Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

South America Region Life List Showing Records 1 through 50 of 99 Total Records NEXT Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Alan Greensmith Independent 2873 19 Nov. 2009. Gray-naped Antpitta. 30 Sept. 2009. Latest Maracaibo Tody-Flycatcher, Pale-bellied Mourner etc. in Suriname, Venezuela. 15 Sept. 2009. 18 new in Guyana including White-winged Potoo. 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, Cock-tailed Tyrant and Black-hooded Antwren. 17 Feb. 2009. New today, Red-tailed Parrot, Ilha do Mel, Parana, Brazil. 31 Dec. 2008. Last new, Crested Myna, Mar del Plata. 2 Dec. 2008. Recent goodies, Red-backed Sierra-Finch, Salinas and Black-and-white Monjitas, the endemic Cinclodes, Sharp-tailed and Strange-tailed Tyrants,and Marsh, Chestnut and Rufous-rumped Seedeaters. 12 Nov. 2008. Crowned Eagle, Horned Coot, Rufous-throated Dipper and Red-faced Guan in southern Bolivia. 27 Sept 2008. Curassows and Bolivian endemic macaws. 3 July 2008. Last new birds Black-winged Parrot and Hooded Mountain-toucan, Chuspipata, Bolivia, 24 June 08.. 2 Jürgen Lehnert German 2803 March 2009 Holiday on Aruba and Bonaire: Greater Antillean endemics like Scaly-naped Pigeon, Pearly-eyed Thrasher, Caribbean Elaenia and North American migrants like Ring-necked Duck, Northern Shoveller, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Kentucky Warbler; Grashopper Sparrow breeding on Bonaire. 3 Guy Kirwan English 2776 Birding anywhere in the continent is a highlight, but especially Amazonia or the Atlantic Forest. Any encounter with a Myrmeciza or Drymophila antbird. All-time highlights include: Rufous Potoo, White-winged Potoo (both AF and Amazon forms), Lear's and Spix's Macaws, Yellow-eared Parrot, White-winged Nightjar, Kaempfer's Woodpecker, White-bellied Dacnis, Crimson Fruitcrow, Salvin's, Nocturnal, Crestless and Wattled Curassows, Cone-billed Tanager, Red Siskin, Hooded Grebe, Black-chested Tyrant, the list goes on and on... 4 Philip Rostron British 2645 Nov 09 - Chile - Puna Tinamou, Horned Coot, Slender-billed Parakeet, Rufous-legged Owl, all those nifty Tapaculos, Creamy-rumped Miner, Red-backed Sierra-Finch Oct 09 - NE Argentina - Stygian Owl, Sickle-winged Nightjar, Bearded Tachuri, Strange-tailed Tyrant, Canebrake Groundcreeper, Ochre-breasted Pipit, Saffron-cowled Blackbird, Chestnut, Rufous-rumped, Marsh and Dark-throated Seedeaters. 5 Peter Boesman Belgian 2567 Goodies in 2009: Scarlet-hooded Barbet, Purus Jacamar, Tamarugo Conebill, Ringed Storm-Petrel,...Goodies in 2008 e.g. Puna Tinamou, White-winged Guan, Marvelous Spatuletail, Russet-mantled Softtail, White-cheeked Cotinga, Bay-vented Cotinga, Golden-backed Mountain Tanager etc. 6 Martin Edwards Canadian 2562 2007 February Nocturnal Curassow,Brownish Elaenia,Scarlet-breased Dacnis,2005 Dec Golden-capped Parakeet,Vinaceous Parrot,Bahia Nighthawk,Spot-tailed Nightjar,Hyacinth Visorbearer,Rusty-breasted Nunlet.2005 Oct Chilean Tinamou,White-bellied Storm-Petrel,Slender-billed Parakeet,Rufous-legged Owl, Austral Pygmy-Owl,Chestnut-throated Huet-huet,Moustached Turca,White-throated Tapaculo,Ochre-flanked tapculo,Dusky Tapaculo,Thick-billed Siskin,Des Murs' Wiretail. 7 John Penhallurick Australian 2536 8 Claes-Göran Cederlund Swedish 2524 Updated 14 Feb 2009. Chile goodies: Sooty Tern on Juan Fernandez Is., Black rail and Austral Rail, White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant and more 9 Josep del Hoyo Spanish 2520 April 2007. Bogotá Rail, Yellow-eared Parrot, Santa Marta Parakeet, Apolinar's Wren in Colombia (videos of all in IBC). 10 Peter Kaestner USA 2482 Dec 10, 2004 changes per Clement's taxonomy 7/15/04 11 Mark Van Beirs Belgian 2434 12 Gunnar Engblom Swedish 2417 White-masked Antbird, Chucao, Chestnut-throated Huet-HUet, Crag Chilia, Moustached Turca 13 Mark Pearman British 2416 Major hightlights include Gold-ringed Tanager, Spix's Macaw, Colourful Puffleg, Rufous-faced Crake, Speckled Crake, Yellow-headed Manakin, Tacarcuna Wood-Quail. Follows Clements, but excl. heard only's. 14 Hugh Buck British 2410 Bolivia Sept 08, Short-Winged Grebe, White-Throated Quail-Dove, Blue-Throated Macaw, Red-Fronted Macaw, Cliff Parakeet, Swallow-Tailed Nightjar, Black-Hooded Sunbeam, Wedge-Tailed Hillstar, Blue-Banded Toucanet, Hooded Mountain-Toucan, Upland Antshrike, Olive-Crowned Crescent-Chest, Diademed Tapaculo, Band-Tailed Fruiteater, Hudson's Black-Tyrant, Unadorned Flycatcher, White-Eared Solitaire, Andean Slaty-Thrush, Golden-Collared Tanager, Gray-Crested Finch, Cochabamba Mountain-Finch, Bolivian Blackbird. 15 Erik M�lgaard Danish 2324 16 Howard Laidlaw UK, resident in USA 2291 Amazonian Brazil July/Aug 2006: Added 39 including Tawny-tufted Toucanet, Shot-billed Parrot, Fiery Topaz,Bronzy Jacamar, Zimmer's Woodcreeper, Red & White, White-bellied, Parker's and Speckled Spinetails, Black & White Antbird, Pearly Antshrike, Klage's Antwren, Grey-bellied Antbird, Pearly-breasted Conebill. 17 Samuel Hansson Swedish 2284 Northern Peru 2009: Marvelous Spatuletail always a super highlight. New birds including Ochre-fronted Antpitta, Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant, Rufous-crested Coquette, Dotted Tanager, Great and Russet-bellied Spinetail, Mishana Tyrannulet, Marañon Crescentchest, Tumbes Tyrant, Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner and Coppery Metaltail. 18 Roger Ahlman Swedish 2263 SE Peru Nov 2009: Red-billed pied-tanager, Yellow-green Vireo, Black-faced Cotinga, Amazonian Parrotlet, Long-crested Pygmy-Tyrant, Chestnut-throated Spinetail, Festive Coquette, Hairy-crested AntbirJet Antbird. Bronzy Jacamar oct 2005 - First record for Peru! 2009:Gray-tailed Piha and Gray-throated Leaftosser at Wildsumaco, Bridled Tern, Clapper Rail, Indigo Flowerpiercer, Sapphire Quail-Dove, Cocha Antshrike, White-bellied Dacnis, White-lored Antpitta; Buff-fronted Owl 45 min N Quito, Spangled Coquette, Black-billed Cuckoo. Bicoloured Antvireo, Sora. Great Crested Flycatcher in Quito 27-nov, Prothonotary Warbler in Quito, N Peru oct08: Long-whiskered Owlet, American Redstart, Jet Manakin, Peru sept 08: Cerulean-capped Manakin, Black-backed Tody-Fly, Chestnut-shouldered Antwren and Pale-eyed Blackbird, Great Green macaw, Plumbeous F-F at Canande, Brown wood-rail and Chestnut-headed Oropendola at San Lorenzo, Yasuni and Dugand's Antwrens at Gareno etc,, Rufous-crowned Antpitta, Wildsumaco: Andean laniisoma, Fiery-throated Fruiteater, Foothill Elaenia and Screech-Owl etc, Tennessee Warbler Quito, Zigzag Heron, Orange-breasted fruiteater, Double-banded graytail, Lita woodpecker, Red-capped manakin, Black&white owl etc 19 Petri Hottola Finnish 2240 20 Charles Hesse British (resident in Ecuador) 2221 (2295 including heards). 27 month birding trip in Neotropical region. Highlights: Brazilian Merganser, Yellow-eared Parrot, Blue-throated Macaw, Lear's Macaw, Araripe Manakin 21 Jonathan Rossouw South African 2174 September 2006. 2006 highlights: Elegant Mourner, Striated Softtail, Red-billed Curassow & Dwarf Tinamou in Brazil; Blue-throated & Red-fronted Macaws, Horned Curassow, Ocellated Crake & Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant in Bolivia; Rufous-winged Ground-Cuckoo & Crimson Fruitcrow in Guyana 22 jonathan newman british 2088 Black-bodied Woodpecker, both Seriemas, Sickle-winged and White-winged Nightjars, Vinaceous Amazoncamongst recent additions. 23 Dave Sargeant British 2062 Last upd: July-05. Trips to Peru (2), Argentina, Brazil (2), Ecuador (2), Chile, Venezeula (2). Highlight (or sad lowlight) must be seeing the last Spix's Macaw. 24 Ashley Banwell British 2021 25 Dave Klauber USA 2011 Another 57 species heard only - Too many highlights to list, but Cotingas are up there Last trip to central Peru JUly 2006 - Aug 2006 26 Rick Waldrop USA 2007 New in 2006: Barred Parakeet, Jocotoco Antpitta, Rufous-capped Thornbill, Barred Antthrush, and Orange-banded Flycatcher (Tapichalaca Reserve, Ecuador); Rufous Potoo, Dusky-tailed Flycatcher, Reddish-winged Bare-eye, Long-billed Gnatwren, Long-tailed Woodcreeper, Red-rumped Cacique, Scale-breasted Woodpecker, Dugand's Antwren, Hairy-crested Antbird, Fiery Topaz (Gareno Lodge, Ecuador); Scrub Nightjar, Gray-breasted Flycatcher, Black-lored Yellowthroat, Mangrove Warbler (Ayampe, Ecuador); Hoary Puffleg (Mindo Loma, Ecuador); Cliff Swallow, Northern Barred Woodcreeper (Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Ecuador). In 2007, Northern Screamer (Colombia), and Golden-chested Tanager, Slender-billed Kite, Black-capped Becard, Zimmer's and Olive-faced Flatbills, Chestnut-headed Crake, Sapphire Quail-Dove, Scarlet-shouldered Parakeet, River Tyrannulet, Spotted Tody-Flycatcher, Short-billed Leaftosser, Short-tailed Tody-Tyrant, Citron-bellied Attila, Black-billed Treehunter, Chestnut-crowned Gnateater, Yellow-throated Spadebill (Ecuador), and Slender-billed Parakeet, Rufous-legged Owl (Chile); ANDEAN LANISOMA (ECUADOR) in 2008. In 2009, Longuemare´s Sunangel, Beautiful Woodpecker, Coppery-bellied Puffleg, Brown-rumped Tapaculo and Golden-fronted Whitestart in Colombia. 27 Skip & Lyn Nelson Independent 2006 Trips to Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina and Chile. Updated 10-12-07 28 Peter Maaskant Dutch 1978 helmeted curassow, orange-throated tanager, cherry-throated tanager, multicollared tanager, brazilian merganser, chaco owl, magelanic plover, scissor-tailed hummingbird, horned sungem, marvelous spatuletail, rustytinged antpitta 29 Simon Allen British 1951 Golden Parakeet, Bald Parrot, White-breasted, Harlequin and Pale-faced Antbirds, Pearly and White-bearded Antshrikes, Black-fronted Piping-Guan, Buff-cheeked, Pelzeln's and Black-and-white Tody-Tyrants, Opal-crowned and Snow-capped Manakins, White-tailed Cotinga, Black-bellied Gnateater (Brazil Jul-Aug 2003) 30 Russell Graham American 1945 Santa Cruz and Beni, Bolivia for 7 days in Sept. 2008. Blue-throated Macaw + 4 other species of macaws in 1 day, Green-cheeked Parakeet, Plain Softtail ssp. rusciceps, Bolivian Slaty-Antshrike, Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-Manakin, Plain Inezia, Hudson's Black-Tyrant, Dark-throated Seedeater, Gray-and-chestnut Seedeater and Velvet-fronted Grackle ssp. boliviensis. Other trip highlights were Hudsonian Godwit, Upland Sandpiper, WILLET (1st country record?), Buff-breasted Sandpiper and Wilson's Phalarope 31 Terry Witt USA 1943 32 Ian Lewis British 1914 33 Garry George US 1913 Bicolored Antpitta, Jocotoco Antpitta, Rufous-crowned Antpitta, Solitary Eagle building nest 34 Craig Faanes USA 1901 35 Simon Gawn Canadian 1869 Junin Grebe,White-winged Guan,Marvellous Spatuletail,Gray-bellied Comet,Great Spinetail,Russet-mantled Softail,Peruvian Plantcutter,Rufous-browed Hemispingus,Orange-throated Tanager,all 5 Incaspizas,Rufous-breasted Warbling-Finch, Masked Saltator, N. Peru, July 2003 36 Michael Rumberger German 1840 37 Erling Jirle Swedish 1791 Ecuador Feb 2008, fifth SA trip 38 Couronne Bernard FRANCE 1784 update following Clements ... 39 Philip Johnson USA 1766 40 Hugh Currie Canadian 1750 Marvelous Spatuletail, Maranon Crescentchest 41 Mike Passant British 1739 Ecuador sept 2009: Highlights: Pavonine Quetzal, Ocellated Poorwill, Rufous Potoo; 6 Antpittas seen,Tanager Finch; Ocellated Tapaculo; and at last Crested Owls. 42 Alexandre Renaudier French 1734 Bald Parrot, Amazonas, Brazil, july 2009 43 Bradley Davis Canadian 1728 Mostly Brazil, but also Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador. Highlights include Recurve-billed Bushbird, Brown-banded Antpitta, Masked Saltator and Mountain Grackle (Colombia), Blue-throated Macaw, Hudson's Black-Tyrant, Rufous-rumped and Dark-throated Seedeaters (Bolivia), Black-breasted Puffleg (Ecuador) and Squacco Heron (Brazil). 44 Mike Haldeman USA 1677 45 Vaughan Ashby/Birdfinders English 1629 Last updated 24/1/2006 116 lifers in southest Brazil on a recce trip including 41 endemics 46 Karl Overman US--Michigan 1621 47 Peter Bono USA 1614 Southeast Brazil 2003: 154 lifers: White-necked & Mantled Hawk, Black-fronted Piping-Guan, Red-billed Curassow, Red-spectacled, Red-browed, Red-tailed & Vinaceous Parrots, Long-tufted Screech-Owl, Long-tailed Potoo, Long-trained Nightjar, 24 hummingbirds including Frilled & Festive Coquette & Plovercrest, Three-toed Jacamar, Striolated & Araucaria Tit-Spinetail, 31 funarids including Canebrake Groundcreeper, 38 formicarids including Great Antshrike, Salvadori's, Parana, & Black-hooded Antwren, 4 antthrushes seen, Slaty Bristlefront, Black-and-Gold & Swallow-tailed Cotinga, Wied's Tyrant-Manakin, Black-capped Piprites, 83 flycatchers including Sao Paulo, Restinga, Bay-ringed & Serra do Mar Tyrannulet, Eye-ringed & Kaempfer's Tody-Tyrant, Streamer-tailed Tyrant, Ochre-breasted Pipit, and 33 tanagers. 48 Antonio Salvadori Italo / Canadian 1577 Kalinowski's Tinamou, Dark-winged Trumpeter 49 Ray Belding US 1576 50 Timothy Boucher South African 1563 Patagonia: Lesser Rhea, Magellanic Woodpecker. Ecuador! - DIY (no guides) - 400 species, 12 antpittas (including Jocotoco), Dark-backed WQ, Long-wattled UB and over 50 hummers tanagers and tyrants Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home