Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

Australasia Region Life List Showing Records 1 through 50 of 50 Total Records Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 K. David Bishop VENT Australian/Brit 1131 seen latest additions Nov. 07 Goldie's BOP, Curl-crested Manucode, White Tern, Pacific Imperial Pigeon. Added in Seram and Kai Islands records 2 Phil Gregory Australian 1117 Slaty-backed Gull Qld 08, Arctic Tern NSW 09, Streaked Berrypecker PNG 2010 3 Dion Hobcroft Australia 1090 Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Spangled Kookaburra, Bicolored Mouse-Warbler, Rusty Whistler, Spot-breasted Meliphaga, Northern Shrike-tit, Kalkadoon Grasswren, House Crow, Pale White-eye,Shovel-billed Kingfisher, Red-legged Crake, Feline Owlet-nightjar, Lesser Yellowlegs, Saunder's Tern 4 Andy Anderson New Zealand 1068 King Bird of Paradise, consistently the prettiest bird in the world. 5 Mark Van Beirs Belgian 1043 3 Nov '08: Salmon-crested Cockatoo and Lazuli Kingfisher on Seram 6 Alan Greensmith Independent 1003 23 April 2009. Three trips to Papua New Guinea with eight months in the field and many years in Australia. 7 Brian Fletcher British/Australian 1000 Wallace's Standardwing, Blue BOP, Superb Pitta, Black Honey-buzzard, Grey Falcon, Golden-shouldered Parrot, Plains Wanderer, Eungella Honeyeater, 05 Black Petrel and Grey Ternlet 8 Martin Edwards Canadian 999 2007 Nov Australia Cape Barren Goose,Gang-gang Cockatoo,Swift Parrot,Pilotbird,Scrubtit etc.,2006 July Papua (formerly Irian Jaya)Doria's Goshawk,Snow Mountain Quail,Cinnamon Ground-Dove,Western Parotia,Wilson's BOP 9 Philip Rostron British 990 June 08 West Papua - Wilson's BOP, Macgregors BOP, Western Parotia, Blue-black Kingfisher, Pale-billed Sicklebill etc. Aug 07 S. Maluku - Abbott's Booby, Salmon-crested Cockatoo, Buru Racket-tail, Kai Coucal, Long-tailed Mountain-Pigeon 10 Peter Kaestner USA 979 Clements Taxonomy, Dec 2002 11 Hugh Buck British 967 West Papua May - June 2008: New Guinea Harpy-Eagle, Bare-Eyed and White-Striped Forest Rails, Feline and Mountain Owlet Nightjars, Western Crowned Pigeon, Black Lory, Josephine's Lorikeet, Salvadori's Fig-Parrot, Garnet Robin, Orange-Cheeked Honeyeater, Short-Bearded Melidectes, Archbold's and Vogelkop Bowerbirds, Arfak and Splendid Astrapias, Macgregor's, Red and Wilson's Birds-of Paradise, Long-Tailed Paradigalla, Black and Pale-Billed Sicklebills, Western Parotia 12 Gary and Marlene Babic US 928 13 Stephen F. Bailey USA 911 Sept. 2007; Shovel-billed Kookaburra, Greater Melampitta 14 John Penhallurick Australian 897 Golden-shouldered Parrot,Red Goshawk,White-streaked Honeyeater,Kalkadoon Grasswren 15 David Siems Australia 894 Kentish Plover 16 Antonio Salvadori Italo/Canadian 874 17 Claes-Göran Cederlund Swedish 867 Updated July 07. Letter-winged Kite,Plains-Wanderer,Inland Dotterel and more during a month in Australia 05. PNG June-July 2007 w. Greater Melampitta,Shovel-billed Kingfisher. Altogether 19 seen kingfishers and another heard! 18 Ben Blewitt Australian 825 King, Greater BOPs, Lawes Parotia, Stephanie's Astrapia, Black Sicklebill, Doria's Hawk. Southern Crowned Pigeon. Updated May. 07 19 David Bates USA 718 7/5/2009 Black Grasswren and Pictorella Manikin in far north with Phil Gregory 20 Dave Sargeant British 714 Last upd: Sep-09. Trips to Australia and New Guinea. 21 Don Roberson USA 706 new birds from sw & central Australia, Tasmania 22 Justin Jansen Holland 700 4 visits to Australia (mainland and Tasmania), and 3 days Northern Island New Zealand. 23 John Leonard Australian 657 May 08 24 Mike Passant British 650 25 Russ Lamb Australia 626 Finally added Australasian Bittern and Song Thrush 26 Arnold Strand British 617 27 Couronne Bernard FRANCE 613 updating following Clements ... 28 Albert Low Singapore 608 Latest: WA Pelagic Aug 2009: Soft-plumaged Petrel, White-faced Storm-Petrel, Flesh-footed Shearwater, Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross, Brown Skua.June/July 2009 Cairns & Papua New Guinea: 25 species of BoP, Spangled Owlet Nightjar, Little Paradise Kingfisher, Golden Bowerbird & More. 29 Paul Passant British(res in Switzerland) 597 New Guinea Flightless Rail July 2006 30 Jim Holmes, Jr USA (Calif) 596 July/Aug 2007 trip to Cairns region and Papua New Guinea yielded all 13 of the northeast Queensland endemics plus Southern Cassowary, Great-billed Heron, Red-necked Crake in Australia. Papua New Guinea yielded Shovel-billed Kookaburra, Bicolored Mouse-Warbler, and Greater and Lesser Melampitta 31 Laurie Knight Australian 590 2008 additions: Lesser Yellowlegs, Wandering Tattler, White-eared Monarch 32 Keith Betton British 579 33 Peter Bono USA 570 (1 may 02) only Eastern Australia & New Guinea 34 Katarina Stenman Swedish 547 35 jonathan newman british 539 Blue Bird of Paradise, Albert's Lyrebird, Glossy Black Cockatoo 36 Bruce Barrett British/Canadian 538 37 Philip Johnson USA 534 38 Goossens Tom Belgian 530 NSW + Tasmania dec 2007 - Plains Wanderer, Eastern Bristlebird, Pilotbird, Turqoise Parrot, Orange-bellied Parrot, Spotted- and Chestnut Quailthrush Forty-spotted Pardalote and all other Tassie endemics 39 Erling Jirle Swedish 517 Australia 2 month trip 1989-90 40 Kurt Pohlman USA-Hawaii 515 Plains Wanderer, Orange -bellied,Blue winged,andSuperb Parrots,Brown headed,Common and Little Paradise Kingfishers. 41 Mike Haldeman USA 463 42 Mikael Bauer Swedish 408 Wallace's Standardwing & Molucan Scrubfowl 43 Margie & Barry Hawthorne South African 397 Golden shouldered Parrot October 2002 nr Musgrave Station 44 Peter Carnall South African 393 Malleefowl,Ground Parrot,all Tas endemics-April2009-Rufous Bristlebird,Sthn Emu-wren,Turqoise Parrot-Jan08/Pink Cockatoo-June06/Blackbreasted Buttonquail-Apr06/Alberts lyrebird,Diamond firetail,CR Heathwren-Dec03.Lesser Sooty Owl,Papuan frogmouth,Noisy Pitta-Aug 2002 45 Vincent Stork Dutch 387 July/August 2001: Chestnut-breasted Whiteface amongst many other brilliant birds 46 Trevor Warren British 373 47 Georges Olioso French 330 3 weeks in eastern Australia 48 Colin Fenn British 228 S Cassowary, Lesser Sooty Owl, Albert's Lyrebird Aug 2000 49 Yvon Princen Belgian 190 Strictly Moluccas-Indonesia New species for Moluccas Large Hawk-Cuckoo, Broad billed Monarch Probably introduced species like Tree sparrow, Chestnut Munia and Black Palm Cockatoo not counted 50 Max Wurr British 89 First visit to Australia Dec 2002 (not primarily a birding trip). Best bird was Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher or Variegated fairy-wren Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home