Chlidonias' 2011 year-list of stuff and things (1 Viewer)

Kuala Lumpur airport, 12 August

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80) House crow Corvus splendens
81) Pacific swallow Hirundo tahitica
82) House swift Apus nipalensis
83) Tree sparrow Passer montanus

Sulawesi, 12-26 August

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BIRDS:
84) Cattle egret Bubulus ibis
85) Sulawesi swiftlet Collocalia sororum
86) Yellow-vented whistler Pachycephala sulfuriventer
87) Sulawesi leaf-warbler Phylloscopus sarasinorum
88) Rusty-bellied fantail Rhipidura teysmanni
89) Hair-crested drongo Dicrurus hottentotus
90) Glossy (white-bellied) swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
91) Black-ringed white-eye Zosterops anomalus
92) White-shouldered triller Lalage sueurii
93) Sooty-headed bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
94) Grey-sided flowerpecker Dicaeum celebicum
95) Brahminy kite Haliastur indus
96) Collared kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
97) Javan pond heron Ardeola speciosa
98) Barred rail Gallirallus torquatus
99) Crimson sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
100) Sulawesi serpent-eagle Spilornis rufipectus
101) Crimson-crowned flowerpecker Dicaeum nehrkorni
102) Lesser coucal Centropus bengalensis
103) Yellow-bellied white-eye Zosterops chloris
104)Finch-billed starling Scissirostrum dubium
105) Purple-bearded bee-eater Meropogon forsteni
106) Mangrove blue flycatcher Cyornis rufigastra
107) Golden-bellied gerygone Gerygone sulphurea
108) White-bellied imperial pigeon Ducula forsteni
109) Brown cuckoo-dove Macropygia amboinensis
110) Mountain tailorbird Phylergates cuculatus
111) Fiery-browed starling Enodea erythrophis
112) Greater Sulawesi honeyeater Myza sarasinorum
113) Pigmy cuckoo-shrike Coracina abbotti
114) Streak-headed dark-eye Lophozosterops squamiceps
115) Sulawesi drongo Dicrurus montanus
116) Yellow-flanked whistler Hylocitrea bonensis
117) Sulawesi thrush Cataponera turdoides
118) Malia Malia grata
119) Snowy-browed flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
120) Grey-headed imperial pigeon Ducula radiata
121) Ivory-backed woodswallow Artamus monachus
122) Red-eared fruit-dove Ptilinopus fischeri
123) Golden-mantled racquet-tail Prioniturus platurus
124) Island verditer flycatcher Eumyias panayensis
125) Citrine flycatcher Culicicapa helianthea
126) Little pied flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
127) Yellow-sided flowerpecker Dicaeum aureolimbatum
128) Sulawesi myzomela Myzomela chloroptera
129) Piping crow Corvus typicus
130) Mountain white-eye Zosterops montanus
131) Sulawesi babbler Trichastoma celebense
132) Blue-fronted flycatcher Cyornis hoevelli
133) Chestnut-backed bush warbler Bradypterus castaneus
134) Lesser Sulawesi honeyeater Myza celebensis
135) Purple heron Ardea purpurea
136) Red-knobbed hornbill Rhyticeros cassidix
137) Black-naped oriole Oriolus chinensis
138) Chestnut munia Lonchura malacca
139) Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
140) Olive-backed sunbird Nectarinia jugularis

MAMMALS:
9) Sulawesi dwarf squirrel Prosciurillus murinus
10) Sulawesi dwarf cuscus Strigocuscus celebensis
11) Moor macaque Macaca maura
12) Sulawesi flying fox Acerodon celebensis
13) Black flying fox Pteropus alecto

HERPTILES:
various skinks, geckoes and flying dragons. The only thing I've identified yet is:
Black-spined toad Bufo melanostictus

Flores and Komodo, 26 August to 11 September

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BIRDS;
141) Black-fronted flowerpecker Dicaeum igniferum
142) Wallacean drongo Dicrurus densus
143) Golden-rumped flowerpecker Dicaeum annae
144) Flame-breasted sunbird Nectarinia solaris
145) Little minivet Pericrocotus lansbergi
146) Yellow-spectacled white-eye Zosterops wallacei
147) Pacific black duck Anas superciliosa
148) Little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
149) Paddyfield pipit Anthus rufulus
150) Yellow-browed dark-eye Lophozosterops superciliaris
151) Brown-capped fantail Rhipidura diluta
152) Bare-throated whistler Pachycephala nudigula
153) Barred cuckoo-dove Macropygia unchall
154) Scaly-crowned honeyeater Lichmera lombokia
155) Scaly-breasted munia (Nutmeg finch) Lonchura punctulata
156) Pale-shouldered cicadabird Coracina dohertyi
157) Great tit Parus major (or Parus cinereus if split)
158) Sunda pigmy woodpecker Dendrocopos moluccensis
159) Black-naped monarch Hypothymis azurea
160) Helmeted friarbird Philemon buceroides
161) Short-tailed starling Aplonis minor
162) Pied chat Saxicola caprata
163) Flores jungle-flycatcher Rhinomyias oscillans
164) Arafura fantail Rhipidura dryas
165) Island collared dove Streptopelia bitorquata
166) Flores crow Corvus florensis
167) Golden whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
168) Emerald dove Chalcophaps indica
169) Thick-billed dark-eye Heleia crassirostris
170) Elegant pitta Pitta elegans
171) Oriental cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
172) White-rumped kingfisher Caridonax fulgidus
173) Moluccan scops owl Otus magicus
174) Flores leaf warbler Phylloscopus floris
175) Crested dark-eye Lophozosterops dohertyi
176) Asian paradise flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
177) Flores monarch Monarcha sacerdotum
178) Russet-capped tesia Tesia everetti
179) Black-naped fruit dove Ptilinopus melanospila
180) White-bellied sea eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
181) Eastern reef heron Egretta sacra
182) Large-billed crow Corvus macrorhynchos
183) Great crested tern Sterna bergii
184) Barred dove Geopleia maugei
185) Green junglefowl Gallus varius
186) Green imperial pigeon Ducula aenea
187) Lesser sulphur-crested cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea
188) Spot-necked dove Streptopelia chinensis
189) [Australian] koel Eudynamys scolopacea (E. cyanocephala if split)
190) Beach thick-knee Esacus neglectus
191) Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleuca
192) White-breasted woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
193) Far-eastern curlew Numenius madagascariensis
194) Bulwer's petrel Bulweria bulwerii
195) Great-billed heron Ardea sumatrana
196) Flores green pigeon Treron floris
197) Rusty-breasted cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis
198) Red-cheeked parrot geoffroyus geoffroyi
199) Thick-billed flowerpecker Dicaeum agile
200) Black-faced munia Lonchura molucca
201) Edible-nest swiftlet Collocalia fuciphaga
202) Wallace's scops owl Otus silvicola
203) Rainbow bee-eater Merops ornatus
204) Golden-headed cisticola Cisticola exilis
205) Australian bushlark Mirafra javanica

MAMMALS:
14) Crab-eating macaque Macaca fascicularis
15) Rusa Cervus timorensis
16) Sulawesi warty pig Sus celebensis ?? [I'm sure i saw celebensis on Komodo (and Rinca in 2009) but the what photos I got look like scrofa so I wonder if I saw both or if I'm just an idiot. Both species are introduced to Flores and presumably these two islands too.....either way, I have seen real Sulawesi warty pigs on Sulawesi in 2009 so I'm good!]
17) Large flying fox Pteropus vampyrus
18) Flores giant rat Papagomys armandvillei

HERPTILES:
Tokay gecko Gecko gekko
various unidentified skinks, geckoes, flying dragons and frogs
Komodo dragon Varanus komodoensis

Green turtle Chelonia mydas

Reticulated python Python reticulatus
Russell's pit viper Daboia russelli

West Timor, 14-17 September

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206) Fawn-breasted whistler Pachycephala orpheus
207) Streak-breasted honeyeater Meliphaga reticulata
208) Black-chested myzomela Myzomela vulnerata
209) Plain gerygone Gerygone inornata
210) Ashy-bellied white-eye Zosterops citrinellus
211) Timor blue flycatcher Cyornis hyacinthinus
212) Northern fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
213) Indonesian honeyeater Lichmera limbata
214) Spectacled monarch Monarcha trivirgatus
215) Broad-billed flycatcher Myiagra ruficollis
216) Timor sparrow Padda fuscata
217) Timor friarbird Philemon inornatus
218) Timor stubtail Urosphena subulata
219) Orange-sided thrush Zoothera peronii
220) Rose-crowned fruit dove Ptilinopus regina
221) Gould's bronze cuckoo Chrysococcyx russatus
222) Yellow-eared honeyeater Lichmera flavicans
223) Black-banded flycatcher Ficedula timorensis
224) Horsfield's bronze cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis
225) Zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata
226) Timor figbird Sphecotheres viridis
227) Red-chested flowerpecker Dicaeum maugei
228) Long-tailed shrike Lanius schach
229) Black-faced woodswallow Artamus cinereus
230) Intermediate egret Egretta intermedia
231) Black-winged kite Elanus caeruleus
232) Australian pratincole Stiltia isabella
233) Five-coloured munia Lonchura quinticolor

Bali airport, 18 September

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234) Cave swiftlet Collocalia linchi
235) Fork-tailed swift Apus pacificus

Malaysia, 20-30 September

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BIRDS:
236) Barn owl Tyto alba (or Tyto javanica if split)
237) Oriental magpie-robin Copsychus saularis
238) Blyth's hawk-eagle Spizaetus alboniger
239) White-throated kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
240) Zebra dove Geopelia striata
241) Asian pied fantail Rhipidura javanica
242) White-rumped shama Copsychus malabaricus
243) Dark-throated oriole Oriolus xanthonotus
244) Greater leafbird Chloropsis sonnerati
245) Hairy-backed bulbul Tricholestes criniger
246) Black-winged flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus
247) Blue-winged leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis
248) Crested serpent-eagle Spilornis cheela
249) Chestnut-winged babbler Stachyris erythroptera
250) Ochraceous bulbul Alophoixus ochraceus
251) Yellow-bellied bulbul Alophoixus phaeocephalus
252) Red-eyed bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
253) White-bellied munia Lonchura leucogastra
254) Scarlet minivet Pericrocotus flammeus
255) Cream-vented bulbul Pycnonotus simplex
256) Yellow-rumped flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
257) Grey-bellied bulbul Pycnonotus cyaniventris
258) Grey-breasted spiderhunter Arachnothera modesta
259) Buff-vented bulbul Iole olivacea
260) Spectacled bulbul Pycnonotus erythrophthalmos
261) Scarlet-rumped trogon Harpactes duvaucelii
262) Black and red broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
263) Red-bearded bee-eater Nyctyornis amictus
264) Pale blue flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
265) Striped tit-babbler Macronous gularis
266) Dark-necked tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
267) Sooty-capped babbler Malacopteron affine
268) Raffles' malkoha Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus
269) Purple-naped sunbird Hypogramma hypogrammicum
270) White-chested babbler Trichastoma rostratum
271) Spotted fantail Rhipidura perlata
272) Greater racquet-tailed drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
273) Little spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
274) Scaly-crowned babbler Malacopteron cinereum
275) Tiger shrike Lanius tigrinus
276) Black magpie Platysmurus leucopterus
277) Asian fairy bluebird Irena puella
278) Chestnut-breasted malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
279) Large wood-shrike Tephrodornis gularis
280) Banded pitta Pitta guajana (or Pitta irena if split)
281) Crested fireback pheasant Lophura ignita
282) Ferrugineous babbler Trichastoma bicolor
283) White-crowned forktail Enicurus leschenaultii
284) Black-backed kingfisher Ceyx erithacus
285) Large wren-babbler Napothera macrodactyla
286) Buff-necked woodpecker Meiglyptes tukki
287) Malaysian rail-babbler Eupetes macrocerus
288) Garnet pitta Pitta granatina
289) Lesser green broadbill Calyptomena viridis
290) Banded woodpecker Picus miniaceus
291) Rufous-crowned babbler Malacopteron magnum
292) Buff-rumped woodpecker Meiglyptes tristis
293) Crested jay Platylophus galericulatus
294) Crow-billed drongo Dicrurus annectans
295) Short-toed coucal Centropus rectunguis
296) Black-bellied malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi
297) Yellow-vented bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
298) Javan mynah Acridotheres javanicus
299) Common tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius

MAMMALS:
19) Leopard cat Prionailurus (Felis) bengalensis
20) Common palm civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
21) Slender squirrel Sundasciurus tenuis
22) Dark-tailed tree rat Niviventer cremoriventer
23) Malayan tapir Tapirus indicus
24) Sunda black-banded squirrel Callosciurus nigrovittatus
25) White-thighed langur Presbytis siamensis
26) Bearded pig Sus barbatus
27) Grey-bellied squirrel Callosciurus caniceps
28) White-handed gibbon Hylobates lar
29) Three-lined ground squirrel Lariscus insignis
30) Plantain squirrel Callosciurus notatus
31) Asian wild pig Sus scrofa
32) Low's squirrel Sundasciurus lowii
33) Greater tree-shrew Tupaia glis
34) Dusky langur Trachypithecus obscurus

HERPTILES:
Water monitor Varanus salvator
White-bellied racer Zaocus fuscus
Painted bronzeback Dendrelaphis picta

Perth (Western Australia), 1-2 October

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BIRDS:
300) Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
301) Australian white ibis Threskiornis molucca
302) Australian raven Corvus coronoides
303) Rainbow lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
304) Red-tailed black cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
305) Willy wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
306) Australian pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
307) Australian darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
308) Great white egret Egretta alba (or E. modesta if split)
309) Singing honeyeater Lichenostomus virescens
310) Dusky moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
311) New Holland honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
312) Red wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
313) Laughing dove Streptopelia senegalensis
314) Blue-billed duck Oxyura australis
315) Musk duck Biziura lobata
316) White-eyed duck Aythya australis
317) Brown honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
318) Australian shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
319) Galah Cacatua (Eolophus) roseicapilla
320) Australian little grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
321) Rufous whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
322) Grey fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
323) Western greygone Gerygone fusca
324) Yellow-rumped thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
325) Black-faced cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
326) Osprey Pandion haliaeetus

MAMMALS:
35) IndoPacific bottlenose dolphin Tursiops aduncus
36) Five-lined palm squirrel Funambulus pennanti

HERPTILES:
Oblong snakeneck turtle Chelodina oblonga

Dryandra Woodlands (Western Australia), 3-6 October

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BIRDS:
327) Straw-necked ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
328) Brush bronzewing Phaps elegans
329) Australian ringneck Barnardius zonarius
330) Grey currawong Strepera versicolor
331) Western white-naped honeyeater Melithreptus chloropsis
332) Inland thornbill Acanthiza apicalis
333) Jacky Winter (Brown flycatcher) Microeca fascinans
334) Common kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
335) Dusky woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
336) Yellow-plumed honeyeater Lichenostomus ornatus
337) Barking owl Ninox connivens
338) Striated pardalote Pardalotus striatus
339) Western rosella Platycercus icterotis
340) White-browed babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus
341) Blue-breasted fairy wren Malurus pulcherrimus
342) Restless flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
343) White-browed scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
344) Rufous treecreeper Climacteris rufa
345) Varied sitella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
346) Wedge-tailed eagle Aquila audax
347) Western thornbill Acanthiza inornata
348) White-eared honeyeater Lichenostomus leucotis
349) Brown-headed honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
350) Elegant parrot Neophema elegans
351) Red-capped robin Petroica goodenovii
352) Grey shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
353) Common bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
354) White-cheeked honeyeater Phylidonyris nigra
355) Western spinebill Acanthorhynchus superciliosus
356) Scarlet robin Petroica boodang
357) Carnaby's (Short-billed white-tailed) cockatoo Calyptorhynchus latirostris
358) Western yellow robin Eopsaltria griseogularis
359) Red-capped parrot Purpureicephalus spurius
360) Tree martin Hirundo nigricans


MAMMALS:
37) Western grey kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus
38) Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus
39) Woylie (Brush-tailed bettong) Bettongia penicillata

HERPTILES:
Reticulated velvet gecko Oedura reticulata
Stumptail skink Tiliqua rugosa
White-spotted burrowing frog Heleioporus albopunctatus

Albany and Cheyne Beach, 7-13 October

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BIRDS:
361) Sooty oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus
362) Southern emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus
363) Black-shouldered kite Elanus axillaris
364) Pacific gull Larus pacificus
365) Noisy scrub-bird Atrichornis clamosus
366) Red-eared firetail Emblema oculatum
367) White-breasted robin Eopsaltria georgiana
368) Red-winged fairy wren Malurus elegans
369) Purple-crowned lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
370) Splendid wren Malurus splendens
371) Australian reed warbler Acrocephalus australis
372) Banded rail Rallus philippensis

MAMMALS:
40) Southern right whale Eubalaena australis
41) Southern brown bandicoot (Quenda) Isoodon obesulus

HERPTILES:
Heath monitor Varanus rosenbergi
King's skink Egernia kingii
Tiger snake Notechis ater
various unidentified skinks and little froglets

Rottnest Island, 14 October

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BIRDS:
373) White-fronted chat Ephthianura albifrons
374) Red-capped plover Charadrius ruficapillus
375) Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres
376) Greater sand plover Charadrius leschenaultii
377) Red-necked stint Calidris ruficollis
378) Banded lapwing Vanellus tricolor
379) Australian pied oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
380) Banded stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus

MAMMALS:
42) Quokka Setonix brachyurus

Melbourne, 15-16 October

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BIRDS:
381) Nankeen night heron Nycticorax caledonicus
382) Little blue penguin Eudyptula minor
383) Chestnut teal Anas castanea
384) Bell miner Manorina melanophrys

MAMMALS:
43) Australian water rat Hydromys chrysogaster

HERPTILES:
Eastern water dragon Physignathus lesueurii

31 October

back in Christchurch again after my southeast Asian/Australian trip, I had been doing a bit of random birding over the last week but nothing really had turned up. There were supposed to be some lesser knots at the estuary though, amongst the godwits at their high-tide roost, so I went to have a look. On the 30th there was a ruddy turnstone there but I'd just seen some of those on Rottnest Island so it was already on the year-list. The next day I tried again and as well as the turnstone there was also a sharp-tailed sandpiper and one lesser knot (there had been as many as 27 there a few days before). Still, one is better than none!

BIRDS:
385) Sharp-tailed sandpiper Calidris acuminata
386) Red (Lesser) knot Calidris canutus

HERPTILES:
NZ common skink Oligosoma polychroma

21-22 November

I've been back in Wellington for a couple of weeks, and seeing there had been a trio of vagrant plumed whistling ducks up at Napier since September I thought I'd better go up and see them. I've seen the species before, in Australia, but they're such beautiful ducks one shouldn't really pass up the opportunity to see them again. Its a cheap bus trip up there and I stayed in a backpacker dorm overnight so it didn't cost much money either.

The whisling ducks have settled in a suburban duckpond amongst the mallards and muscovies and domestic geese, but there's also black swans, shovellers, grey teal and a colony of little pied shags there to make them feel at home (very much like the case of the Australian wood duck in Christchurch earlier this year). They really are top-notch ducks.

The next morning before heading back to Wellington I took a wander round the Ahuriri estuary where I found some Pacific golden plovers as well as some other nice birds I've already seen this year like black-fronted dotterels and NZdabchicks.


387) Plumed whistling duck Dendrocygna eytoni
388) Pacific golden plover Pluvialis fulva

26-27 November

heading back down to Christchurch again, I took the ferry from Wellington to Picton from which the only new additions for the year were Buller's and sooty shearwaters. I had been planning on doing the boat trip out of Picton for king shags but I didn't have enough money, so instead just took the bus down to Kaikoura where I ride the albatross boat for free. After depositing my bags at a backpackers I walked out to the seal colony at the end of the peninsula, climbed the hill, and found myself a cirl bunting which allowed me great views as he sang from fence posts and flax flower-stalks. I took the 6am albatross boat the next morning, in the company of a Birdquest group. Sadly it was literally the quietest trip I've ever been on out of Kaikoura and the numbers of birds left me just short of the 400 year total I was anticipating......

BIRDS:
389) Buller's shearwater Puffinus bulleri
390) Sooty shearwater Puffinus griseus
391) Cirl bunting Emberiza cirlus
392) Salvin's mollymawk Thalassarche salvini
393) Gibson's albatross Diomedea gibsoni
394) Northern royal albatross Diomedea sanfordi
395) Westland petrel Procellaria westlandica
396) Southern royal albatross Diomedea epomophora
397) Hutton's shearwater Puffinus huttoni
398) White-chinned petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis

MAMMALS:
44) Dusky dolphin Lagenorhynchus obscurus

so that's the end of my year list then. Five hours to go till the end of the year. I like round numbers so was hoping to get to 400 but there you go.