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

[antshrike69]

I've seen the following from the original lists:

White-necked Picathartes
Yellow-legged Honeyguide

Andaman Crake
Apo Sunbird
Black-breasted Puffleg
Bogota Rail
Bulwer's Pheasant
Dark-rumped Swift
Grey-necked Picathartes
Grey-winged Cotinga
Heinrich's Nightjar
Heinroth's Shearwater
Kolumbangara Rail
Mt. Kupe Bushshrike
Philippine Eagle
Plain-flanked Rail
Puerto Rican Nightjar
Shelley's Eagle-Owl
White-throated Mountain-Babbler
White-winged Nightjar

 

[Larry Lade]

Matt, I will move the Campbell Island Shag (Phalacrocorax campbelli) aka. Campbell Shag or Campbell Island Cormorant to the "seen by thread participant" list.

 

[Larry Lade]

Guy, I believe that the Rio de Janeiro Antwren (Myrmotherula fluminensis)and the White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris luctuosa) are two distinct species.

I could not find any listing for "white-cheeked swift", so I will go with your assumption that it was meant to be the White-chested Swift (Cypseloides lemosi) and move that one down to the "seen" list.

I have moved the species you mentioned down to the "seen" list.

 

[Larry Lade]

Jonathan, I have moved the first two birds you have listed down to the "seen" list.

 

[Hanno]

Just came back from Vietnam where I saw Chestnut-eared Laughingthrush. Not many people have seen that.

 

[Trevor Hardaker]

Just picked up on this thread for the first time now - have managed to miss it previously...!!

You can at least knock off White-winged Flufftail - I've seen that several times already in various parts of eastern South Africa.

A lot of the others I have seen have already been reported by other BF members, so I'm not making a terribly big contribution here...

 

[Larry Lade]

Thanks, Trevor, I have moved the White-winged Flufftail from the "not seen" to the "seen" list.

 

[Jacana]

after seeing today's threatened bird of the day on Birdlife's website. it makes me wonder if anyone has seen the Malaita Fantail? Apparently access can be difficult...

http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=6021&m=0

 

[Larry Lade]

Jacana, Malaita Fantail has been added to the "not seen" list.

 

[chris butterworth]

Just back from Gabon. You can cross Dja River Warbler ( in Minkebe NP and Lope NP ) off the list, Larry.
Chris

 

[csanchez7]

Has anyone on BF visited the Geelvink Islands in northern New Guinea? Lots of endemics there, including Geelvink Pygmy Parrot and Numfor Paradise-Kingfisher which aren't on either the seen or not seen list. I see that someone has seen the birds on Biak, though.

Carlos

 

[Larry Lade]

Just back from Gabon. You can cross Dja River Warbler ( in Minkebe NP and Lope NP ) off the list, Larry.
Chris

Thanks, Chris, I have moved the Dja River Warbler to the "seen" list.

 

[Larry Lade]

Thanks, Carlos, I have added the Geelvink Pygmy Parrot and the Numfor Paradise-Kingfisher to the "not seen" list.

 

[Mysticete]

Some tough birds from Japan

Japanese Night Heron
Bonin Honeyeater
Styan's Grasshopper Warbler.

I don't think their are reliable sites for the Night Heron, and it's mostly seen through shear luck (although encountered perhaps a little more regularly at migrant traps).

Bonin Honeyeater is just inconvenient, and requires something like a 50 hour round trip ferry ride to get to the Ogasawaras where it is easy. And those ferry voyages seem to only occur a few times a month.

Styan's Grasshopper Warbler is confined to limited areas of suitable habitat on offshore islands, most of which are poorly accessed. It's found in the Izu islands which do get birder traffic, but the only real accessible island with good numbers was closed down for many years due to volcanic activity

 

[Larry Lade]

Mysticete, I have added the birds you mentioned to the "not seen" list.

 

[COLOMBIA Birding]

There are a fair number off people who have seen Speckled Antshrike (the one and only Xenornis), Jocotoco Antpitta, and Black-breasted Puffleg.

GREAT stuff from Xenornis from Panama from one of our clients (Bjorn Anderson)... would love to see this one!


Xenornis, Panamá, Nusagandi 2010-05-29 © Bjorn Anderson
This bird´s scientific name Xenornis means "Rare bird", so should definitely quality for this gallery. Rarely photographed and almost endemic to Panamá. This is the male.

 

[Larry Lade]

Diego, I understand that you did not see the bird, is that correct? [... would love to see this one!]

Also, no one who posts on this thread, "Have You Seen Any of These Birds", has seen "the Xenornis".

It is a great find for one of your clients (Bjorn Anderson) though!!

Congratulations to him!

Note: The Speckled Antshrike or Spiny-faced Antshrike (Xenornis setifrons) is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is the only member of the genus (Xenornis).

 

[COLOMBIA Birding]

You are right Larry... I have not seen it YET!...
just read Patrick's post and remembered the GRAND pictures Bjorn uploaded from this species to surfbirds gallery..
saludos, d.

 

[emupilot]

Not to kick a hornet's nest, but technically multiple BF members have reported seeing Ivory-billed Woodpecker.

On edit: I found the Nihoa endemics in the list - sorry.

 

[Larry Lade]

Not to kick a hornet's nest, but technically multiple BF members have reported seeing Ivory-billed Woodpecker.

On edit: I found the Nihoa endemics in the list - sorry.

emupilot, in my first post on this thread, I wrote:

"Name a bird (that is not extinct) which you think no one visiting this thread on BirdForum has ever seen."

I have found no one (posting on this thread) claiming to have seen an IBWO.