Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

Central America Life List Rankings Showing Records 1 through 50 of 74 Total Records NEXT Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Lorna L. Engleman Panama 955 Birding Cana, Darien, Rep. of Panama. The birds and the forest are phenomenal! 2 Dennis Rogers USA/CR 925 Coming from a country with forest I count heard birds. 1995 year list = 812 3 Rick Waldrop USA 884 New species seen recently in Panama: Yellow-green Tyrannulet, Black Antshrike, Orange-crowned Oriole, Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker, Black-crowned Antpitta, Black-eared Wood-Quail, Blue-fronted Parrotlet, Bare-crowned Antbird, Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon, White-eared Conebill, Western Sirystes and Flammulated Attila; Costa Rica: Coppery-headed Emerald, Magneta-throated Woodstar, Great Green Macaw, Black-throated Wren, Silvery-fronted Tapaculo, Zeledonia, Spotted Wood-Quail, Mangrove Hummingbird. 4 Paul Coopmans Belgian 883 Updated 18 April 2004 - recent highlights were Lesser Roadrunner, Honduran Emerald and Lovely Cotinga 5 Peter Kaestner USA 881 Jan 2004 Black Antshrike, Black-breasted Puffbird, Tawney-faced Quail, Panama 6 Rafael G. Campos-Ramirez Costa Rica 878 Honduras APR 2003, Highland Guan, Mountain Trogon, Costa Rica (Long-tailed Woodcreeper, Carara NP, Feb. 2003,Lanceolated Monklet, río Tuis, March 2001), Belize (Ocellated Turkey, Chan Chich, Jan. 1991), Guatemala (Gray Silky-Flycatcher, Chichicastenango, May 2000); Panama (Rufous-crested Coquette, Gamboa/Jan. 2002); Honduras (Painted Redstart, Copán/Oct. 2002). 7 Dave Klauber USA 858 Another 12 heard only, Spotted Rail, Yellow-breasted Crake, Sora, Ochraceous Pewee, Silvery-throated Jay, Cave Swallow, Crested Eagle, Violaceous Quail-Dove, Cattle Tyrant, Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch, Aplomado Falcon in Panama, all the cotingas and warblers April 2008 8 Eduardo Amengual Spanish 852 White-crested Coquette, Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge, Silvery-throated Jay in Costa Rica November 2005. Only Panama, Costa Rica and El Salvador. Almost all self-found 9 Darién Montañez Panamanian 833 Mostly Panama, some Costa Rica 10 Howard Laidlaw UK, resident in USA 830 Snail Kite & Ruddy Woodcreeper - May 2005 in Panama 11 Craig Faanes USA 829 This is Central America according to Am Birding Association boundaries 12 Greg R. Homel USA 789 AGAMI HERON (Honduras 3/2008); SLATY-BACKED FOREST-FALCON, HARPY EAGLE, CRESTED EAGLE (Panama 5/2006); RUFOUS-VENTED GROUND-CUCKOO (Panama 2/2002 Pipeline Road); HONDURAN EMERALD (1/2000 Rio Aguan Valley, Honduras), SNOWCAP (8/7/07 Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica); CRIMSON-BELLIED WOODPECKER (12/25/2003 Cerro Pirre, Darien, Panama); BLACK-CROWNED ANTPITTA (12/30/2004 Cana, Panama), RUFOUS-BREASTED ANTTHRUSH (12/26/03) Cerro Pirre, Panama); GREEN-NAPED TANAGER (12/2003 Cerro Pirre, Darien, Panama), etc. 13 Bjorn Anderson Swedish, living in Panama 774 Some recent highlights: Panama: Chiriqui Yellowthroat, Slaty Finch, Spot-crowned Barbet, Yellow-eared Toucanet, Black-crowned Antpitta, Sapayoa, Veraguan Mango. Costa Rica: Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager. Guatemala: Horned Guan, Azure-rumped Tanager, Tody Motmot. Costa Rica: Scaled Antpitta, Black Swift. Guatemala: Orange-breasted Falcon, Blue-throated Motmot, Pink-headed Warbler. Panama: Great Jacamar, Purplish-backed Quail-Dove, Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo, Rufous-crested Coquette, Tacarcuna Bush-Tanager. 14 Ray Belding US 764 Harpy Eagle in Panama 15 Martin Edwards Canadian 748 2006 Feb Black Catbird 16 Luis Sandoval Costa Rica 744 Crested Eagle, Lovely Cotinga, Great Jacamar, Golden-cheeked Warbler, Olive Warbler 17 Dave Sargeant British 742 Last Upd: Apr 2002: Black Antshrike, Keel-billed Motmot 18 Robert Dean British 719 Lanceolated monklet,Tody motmot,Whistling wren,all costa rica, 19 Alejandro Solano Ugalde Costa Rica 708 Debo actualizar esta lista (feb 2004) 20 Mike Haldeman USA 694 Honduras, March 05 - Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge, Singing Quail, Red-throated Parakeet, Honduran Emerald, Green-breasted Mountain-Gem, Belted Flycatcher (1st country record) 21 Patrick O'Donnell 693 Costa Rica and short Panama trips- White-eyed Vireo, all Quail Doves, Maroon-chested Ground Dove, Black and White Hawk Eagle, Sharpbill 22 Claes-Göran Cederlund Swedish 689 Sapayoa,Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo 23 Alan Greensmith Independent 684 24 April 2009. Guatemala and Panama only. 24 Jørgen Peter Kjeldsen Danish 675 Great Jacamar in Nicaragua + other 25 species new to that country - my Nicaraguan list stands at 525. Central America plus Mexico 844. Updated March 2007. 25 Matthias Fehlow German 671 26 Trevor Warren British 651 133 lifers in Costa Rica including Quetzal, Bellbird, Zeledonia, Snowcap, Keel-billed Motmot, Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge 27 Nick A. Smith English 647 Updated after most recent visit to Costa Rica Dec 07/Jan 08. Includes 580 spp in Costa Rica. 28 Karl Overman US-Michigan 641 White-crested Coquette 8/05, Osa Peninsula, C.R.; trips to Guatamala, Costa Rica & Panama 29 David Massie UK 639 30 Garry George USA 621 79 endemics! Bare-neck Umbrellabird displaying on lek, Three-wattled Bellbird, Choco Tinamou 31 Listerino British 584 Great Green Macaw, Azure-rumped Tanager, Jabiru, Southern Lapwing, Resplendent Quetzal, Strong-billed Woodcreeper, Great Potoo and so much more 32 Jim Holmes, Jr. USA (calif) 580 trips to Costa Rica (Purple-backed Quail Dove, Quetzal, Silvery-fronted Tapaculo, Tawny-chested Flycatcher, Yellow-billed Cotinga, Peg-billed Finch), Panama (Tiny Hawk, Blue Cotinga, Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant, Snowcap), Honduras (Honduran Emerald) and Belize (Agami Heron, Jabiru, Orange-breasted Falcon, Keel-billed Motmot) with varying amounts of birding 33 Samuel Hansson Swedish 579 Costa Rica June-July 1998, Guatemala February-March 2008. Resplendent Quetzal male, Orange-breasted Falcon, Azure-rumped Tanager and Pink-headed Warbler. 34 Antonio Salvadori Italo-Canadian 562 Pheasant Cuckoo, Tikal, Guatemala Nov 2000 35 Philip Johnson USA 558 Highland guan, Azure-rumped Tanager 36 Russ Namitz USA - OR 551 List is from Costa Rica only. In 2005, I added Snowcap, Nicaraguan Grackle & Seed-Finch, and Prevost's & White-eared Ground-Sparrow. 37 Dennis Serdehely USA - NV 545 38 Olivier Barden Canadian 535 Central Mexico + Costa Rica 39 Tom Pavlik USA - Michigan 524 5 Costa Rica trips, Belize, Panama. Nov '09 - Costa Rica: Prevost's Ground-Sparrow, Azure-hooded Jay, Black-cheecked Warbler, Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch, Streak-breasted Treehunter. 40 Edge Wade USA (MO) 518 Costa Rica, March/April 08, Dec. 08 Jabiru, Lanceolated Monklet, Crested Oropendola, Pearl Kite updated 22 Dec 08 41 Bruce Barrett Canadian-British 513 42 Jonathan Newman British 508 3 Wood-Quails, 5 Quail-Doves and lots more, independent Costa Rica trip, 2004 43 Per Smith Danish 507 Costa Rica 2004 - Snowcap 44 David J Trently USA 505 lost one since last trip - remove Mangrove Black-Hawk (limped) 45 Steve Lister British 480 All Costa Rica durng trips in 1995/96 and 2005/06. Highlights Spectacled Antpitta and 41 hummingbirds including Snowcap and Black-crested Coquette. 46 Brad Bergstrom USA 476 435 in Costa Rica (7/01) 47 Ric Zarwell USA - Iowa 464 updated 12-21-07 48 Peter Bono USA 440 (1 May 02) almost completely Costa Rica 49 Daniel Philippe French 437 Ochre-bellied Antpitta 50 Brian Allen Michigan, USA 423 Darien, Panama. Sharpbill, Tody Motmot, 6 Puffbirds, Crested Eagle, Beautiful Treerunner, Green Manakin, Rufous-cheeked Hummingbird, Rufous-crested Coquette,Green-naped Tanager, Common Potoo. Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home