Showing Records 1 through 46 of 46 Total Records |
Rank |
Name |
Nationality |
Total |
Highlights |
1 |
Jonathan Rossouw |
South African |
2714 |
Ending off with Yellow Cardinal on New Year's Eve. Top 5 highlights: Gurney's Pitta, Coral-billed Ground-Cuckoo, Red-headed Picathartes, White-winged Flufftail & Strange-tailed Tyrant |
2 |
Iain Campbell |
Australian |
2041 |
Updated 30th December. Highlights are Peruvian and Jocotoco Antpittas in Ecuador, Bornean Bristlehead in Sabah and Red-headed Picathartes in Nigeria. |
3 |
Vaughan Ashby |
English |
1906 |
Last Updated 23/12/03 India, Sri Lanka, Costa Rica, Florida, Finland, Kazakhstan, Kenya, UAE, Oman, Gambia, Antarctica and now in Argentina with Magellanic Plover and Woodpecker |
4 |
Ashley Banwell |
English |
1732 |
1540 in South America |
5 |
Mike Haldeman |
USA |
1728 |
Stygian Owl & Keel-billed Motmot in Belize, Foothill Antwren, Royal Cinclodes in se Peru, 400+ life birds in Australia incl. Chestnut-breasted Whiteface, and Gray, Black, Pied, Regent, and Eungellla Honeyeaters |
6 |
Ron Hoff |
USA |
1597 |
Galapagos and NW Ecuador - 3 new Antpittas, Pacific Tuftedcheek. |
7 |
Nick Athanas |
USA |
1562 |
29/12/03: Ecuador, Peru, Nigeria |
8 |
Ian Sinclair |
|
1510 |
Madagascar, Mauritius, Cameroon, Southern Africa, Angola, Tanzania and Cape Town pelagics..Buller's, Sth & Nth Royal albaytrosses... |
9 |
Rafael G. Campos-Ramirez |
Costa Rica |
1418 |
Countries visited: Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú, USA (FL, NY, NJ,NH). Updated: 28 October 2003 |
10 |
Clare Moger |
British |
1401 |
Ocellated Tapaculo, Scaled Fruiteater, Cryptic Forest-Falcon, Banded Pitta. As at 31/12/03. |
11 |
Dollyann Myers |
USA |
1318 |
Eastern Bolivia |
12 |
Janos Olah Jr. |
Hungarian |
1286 |
North-Central Peru, Thailand, Hungary |
13 |
Peter Kaestner |
USA |
1282 |
Dec 2003, Noronha Elaenia and Vireo, three boobies, Fernando de Noronha, Brazil (of these, 1062 were from Brazil) |
14 |
Timothy Boucher |
South African |
1257 |
2003 - Peru, Chile, South Africa, Paraguay, Palau, Ecuador, Brazil, USA |
15 |
Bob Stinger |
British |
1226 |
U.K,Gambia,N.Z,Thailand,Austria,Hungary,Slovakia, Mexico (Yuc Pen), Sri Lanka |
16 |
Jan Stinger |
British |
1144 |
UK,Gambia,Thailand,Austria,Hungary,Slovakia,Mexico (Yuc Pen), Sri Lanka |
17 |
Dave Sargeant |
British |
1128 |
Last Upd: 31-Dec-2003: Last new bird of the year - American Golden Plover in Oman. Visited Thailand, Japan, Oman, Holland. Uganda and Rwanda in 2003. |
18 |
Claes-Göran Cederlund |
Swedish |
1124 |
Sweden,Mexico,Brazil,New Caledonia,Vanuatu,Fiji,Tonga,W.Samoa Updated Nov 03 |
19 |
Brian Fletcher |
Australian/British |
1096 |
mainly Australia, Kenya, France, Guatemala ,western North America (Vancouver, Alaska, Nevada and California) and Hawaii |
20 |
Goran Frisk |
Swedish |
1082 |
Sweden,Hungary,India,Venezuela,Ecuador |
21 |
Skip & Lyn Nelson |
USA |
1033 |
Slender-billed Curlews in Morocco, Spain, 2-Trips to Ecuador, Washington State & Utah,USA |
22 |
Bob Bailey |
British |
1026 |
USA, Kenya and UK. |
23 |
Chris Rose |
British |
1024 |
UK, Florida, Kenya and Scotland |
24 |
Phil Beaver |
English |
955 |
UK,Jamaica, Cuba , Argentina , Zululand & Gambia updated 30/12/2003 |
25 |
Andrew Self |
UK |
953 |
Costa Rica, Finland & Uganda. Forget the other 952 species, Shoebill is my bird of the year. |
26 |
Han Buckx |
Dutch |
950 |
Great trip in Ecuador (: 596 species) in November; Canada in July (: Nova Scotia) and The Netherlands |
27 |
Laurens Steijn |
Netherlands |
933 |
Visited Indonesia (Javan Cochoa, Bali Starling), Switserland (Rock Partridge), South Africa (Rudd's and Botha's Lark, Blue Korhaan, African Finfoot) and The Netherlands |
28 |
Mikael Bauer |
Swedish |
923 |
Thailand, the Philippines ,Malaysia, Vietnam... best birds included 15 sp. of Pitta, Philippine Eagle, 4 sp Peacock Pheasant, Masked Finfoot , Sooty Babbler |
29 |
Garry George |
USA |
912 |
NZ, New Caledonia, Fiji, Chile, SE Asia |
30 |
Csaba Lendvai |
Hungarian |
911 |
Peru, Egypt, Hungary |
31 |
Kees (C.J.G.) Scharringa |
Netherlands |
910 |
Malaysia (Orange-headed Groundthrush, Black Laughingthrush, Blue-winged Pitta and Garnett Pitta), South Africa, Australia (Origma) and Europe (Canvasback). |
32 |
Peter Carnall |
South African |
884 |
South Africa,Uganda,Australia,New Zealand. |
33 |
Eduardo Amengual |
Spanish |
828 |
Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador , Mallorca |
34 |
Peter Bijlmakers |
Dutch |
799 |
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Uganda, South Africa, Germany, Netherlands, Canary Islands |
35 |
Kevin Vang |
Australia/Norway/USA |
723 |
Fiji 09/11; New Zealand 10; New Caledonia 06-03, India, Nepal, Viet Nam, Poland, UK, Australia |
36 |
Alex Lees |
British |
710 |
2 1/2 months working at Cristalino Jungle Lodge: SCALED GROUND-CUCKOO, Cryptic Forest-falcon, Guianan Gnatcatcher, Zig-zag Heron, Grey-bellied Goshawk, Noble Antthrush, Spotted Tanager, Thrush-like Antpitta and Brown-banded Puffbird. Little effort in the UK but self-found Red-eyed Vireo (St Martins) and co-found Bobolink (Bryher), also on Scillies: Little Crake, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Pied Wheatear and Rustic Bunting. Blyth's Pipit in Notts and Pallas's, Sardinian and Dusky Warblers in Norfolk. |
37 |
Nick Upton |
British |
631 |
Thailand + SE England |
38 |
Justin Jansen |
Holland |
597 |
31/12/03 Yellow-eyed Stock-dove, yellow-breasted Tit, Ibisbill, Gurney's Pitta, Normanns Greenshank, Chinese Egret etc And 4 new editions to my dutch list: Orhean Warbler, Canvasback, Trumpetter Finch and Forster Tern! |
39 |
Steve Lister |
British |
573 |
England, two weeks in northern India in March, two weeks in SW Spain in May, and two weeks in The Azores in October. |
40 |
Andy Gibb |
British |
564 |
Pallas's Warbler at Auchmithie; Brambling and Waxwing in Angus; Bewick's Swan at Welney; Crested Tit at Loch Garten. |
41 |
Julian Thomas |
British |
562 |
Namibia, Spain and Britain. Herero Chat, Ruppell's and Northern Black Korhaans, Wallcreeper, Black Lark, Great Bustard, Spanish Imperial Eagle. |
42 |
Rob Batchelder |
USA |
560 |
Argentina, Colorado, Eastern Shore of Virginia. Best birds of the year: Gentoo Penguin, Torrent Duck, Black-fronted Piping-Guan, American Painted-snipe, Gray-breasted and Least Seedsnipes, Sabine's Gull (CO), Magellanic Horned and Striped Owls, White-eared Puffbird, Cream-backed and Magellanic Woodpeckers, Short-tailed Antthrush, Sandy Gallito, Red-ruffed Fruitcrow, Crested Doradito, Black-and-White Monjita, Strange-tailed Tyrant, Black-capped Danacobius, Black Rosy-Finch (CO), 15 new tanagers, Many-colored Chaco-Finch, Marsh Seedeater, and Yellow Cardinal. |
43 |
Henrik Gustafsson |
Swedish |
533 |
Sweden Tanzania |
44 |
Georges Olioso |
French |
394 |
Madeira (Bulwer's Petrel, Little Shearwater, Trocaz Pigeon, Canary, etc.) |
45 |
Richard Wood |
American |
274 |
Black-capped Vireo Texas only 7/22/2003 |
46 |
Jill Wood |
American |
270 |
Black-capped Vireo Texas only 7/22/2003 |
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