Indian Ocean Region Life List

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Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights

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..
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