Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

Africa Region Life List Showing Records 1 through 50 of 93 Total Records NEXT Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Adam Riley/Rockjumper Birding Tours South African 2000 Some good Palaearctic species on a recent Morocco trip including Iceland and Glaucous Gull, Du Pont's Lark, Brambling, Houbara Bustard. Masked, Williams's & Beesley's Larks and the Pemba Island endemics on a recent Kenya & Tanzania tour. All with Rockjumper Birding Tours 2 David Hoddinott / Rockjumper Birding Tours South African 1981 (IOC checklist) Uluguru Bushshrike, Kipengere Seedeater, Dapplethroat, Pemba Scops Owl - Tanzania, Macaroni Penguin - South Africa, Egyptian Nightjar, Pale Rockfinch, Cinereous Bunting - Ethiopia, Buff-breasted Sandpiper - SA, Gola Malimbe, Grey-throated Rail - Sierra Leone, Djibouti Francolin, Scarlet-tufted Malachite Sunbird - Mt.Kilimanjaro, Spot-breasted Ibis, Plumed Guineafowl, Yellow-capped Weaver - Gabon, White-faced Storm Petrel - South Africa, Wilson's Phalarope - Cape Town, Jackson's Francolin, Basra Reed-Warbler, Nubian Nightjar, Turner's Eremomela, Somali Sparrow, Northern Masked & Clarke's Weavers, William's & Friedmann's Larks, Golden Pipit - Kenya, Northern Bald Ibis, Thick-billed Lark, Cream-coloured Courser, Eurasian Dotterel, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - Morocco & Tunisia, Thick-billed Cuckoo - Uganda, All with Rockjumper Birding Tours 3 Keith Barnes South African 1912 Somali Wheatear, Abyssinian Yellow-rumped Seedeater, Lineated Pytilia, Degodi Lark in Ethiopia. All these while leading for Tropical Birding. Feb 2008 4 Jonathan Rossouw/Eco-Expeditions South African 1902 October 07. Recent highlights: Zambia, with Black-cheeked Lovebird, Anchieta's Barbet, Bar-winged Weaver, Bamboo Warbler, Black-and-Rufous Swallow, Black-necked Eremomela; Gabon, arguably my top Africa trip EVER for rarities: point-blank Grey-throated Rail, 20 mins with Oriole Cuckooshrike, Sandy Scops- and Maned Owls at day roosts, Lyre-tailed Honeyguide displaying at <50m distance, 9 White-crested Bitterns in a morning (along with 22 African Finfoots, 24 Hartlaub's Duck, 3 White-bellied Kingfishers, 1 Congo Serpent-Eagle & 1 Long-tailed Hawk), Finsch's Francolin, Black-chinned & Loango Weavers, Verreaux's Batis; African River Martin, Rosy and Black-headed Bee-eaters (to wrap up the world's bee-eaters) 5 Hugh Buck British 1839 October 2009 Algeria: Water Rail, Algerian Nuthatch. Tunisia: White-headed Duck, Thick-billed Lark, Dartford Warbler, Spectacled Warbler, African Desert Warbler, Streaked Scrub-Warbler, Winter Wren, Mourning Wheatear, Ring Ouzel, Brown-necked Raven, Red Crossbill, Rock Bunting. 6 Peter Kaestner USA 1818 Apr 2006, Sand Partridge, Wadi Hof, Cairo, Egypt 7 Dave Sargeant British 1771 Last upd: Aug-07. Highlights: Friedmann's Lark, William's Lark, Nairobi Pipit, Malindi Pipit in Kenya 2007. Uluguru Bushshrike, Beesley's Lark, Loveridge's Sunbird, Kilombero Weaver in Tanzania 2006. Red-collared Mountain-Babbler, Ruwenzori Turaco, Red-faced Barbet in Rwanda. African Green Broadbill and Shoebill in Uganda. Sokoke Pipit, Sokoke Scops-Owl, African River Martin, Finsch's Francolin, Congo Moorchat, White-winged Flufftail. 8 Philip Rostron British 1747 Dec 07 - Sierra Leone - White-necked Rockfowl, Gray-throated Rail, Gola Malimbe, Fiery-br. Bush-Shrike, Yellow-throated Cuckoo, Emerald Starling plus other Upper Guinea endemics. 9 Erik Forsyth South African 1724 Brown Booby, Cream-coloured Courser-Egypt 2008 with Rockjumper Birding Tours. Wilson's Phalarope, Protea Canary - SA May07, Neumann's Warbler, Uganda Woodland Warbler - Uganda Aug06, Little Crake, Booted Warbler, Village Weaver - Egypt Apr06, Degodi Lark, Phillipa's Crombec, White-winged Dove - Ethiopia Dec05, Green-breasted Pitta, Green Broadbill and Shoebill July 05 with Rockjumper Birding Tours. Spotted Eagle, Spectacled and Eastern Bonelli's Warbler, Semi-collared Flycatcher- Egypt with Rockjumper Birding Tours Apr 2005. Ethiopia Jan/Feb 2005 Harwoods Francolin, Gillett's Lark, Stresseman's Bush Crow, Salvadori's Serin, Sidamo Lark, Prince Ruspoli's Turaco at 2 sites and White-tailed Swallows, Imperial and Golden Eagles, Levant Sparrowhawk, Saker, Rockjumper Birding Tours 10 Claes-Göran Cederlund Swedish 1720 Updated 2 Aug 2009. Tanzania i June produced among others Uluguru Bush-Shrike, Dapplethroat, Usambara Hyliota and Kipengere Seedeater. 11 Martin Edwards Canadian 1719 2009 Sep, South Africa,2008 Jan Socotra endemics 12 Christian Boix Spano-African 1688 All Ethiopian endemics + Heuglin's Bustard, Somali Courser and Collared Lark. Ethiopia Feb 2006 while leading for Tropical Birding 13 Gerald Broddelez Belgian 1670 14 Jan Vermeulen The Netherlands 1659 Tanzania 2007 was my last trip to Africa 15 Mark Van Beirs Belgian 1643 16 Ashley Banwell British 1612 Green breasted Pitta, African Green Broadbill www.worldbirders.com 17 Josep del Hoyo Spanish 1602 April 2007. Green-breasted Pitta in Uganda (videos in IBC). 18 Keith Valentine South African 1593 19 Phil Gregory Australian 1571 Uganda 2006 Grauer's Green Broadbill, Nkulengu Rail, Jameson's Antpecker, African Piculet, Hartlaub's Duck, Spotted Honeyguide 20 Stan Davies British 1543 White-winged Apalis,Sokoke Scops Owl,Long-billed Apalis,Mrs Moreaus Warbler 21 John Penhallurick Australian 1517 Pemba Green Pigeon,Pemba Scops Owl,Scheffler's Barred Owlet,Usambara Nightjar,Boehm's Bee-eater,Ruaha Hornbill,Eastern Green Tinkerbird,Brown-breasted Barbet,Pallid Honeyguide,Speckle-throated Woodpecker,Mombasa Woodpecker,Uluguru Mountain Greenbul,Stripe-faced Greenbul,Spot-throat,Usambara Akalat,White-chested Alethe,Arnott's White-headed Chat,Coastal Cisticola,Black-lored Cisticola,Stierlings Wren-Warbler,Chapin's Apalis,White-winged Apalis,Long-billed Tailorbird,African Tailorbird,Grenn-capped Eremomela,Livingstone's Flycacther,White-tailed Crested Flycatcher,Eastern Black-headed Batis,Black-throated Wattle-eye,Black-fronted Bush-Shrike,Uluguru Bush-Shrike,Fuelleborn's Black Boubou,Green-headed Oriole,Kenrick's Starling,Southern Blue-eyed Starling,Ashy Starling,Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird,Banded Green Sunbird,Usambara Double-collared Sunbird,Loveridge's Sunbird,Pemba Sunbird,Swahili Sparrow,Bertram's Weaver,Taveta Golden Weaver,Kilombero Weaver,Usambara Weaver,Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah,Southern Citril,Rufous-tailed Weaver,Steel-blue Whydah,Grey-breasted Spurfowl,Grey-crested Helmet-Shrike,Buff-belied Penduline-Tit,Rufous-bellied Tit,Short-tailed Lark,Beesley's Lark,Sombre Nightjar,Abbott's Starling,Grey-Olive Greenbul 22 Alan Greensmith Independent 1489 24 April 2009. Trips to Morocco (twice), Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe (twice), South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Cameroon and Ivory Coast. Highlight Slender-billed Curlew. 23 Keith Valentine South African 1476 Best birds for '06 include Golden Nightjar, Quail Plover, Gray-necked Picathartes, Green-breasted Bushshrike, Cricket Warbler - Cameroon. Friedmann's Lark, Turner's Eremomela, Chapin's Flycatcher, Gray-crested Helmetshrike - Kenya. Green-breasted Pitta, Red-faced Barbet - Uganda. Congo Serpent Eagle, Togo Paradise Whydah, Forest Francolin - Ghana. - all with Rockjumper Birding Tours 24 Petri Hottola Finnish 1448 25 Andew Self Terran 1432 32 lifers in Ghana (now seen both Picathartes) with Birdseekers, Feb 2009. List follows Clements. 26 Terry Witt USA 1412 successful Ethiopia trip 27 Peter Carnall South African 1370 Harwoods Francolin,Spotbreasted lapwing-Ethiopia Feb2005/Sokoke Pipit & scops Owl-Kenya Dec 2004/ Longbilled & African Tailorbirds/Tanzania June04.Shoebill-Uganda Aug 2003 28 Patrick Cardwell South African 1361 Green Broadbill, Chaplin's Barbet, William's Lark, Oriole Finch, Lagden's Bush-Shrike and Standard-winged Nightjar 29 Keith Betton British 1358 748 species in Kenya in Jan/Feb 2004, 530 species in Uganda in July 2005 30 Erling Jirle Swedish 1330 Cameroon 2003, Morocko 2004 31 Steve Keen British 1249 Egypt 91; Cameroon 92; Kenya 04 & 09; W South Africa 06; Tenerife; 3 x Tunisia 32 roger skeen british 1226 Just returned from South Africa march08, also Visited Egypt, Morroco and Namibia and lived in Cameroon for two years,all Cameroonian endemics, found Yellow Legged Gull, Eurasion Griffon, Semi-Coloured fly. Lived there for two years 33 Peter Bijlmakers Dutch 1221 34 Mike Passant British 1210 131 Lifers Cameroon Forest trip March '04 35 Couronne Bernard FRANCE 1207 new number after the last update on Clements 36 Hugh Currie Canadian 1195 Blue-winged Goose March/05 37 Trevor Warren British 1189 Last trip Tanzania in 2006. 38 Brian Fletcher Australian/British 1168 Shoebill, Green-breasted Pitta, 2002 Crab Plover, Thick-billed Cuckoo, 2003 39 Jenny Norman South African 1130 Barau's Petrel 40 Simon Woolley British 1089 SA trip Easter 2009 took me over 1000 - hope I'm right in EXcluding Madagascar, but INcluding the Canaries? 41 Don Roberson USA 1076 sw Africa: 3 albatrosses, Namaqua Warbler, Benguela Long-billed Lark, White-backed Night-Heron 42 David Bates USA 1065 Egyptian Plover and Mali Firefinch near Bamako, Mali 43 Yvon Princen Belgian 1052 For more highlights see www.birdingperu.com/expedition birding Abyssinian Woodpecker, Sidamo long-clawed lark, Short-tailed Lark, Philippe's eremomela, Abyssinian yellow rumped serin, Ankober linnet, Pale Rock Sparrow, Ruwenzori Touraco, Nahan's Francolin, Grauer's Broadbill, red-collared mountain babbler, adapted at 15.12.2008 change of Clements according to Cornell 44 Per Ole Syvertsen Norwegian 1046 Primarily Morocco, The Gambia, Ethiopia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa; latest trip South Africa in Sep-Oct 1998 45 Simon Gawn Canadian 1032 Shoebill, Nahan's Francolin, Brown-chest Plover, Ruwenzori Turaco, Red-faced Barbet, Dwarf Honeyguide, Rufous-sided Broadbill, Kivu Ground-thrush, Short-tailed Warbler, Papyrus Gonolek, Dusky Crimsonwing. Uganda July 2004 46 Garry George USA 1026 Gray-necked Picathartes, Black casqued Hornbill, Gray winged Robin-chat 47 Jim Holmes, Jr. USA 1014 Quail Plover, Schlegel's Francolin, Golden Nightjar, Crossley's Ground Thrush, Grey-necked Rockfowl, 48 Steve Lister British 996 Excludes Madeira 49 Stephen Harris English 994 Updated 27.3.04 on return from Ghana, highlights: Lesser Moorhen, Pel's Fish Owl, Blue-headed Bee-eater, Yellow-footed Honeyguide, Shining Blue Kingfisher. 50 Arnold Strand British 969 Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home