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week 007 | Cape York, mainly Iron Range | trip list 215 – 242

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Taste of New Guinea at Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park and Pajinka - The Tip!

In an eggshell

  • Big Zigzag bird species count: 242 (+27 this week)
  • Big Zigzag bird families count: 72 (+2 this week: Boatbills, Frigatebirds)
  • Big Zigzag Lifers: 27 (+7 this week: Northern Scrub-Robin, Lovely Fairywren, Lesser Frigatebird, Frill-necked Monarch, Tropical Scrubwren, White-streaked Honeyeater, Graceful Honeyeater)
  • Campsite Lifers: 7 (+3 this week: Northern Scrub-Robin, Lovely Fairywren, Frill-necked Monarch)
  • Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 52 (+21 this week)
  • eBird days of checklist streak: 47
  • Week’s special milestones: Australia is now the nation with the most birds seen! (481)

Bird(s) of the week

Northern Scrub-Robin (Drymodes superciliaris) at Iron Range (Greenhoose trials). Easy to hear, not so to be photographed. Nice to cleanup all 3 Drymodes (Scrub-Robins) – Papuan in 2022, naturally at PNG and Southern seen in 2018 at Kalbbari, Western Australia.

Red-cheeked Parrot (Geoffroyus geoffroyi) seen only in flight near Cook Huts camping ground (Iron Range) – photo from PNG.

Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus) seen only in flight above Weipa shopping center. Photo from PNG

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Pajinka – The Tip

Jardine Ferry Crossing

Week's Key location(s)

Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 6480 km (this week 1230 km)

eBird Checklists this week

1358. 31 Aug 2024 5:36 PM Loyalty Beach campground, Northern Peninsula Area
1357. 31 Aug 2024 11:37 AM The Tip of Cape York
1356. 31 Aug 2024 7:55 AM Old Telegraph Track, Jardine River, Queensland, AU (-11.446, 142.416)
1355. 30 Aug 20247:51 AM Weipa Caravan Park
1354. 29 Aug 2024 9:47 AM Weipa Caravan Park
1353. 28 Aug 2024 6:36 AM The GreenHoose, Cook
1352. 27 Aug 2024 3:31 PM The GreenHoose, Cook
1351. 27 Aug 2024 11:25 AM Portland Road, Iron Range, Queensland, AU (-12.709, 143.292)
1350. 26 Aug 2024 12:12 PM Portland Road, Iron Range, Queensland, AU (-12.709, 143.292)
1349. 25 Aug 2024 1:18 PM Archer River Roadhouse 
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week 006 | Tropical Wet QLD – Cape York | trip list 194 – 215

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Tablelands, Daintree, Cape York

In an eggshell

  • Big Zigzag bird species count: 215 (+21 this week)
  • Big Zigzag bird families count: 70 (+3 this week: Bustards, Stilts and Avocets and Australian endemic White-winged Chough and Apostlebird)
  • Big Zigzag Lifers: 20 (+2 this week: Little Kingfisher, Golden-shouldered Parrot )
  • Campsite Lifers: 4 (+0 this week)
  • Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 31 (+4 this week)
  • eBird days of checklist streak: 40
  • Week’s special milestones: Trip list is over 200 species; New personal eBird days of checklist streak record

Bird(s) of the week

Golden-shouldered Parrot (Psephotellus chrysopterygius), Endangered. At one of its last refuges – Artemis Homestay, Cape York.

Papuan Frogmouth (Podargus papuensis) at Julatten, Tablemountain land

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South Cape York

Week's Key location(s)

Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 5250 km (this week 970 km)

eBird Checklists this week

 
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week 005 | Tropical Wet QLD | trip list 165 – 194 

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Mainly Atherton Tablelands, and Cairns

In an eggshell

  • Big Zigzag bird species count: 194 (+30 this week)
  • Big Zigzag bird families count: 67 (+5 this week)
  • Big Zigzag Lifers: 18 (+8 this week: Golden Bowerbird, Bridled Honeyeater, Atherton Scrubwren, Mountain Thornbill, Tooth-billed Bowerbird, Chowchilla, Fernwren, Rufous Owl)
  • Campsite Lifers: 4 (+0 this week)
  • Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 27 (+10 this week)
  • New “all spices seen family” – Logrunners (Orthonychidae) with Chowcilla this week (Papuan Logrunner seen in PNG 2022 & Australian Logrunner in 2013)
  • Week’s special milestone: My Australia’s list past in over 450 species

Bird(s) of the week

Rufous Owl (Ninox rufa) – just a walk in the park.. actually Les Davie Park (Cairns North).
We parked the motorhome today afternoon at McKenzi street, a short 50 meters northbound walk to the fig tree, and here it is roosting! But… yesterday we spent the whole afternoon, checking the trees without success, only after dusk we had a quick look at the female when she left the nesting hole. And this morning, nada as well. So, not a “walk in the park” 😊

Bridled Honeyeater (Bolemoreus frenatus), Mount Hypipamee National Park, Tablelands

Tooth-billed Bowerbird (Scenopoeetes dentirostris), Lake Barrine

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Waiting for the Fernwren… 

Week's Key location(s)

Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 4280 km (this week 930 km)

eBird Checklists this week

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week 004 | Tropical Wet QLD | trip list 123 – 165

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Some fruitful traditional sites along Queensland shore

In an eggshell

  • Big Zigzag bird species count: 164 (+42 this week)
  • Big Zigzag bird families count: 62 (+11 this week)
  • Big Zigzag Lifers: 10 (+5 this week: Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Eungella Honeyeater, White-browed Crake, Little Bronze-Cuckoo, White-browed Robin)
  • Campsite Lifers: 4 (+3 this week: White-browed Crake, Little Bronze-Cuckoo, White-browed Robin )
  • Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 17 (+9 this week)
  • Week’s special milestone: My 4500 lifer!

Bird(s) of the week

Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami), Vulnerable, finally ticked at Mount Archer National Park, QLD, Australia after 3 fails last weeks at Greenmount Ct, Mt Samson (roadside birding), and no success as well on 2013. Member of family #106 Cockatoos (Cacatuidae).

Eungella Honeyeater (Bolemoreus hindwoodi), seen obviously in Eungella National Park, classified as Near Threatened, with limit range on higher elevations behind Mackay in central Queensland.
7th lifer on Big Zigzag, member of Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae), #132 on Bird Families of the World.

Two white browed birds bring me to lifer #4500 and 10th lifer on the Big Zigzag: On this photo, White-browed Crake (Poliolimnas cinereus), member of Rails, Gallinules, and Coots (Rallidae), #032 on Bird Families of the World, and White-browed Robin (waiting for better photographing opportunity).
Both from Tyto Wetlands, Ingham

Little Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx minutillus), wasn’t one of the targets in Tyto Wetlands, but I was expecting it while heading north along Queensland shore. A welcome lifer #9 of the Big Zigzag.
Member of Cuckoos (Cuculidae), #021 on Bird Families of the World.

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Pioneer Valley, from Sky Window Lookout, Eungulla National Park 

Week's Key location(s)

Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 3350 km (this week 1480 km)

eBird Checklists this week

  • 1314. 10 Aug 2024 253 Wallaman Falls Road, Lannercost, Queensland, AU (-18.631, 146.007)
    Hinchinbrook
  • 1313. 10 Aug 2024 Tyto Wetlands (Ingham) Hinchinbrook
  • 1312. 09 Aug 2024 Tyto Wetlands (Ingham) Hinchinbrook
  • 1311. 09 Aug 2024 Bushland Beach Townsville
  • 1310. 09 Aug 2024 Bowling Green Bay National Park–Alligator Creek Campground, Townsville
  • 1309. 09 Aug 2024 Home Hill, Burdekin
  • 1308.  08 Aug 2024 Bowen Golf Club, Whitsunday
  •  1307. 08 Aug 2024 Airlie Beach, Whitsunday
  • 1306. 08 Aug 2024 60 Yakapari Seaforth Road, The Leap, Queensland, AU (-21.064, 149.011), Mackay 
  • 1305. 08 Aug 2024 The Leap, Mackay
  • 1304. 07 Aug 2024 Eungella National Park–Diggings Rd, Mackay 
  • 1303. 07 Aug 2024 Eungella National Park–Diggings Rd, Mackay
  • 1302. 07 Aug 2024 1 Dalrymple Street, Pinnacle, Queensland, AU (-21.147, 148.714) ,Mackay 
  • 1301. 06 Aug 2024 Flaggy Rock, Isaac
  • 1300. 05 Aug 2024 Milman Road, Milman, Queensland, AU (-23.138, 150.408), Rockhampton
  • 1299. 05 Aug 2024 Rockhampton
  • 1298. 05 Aug 2024 Mount Archer National Park. Rockhampton
  • 1297. 05 Aug 2024 Thangool, Banana
  • 1296. 04 Aug 2024 Cania Gorge Caravan and Tourist Park, North Burnett
     
     
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week 003 | SE QLD | trip list 103 – 123

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Starting actually heading north!

In an eggshell

  • Big Zigzag bird species count: 123 (+10 this week)
  • Big Zigzag bird families count: 51 (+6 this week)
  • Big Zigzag Lifers: 5 (+1 this week: Ground Parrot)
  • Campsite Lifers: 1 (+0 this week)
  • Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 8 (+1 this week)

Bird of the week

White-cheeked Honeyeater, was the most common bird at Great Sandy National Park — Teewah Pump Station Road. The target, Ground Parrot was achieved, but was to quick to be photographed.

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Week's Key Location

Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 1870 km (this week 1025 km)

eBird Checklists this week

1293. 03 Aug 2024 8:32 AM Cedars Road, South Kolan, Queensland, AU (-24.973, 152.185), Bundaberg
1292. 02 Aug 2024 12:01 PM  Maryborough, Fraser Coast
1291. 02 Aug 2024 6:29 AM Inskip Point Road, Inskip, Queensland, AU (-25.81, 153.051)
1290. 01 Aug 2024 12:31 PM Great Sandy National Park–Teewah Pump Station Rd at -26.04694, 153.03806
1289. 01 Aug 2024 9:57 AM Inskip Point Road, Inskip, Queensland, AU (-25.81, 153.051)
1288. 01 Aug 2024 7:46 AM Gympie – Six Mile Rest Area
1287. 31 Jul 2024 5:01 PM Noosa National Park
1286. 31 Jul 2024 3:23 PM Coolum Experimental Farm Wetlands, Sunshine Coast 
1285. 31 Jul 2024 1:43 PM Dunethin Rock, Sunshine Coast
1284. 31 Jul 2024 7:00 AM Dunethin Rock, Sunshine Coast
1283. 30 Jul 2024 9:48 PM Dunethin Rock, Sunshine Coast
1282. 30 Jul 20249:23 AM Gerrards Lookout (Montville), Sunshine Coast
1281. 29 Jul 20249:17 AM Glass House Mountains National Park–Mt Tibrogargan
1280. 29 Jul 2024 7:34 AM Cruice Park, Woodford, Moreton Bay
1279. 28 Jul 2024 3:41 PM Lake Samsonvale–Golds Scrub Lane (some areas restricted access), Moreton Bay
1278. 28 Jul 2024 3:01 PM Greenmount Ct, Mt Samson (roadside birding), Moreton Bay
1277. 28 Jul 2024 1:38 PM Dayboro Showgriunds
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week 002 | SE QLD | trip list 039 – 103

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Lamington, still some setups and Dayboro

In an eggshell
  • Big Zigzag bird species count: 103 (+64 this week)
  • Big Zigzag bird families count: 44 (+11 this week)
  • Big Zigzag Lifers: 4 (+2 this week: Albert’s Lyrebird & White-throated Gerygone)
  • Campsite Lifers: 1 (+1 this week: Albert’s Lyrebird)
  • Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 7 (+5 this week)
  • New Bird Family for Australia: Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and Allies)
  • New “all spices seen family” – Lyrebirds (Menuridae) with Albert’s Lyrebird this week (Superb Lyrebird seen already in 2013). This is also the second “all seen Australian endemic”. The first White-winged Chough and Apostlebird (Corcoracidae) completed in 2018.
  • Week’s special milestone: Australia is now second in my nations list with 434 species passing Brazil (432)

Bird of the week

White-throated Gerygone, Nindooinbah Dam, QLD

3 Days in Lamington Park, success with Albert’s Lyrebird (seen once crossing the road at dusk, second time in the forest near the boardwalk). Other target without success – Paradise Riflebird (heard only, seen by others shortly on that time. Back to Explorer Motorhome at Clontarf for some issues to be fixed. One more day around Dayboro with Tom Tarrant (Thanks Tom!).

Sleeping sites:

  • O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat campground
  • Canungra
  • Pelican Park Redcliff
  • Dayboto Showgrounds 
 

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Some other birds:

Australian Logrunner at 1/60 speed, 8000 ISO. Typical Lamington trails photo at the darkness of the rainforest.

Australian Brushturkey, Typical O’Reilly gardens photo

Week's Key Location

Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 845 km (this week 505 km)

eBird Checklists this week

1277. 27 Jul 2024 2:54 PM Dayboro Showgriunds
1276. 27 Jul 2024 1:56 PM Lake Samsonvale–Golds Scrub Lane (some areas restricted access)
1275. 27 Jul 2024 1:21 PM Samford Eco Corridor
1274. 27 Jul 2024 12:10 PM John Scott Park, Station Road, Samford
1273. 27 Jul 2024 11:18 AM Greenmount Ct, Mt Samson (roadside birding)
1272. 27 Jul 2024 7:30 AM Lake Samsonvale–Kobble Creek BBQ Area
1271. 26 Jul 2024 10:41 PM Dayboro Showgriunds
1270. 26 Jul 2024 7:24 AM Pelican Park (Clontarf)
1269. 25 Jul 2024 10:42 AM Nindooinbah Dam
1268. 25 Jul 2024 7:25 AM 33-35 Settlers Drive, Kalbar, Queensland, AU (-27.937, 152.627)
1267. 24 Jul 2024 2:41 PM 58 Kulgun Road, Kulgun, Queensland, AU (-27.93, 152.684)
1266. 24 Jul 2024 12:31 PM Canungra
1265. 24 Jul 2024 8:48 AM O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat
1264. 23 Jul 2024 2:55 PM O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat
1263. 23 Jul 2024 8:12 AM O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat
1262. 22 Jul 2024 9:36 AM O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat
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week 001 | SE QLD | trip list 000 – 039

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RV Handover, setup, first birds of new adventure

In an Eggshell

  • Big Zigzag bird species count: 39 (+39 this week)
  • Big Zigzag bird families count: 23 (+23 this week)
  • Big Zigzag Lifers: 2 (+2 this week: White-eared Monarch & Russet-tailed Thrush)
  • Big Zigzag New for Australia list: 2 (+2 this week)

Bird of the week

White-eared Monarch, Dayboro, QLD – first Big Zigzag lifer

New adventure commenced – 3 years of the planning stage done – the Big Zigzag Birding is starting! 

First days back in Australia, still tiered from the long flight and jetlag,  “Plains-wanderer”, our new home on wheels handed over to us at Explorer Motorhome factory in Redcliffe, Queensland. 

Three pre-motorhome nights at Baringa B&B, walking distance from the factory and Kippa-Ring mall.

Other sleeping sites this week:

  • Wescloude Lodge Fare Stay
  • Dayboro Showgrounds
  • Tully Memorial Park

 

 

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“Plains-wanderer”

Week's Key location

Big Zigzag Travelled so far: 340 km (this week 340)

eBird Checklists this week

1261. 21 Jul 2024 3:36 PM Lamington National Park–Green Mountain Campground
1260. 21 Jul 2024 1:30 PM O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat
1259.  21 Jul 2024 11:29 AM Lamington National Park–Kamarun Lookout
1258. 21 Jul 2024 9:22 AM Tully Memorial Park, Logan River, Logan City
1257. 20 Jul 2024 8:00 AM Dayboro Showgriunds
1256. 19 Jul 2024 3:53 PM Mt Mee State Forest–Falls Lookout
1255. 19 Jul 2024 3:19 PM 391-481 Sellin Road, Mount Mee, Queensland, AU (-27.095, 152.703)
1254. 19 Jul 2024 12:05 PM Strong Rd, Dayboro
1253. 19 Jul 2024 10:38 AM Wescloude Lodge Fare Stay
1252. 18 Jul 2024 3:00 PM North Lakes
1251. 17 Jul 2024 9:45 AM Clontarf Environment Reserve
1250. 16 Jul 2024 7:02 PM 220 Elizabeth Avenue, Clontarf, Queensland, AU (-27.244, 153.086)
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Mission accomplished! All 250 Bird Families of the ticked! This 5 decades project, which actually become a project in 2013 (bird families member seen already from 1976) was possible to start only in 2011, as at least one member of each bird families seen since than.

Time for new adventure! “Plains-wanderer”, our new home on wheels, will wander all over Australia in a project called Big Zigzag Birding!

Posts will change from Bird Families of the World milestones as done so far, to periodically reports of our journey. You are well come to follow!

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milestone 42 | China 2024 | family 250/250

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Pink tail at Tibetan plateau, Mission Accomplished - ALL 250!

Project progress - Bird Families of the World 250/250
100%

Not many records this year for Przevalski’s Pinktail. Originally, we plan to check the Rubber Mountains near Qinghai Lake, but just 2 weeks before our trip, a local birder reported the bird near Haibei. We changed our itinerary, and headed on our first day north on an easy highway (toll), all the way from Xining (with a fruitful stop on the way on Datong Forest). The shrubby plains were a bit windy, but after not too long, the bird located. All 250 done! My Bird Families of the World project accomplished. We had a few more days to get some of the special spices of the area around the lake and near Chaka. Many thanks to Stefan Hirsch and Carmen Fuertes who joined, and of course to the professional, helpful, and extremely nice guides from Alpine Birding Bella Zang and Wenyi Zhou.

250. Family #227: Przevalski’s Pinktail (Urocynchramidae) | Przevalski’s Pinktail

Common NameScientific Name1st seen location
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986)
Graylag GooseAnser anserHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986)
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusGanzihe Estuary Wetlands
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.6481,101.3130)
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaGanzihe Estuary Wetlands
Cotton Pygmy-GooseNettapus coromandelianusGanzihe Estuary Wetlands
GadwallMareca streperaLake Xiligou
MallardAnas platyrhynchosBeijing Capital International Airport
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaAuto selected 36.89988, 98.49267
Common PochardAythya ferinaGanzihe Estuary Wetlands
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986)
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaGanzihe Estuary Wetlands
Common MerganserMergus merganserS206, Haibei CN-Qinghai 37.03592, 99.73892
Daurian PartridgePerdix dauuricaHaixi, Haixi CN-Qinghai (36.8481,99.0312)
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicusHills S of Lejiawan
Przevalski’s PartridgeAlectoris magnaAuto selected 36.75440, 98.75099
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986)
Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollisHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986)
Rock PigeonColumba liviaAuto selected 37.61677, 101.37749
Hill PigeonColumba rupestrisHills S of Lejiawan
Oriental Turtle-DoveStreptopelia orientalisDatong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaoctoEri, Haibei CN-Qinghai 37.14083, 100.55027
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensisBeijing Capital International Airport
Pallas’s SandgrouseSyrrhaptes paradoxusChaka Salt Lake–Salt Flats
Common CuckooCuculus canorusHills S of Lejiawan
Common SwiftApus apusBeijing Capital International Airport
Salim Ali’s SwiftApus salimaliiGanzihe Estuary Wetlands
Water RailRallus aquaticusLake Xiligou
Eurasian MoorhenGallinula chloropusLake Xiligou
Eurasian CootFulica atraHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986)
Black-necked CraneGrus nigricollisGanzihe Estuary Wetlands
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopusGanzihe Estuary Wetlands
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaLake Xiligou
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubiusHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986)
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusGanzihe Estuary Wetlands
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinusHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986)
Common RedshankTringa totanusHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986)
Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalusGanzihe Estuary Wetlands
Pallas’s GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetusGanzihe Estuary Wetlands
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybridaHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986)
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusGanzihe Estuary Wetlands
Common TernSterna hirundoGanzihe Estuary Wetlands
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboGanzihe Estuary Wetlands
Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatusHainan, Hainan CN-Qinghai (36.8025,99.6691)
Himalayan GriffonGyps himalayensisG315, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.3146,100.1574)
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosHalihatu Forest Park
Black KiteMilvus migransHalihatu Forest Park
Eastern BuzzardButeo japonicusHills S of Lejiawan
Upland BuzzardButeo hemilasiusHainan, Hainan CN-Qinghai (36.8025,99.6691)
Buteo sp.Buteo sp.Hills S of Lejiawan
Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epopsAuto selected 36.93479, 98.36736
woodpecker sp.Picidae sp.Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
Eurasian KestrelFalco tinnunculusHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.2023,100.4322)
Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinusHaixi, Haixi CN-Qinghai (36.8481,99.0312)
Gray-backed ShrikeLanius tephronotusHills S of Lejiawan
Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanusBeijing Capital International Airport
Black-rumped MagpiePica bottanensisHills S of Lejiawan
Oriental MagpiePica sericaBeijing Capital International Airport
Mongolian Ground-JayPodoces hendersoniHaixi, Haixi CN-Qinghai (36.7029,99.2597)
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxHills S of Lejiawan
RookCorvus frugilegusShanqing Alley, Xining CN-Qinghai 37.02197, 101.78757
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchosDatong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
Common RavenCorvus coraxDatong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
Rufous-vented TitPeriparus rubidiventrisDatong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
Sichuan TitPoecile weigoldicusDatong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
Ground TitPseudopodoces humilisHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986)
Japanese TitParus minorHills S of Lejiawan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.6442,101.4302)
Hume’s LarkCalandrella acutirostrisHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986)
Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandraChaka–Eastern Fields & Poplars
Tibetan LarkMelanocorypha maximaGanzihe Estuary Wetlands
Mongolian LarkMelanocorypha mongolicaGanzihe Estuary Wetlands
Asian Short-toed LarkAlaudala cheleensisHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986)
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisChaka–Eastern Fields & Poplars
Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgulaHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.6481,101.3130)
Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicusLake Xiligou
Spotted Bush WarblerLocustella thoracicaDatong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
Pale MartinRiparia dilutaHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986)
Eurasian Crag-MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisBeijing Capital International Airport
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaBeijing Capital International Airport
Red-rumped SwallowCecropis dauricaBeijing Capital International Airport
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensisBeijing Capital International Airport
Buff-barred WarblerPhylloscopus pulcherDatong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
Hume’s WarblerPhylloscopus humeiDatong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
Gansu Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus kansuensisDatong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
Yellow-streaked WarblerPhylloscopus armandiiDatong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
Tickell’s Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus affinisDatong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
Smoky WarblerPhylloscopus fuligiventerHainan, Hainan CN-Qinghai (36.8025,99.6691)
Crested Tit-WarblerLeptopoecile elegansDatong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
Silver-throated TitAegithalos glaucogularisHills S of Lejiawan
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaAuto selected 36.88446, 98.51896
Tarim BabblerRhopophilus albosuperciliarisAuto selected 36.88446, 98.51896
Elliot’s LaughingthrushTrochalopteron elliotiiDatong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
Pere David’s LaughingthrushPterorhinus davidiHills S of Lejiawan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusHalihatu Forest Park
Snowy-browed NuthatchSitta villosaDatong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesHalihatu Forest Park
White-throated DipperCinclus cinclusHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.6481,101.3130)
White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceusBeijing Capital International Airport
Chinese BlackbirdTurdus mandarinusBeijing Capital International Airport
White-backed ThrushTurdus kessleriDatong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
Chestnut ThrushTurdus rubrocanusDatong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
Siberian RubythroatCalliope calliopeDatong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
Blue-fronted RedstartPhoenicurus frontalisDatong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
White-throated RedstartPhoenicurus schisticepsDatong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosHills S of Lejiawan
Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreusHills S of Lejiawan
Rufous-tailed Rock-ThrushMonticola saxatilisLake Xiligou
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurusHills S of Lejiawan
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellinaHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986)
Desert WheatearOenanthe desertiHaixi, Haixi CN-Qinghai (36.7029,99.2597)
Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschankaHills S of Lejiawan
Przevalski’s PinktailUrocynchramus pylzowiHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.6481,101.3130)
Robin AccentorPrunella rubeculoidesHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.6481,101.3130)
Rufous-breasted AccentorPrunella strophiataDatong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
Brown AccentorPrunella fulvescensHainan, Hainan CN-Qinghai (36.8025,99.6691)
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusBeijing Capital International Airport
Rock SparrowPetronia petronia 
Black-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla adamsi 
White-rumped SnowfinchOnychostruthus taczanowskii 
Rufous-necked SnowfinchPyrgilauda ruficollisHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.2023,100.4322)
Blanford’s SnowfinchPyrgilauda blanfordiUnnamed Road, CN (36.778, 99.109)
Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreolaHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.6481,101.3130)
White WagtailMotacilla albaHills S of Lejiawan
Rosy PipitAnthus roseatusHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.6481,101.3130)
White-winged GrosbeakMycerobas carnipesHalihatu Forest Park
Himalayan Beautiful RosefinchCarpodacus pulcherrimusDatong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
Streaked RosefinchCarpodacus rubicilloidesHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.6442,101.4302)
Chinese White-browed RosefinchCarpodacus dubiusDatong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365)
Black-headed Mountain FinchLeucosticte brandtiHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.6481,101.3130)
Oriental GreenfinchChloris sinicaBeijing Capital International Airport
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisHaibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.6481,101.3130)
Godlewski’s BuntingEmberiza godlewskiiHills S of Lejiawan
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# World Bird Families

milestone 41 | Sulawesi 2023 | families 249/250

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Almost There Beyond Wallace's Line

Project progress - Bird Families of the World 249/250
99.6%

More then 100 endemic bird species can be seen in this unique shaped island but I had only one main target on my short Sulawesi visit. Luckily we’ve got Hylocitrea, the only endemic bird family here, on our first stop as we entered Lore Lindu national park, and I even got some lousy record photo. Good start which gave wrong impression of how  difficult it’s gone be. On the following days, we heard  Hylocitreas a few times, even got a quick view once or twice, but not a real photographing opportunity. Only on our last day, packed and ready to  go to Palu airport, we had a short stop at Danau Tambing, just to wrap up some administrative issues. I slipped for a quicky near the bridge and finally got the chance to take a proper shot. Even the Geomalia showed up for quick farewell. 249 down, 1 to go!

249. Family #216: Hylocitrea (Hylocitreidae) |  Hylocitrea.

English Latin
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Javan Pond-Heron Ardeola speciosa
Sulawesi Honey-buzzard Pernis celebensis
Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis
Barred Rail Gallirallus torquatus
Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Sultan’s Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia doreya
Asian Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
Red-eared Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus fischeri
Black-naped Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus melanospilus
Gray-headed Imperial-Pigeon Ducula radiata
Black-billed Koel Eudynamys melanorhynchus
Yellow-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus calyorhynchus
Sulawesi Scops-Owl Otus manadensis
Cinnabar Boobook
Ninox ios
Diabolical Nightjar
Eurostopodus diabolicus
Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis
Gray-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis
Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
Ashy Woodpecker Mulleripicus fulvus
Yellow-cheeked Lorikeet Saudareos meyeri
Golden-mantled Racquet-tail Prioniturus platurus
Sulawesi Myzomela Myzomela chloroptera
White-eared Myza Myza sarasinorum
Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea
Cerulean Cuckooshrike Coracina temminckii
White-shouldered Triller Lalage sueurii
Pygmy Cuckooshrike Celebesia abbotti
Maroon-backed Whistler Coracornis raveni
Sulphur-bellied Whistler Pachycephala sulfuriventer
Sulawesi Drongo Dicrurus montanus
Sulawesi Fantail Rhipidura teysmanni
Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica
Citrine Canary-Flycatcher Culicicapa helianthea
Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
Sulawesi Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus sarasinorum
Streak-headed White-eye Lophozosterops squamiceps
Lemon-bellied White-eye Zosterops chloris
Black-crowned White-eye Zosterops atrifrons
Malia Malia grata
Sulawesi Babbler Pellorneum celebense
Blue-fronted Flycatcher Cyornis hoevelli
Turquoise Flycatcher Eumyias panayensis
Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
Geomalia Geomalia heinrichi
Sulawesi Thrush Cataponera turdoides
Sulawesi Myna Basilornis celebensis
Fiery-browed Myna Enodes erythrophris
Finch-billed Myna Scissirostrum dubium
Javan Myna Acridotheres javanicus
Yellow-sided Flowerpecker Dicaeum aureolimbatum
Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker Dicaeum nehrkorni
Gray-sided Flowerpecker Dicaeum celebicum
Hylocitrea
Hylocitrea bonensis
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
Pale-headed Munia Lonchura pallida
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