10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2023

After 3 months of South and Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Australia, Arjan’s count stood at 2,060 species. Brazil was exceptionally favorable to his Big Year, providing him with 554 new species in twenty-two days. I’ve had so many incredible experiences.

Papua New Guinea 254

Papua New Guinea Guinea Suriname South America 254

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The 2000 MacKinnon guide is showing its age while my preferred choice for the Shanghai area, Mark Brazil’s “Birds of East Asia”, covers non-Chinese locations such as Japan and Korea while excluding Western China. It seems to me that the latter is more detailed, simply better.

China 209

China Brazil 2000 Birds 209

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2018

201-400 sp: Madagascar, north African countries; European countries; Asia Minor, Arabian Peninsula, Mongolia. 1601-1800 sp : Colombia, Brazil, Peru (Looking for smaller areas of these huge countries? . – 1601-1800 sp : Colombia, Brazil, Peru (Looking for smaller areas of these huge countries? 801-1000 sp. –

Equatorial Guinea 202

Equatorial Guinea Costa Rica Guyana Central African Republic 202

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2022

According to the HBW, “The Common Myna, a native of southern Asia, was widely introduced (mainly for pest control) in the late 1800s in many far-flung areas of the world” I was more curious about the Latin species name (I did Latin at school and remember that “tristis” means sad or unhappy).

Mauritius 233

Mauritius Birds 2000 South Africa 233

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2011

Fossils discovered in Brazil are indistinguishable from modern Wood Storks, and date from at least the late Pleistocene. Its the only member of the genus Mycteria in the New World, the rest of its cogeners, a handful of other bald and nearly bald Storks with long curved bills, hail from East Africa and South Asia.

North America 170

North America Pedigree South Carolina Brazil 170

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2015

Brazil (1753 / 1832). Sri Lanka (375 / 436). The Afrotropics. Uganda (987 / 1083). Kenya (1034 / 1153). South Africa (755 / 842). Botswana (529 / 577). Namibia (595 / 690). The Neotropics. Costa Rica (857 / 903). Ecuador (1590 / 1641). Venezuela (1365 / 1383). Peru (1807 / 1761). Plus – Western Palearctic.

Sri Lanka 257

Sri Lanka Botswana Africa Serbia 257

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2023

During my trip to Peru (where I almost got lost in the jungle trying to locate a rumoured Andean C**k-of-the-rock lek), my rambles in South-east Asia and also this last trip to Ecuador, I realised that this is more than possible because compared to the forests in these regions our European ones seem like a walk in the park.

Solomon Islands 225

Solomon Islands Ecuador Colombia Brazil 225