Rank | Name | Nationality | Total | Highlights |
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1 |
Richard Baxter |
Australian | 357 | Latest 3 weeks in Madagascar, 2 weeks in The Comoros, 8 weeks in Mauritius and The Seychelles as well as visits to Rodrigues, Reunion and Mayotte. Christmas and Cocos endemics and local specials such as Western Reef Heron, Saunders's Tern, Common Emerald Dove, Island Thrush and Green Junglefowl. Vagrants to Christmas and Cocos Keeling included Amur Falcon, Peregrine Falcon, Eurasian Hobby, White, Eastern Yellow and Grey Wag, Tree and Red-throated Pipit, Bulwers, Jouanin's and Barau's Petrel. Matsudaira's Storm Petrel. Yellow, Schrenck's, Black and Cinnamon Bittern. Malay Night Heron, Watercock, Baillon's Crake. Flycatchers include Blue and White, Narcissus, Asian Brown, Grey-streaked, Dark-sided and Mugimaki. Others include Blue Rock Thrush, Eye-browed Thrush, Sib Thrush, Purple-backed Starling, Rosy Starling, Brown Shrike, Tiger Shrike, Dollarbird, Asian House Martin, Kamchatka Leaf Warbler, Gray's Grasshopper Warbler, Arctic Warbler, Asian House Martin, Common Swift, White-throated Needletail, Blythe's Swift, Cook's Swift, Mossy, Edible-nest and Black-nest Swiftlets. Red-rumped and Barn Swallows, Northern Boobook, Savanna and Grey Nightjars, Japanese and Chinese Sparrowhawk, Crested Honeybuzzard, Western Osprey, Common Koel, Common Kingfisher, Purple Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, both Chinese and Javan Pond Herons, Eurasian Teal, Common Morrhen, plus 30+ shorebirds and 10 further tubenoses. |
2 |
Hans Jornvall |
Swedish | 337 | |
3 |
Philip Rostron |
British | 298 | IOC - Oct 2017 Comoros |
4 |
Claes-Göran Cederlund |
Swedish | 294 | IOC 8.2 Latest Seychelles, Mascarenes and Comoros in Sep-Oct 2018. Cocos and Christmas Island in Sep 2015. Madagascar revisited in Nov 2014 |
5 |
Jonathan Rossouw |
South African | 286 | All extant Madagascar, Seychelles and Mauritius endemics except Sakalava Rail & (?) Madagascar Pochard; Sabine's Gull (1st country record) in Madagascar in April 04 |
6 |
Mark Van Beirs |
Belgian | 259 | |
7 |
Pete Morris |
British | 255 | All Comoro endemics, Red Owl, Madagascar Pochard, Sakalava Rail etc, October 2008. All in Madagascar and Comores... |
8 |
Hugh Buck |
British | 253 | Cornell Aug 2014 + 4. Comoro Islands Oct 08: 17 Comoro endemics. Madagascar Oct - Nov 08: Madagascar Pochard, Teal, Long-Eared and Red Owls, Sakalava Rail, Short-Legged Ground-Roller, Schegel's and Yellow-Bellied Sunbird Asities, Red-Tailed Newtonia, Bernier's, Pollen's, Red-Shouldered and Van Dam's Vangas. |
9 |
Dave Sargeant |
British | 252 | Last update: Jun 2015. |
10 |
Martin Edwards |
Canadian | 241 | |
11 |
John Penhallurick |
Australian | 223 | Madagascar, Mauritius,Reunion and Rodrigues |
12 |
Bernard Couronne |
French | 221 | Update September 2018 - all birds seen. Last trip Seychelles, Mauritius and Reunion (+ 57) - seen all the endemics except Mascarene Petrel plus some seabirds and introduced species. 2 weeks to Madagascar with Ian Sinclair in 1997 - some of the highlights : Humblot's Heron, Madagascar Fish-Eagle, Madagascar Buttonquail, Madagascar Flufftail, White-browed Owl, Madagascar Pygmy-Kingfisher, Pitta-like and Long-tailed Ground-Rollers, Cuckoo Roller, Velvet and Schlegel's Asities, Cryptic Warbler, Hook-billed, Van Dam's, Sickle-billed, Blue and Tylas Vangas. |
13 |
Keith Valentine/Rockjumper Birding Tours |
South African | 218 | |
14 |
Don Roberson |
USA | 211 | with 2021 Clements splits; best birds include Mauritius Kestrel, Seychelles White-eye, Cryptic Warbler |
15 |
Yvon Princen |
Belgian | 205 | Madagascar and the Comoros |
16 |
Justin Jansen |
Holland | 204 | Visited Maldives, Reunion, Mauritius and Madagascar. Seen 1 Salvins Albatross for Mauritius! Also nice onces where 4 species of ground-roller, all but 2 species of vanga's (no Berniers and Helmeted), Banded Kestrel, Bat Hawk, Berniers Teal, Mauritius Kestrel, Olive White-eye, Barrau's Petrel and Reunion Cuckoo-Shrike! |
17 |
Gerald Broddelez |
Belgian | 203 | |
18 |
Steeman Chris |
Belgian | 202 | Update Dec 2014. Taxonomy strictly Clements (Aug 2014) |
19 |
Garry George |
USA | 200 | Red-tailed Newtonia (thanks Pete!), Helmet Vanga |
20 |
Mike Passant |
British | 188 | Pectoral Sandpiper ,-1st record for Madagascar ,+ |
21 |
Trevor Warren |
British | 186 | All Ground Rollers, Asities, Mesites, 13 Vangas |
22 |
Jenny Norman |
South African | 177 | All 5 ground rollers |
23 |
Linda Macaulay |
United States | 173 | |
24 |
Alan Greensmith |
Independent | 166 | 24 April 2009. One trip only. |
25 |
Luc Bekaert |
Belgian | 156 | |
26 |
John Baker |
USA | 152 | IOC 13.1 No heard birds. |
27 |
Bruce Barrett |
British/Canadian | 142 | One July trip to Madagascar |
28 |
Colin Fenn |
British | 101 | |
29 |
Geoff Morgan |
British | 82 | Reunion (1990): Barau's petrel, Shy Albatross (white capped), Reunion Harrier, Broad-billed Roller, Grey & Olive White-eyes, R Cuckoo-shrike in song only. Seychelles (1991): Seychelles Kestrel, Blue Pigeon, Black Parrot, Swiftlet, Bulbul, Paradise Flycatcher, Warbler, Magpie Robin, Sunbird, Fody & Scops Owl. Also migrant Garganey, Shoveler, Temmink's Stint, Long-toed Stint, Pintail Snipe, Common Snipe, Eurasian Swift, Sand MArtin, Tree Pipit, Grey Wagtail. |
30 |
Keith Betton |
British | 68 | Mauritius Kestrel, Seychelles Magpie Robin |
31 |
anthony Stoquert |
French | 54 | 19/03/12; Mauritius; Kestrel Mauritius(Ferney), Echo Parakeet, Pink Pigeon... And Réunion; Sooty Falcon: 4 together, 1 Eleonora's Falcon, Grey Francolin, Reunion Harier, Madagascar Buttonquail.. |