| Showing Records 1 through 26 of 26 Total Records |
| Rank |
Name |
Nationality |
Total |
Highlights |
| 1 |
Alan Greensmith |
Independent |
2905 |
19 Nov. 2009. Helmeted Curassow. 30 Sept. 2009. Few in Curacao and Venezuela. 15 Sept. 2009. Guyana additions including Red-and-black Grosbeak. 31 July 2009. Eight new in French Guiana. 19 July 2009. On leaving Brazil. 14 July 2009. Dwarf Tinamou, Brazilian Merganser, Red-and-White Crake, Cipo Canastero, Black-capped Piprites and Buff-throated Purpletuft. 17 Feb. 2009. Red-tailed, Red-spectacled and Violaceous-breasted Parrots, Canebrake Groundcreeper and Spotted Bamboowren. 31 Dec. 2008, latest new one, Crested Myna, Mar del Plata, Argentina. 2 Dec. 2008. Some of latest additions, Red-backed Sierra-Finch, Tucuman Mountain-Finch, Quebracho Crested Tinamou, Strange-tailed Tyrant and Salinas Monjita. 12 Nov. 2008. Crowned Eagle, Horned Coot, Rufous-throated Dipper and Red-faced Guan in southern Bolivia. 27 Sept. 2008. Razor-billed and Wattled Curassows, Masked Antpitta, Blue-throated and Red-fronted Macaws. 3 July 2008. Last new birds Black-winged Parrot and Hooded Mountain-toucan, Chuspipata, Bolivia, 24 June 08.. |
| 2 |
Martin Edwards |
Canadian |
2624 |
|
| 3 |
Claes-Göran Cederlund |
Swedish |
2529 |
Latest: Chile Jan 2009. |
| 4 |
Gunnar Engblom |
Swedish |
2417 |
Just summed up my total from Peru (1524 species) and added my Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile sightings. Going to Sao Paolo in May so this should rattle the list somewhat. |
| 5 |
Mark Pearman |
British |
2394 |
Excluding heard only's. See my SA regional list for highlights. |
| 6 |
Howard Laidlaw |
UK, resident in USA |
2320 |
Added 39 Amazonian Brazil July/Aug 2006 |
| 7 |
Jan Vermeulen |
Netherlands |
2196 |
|
| 8 |
Matthias Fehlow |
German |
2115 |
Jan-March 2008 Brazil, Black-throated Antshrike in Roraima, Dark-winged Trumpeter, Vulturine Parrot, Rufous-necked Puffbird, Golden Parakeet in Amazonia NP, nearly all endemics in the NE incl. 3 White-collared Kites ! |
| 9 |
Barry Wright |
British |
2056 |
Junin Grebe, Great Spinetail, Multicolored tanager, Santa Marta Antpitta, Golden-backed Mountain Tanager, DSP, Ocellated Tapaculo, 'lots of Scytalopus', Fruiteaters, Black Bushbird, Bogota Rail, a host of Hummers including Marvellous Spatuletail, and lastly 'birding in South America' always a highlight! |
| 10 |
Alejandro Solano Ugalde |
Costa Rica |
2000 |
Este total debe ser revisado, incluye un viaje de 6 meses desde Ecuador al Argentina, viajes a Colombia (1visita/2meses), Ecuador (+4 años), Peru (4visitas), Bolivia (2visitas), Argentina (1viaje, el norte), Brazil (1dìa!)) |
| 11 |
Rick Waldrop |
USA |
1996 |
not including Galapagos |
| 12 |
Garry George |
US |
1913 |
Jocotoco Antpitta, White-capped Tanager, Rufous-crowned Antpitta (Pittasoma), 1329 endemics, no heard birds |
| 13 |
Michael Rumberger |
German |
1840 |
|
| 14 |
Philip W. Johnson |
US |
1766 |
|
| 15 |
Luc Bekaert |
Belgian |
1494 |
trip N-Colombia 2007(see Jan Vermeulen) |
| 16 |
Ray Belding |
US |
1457 |
entered 7/23/07 - best S.A. birds - Cone-billed Tanager, Crescent-faced Antpitta, Harpy Eagle |
| 17 |
Arnold Strand |
British |
1382 |
|
| 18 |
Yvon Princen |
Belgian |
1242 |
Species mentioned are all seen according to the latest update of Clements according to Cornell changes 15.12.2008. Only seen and correct determinated birds. Seen most of the endemics of the Brazilian Atlantic Fforest biome and of Central West Peru and the Central Western Andesian highlands |
| 19 |
Tor Egil Høgsås |
Norway |
1175 |
2009: Blue-throated Macaw, Black-hooded Sunbeam, Berlepsch's Canastero (Bolivia) & Green-capped Tanager, White-bellied Cinclodes (Peru). 2008: Koepcke's Hermit, Fine-barred Piculet, Black-streaked Puffbird, Scarlet-hooded Barbet, Red-and-White Antpitta, Chstnut-rowned Gnateater, Black-throated Tody-Tyrant, Canada Warbler (Manu Road) & Great Inca-Finch, Striped Earthcreeper, Bronze-tailed Comet, Black-breasted Hillstar (Lima) . 2007: Diademed Plover (Peru) 2004: Pinnated Bittern, Sickle-winged Guan, Dark-throated Seedeater among others Bolivia and Ocellated Tapaculo, Giant Antpitta (seen three times 16.06) etc at Bellavista, Ecuador. |
| 20 |
Mark Welford |
UK |
956 |
As of August 31, 2006 |
| 21 |
Tom Pavlik |
USA - Michigan |
951 |
3 Ecuador Trips, 1 Brazil Trip and April 09 Peru. Los Amigos, Cusco, Lima Coast: Andean Condor, Peruvian Thick-Knee, Peruvian Booby, 12 endemics. |
| 22 |
Per Smith |
Danish |
930 |
Peru 2006 - more South america I'n hooked on neotropical birding. |
| 23 |
Robert Lockett |
United States |
765 |
Peru was last trip (2005). Added 95 species, did not visit Amazon slope. |
| 24 |
Rob Batchelder |
USA (resident in Berlin) |
748 |
22 lifers on Northwest Argentina trip. Updated December 3, 2005. |
| 25 |
TERRY SIBLEY |
ENGLISH |
513 |
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| 26 |
Peter Carnall |
South African |
439 |
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