Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

Afrotropics Life List Rankings Showing Records 1 through 34 of 34 Total Records Go to Birding-Africa.com for full listing details and to download a checklist. Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 David Hoddinott / Rockjumper Birding Tours South African 2008 Uluguru Bushshrike, Usambara Hyliota, Dapplethroat, Pemba Scops Owl - Tanzania, Egpytian Nightjar - Ethiopia, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, SA, Gola Malimbe - Sierra Leone, Scarlet-tufted Malachite Sunbird - Mt.Kilimanjaro, Spot-breasted Ibis, Yellow-capped Weaver, Plumed Guineafowl - Gabon, White-faced Storm Petrel - South Africa, Wilson's Phalarope - Cape Town, Jackson's Francolin, Northern Masked & Clarke's Weavers, Malindi Pipit, Golden Pipit - Kenya, White-necked Picathartes, Turati's Boubou, Crimson Seedcracker - Sierra Leone, Latham's Forest Francolin, Togo Paradise-Whydah, Wilson's Indigobird - Ghana, Gray Ground-Thrush, Grant's Bluebill, Forest Scrub-Robin - Uganda, Eastern Wattled Cuckooshrike, Gray-throated Rail, Sandy Scops-Owl, Lyre-tailed Honeyguide, Sao Tome Grosbeak, White-crested Tiger-Heron, Sao Tome Fiscal, Congo Serpent-Eagle, Long-tailed Hawk, Black-headed Bee-eater - Gabon, Rock Firefinch, Vermiculated Fishing-Owl, Golden Nightjar, American Golden Plover - Cameroon, Semi-collared Flycatcher, Kivu Ground-Thrush, Eurasian Thick-knee - Uganda, All with Rockjumper Birding Tours 2 Iain Robertson Scottish 1892 Haven't been there for 3 years. Last goodie Sakalava Rail 3 Adam Riley South African 1810 Maned Owl, Sandy Scops Owl, Grey-throated Rail and Dja Scrub Warbler in Gabon June 06 All with Rockjumper Birding Tours 4 Jonathan Rossouw/Rockjumper Birding Tours South African 1808 10 October 2007. Zambia, with Black-cheeked Lovebird, Bamboo Warbler, Bocage's & Bar-winged Weavers, Black-necked Eremomela, Black-and-Rufous Swallow and Black-faced Canary; Gabon, arguably my top Africa trip EVER for rarities: point-blank Grey-throated Rail, 20 mins with Oriole Cuckooshrike, Sandy Scops- and Maned Owls at day roosts, Lyre-tailed Honeyguide displaying at <50m distance, 9 White-crested Bitterns in a morning (along with 22 African Finfoots, 24 Hartlaub's Duck, 3 White-bellied Kingfishers, 1 Congo Serpent-Eagle & 1 Long-tailed Hawk), Finsch's Francolin, Black-chinned & Loango Weavers, Verreaux's Batis; African River Martin, Rosy and Black-headed Bee-eaters (to wrap up the world's bee-eaters); Quail-Plover, Lyre-tailed Honeyguide, Red-headed Picathartes, Nkulengu Rail etc, amongst the 627 species with Rockjumper Birding Tours in Cameroon in March 5 Peter Kaestner USA 1767 Jan. 2006 Olive tree Warbler, Namibia 6 Claes-Göran Cederlund Swedish 1696 Updated 2 Aug 2009. Tanzania in June with most Eastern Arc specialities. 7 Erik Forsyth South African 1683 Wilson's Phalarope, Protea Canary - SA May07, Uganda Woodland-Warbler, Neumann's Warbler - Uganda Aug06, Degodi Lark, White-winged Dove, Phillipa's Crombec - Ethiopia Dec05 with Rockjumper Birding Tours 8 Martin Edwards Canadian 1615 2008 Jan, Socotra Starling,Sparrow,Warbler Cisticola,Sunbird,Bunting,Persian Shearwater, Spotted Crake 9 Keith Valentine South African 1593 10 Steeman Chris Belgium 1569 11 Dave Sargeant British 1565 Last upd: Sep-02. 12 Keith Valentine South African 1476 Top birds for '06 include Golden Nightjar, Gray-necked Picathartes, Quail Plover, Green-breasted Bushshrike - Cameroon. Friedmann's Lark, Turner's Eremomela, Chapin's Flycatcher, Gray-crested Helmetshrike - Kenya. Green-breasted Pitta, Red-faced Barbet - Uganda. Forest Francolin, Togo Paradise Whydah, Congo Serpent Eagle - Ghana. all seen with Rockjumper Birding Tours. 13 Peter Carnall South African 1371 Bluewinged Goose,Rougets Rail,Wattled Ibis,Gilletts Lark-Ethiopia Feb 2005/Dune Lark Namibia Jan 02 14 Jenny Norman South African 1231 Asian Dowitcher, American Purple Gallinule, Red-footed Booby 15 Thierry BARA French 1113 Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo, Sandy Scops-Owl, Bannerman's Turaco, African Pitta, Liberian Black-Flycatcher 16 Steve Lister British 1098 From nine trips - Gambia x2, Kenya x3, Ethiopia x2, Ghana, South Africa. 17 Stephen Harris English 1050 White-tailed Tropicbird, Blue Vanga, Helmet Vanga, Sickle-billed Vanga - in Madagascar, October 2006 18 Matthias Fehlow German 1033 19 Yvon Princen Belgian 1030 Madagascar, East Africa + Ethiopia + The Gambia For details about rarities and endemics see www.birdingperu.com/ expedition birding 20 Stephen Blaber British/Australian 1001 26 March 2007 21 Arnold Strand British 969 222 lifers on recent Birdquest tour to Uganda 22 Mike Passant British 896 Based on 2 trips to Kenya ,1 to Gambia , 1 to Cameroon (and not including N.Africa or S.Africa) 23 Arjan Dwarshuis Dutch 883 rudd's lark, wattled crane, spotted ground-thrush (SA), pygmy falcon, various bustards (east Kenya), shoebill, rwenzori turaco, lagden's bush-shrike, papyrus gonolek (Ug), fraser's eagle-owl, kivu ground-thrush, grauer's and short-tailed warbler, grauer's swamp-warbler, kungwe apalis (Rwanda), laughing gull, black crowned crane, ahanta francolin (Gambia) 24 Mike Catsis UK 870 Golden-naped Weaver , Congo Serpent Eagle , Long-tailed Hawk , Grant's Bluebill , Bedford's Paradise Flycatcher , Sladen's Barbet , Ituri Batis , Gosling's Apalis , Blue Cuckoo Shrike , Oriole Cuckoo Shrike , Black Dwarf Hornbill , Zenker's Honeyguide , Tit-hylia , Usambara Eagle Owl 25 Sue Bryan British 832 Pel's Fishing Owl in Botswana and Zimbabwe! White-necked Picathartes in Ghana Visit My Website 26 Colin Fenn British 828 27 Phil Gaywood English 827 5 trips to the Gambia & 1 to Kenya, South Africa 28 Peter Bono USA 821 (1 May 02) Kenya & Madagascar only 29 Ilya Maclean Scottish 667 Latest sightings: visit my website. Kenya & Uganda only. Shoebill. 30 David Kelly Scottish 560 Great Bittern, Crab Plover, Taita Falcon, Eleonora's Falcon 31 Jonathan Newman British 480 Crowned Eagle, Crab Plover, Violet Turaco 32 David Daniels USA 452 Ahanta Francolin, Quail-plover, Bronze-winged Courser, Western Sandpiper (first record for Africa), Adamawa Turtle Dove, Little Gray Woodpecker, Pied-winged Swallow, Gray-headed Bristlebill, River Prinia, Cricket Longtail, White-fronted Black Chat, Sennar Penduline-tit, all in Senegal and Gambia. Djibouti Francolin, Somali Bulbul, and Somali Sparrow in Djibouti. All Socotra endemics plus possible Himalayan Swiftlet on Socotra, a first record for Africa, if accepted. 33 Rick Waldrop USA 294 76 new species seen in Ghana in October, 2003 34 Steve Alley British 178 Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home