Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

Africa and Madagascar Life List Rankings Showing Records 1 through 50 of 51 Total Records NEXT Go to Birding-Africa.com for full listing details and to download a checklist. Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Adam Riley South African 2132 Madagascar Pochard and Sakalava Rail in Nov 08, Iceland and Glaucous Gull, Houbara Bustard, Du Pont's Lark, Brambling in Morocco Feb 09. All with Rockjumper Birding Tours 2 David Hoddinott / Rockjumper Birding Tours South African 2063 Uluguru Bushshrike, Kipengere Seedeater, Dapplethroat, Pemba Scops Owl - Tanzania, Egyptian Nightjar - Ethiopia, Buff-breasted Sandpiper - SA, Gola Malimbe - Sierra Leone, Spot-breasted Ibis, Plumed Guineafowl, Yellow-capped Weaver - Gabon, White-faced Storm Petrel - South Africa, Wilson's Phalarope - Cape Town, Jackson's Francolin, Basra Reed-Warbler, Northern Masked & Clarke's Weavers, Golden Pipit - Kenya, Eastern Wattled Cuckooshrike, Gray-throated Rail, Sandy Scops-Owl - Gabon, White-winged Babbling Starling, Cholo Alethe, White-winged Apalis - Malawi, Slender-billed Flufftail - Madagascar, All with Rockjumper Birding Tours 3 Jonathan Rossouw South African 2035 Oct 2007. Black-cheeked Lovebird, Bamboo Warbler and Brachystegia specials in Zambia Sept 07; Quail-Plover, Lyre-tailed Honeyguide, Red-headed Picathartes, Nkulengu Rail etc, amongst the 627 species with Rockjumper Birding Tours in Cameroon in March 03, Sabine's Gull (1st country record) in Madagascar in Apr 04 4 Claes-Göran Cederlund Swedish 1802 Updated 2 Aug 2009. Most recent Tanzania in June 2009 with most Eastern Arc specialities. 5 Martin Edwards Canadian 1773 Helmet Vanga,Madagascar 27 Dec 2001 6 Dave Sargeant British 1757 Last upd: Jan-06. Highlights: Red-collared Mountain-Babbler, African Green Broadbill, Sokoke Pipit, Sokoke Scops-Owl, Sao Tome Grosbeak, African River Martin, Maned Owl, Picathartes 7 Josep del Hoyo Spanish 1743 April 2007. Green-breasted Pitta in Uganda (videos in IBC). 8 Steve Riley UK 1737 Latest trip SE Kenya Aug. 08 with Sokoke Scops & Pipit, Clarke's Weaver, Malindi Pipit, East coast Akalat, Amani Sunbird, Taita Thrush, Apalis & White-eye, Fischer's Turaco, Madagascar Pratincole ( missed in Madagascar!), Tsavo Sunbird and Mombasa Woodpecker. White-necked Picathertes in Ghana April '08 along with Af. Green Broadbill, Uganda '06 and Ruspolis Turaco, Stresseman's Bush-Crow, Sugarbirds, Shoebill, Ground-rollers, Schlegel's Asity, Northern Bald Ibis and Pel's Fishing Owl as my personal 'star' birds. 9 Keith Valentine South African 1724 10 Steeman Chris Belgium 1681 11 Keith Valentine South African 1589 Ghana /Sep '06 - Congo Serpent Eagle, Forest Francolin, Togo Paradise Whydah. Uganda/Aug '06 - Green-breasted Pitta, Red-faced Barbet. Kenya /Jul '06 - Friedmann's Lark, Gray-crested Helmetshrike, Turner's Eremomela, Chapin's Flycatcher, Fire-fronted Bishop all with Rockjumper Birding Tours 12 Andrew Self Terran 1559 Updated March 2009, last trip to Ghana. Also been to Madagascar, Cameroon, Morocco, Gambia, Senegal, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Namibia, South Africa & Lesotho. Highlights include Rufous-winged Sunbird & Uluguru Bush Shrike. Most annoying gap - Finfoot! 13 Phil Gregory Australian 1551 Uganda 2009-Green-breasted Pitta in display, Orange-cheeked Waxbill, Lagden's Bush-shrike, Papyrus Yellow Warbler, Brown-rumped Bunting 14 Ian Lewis British 1517 15 Peter Carnall South African 1371 Salvadoris Seedeater,Sidamo lark-Ethiopia Feb2005/Sokoke Pipit & scops Owl-Kenya Dec 2004/Longbilled Tailorbird,Usambara Weaver-Tanzania June 2004/Shoebill-Uganda Aug 2003 16 Patrick Cardwell South African 1361 Green Broadbill, Chaplin's Barbet, William's Lark, Oriole Finch, Lagden's Bush-Shrike and Standard-winged Nightjar 17 Mike Passant British 1336 Pectoral Sandpiper in Madagascar,Nov.2000. 18 Steve Lister British 1275 Strictly Clements. Great Knot and Slender-billed Curlew, both in Morocco. Most recent trips: Ghana March 2006 (Pel's Fishing Owl, African Piculet, Forest Penduline-Tit, Ortolan Bunting), Morocco Feb 2007 (Thick-billed Lark, Desert Warbler, Red-breasted Merganser), Ethiopia Dec 2007 (48 additions including all but three of the endemics), Morocco January 2009 (added Common Scoter and Short-eared Owl), and South Africa June 2009 (105 additions). 19 Glen Valentine South African 1256 Barau's Petrel, Elegant Tern, Red-tailed Newtonia, all 5 ground-rollers, Lineated Pytilia, Grey-crested Helmetshrike, Pale Wren-Warbler, Burchell's Courser. All with Rockjumper Birding Tours. 20 Keith Betton British 1239 748 species in Kenya in Jan/Feb 2004 21 Jenny Norman South African 1231 Jouanin's Petrel, Spectacled Petrel 22 Barry Hawthorne South African 1224 Add numbers for RSA from Roberts VII 23 Andras Vasas Hungarian 1165 24 Princen Yvon Belgian 1137 see Africa Region List + Appert's greenbul, Long-tailed ground roller, Sickle-billed Vanga, Subdesert Mesite, adapted at the latest change in Clements World list 15.12.2008 according to Cornell. For details over rarer species see www.expeditionbirding.com 25 Stephen Harris English 1050 updated 25.10.06 following visit to Madagascar, where highlights: White-tailed Tropicbird, Blue Vanga, Helmet Vanga 26 Arnold Strand English 1040 27 Steve Holmes & Marion Barlow English 949 Taita Falcon, Blue Swallow - Feb 2001 28 Peter Bijlmakers Dutch 912 29 Colin Fenn British 907 30 Andrew Kruger South African 893 31 Bekaert Luc Belgian 877 32 Jan Bisschop Dutch 855 Long-billed Tailorbird, Usambara Akalat, Taita Apalis, Sokoko Pipit 33 Wim Wisse The Netherlands 830 Kenya, 11/12-2001 (Crowned eagle, Hinde's babbler, Turner's eremomela, Chapin's flycatcher), Madagascar, Mauritius + Reunion 10/11-05 (endemics including Helmet Vanga, Long-tailed ground-roller, White-breasted mesite, Mauritius kestrel, Barau's petrel) 34 Peter Bono USA 823 (1 May 02) Kenya, Madagascar, & Egypt only 35 Garry George USA 822 Pel's Fishing Owl, Rudd's Lark, S. Ground Hornbill, Swamp Nightjar 36 Bruce Barrett British/Canadian 739 37 Rick Waldrop USA 710 76 new species seen in Ghana in October, 2003; 21 new African birds seen in Morrocco in Nov., 2006, and 22 in Tunisia in February, 2009. 38 Liam Morrison British 697 March 2007, Uganda; shoebill, long-tailed hawk and several Albertine Rift endemics. Kenya 2008; brief trip but managed Sharpe's longclaw and Hinde's babbler among others. 39 Dominic Rollinson South African 654 Greenheaded Oriole, Heuglins Gull, Herero Chat, Grey Wagtail 40 Georges OLIOSO French 543 3 weeks in South Africa (sept. 2004) 41 Jonathan Newman British 533 Sokoke Scops Owl, Schalow's Turaco, Oriole Warbler 42 Justin Jansen Holland 501 Only The Gambia, Morocco, Ègypt, Mauritius, Reunion and Madagascar visited! 43 Jim Mountjoy Canadian 463 44 Marco Thoma Swiss 447 Bridled Tern, lot of larks and palearctic migrants,... (Mauritania, Aug - Nov 03); American Golden Plover,... (Mauritania, Feb - May 04); White-backed Night Heron, Ahanta Francolin, Egyptian Plover, Green & Violet Turaco, Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Buff-spotted Woodpecker, Yellow-breasted Apalis, Yellow-bellied Hyliota... (Gambia Jan 05); Bald Ibis, Moussier's Redstart... (Morocco Feb 05); Green Hylia, White-faced Scops Owl, Pigmy Kingfisher (Gambia Mar 05) 45 Kevin Vang Australia/Norway/USA 445 Crimson Boubou, Hwange NP, February 2001 46 Rafael G. Campos-Ramirez Costa Rica 437 Morocco, 2000} Woodchat Shrike, Casablanca; Eleonora's Falcon, Essouira; Marbled Duck, Sous Massa; Rock Petronia, Moulay Brahim; Marsh Owl, Moulay Bousselham; Tawny Eagle, Cap Spartel; Blue Roch-Thrush, Imouzzer . RSA & Namibia, Nov. 2002 47 György Szimuly (Szimi) Hungarian 420 Southern Ground Hornbill, Double-banded Courser, African Black Oystercatcher, Bush Blackcap, Gurney's Sugarbird, Rufous Rockjumper and many more... 48 Ollie Richings British 377 recent additions include amani sunbird, sokoke pipit and jackson's hornbill in kenya july 06 49 Daniel König German 353 Canary Chiffchaff, August 01 50 Tyler Davis USA 339 Alpine Chat, Red-tufted Sunbird, other specialties on Mount Kilimanjaro (Summer 2000) Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home