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Paul's 2024 World List (3 Viewers)

Whilst Sri Lanka preparation continues, not much birding getting done but Little Owl was new for my local rewilding site and a Great White Egret flew over when I met friends for coffee on patch.

All the best

Paul
 

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A travelling day today but 5 mins of light when arriving at our hotel so two year ticks with one on the journey & the other in the car park - after taxonomic hokey cokey, slight renumbering:-

1394 - Spot-billed Pelican
1395 - Yellow-billed Babbler

Pics - Yellow-billed Babbler (two pics) & Red-wattled Lapwing. The Babbler my first since 1985. I may have a pic from back then somewhere but ostensibly a photo tick.

All the best

Paul
 

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Now seven days into the trip but the first night with proper Internet reception since we have left Colombo so burning the midnight oil to get records up to date....

1396. Common Hawk-Cuckoo 01 Dec 2024 Tamarind Tree Hotel Resort
1397. Green Imperial-Pigeon 01 Dec 2024 Tamarind Tree Hotel Resort
1398. Black-headed Ibis 01 Dec 2024 Tamarind Tree Hotel Resort
1399. Brown-headed Barbet 01 Dec 2024 Tamarind Tree Hotel Resort
1400. Red-backed Flameback 01 Dec 2024 Tamarind Tree Hotel Resort
1401. Small Minivet 01 Dec 2024 Tamarind Tree Hotel Hotel Resort
1402. White-bellied Drongo 01 Dec 2024 Tamarind Tree Hotel Resort
1403. Pale-billed Flowerpecker 01 Dec 2024 Tamarind Tree Hotel Resort
1404. Sri Lanka Swallow 01 Dec 2024 Travelling
1405. Indian Swiftlet 01 Dec 2024 Travelling
1406. Changeable Hawk-Eagle 01 Dec 2024 Travelling
1407. Stork-billed Kingfisher 01 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1408. Sri Lanka Junglefowl 01 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1409. Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill 01 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1410. Yellow-fronted Barbet 01 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1411. Sri Lanka Hanging-Parrot 01 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1412. Orange Minivet 01 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1413. Yellow-browed Bulbul 01 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1414. Square-tailed Bulbul 01 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1415. Black-capped Bulbul 01 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1416. Green Warbler 01 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1417. Brown-breasted Flycatcher 01 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1418. Purple-rumped Sunbird 01 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1419. Loten's Sunbird 01 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1420. Layard's Parakeet 01 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1421. Black-headed Cuckooshrike 01 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1422. White-browed Fantail 01 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1423. Tawny-bellied Babbler 01 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1424. Dark-fronted Babbler 01 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1425. Southern Hill Myna 01 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1426. Indian Robin 01 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1427. Sri Lanka Green-Pigeon 02 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1428. Green-billed Coucal 02 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1429. Brown-capped Babbler 02 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1430. Orange-billed Babbler 02 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1431. Sri Lanka Spurfowl 02 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1432. Sri Lanka Frogmouth 02 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1433. Serendib Scops Owl 02 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1434. Malabar Trogon 02 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1435. Large-billed Leaf Warbler 02 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1436. Spot-winged Thrush 02 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1437. Slaty-legged Crake 02 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1438. Chestnut-backed Owlet 02 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1439. Indian Pitta 02 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1440. Tickell's Blue Flycatcher 02 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1441. Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher 03 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1442. Indian Paradise-Flycatcher 03 Dec 2024 Kitulgala
1443. Black-throated Munia 03 Dec 2024 Sinharaja
1444. Indian Peafowl 03 Dec 2024 Sinharaja
1445. Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo 03 Dec 2024 Sinharaja
1446. Crimson-fronted Barbet 03 Dec 2024 Sinharaja
1447. Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker 03 Dec 2024 Sinharaja
1448. Sri Lanka Bay-Owl 03 Dec 2024 Sinharaja
1449. Crimson-backed Flameback 04 Dec 2024 Sinharaja
1450. Sri Lanka Drongo 04 Dec 2024 Sinharaja
1451. White-browed Bulbul 04 Dec 2024 Sinharaja
1452. Sri Lanka Myna 04 Dec 2024 Sinharaja
1453. White-faced Starling 04 Dec 2024 Sinharaja
1454. Red-faced Malkoha 04 Dec 2024 Sinharaja
1455. Sri Lanka White-eye 04 Dec 2024 Sinharaja
1456. Sri Lanka Scimitar-Babbler 04 Dec 2024 Sinharaja
1457. Ashy-headed Laughingthrush 04 Dec 2024 Sinharaja
1458. Sri Lanka Blue-Magpie 04 Dec 2024 Sinharaja
1459. Sri Lanka Thrush 05 Dec 2024 Sinharaja
1460. White-throated Flowerpecker 05 Dec 2024 Sinharaja
1461. Rufous-bellied Eagle 06 Dec 2024 Sinharaja
1462. Lesser Cuckoo 07 Dec 2024 En route
1463. Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon 07 Dec 2024 Udawalawe
1464. Great Thick-knee 07 Dec 2024 Udawalawe
1465. Yellow-wattled Lapwing 07 Dec 2024 Udawalawe
1466. Barred Buttonquail 07 Dec 2024 Udawalawe
1467. Sri Lanka Woodshrike 07 Dec 2024 Udawalawe
1468. White-tailed Iora 07 Dec 2024 Udawalawe
1469. Jerdon's Bushlark 07 Dec 2024 Udawalawe
1470. Jungle Prinia 07 Dec 2024 Udawalawe
1471. Yellow-eyed Babbler 07 Dec 2024 Udawalawe
1472. Jerdon's Nightjar 07 Dec 2024 Udawalawe

So 28 of the 35 Sri Lankan endemics seen so far out of a trip list of 151 species with around 120 species photographed. Closing in on my target year list from this year's trips of 1,500 species.

A few selected pics - Sri Lanka Swallow, Black-hooded Oriole, Layard's Parakeet, Indian White-eye, Purple-backed Sunbird, Loten's Sunbird, Indian Robin, Brown-breasted Flycatcher, Changeable Hawk-eagle, Brown-headed Barbet, Yellow-billed Babbler, Tickell's Blue Flycatcher, Indian Pitta, Sri Lanka Green-Pigeon, Sri Lanka Frogmouth, Serendip Scops Owl, Stork-billed Kingfisher, Black Eagle, Brown Shrike & Orange-billed Babbler.

All the best

Paul
 

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A few more pics - Green-billed Coucal, Brown-capped Babbler, White-bellied Sea-eagle, White-rumped Munia, Chestnut-backed Owlet (two pics), White-bellied Drongo, Black-throated Munia, Indian Peafowl, Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot, Sri Lanka Spurfowl, White-faced Starling, Crimson-backed Flameback, Red-faced Malkoha, Orange Minivet, Spot-winged Thrush, Ashy-headed Laughingthrush, Black-naped Monarch, Yellow-browed Bulbul & Square-tailed Bulbul.

All the best

Paul
 

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A final set of pics for now - Red-backed Flameback, Yellow-fronted Barbet, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill, Sri Lanka Junglefowl, Sri Lanka Drongo, Malabar Trogon, Sri Lanka Blue Magpie, Sri Lanka Myna, Southern Hill Myna, Dark-fronted Babbler, White-throated Flowerpecker, Lesser Cuckoo, Thick-billed Flowerpecker, White-tailed Iora, Yellow-eyed Babbler, Common Iora, Jerdon's Bushlark, Great Stone-curlew & Jerdon's Nightjar.

A fairly packed seven days but a few more things to find of we have some good fortune.

All the best

Paul
 

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Nice Paul, the thick-knee, spurfowl and CB owlet are particularly gripping. I suspect that the weather is vastly different to that back home... Are you doing it independently or via a tour company?

Tour company but there are excellent logistics at each of the sites where we have stayed so I am sure that arranging independently is perfectly feasible.

All the best

Paul
 
Tour company but there are excellent logistics at each of the sites where we have stayed so I am sure that arranging independently is perfectly feasible.

All the best

Paul
Nice. Yes, very easy to do independently, though some species very hard without a guide e.g. spurfowl, owlet, whistling thrush. I missed a few endemics, but others who were more bird-focussed have managed it.

Are you visiting Nuwara Eliya (Pied thrush, Kasmir fly, PGtips fly etc) ?
 
After a correction starting on 1472 yesterday...

1472. Blue-faced Malkoha 08 Dec 2024 Uda Walawe NP
1473. Grey-bellied Cuckoo 08 Dec 2024 Uda Walawe NP
1474. Asian Woolly-necked Stork 08 Dec 2024 Uda Walawe NP
1475. Grey-headed Fish-Eagle 08 Dec 2024 Uda Walawe NP
1476. Malabar Pied-Hornbill 08 Dec 2024 Uda Walawe NP
1477. Yellow-crowned Woodpecker 08 Dec 2024 Uda Walawe NP
1478. Alexandrine Parakeet 08 Dec 2024 Uda Walawe NP
1479. Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark 08 Dec 2024 Uda Walawe NP
1480. Knob-billed Duck 08 Dec 2024 Thanamalwila wetlands and rice fields
1481. Lesser Adjutant 08 Dec 2024 Bundala NP (General)
1482. Brahminy Starling 08 Dec 2024 Bundala NP (General)
1483. Black Bittern 09 Dec 2024 Tissamaharama
1484. White-naped Woodpecker 09 Dec 2024 Tissamaharama
1485. Indian Scops Owl 09 Dec 2024 Tissamaharama
1486. Jungle Owlet 09 Dec 2024 Tissamaharama
1487. Brown Fish-Owl 09 Dec 2024 Tissamaharama
1488. Dull-blue Flycatcher 09 Dec 2024 Surrey Estate Bird Sanctuary

A few pics - Sri Lanka White-eye, Brown Wood Owl, Dull-blue Flycatcher, Brown Fish Owl, Jungle Owlet, Indian Scops Owl, Brown Boobook, Booted Eagle, White-naped Flameback, Black Bittern, Spot-billed Pelican, Great Stone-curlew, Barred Buttonquail, Ashy-crowned Sparrow-lark, Black-headed Ibis, Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Malabar Pied Hornbill, Asian Woolly-necked Stork, Grey-headed Sea-eagle & Forest Wagtail.

All the best

Paul
 

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A few more pics - Indian Roller, Grey-bellied Cuckoo, Brown Shrike, Tawny-bellied Babbler, Indian Pond Heron, Brahminy Kite, Red-wattled Lapwing, Changeable Hawk-eagle, Yellow-crowned Woodpecker, Asian Green Bee-eater, Sri Lanka Green-pigeon, Orange-breasted Green-pigeon, Sri Lanka Junglefowl, Alpine Swift, Oriental Honey-buzzard, Lesser Whistling Duck, Yellow-wattled Lapwing, Knob-billed Duck, Grey-headed Swamphen & Barred Buttonquail.

All the best

Paul
 

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We are now 34 seen of the 35 endemics with Sri Lanka Shama to be targeted tomorrow. I have photographed all bar Sri Lanka Scaly Thrush of the ones seen. I am now one short of 1,500 species for the year...

1489 - Indian Blackbird 10 Dec 2024 Horton Plains
1490 - Sri Lanka Woodpigeon 10 Dec 2024 Horton Plains
1491 - Sri Lanka Bush Warbler 10 Dec 2024 Horton Plains
1492 - Hill Swallow 10 Dec 2024 Horton Plains
1493 - Yellow-eared Bulbul 10 Dec 2024 Horton Plains
1494 - Indian Blue Robin 10 Dec 2024 Horton Plains
1495 - Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush 10 Dec 2024 Horton Plains
1496 - Tricoloured Munia 10 Dec 2024 Horton Plains
1497 - Pied Thrush 10 Dec 2024 Victoria Park, Nuwara Eliya
1498 - Kashmir Flycatcher 10 Dec 2024 Victoria Park, Nuwara Eliya
1499 - Ashy Prinia 10 Dec 2024 Nuwara Eliya

A few pics - Indian Blackbird, Sri Lanka Scimitar-babbler, Cinereous Tit, Sri Lanka White-eye, Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher, Yellow-eared Bulbul, Tricoloured Munia, Crested Honey-buzzard, Hill Swallow, Pied Bushchat, Common Tailorbird, Sri Lanka Bush Warbler, Sri Lanka Woodpigeon, Sri Lanka Whistling-Thrush, Indian Blue Robin, Pied Thrush, Kashmir Flycatcher, Brown Shrike, India Pitta & Ashy Prinia.

All the best

Paul
 

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Our 35th & final endemic today with Sri Lankan Shama taking my yearlist to 1,500 species. Maybe an hour or so birding tomorrow before heading home.

Pics - Indian Blackbird, Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike, Yellow-eared Bulbul, Crested Honey-buzzard, Black Eagle, Pale-billed Flowerpecker, Hill Swallow, Crested Serpent Eagle, Spot-winged Thrush, Brown-backed Needletail, Alexandrine Parakeet, Sri Lankan Shama (two pics) & Brown-breasted Flycatcher.

All the best

Paul
 

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That's a really good achievement. Out of interest, because you went on a fair number of trips last year, what would your total be for the last 2 years combined? Don't know if that's easy to work out on ebird or wherever.

You can work it out from the life list, "last seen", then scroll down to start of 2023 and subtract from total!
 
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