Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

Asia Life List Rankings Showing Records 1 through 50 of 85 Total Records NEXT Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Rob Hutchinson / Birdtour Asia British 2586 Most recent additions; Bornean Frogmouth, Gould's Shortwing, Blyth's Kingfsiher, Bugun Liocichla, Dusky Eagle Owl (India, April 2009), Blakiston’s Fish Owl, Ural Owl, Copper Pheasant, Short-tailed Albatross, Steller’s Sea Eagle (Japan, January 2009), Nonggang Babbler, Reeve’s Pheasant (China, December ’08), Minahassa Owl (Sulawesi, October '08) Biet’s Laughingthrush, Cabot's Tragopan, Reed Parrotbill, Cortois's Laughingthrush (China, May '08), Streaked Reed Warbler, Mindanao Miniature Tit-Babbler, Whiskered Flowerpecker (Philippines, Feb '08) 2 Craig Robson British 2380 After Dave Farrow's Birdquest to Sulawesi & Halmahera - 2009 >>> Invisible Rail, Spotted Whistling-duck, Sulawesi Ground-dove, Great Cuckoo-dove, Sombre Pigeon, Pale-bellied Myna 3 Hugh Buck British 2374 Java May-June 2008: Javan Plover, Javan Trogon, Spotted Crocias, Vietnam June 2008: Pied Falconet, Annam Partridge, Grey-Crowned Crocias, Black-Crowned Barwing, Yemen Nov 07, Blanford's Lark and Golden-Winged Grosbeak plus 13 others including Pink-Backed Pelican, Hamerkop, Black-Headed Heron, African Collared Dove, White-Browed Coucal and Zebra Waxbill 4 James Eaton / Birdtour Asia British 2303 Most recent: Gould's Shortwing, Blyth's Kingfisher, Short-tailed Albatross, Bufflehead, Sibe Crane, Nonggang Babbler. Past: Hose's Broadbill, Bulwer's Pheasant (Borneo), Forest Owlet, All Andaman (inc And. Barn Owl) & Sri Lanka endemics. Blyth's Tragopan, Sclater's Monal, Sikkim & Cachar Wedge-billed, Mishmi & Naga Wren Babblers (NE India) all Sumba & Flores endemics (Lesser Sundas), Luzon & Goodfellow's Jungle-Flycatcher, Mindanao Bleeding-heart, Calayan Rail, Palawan Striped Babbler (Philippines). Sichuan Partridge, Gold-fronted Fulvetta (Sichuan), Yunnan Nuthatch (Yunnan), Geomalia, Blue-faced Rail, Talaud Bush-hen, Cearulean Paradise-Flycatcher (Sulawesi), Cambodian Laughingthrush, Orange-necked Partridge (Cambodia), all Taiwan endemics, Sooty Babbler, Black-crowned Barwing (Vietnam), Cyprus Warbler 5 Claes-Göran Cederlund Swedish 2230 Updated 4 Oct 2009. Lesser Sundas with Flores Scops-Owl, Lesser Sumba Hawk-Owl, Timor Black Pigeon, Barred-necked Cuckoo-Dove. 6 Bjorn Anderson Swedish 2169 Sh-t Albatross,Wh-eared & Jap Night-Heron,Crested & Giant Ibis,Scaly-s Merganser, Phil Eagle,Bl-billed Capercaillie,Cabot's & Blyth's Tragopan,4x Eared-Pheasants,Elliot's & Reeves' Pheasant,Tib Sandgrouse,Swinhoe's Rail,Amami & Bukidnon Woodcock,Spoon-b Sand, Ch Crested Tern, Lord Derby's Parakeet,Minahassa & Pere David's Owl,Bornean G-Cuckoo,Schneider's, Gurney's & Blue-banded Pitta, Gould's Shortwing,Blackthroat,4xCochoa,Biet's Laugher,Bugun Liocichla,Sh-tailed Sc-Babbler,Cachar Wedgeb Babbler,Nonggang & Sooty Babbler, Streaked & Bl-cr Barwing,Gold-fr Fulvetta,Przewalski's & Reed Parrotbill, Beautiful & Wh-browed Nuthatch,Silver Oriole, B Bristlehead,Biddulph's, Henderson's & Pander's Ground'Jay,Jankowski's Bunting 7 Philip Rostron British 2120 July 09 - Tibet - Szechenyi's Monal-Partridge, Przevalski's Partridge, Pere David's Owl, Henderson's Ground-Jay, Kozlov's Bunting, Roborovski's Rosefinch 8 Peter Kaestner USA 2068 May 2009 Assam marshes and Digboi, six new. Oct 2008 Several new in WB, including Satyr Trag, Blood Pheasant, and Myzornis. Apr 19 Jerdon's Courser and Nightjar. March 39 lifers NE India. Jan 12, Indian Scops Owl. Sept 24 six Sri Lankan Endemics (dipped Brown-capped Babbler). Sept 9 12 of 13 Andaman endemics (missed Crake). August 2007 Tibetan Sangrouse, Black-necked Crane plus six others, Ladakh. June 2007 Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, w China, June 2007. Aug 16 Bristled Grassbird, Sultanpur, India. 9 Pete Morris British 2060 Most recent highlights/additions include Javan White-eye and Red-billed Starling 10 Dave Sargeant British 1960 Last upd: Nov-07. Sichuan Treecreeper, Yunnan Nuthatch, Moupinia and Streaked Barwing on short trip to China. Red Phalarope in Oman. Mongolian Finch, Iraq Babbler and Finsch’s Wheatear in Turkey (2007). Painted Spurfowl in India (2006). Hume's Pheasant in Thailand (2006): Schneider's Pitta, Sumatran Cochoa, Pale-headed Frogmouth, Salvadori's Pheasant in Indonesia (2005). White-naped Woodpecker and Black Bittern in Sri Lanka (2005). 11 Mark Van Beirs Belgian 1953 12 Gary and Marlene Babic US 1904 joint list (Clements); August 2006 Qinghai (Tibet) OBC trip, many specialties 13 Martin Edwards Canadian 1880 Gray-headed Chickadee, Tundra Bean Goose;Songar Tit,Azure Tit,Yellow-breasted Tit,Red-mantled Rosefinch,White-bellied Heron 14 Raf Drijvers Belgium 1824 15 Alan Greensmith Independent 1775 24 April 2009. Birding Indonesia. 16 Erwin Collaerts Belgian 1758 17 Peter Collaerts Belgian 1754 January 21th 2009 - after 4 weeks in India 18 Chris Bradshaw British 1752 Latest Additions - Chinese Crested Tern on Matsu, Taiwan. Spotted Sandgrouse in Oman. 19 Tamás Zalai Hungarian 1718 2009: Sri Lanka Bay Owl (also tape recorded), Pied Thrush in Southern India. 20 Mike Edgecombe British 1705 Serendib Scops Owl Mar 06,Giant Ibis, Mekong Wagtail, Chesnut headed Partridge, Oriental Plover, Asian golden Weaver- Cambodia Mar 05. Whiskered Pitta, Isabela Oriole, green faced Parrotfinch in Sierra Madre, Luzon Apr 04, Grey crowned Crocia, Nepal wren babbler,Satanic nightjar. Schneiders, and Graceful Pittas, Sumatran Cochoa 07, Bugin Liocichla, Wards Trogon, Beautiful Nuthatch, Temmincks Tragopon. NE India08 Giant Nuthatch, Mrs Hume's Pheasant Thailand 09Eleagnt Pitta, Timor Sparrow, Java Sparrow, Black banded Flycatcher Little Sumba Boobok, Sumba Hornbill etc lessser sundas 09 21 Ashley Banwell English 1665 GIANT IBIS, Bengal Florican, Mekong Wagtail 22 Mark Sutton British 1649 2007:Graceful Pitta, Javan Cochoa, Large Frogmouth & Bonaparte's Nightjar. 2005: Whiskered + Steeres Pittas, Mindanao Wattled-Broadbill, Celestial Monarch, Isabela Oriole, Chocolate Hawk-owl & Green-faced Parrotfinch 23 Barry Wright British 1643 Ward's Trogon and Beautiful Nuthatch at Eaglenest, NE India, April 2008. Gurney's Pitta, Schneiders, Koch's and Graceful Pitta. Giant and White-shouldered Ibis and Tibetan Sandgrouse 24 Mikael Bauer Swedish 1640 2008: Caucasian Black Grouse, Wynaad Laugher, Indian Pitta 2007:Andaman Owl quintet, Andaman Crake, Jerdons Minivet, White-faced Scops and Giant Ibis 2005: FLORES SCOPS, Black-winged Starling, Sumba Boobooks and Tricolored Parrotfinch. Asian tour 2004: Tem Tragopan, Schneider's Pitta, Sumatran + Javan Cochoa, Salv Pheasant, Caerulean Paradise-Flycatcher, Diabolical Nightjar, Gould's Shortwing, Giant Babax.... Asian tour 2003: Giant Pitta, Whiskered Pitta, Masked Finfoot, Baer's Pochard, Collared Laughtingthrush and more. 25 Yvon Princen Belgian 1599 Strictly following Clements adaption by Cornell on 15.12.2008. For other highlights see www.birdingperu.com/expedition birding. Last trip went to Sulawesi and Taminbar, 116 new Asian species. Flores Scops Owl, Sumba little Hawk owl, Timor sparrow, Flores monarch, Flores hawk eagle, 26 Ian Lewis British 1594 27 Keith Betton British 1581 28 John Penhallurick Australian 1554 Crested Ibis,Rufous-backed Bunting 29 Remco Hofland Dutch 1518 Updated 6 June 2009. Excl heard-only. Visited Turkey (10), Syria (5), Jordan, Israel, India (2), Nepal (2), Malaysia (3), Vietnam (2), Thailand, Cambodia, Phillippines, China (5) & Tibet. Highlights incl Tibetan Snowcock, Mikado, Koklass & Lady Amherst’s Pheasant; Cabot’s, Blyth's, Satyr & Temminck’s Tragopan; displaying Great Argus, Tibetan Eared-Pheasant, Swamp Francolin, Scaly-sided Merganser, Giant Ibis, Phillippine Eagle, Indian Courser, Ibisbill, 1600+ Sociable Lapwings, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Chinese Crested Tern; Crested, Rufous-collared, Silvery & Winchell's Kingfisher; Phillippine Frogmouth; Elliott’s, Gurney’s & Banded Pitta; Dunn’s Lark, Henderson's Ground Jay, Kozlov’s Babax, Flame-templed Babbler, Fire-tailed Myzornis, Falcated & Eyebrowed Wren-babbler, Cutia; Courtois’s, Collared, Moustached, Barred, Rufous-chinned & Red-winged Laugher; Bugun Liocichla, Railbabbler, Taiwan Barwing, White-eared Sibia, Reed Parrotbill, Beautiful Nuthatch; Pied, Long-billed & Orange-headed Thrush; Green & Purple Cochoa, Spotted Forktail, Pink-tailed & Tibetan Rosefinch. And Tiger, Malayan Tapir, Flying Lemur, White-handed Gibbon, Wolf, Tibetan Wild Ass, Sand & Leopard Cat. 30 Garry George US 1471 All Borneo endemics and banked ssp. possible in Sabah 31 Albert Low Singapore 1466 Latest: N India January 2009 with Ibisbill, Black-bellied Tern, Koklass Pheasant, Common Hill Partridge, Cinereous Vulture and more . All Time Highlights: 20 Sp. Oriental Pittas, All Cochoas, All Old World Ground-cuckoos, All Oriental Vultures, Philippine Eagle, Wallace's Standardwing, Palawan Peacock-Pheasant, Bugun Liocichla 32 Terry Witt USA 1463 Halmahera/Sulawesi soiree 33 Yong Ding Li Singapore 1451 Rufous Coucal, Philippine Hawk-Eagle, Subic Bay, Oct 09' 34 John Gregory British 1443 Schneider's Pitta,Large Frogmouth,Rajah Scops 35 Jonathan Rossouw South African 1435 2003: Gurney's Pitta, Coral-billed Ground-Cuckoo & Hume's Pheasant; 2004: Whiskered Pitta at the nest, Great Philippine Eagle, Wattled Broadbill, Flame-breasted Fruit-Dove, Palawan Peacock-Pheasant, Black-faced Spoonbill, Cebu Flowerpecker & Green-faced Parrotfinch in Philippines; displaying Great Argus, Cinnamon-rumped Trogon, Storm's Stork and a fruiting tree with 7 spp hornbill + adult male orang-utan in Borneo 36 Brian Fletcher British/Australian 1422 Kruper's and Western Rock Nuthatches in Turkey, Siberian Crane, and White Naped Cranes in China 05, Bar-headed Goose and Siberian Rubythroat in Burma, Giant and White-shouldered Ibises, Bengal Florican in Cambodia, Philippine Eagle, Whiskered and Steere's Pittas, Palawan Peacock Pheasant, Philippine Cockatoo, Luzon Bleeding Heart, Celestial Monarch, Philippines 06 37 Couronne Bernard FRANCE 1412 Chinese Egret, Philippine Duck, Barred Honeybuzzard, Philippine Eagle, Philippine Hawk-Eagle, Philippine Falconet, Spotted Buttonquail, Barred Rail, Malaysian Plover, Bukidnon Woodcock, Amethyst Brown-Dove, Cream-bellied Fruit-Dove, Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove, Pink-bellied Imperial-Pigeon, Grey Imperial-Pigeon, Philippine Cuckoo-Dove, Luzon Bleeding-heart, Philippine Cockatoo, Guaiabero, Colasisi, Blue-crowned Racquet-tail, Green Racquet-tail, Violet Cuckoo, Scale-feathered Malkoha, Red-crested Malkoha, Black-hooded Coucal, Rufous Coucal, Black-faced Coucal, Mindanao Scops-Owl, Mantanani Scops-Owl, Philippine Frogmouth, Palawan Peacock-Pheasant, Philippine Trogon, Silvery Kingfisher, Indigo-banded Kingfisher, Ruddy Kingfisher, Spotted Wood-Kingfisher, Rufous Hornbill, Wattled Broadbill, Steere's Pitta, and so on ... 38 Iain Tomlinson British 1402 Philippine eagle and Schneider's pitta 39 Steeman Chris Belgium 1395 40 Mike Passant British 1386 Grey-crowned Crocias ,Spot-bellied Eagle Owl Vietnam 02/08 41 Steve Lister British 1193 Using ABA definition of Asia. Added 38 in Northern India (Assam and Delhi) January 2004, 15 in Sri Lanka January 2006, and 72 including Bugun Liocichla in NE India (Arunachal Pradesh/Assam) Feb 2008. . Rook, Nightjar and See-see in Turkey Sept 06. 42 Matthias Fehlow German 1191 Spoon-billed Sandpiper & Bar-bellied Pitta in Vietnam 43 Bernard Couronne French 1166 Grey Peacock Pheasant, Finn's Weaver and Beautiful Nuthatch 12.99 - Silver Pheasant, Oriental Stork and Yunnan Nuthatch 2.01 44 Zoltán Ecsedi Hungarian 1156 45 Peter Bono USA 1118 (Feb 2006) Thailand: Coral-billed Ground-Cuckoo, White-fronted Owl, Giant Nuthatch, Limestone Wren-babbler, Great Hornbill, Ratchet-tailed Treepie, Spot-winged Grosbeak, Jerdon's Bushchat 46 Steve Holmes & Marion Barlow English 1114 Chinese Egret, Daurian Partridge, Black Baza 47 Hanno Stamm German 1102 Short-tailed Parrotbill 48 Goran Frisk Swede 1060 2007 apr, Malaysia: Great Argus, Railbabbler,Cutia, Bluewinged Pitta, Garnet Pitta, Banded Pitta, Silverbreasted Broadbill 49 Richard Eden British 1057 22 lifers on Palawan, the Philippines, Aug 05, including Phil. Cockatoo, Palawan Peacock-Pheasant, Palawan Hornbill, Palawan Flycatcher & Mantanani Scops-Owl 50 Don Roberson USA 1002 Giant & Blue-headed Pitta, Whitehead's trinity on Mt. Kinabalu Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home