you only have to wait until August - when Helm will publish a book entitled "Whose Bird" giving biogs of all 1000+ guys (and a few gals) after whom birds have been named (in the vernacular)... should surface at the BBF. bo [I'm too...
  17. fatbirder

    Predictions

    Wheatear & Sandwich Tern bo ;)
  18. fatbirder

    Cost of Birding Trips

    I agree wholeheartedly that some organised birding trips are very expensive and clearly support the extravagant lifestyle of some company owners and lavish brochures etc. Not all companies are like that of course but most, by their very difinition will not pass savings on to the birders. I have...
  19. fatbirder

    Alternative Names.

    Black Brant is one form of Brent goose - one of three dark-bellied and pael-bellied being the other two... some people have split off Black Brant as a separate species... bo
  20. fatbirder

    Sad News

    I have just posted an obit on Fatbirder with extracts from UKBN postings and a potted account of his contribution to ornithology. I only met him briefly but corresponded and he was always happy to answer even the most naive of questions as he realised that that is often a way to strengthen...
  21. fatbirder

    Twitchers And Twitches

    I agree with the sentiment that anyone who birds like a trainspotter - just collecting numbers or new "ticks" is to be pittyied and not emulated I feel he is branding all twitchers with the one small and narrow brush. Almost all birders love to see something new. Almost all birders are prepared...
  22. fatbirder

    Winter Birds

    I posted today on Kosnet a question about the current crop of Winter Birds. It is obviously a "waxwing winter" and I have always believed that such an event is dependent on a cold snap and a lack of berries in continental europe. However, it is also clear that there are many more bittern in the...
  23. fatbirder

    Twitchers And Twitches

    This "I was there and an expert told me" problem of twitching works both ways... I was at a Twitch once when a pontificating "expert" convinced everyone that a particular bird was NOT the one in question... I remember him saying (loudly) that it was actually an escapee of a different species and...
  24. fatbirder

    Birding WebSite

    Websites Whatever you decide be sure and send me the URL so i can put a link on fatbirder... bo
  25. fatbirder

    Hi and Happy New Year

    Hi Guys Its good to have found this active forum... high time someone sorted out a world-wide birding forum... more power to your elbow and well done Steve! For anyone who hasn't had the [dubious] pleasure of meeting me in the ether before - I'm bo beolens, otherwise known as Fatbirder...
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