Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

Kenya Life List Showing Records 1 through 43 of 43 Total Records Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 brian finch kenyan 1059 common crane , first for southern hemisphere 28.05.08 2 Shailesh Kumar Patel British. 866 Common Crane. Visit my website www.kenyabirdwatching.com 3 Dave Sargeant British 824 Last upd: Aug-07. Three trips. 2007, 2002 and 1985. 4 David Hoddinott / Rockjumper Birding Tours South African 822 Rufous-tailed Weaver, Friedmann's & William's Lark, Jackson's Francolin, Northern Masked & Clarke's Weavers, Nubian Nightjar, Malindi Pipit, Somali Sparrow - Apr07 All with Rockjumper Birding Tours 5 James Bradley British/Canadian 811 Christmas vacation in Dec 2004 - first visit for ten years. Heuglin's Masked Weaver, African Broadbill, Gambaga Flycatcher, Bronze-tailed Starling, Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler, Stripe-cheeked Greenbull, Great Snipe 6 Dave Callam British 795 All on one trip April/May 07 with David Hoddinott, Rockjumper (Group total was 808 SEEN) 7 mike davidson british 786 Red-throated Wryneck at Sangare camp , mweiga 8 Mike Potter Australian 772 Green-capped Eremomela (April 2009) 9 Claes-Göran Cederlund Swedish 761 Sokoke Pipit,Clarke´s Weaver,Spotted Grond-Thrush Aug 02 10 Howard Laidlaw UK 750 All on one trip Oct/Nov 1991 11 Keith Betton British 748 All in one trip Jan 2004 12 Peter R. Bono USA 724 One trip: Nov/Dec 1991 (with Birdquest): Dwarf Bittern, Ayres' Hawk-Eagle, Barbary, Eleanora's &Taita Falcons, Heuglin's Bustard, Sokoke Scops-Owl. African Wood-Owl, African Barred Owlet, Star-spotted Nightjar, Forbes-Watson's Swift, Abyssinian Roller, Green Tinkerbird, Hairy-breasted and Brown-breasted Barbet, Thick-billed, Green-backed, & Wahlberg's Honeyguides, Tullberg's Woodpecker, African Broadbill, Somali Short-toed Lark, Sharpe's & Malindi Pipits, African Bush-warbler, Papyrus Yellow-Warbler, East Coast Akalat, White-tailed Crested-Flycatcher, Scaly-breasted Illadopsis, Hinde's Pied-Babbler, Shining Sunbird, Pringle's Puffback, Sharpe's & Abbott's Starlings, Parasitic, Weaver, Black-headed Waxbill, and Locustfinch 13 Martin Edwards Canadian 720 14 Mike Passant British 706 15 Steve Keen British 697 two 16-day trips: west & centre in Oct 04; east & centre Oct/Nov 09. 16 Samuel Hansson Swedish 664 My second visit in Nov 2007 resulted in 62 new species, inluding Sokoke Scops-Owl, Sharpe's Longclaw, Hinde's Pied-Babbler, Jackson's Widowbird and Abbott's Starling. 17 Peter Kaestner USA 663 18 Hanno Stamm 662 Grew up in Kenya and started birding there 19 Steve Lister British 661 19 additions in June 2005 but nothing spectacular. Rarest species Arctic Tern (not officially accepted) at L. Baringo and Striped Crake at Mountain Lodge in July 1989. 20 Couronne Bernard FRANCE 654 update following Clements ... 21 Petri Hottola Finnish 651 One six week trip in 1990s. 22 János Oláh Jr. Hungarian 637 3 trips: lots eg. Spotted Gr. Thrush, African Finfoot, Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye, Heuglin's Courser, Bat Hawk, Clark's Weaver, Sokoke Pipit etc. 23 Govind Kumar Indian 632 Lesser Jacana, Rock Pratincole, African Snipe, Great Blue Turaco, Ross's Turaco, Black Coucal, Blue-headed Bee-eater, African Broadbill, Yellow-throated Leaflove,Red-tailed Bristlebill,Honeyguide Greenbul, Grey-winged Robin, Green Hylia, Turner's Eremomela, Black-faced Rufous Warbler, Carruther's Cisticola, Rock-loving Cisticola, Banded Prinia, Luhder's Bushshrike, Bocage's Bushshrike, Black-headed Gonolek, Papyrus Gonolek, Pink-footed Puffback, Grey-crested Helmetshrike, Compact Weaver, Red-headed Malimbe, White-breasted Negrofinch, Orange-winged Pytilia, African Quailfinch, Red-headed Bluebill, Papyrus Canary, Double-toothed Barbet, Grey-throated Barbet, Yellow-spotted Barbet, Usambiro Barbet, Buff-spotted Woodpecker, Brown-eared Woodpecker, Speckle-breasted Woodpecker, Grey Cuckooshrike - Gatamaiyu, Nakuru,Kakamega, Busia Grasslands, Kisumu,Masai Mara -July 2009 24 Wim Wisse Dutch 613 Crowned Eagle, Crab Plover, Golden-winged Sunbird, Great Blue Turaco, Hinde's Pied Babbler, >1.000.000 Lesser Flamingo together 25 Jan Bisschop Dutch 590 Arctic Tern, Grey Parrot, Taita Apalis, Taita Thrush 26 John E. Hunter USA 579 18 days 27 Mike Haldeman USA 574 28 Yann Kolbeinsson Icelandic/French 552 21.01.2009 29 Luc Bekaert Belgian 525 30 Govind Kumar Indian 519 Olive Ibis, Abbot's Starling, Black-fronted Bush-shrike, Moustached Green Tinkerbird, Sharpe's Longclaw, Levaillant's Cisticola, Red-faced Cisticola, Aberdare Cisticola, Waller's Starling, Hinde's Babbler, African Wood Owl, Grey-Olive Greenbul, Abyssinian Crimsonwing, Crowned Eagle, Malachite,Scarlet-tufted, Tacazze, Golden-winged and Green-headed Sunbirds, African Black Duck, Jackson's Widowbird, Long-tailed Widowbird, Jackson's Francolin, Alpine Chat, Red-fronted Parrot, Thick-billed Seedeater, Yellow-crowned Canary, Little Rush Warbler, Mountain Buzzard, Scarce Swift, Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon, Olive Pigeon - Gatamaiyu Forest, North Kinangop, Aberdares National Park, Wajee Nature Reserve, Thika - September 2008 31 Peter Carnall South African 494 Sokoke scops,Malindi & Sokoke Pipits/Dec 2004.Great blue & Whitecrested Turacos,Yellowbellied Wattle-eye.Feb 1998. 32 Peter Adhemar British 440 33 Bruce Barrett Britiah / Canadian 438 34 Bhavisha Patel Indian 387 Zebra Waxbill,Kiambu,9July08 35 Larry Lade USA 333 Observed on an Elderhostel trip February 12-26, 2004 36 Jenny Norman South African 332 5 Wattle-eyes, Great Blue Turaco - only one trip of 8 days! 37 Kevin Vang Australia/Norway/USA 289 See Kenya Section and Photo Gallery on our BIRD EXPLORERS WEBSITE. 38 Jean-Philippe Siblet French 257 19/07 - 4/08/ 1986 39 Tom Pavlik USA - Michigan 250 9 Eagles, 6 Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Rollers 40 Ray Belding US 235 41 Rick Waldrop USA 218 All seen on one short trip to Kenya 42 Kevin Vang Australia/Norway/USA 182 43 Anders Hans Swedish 180 Amani sunbird in Arabuko Sokoke Forest Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? 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