Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

Thailand Life List Showing Records 1 through 37 of 37 Total Records Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Peter Ericsson Swedish 745 ticks from 2009: Malaysian Rail Babbler, Wallaces' Hawk Eagle, Green-backed Flycatcher, Diard's Trogon, White-chested Babbler, Pallas's Leaf Warbler, Fire-capped Tit, Sapphire Flycatcher 2 Stijn De Win / Birding2asia Belgium 738 Short-toed Coucal, Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler, Lesser Rufous-headed Parrotbill, Copper-throated Sunbird, Short-tailed Shearwater, Green-backed Flycatcher, Bhraminy Starling, White-bellied Munia, Barred Eagle Owl, White-rumped Falcon, Grey-cheeked Warbler. Best of numerous additions made in Dec 07-Jan 08 are Grey-tailed Tattler, Yellow-footed Green Pigeon, River Tern, Cutia, Long-tailed Duck. 26th Jan 08-1st winter Black-tailed Gull at Bang Poo. Early March/08 adds Russet Bush Warbler, Black-breasted Thrush, Fire-capped Tit, Spot-bellied Eagle Owl. Streaked Weaver and a late Black-faced Spoonbill on 13th May '08. Little Stint 4th Sept '08. Indian Nightjar 25th Oct '08. Red Knot 30th Nov '08. List update+2sp. Jan '09 ;Baillon's Crake, Dunlin, Black-throated Babbler, Chestnut-cheeked Starling, Spotted Owlet. March '09;Mangrove Blue Flycatcher, Siberian Thrush and Imperial Eagle. April 09; Fairy Pitta. August 09; Eurasian Thick-knee. 3 Nick Upton / www.thaibirding.com British 733 Diard's Trogon, Small Buttonquail, Cutia, Sapphire Flycatcher, Rufous-collared Kingfisher, Lesser Cuckoo, Brown-breasted Flycatcher 4 Nick Dymond British 733 5 Iain Robertson Scottish 721 Spot-billed Pelican 16/06/06 6 Craig Robson British 709 7 Eddie Myers Scouser/English 626 + Chinese Egret. Great Bittern. Glossy Ibis. Northern Goshawk. Hume's Pheasant. Masked Finfoot.Northern Lapwing. Long-billed plover. Crab Plover. Brown Noddy. Nicobar Pigeon. Rusty-naped pitta. Gurney's Pitta. Crested Finchbill. Ratchet-tailed Treepie. Red-faced Liocichla. Rufous-tailed Robin. Purple & Green Cochoas. Jerdon's Bushchat. Grey-sided Thrush. Pygmy Blue Flycatcher. Pin-tailed Parrotfinch. Scarlet Finch. Black-faced Bunting. 8 Dave Sargeant British 604 Last upd: 14-November-09. 9 Gary and Marlene Babic US 559 Bay Owl and White-fronted Scops-owl at Khao Nor Chuchi 2006 10 Johannes Rydstroem Swedish 553 080618: Three years since last visit but highlights include amongst others: Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Gurney's Pitta, Red-billed Starling, Vietnamese Fireback, Mrs Hume's Pheasant, Silver Pheasant, Green Peafowl, Kalij Pheasant, Wrinkled Hornbill, Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo, Malaysian Erared Nightjar, Nordmann's Greenshank, Steppe Eagle, Eared Pitta, Mangrove Pitta, Ratchet-tailed Treepie, Purple Cochoa, Jerdon's Bushchat, Giant Nuthatch, Pale-footed Bush Warbler, Large Wren Babbler, Limestone Wren Babbler, Spot-breasted Parrotbill. Latest new species were: Christmas Island Frigatebird, Glossy Swiftlet and Pied Imperial Pigeon. 11 Jim Booker 549 Plain-pouched Hornbill, Jambu Fruit Dove, White-crowned Hornbill, Tufted Duck, Golden Bush Robin 12 Susan Myers Australian 548 13 Ike Suriwong Thai 546 Chinese Blue FC, Green backed FC, Sanderling and more from Phang Nga 14 Garry George US 539 Spoonie, White-cheeked Laughingthrush, Bluethroat, Siberian Rubythroat 15 Claes-Göran Cederlund Swedish 539 16 Mikael Bauer Swedish 520 very brief visit in Kaeng Krachan in april 2007 gave white-faced scops and brown hornbill amongst others,previous highlights from the park include Giant Pitta & Isabelline Wheatear in 2003 17 Yvon Princen Belgian 489 Jerdon's Bushchat, Eared Pitta, 18 Matt Brady US 487 Gurney's Pitta, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Black-faced Spoonbill, Christmas Island Frigatebird, Red-throated & Japanese Thrushes, Black Stork, Rufous-tailed Robin, Mrs Hume's Pheasant, Plain-pouched Hornbill, Aquilla Spp. at Kaeng Krechan 19 Yoël Jimenez Holland 479 Spoon-billed sandpiper, Christmas island frigatebird, 'White-faced plover, Black-faced spoonbill, Normand's greenshank, Corral billed groundcuckoo, Great hornbill, Banded/blue pitta's, Banded kingfisher, Banded/Black-and-red/Silvery broadbill. 20 Martin Edwards Canadian 436 21 Justin Jansen Holland 430 Black-bellied Tern and my favourite all-time Malaysian Rail-Babbler stood out! 22 Peter Carnall South African 417 CB Ground-Cuckoo,Spotbellied Eagle-Owl,Blue Pitta,River Tern,Whitebrowed,Ruddybreasted&Blacktailed Crakes,Redfaced Liocichla,Spotbreasted Parrotbill Jan2009 23 Philip johnson USA 416 24 John Pilgrim English 410 Jan 09: Hume's Pheasant; Rusty-naped Pitta 25 Hanno Stamm German 402 Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush 26 Jennifer Norman South African 333 Blue Pitta, Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo, Spot-bellied Eagle Owl, Scarlet Finch, Redfaced Liocichla, Black-tailed Crake 27 Petter Z. Marki Norway 330 Latest twitch, Spoon-billed Sandpiper at Pak Thale 19.3.07 28 Jim Holmes, Jr. USA (Calif) 321 February 2008 trip: Bangkok and areas south: Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Nordmann's Greenshank, and Gurney's Pitta (white-faced plover seen but not included in list, pending determination of species) 29 William Jones British 307 7 month period 01-07 2009. Best birds including: Gurney's Pitta, White-fronted Scops-owl, Silver Pheasant, Chinese Egret, Purple Cochoa, Large Wren-babbler, White-faced Plover, Brown Booby, Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker, Slaty-bellied Tesia, Black-tailed Crake, Chestnut-rumped Babbler, Red-crowned Barbet 30 György Szimuly (Szimi) Hungarian 289 March 2003 Trip: Gurney's Pitta, Banded Pitta, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Red-necked Stint, Long-toed Stint and all the shorebirds...:-)) 31 Yong Ding Li Singapore 280 Giant Pitta, Grey Peacock Pheasant, Purple Cochoa 32 Richard Heil USA 271 Single trip from 18 January to 6 February 1991 33 Rick Waldrop USA 259 most of these from recent October, 2004 trip 34 Ric Zarwell USA - Iowa 257 updated 12-21-07 35 Jim McConnell USA 190 Long-tailed, Silver-breasted, & Dusky Broadbills, Crested Serpent-Eagle, Crested Goshawk, Black Baza, Japanese Sparrowhawk, White-browed Scimitar-Babbler, Abbot's Babbler, Grey-headed Lapwing, Jack Snipe, Spotted Owlet, Brown Hawk-owl, Collared Scops Owl, Scarlet Minivet, Oriental Pratincole, Brown, Wreathed, Oriental Pied and Great Hornbills, Thick-billed Green Pigeon, Yellow and Cinnamon Bitterns, fun assortment of shorebirds at Samut Sakhorn and Sam Roi Yod, Common Hoopoe, Yellow-bellied Prinia, Blue-winged Leafbird, 3 species of Sunbirds, Silver Pheasant, Barred Button Quail, Red-headed Trogon, 4 Bee-eaters, various Barbets, and so forth 36 dr. Budavari Laura Hungarian 62 2009. Apr-May: Honeymoon trip (1 week) at Phuket/Phi Phi, 2-3 days worth birdwatching, 55 lifers (the same birds as Endre + Large-billed Crow). 37 dr. Losonci Endre Hungarian 61 2009. Apr-May: Honeymoon trip (1 week) at Phuket/Phi Phi, 2-3 days worth birdwatching, 54 lifer incl. 3 barbet, 2 kingfisher, 2 sunbird species. Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home