Rank | Name | Nationality | Total | Highlights |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Eric Shaw |
USA | 620 | |
2 |
Pete Morris |
UK | 228 | Good views of all currently accepted endemics except Dusky Tetraka for which there are few reliable recent records. Seems not to be present at any of the regularly visited sites! |
3 |
Cliff Waller |
british | 225 | |
4 |
Phil Gregory Field Guides/ Sicklebill Safaris |
Australian | 223 | Western Osprey 2019 |
5 |
Keith Valentine/Rockjumper Birding Tours |
South African | 218 | |
6 |
David Hoddinott / Rockjumper Birding Tours |
South African | 217 | Slender-billed Flufftail, Helmet Vanga, Madagascar Red Owl - All with Rockjumper Birding Tours |
7 |
Glen Valentine/Rockjumper Birding Tours |
South African | 215 | |
8 |
Erik Forsyth |
South African | 213 | Helmet Vanga, Slender-billed Flufftail, White-tailed Tropicbird, Fleshfooted Shearwater and Wattled Starling all with Rockjumper Birding Tours |
9 |
Cuan Rush |
South African | 204 | 120+ endemic/near-endemics including Malagasy Marsh Harrier, Bernier's Teal, Collared Nightjar, Red-breasted Coua, all the Ground Rollers and Mesites, the fabulous Helmet Vanga, White-throated Oxylabes, Madagascar Yellowbrow, Crossley's Babbler, Schlegel's Asity & Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity. All with Rockjumper Birding Tours in Oct/Nov 2008. |
10 |
Laval Roy |
Canadian (Quebec) | 201 | Banded Kestrel, Sakalava Rail, Van Dam's Vanga |
11 |
Jean Jacques Gozard |
French | 198 | Banded Kestrel, Van Dam's Vanga, White-throated Mesite. |
12 |
Claes-Göran Cederlund |
Swedish | 197 | 2 trips |
13 |
Phil Hansbro |
English/Australian | 194 | On 1 3 week trip |
14 |
K. David Bishop/VENT |
Aus/Brit | 193 | Helmet Vanga plus many sensational mammals and herps |
15 |
Dave Sargeant |
British | 191 | Last upd: 01-Nov-08. |
16 |
Peter Sparks |
UK | 187 | 4 week trip Sep/Oct 2015 |
17 |
Antonio Salvadori |
Italo/Canadian | 184 | All of the Vangas |
18 |
Steeman Chris |
Belgian | 183 | Taxonomy strictly Clements (v6.9, Aug 2014), update Dec 2014 |
19 |
Mike Nelson/Birdtour Asia |
US/UK | 181 | November/December 2013 128 endemics and regional endemics, All Ground Rollers, Asitys, Mesites, Couas and Vangas, White-throated Oxylabes, Madagascar Fish Eagle and Sacred Ibis, Bernier's Teal and Meller's Duck, Madagascar Harrier, Appert's Tetraka.Sooty Gull |
20 |
Yvon Princen |
Belgian | 176 | Madagascar Pochard, Red Owl, Helmet Vanga, Bernier's Vanga, Sakalava Rail |
21 |
Petri Hottola |
Finnish | 157 | Two short trips to Andaside-Mantadia & Toliara regions. |
22 |
Peter Gilchrist |
Canadian | 151 | |
23 |
Jenny Norman |
South African | 144 | One trip in 2000 - all 5 Ground Rollers, Madagascar Fish Eagle |
24 |
Bruce Barrett |
British/Canadian | 142 | July trip 2014 |
25 |
Nicholas Block |
MA, USA | 142 | Total from two dissertation research trips |