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Birdquest Life List increases to 10,550 thanks to recent tours and expeditions

September 16, 2021

Thanks to our latest tours and expeditions and a little help from splitting, the Birdquest Life List has now reached 10,550 bird species.

Since the last update:

 

Many thanks to Eduardo Patrial and our pioneering Uncharted Brazil Expedition (February-March 2021) group members for finding a real mass of Birdquest Lifers including:

Blue-eyed Ground Dove

Blaze-winged Parakeet

Pfrimer’s Parakeet

Plain-tailed Nighthawk

Outcrop Sabrewing

Rusty-necked Piculet

Bananal Antbird

Double-banded Crescentchest

Noronha Elaenia

Sao Francisco Black Tyrant

Noronha Vireo

Crimson-fronted Cardinal

Cone-billed Tanager

Black-and-tawny Seedeater

Tropeiro Seedeater

(And also two likely ‘soon-to-be-split’ spinetails)

 

Many thanks to János Oláh and our Kenya Specialities tour (April-May 2021) group members for adding:

Black (or Manda) Boubou

 

Many thanks to Pete Morris and our Azores tour (June 2021) group members for adding:

Monteiro’s Storm Petrel

 

Many thanks to Eduardo Patrial and our Brazil’s Southwest Amazonia tour (July 2021) group members for tracking down:

Bonaparte’s Parakeet

Fulvous-chinned Nunlet

 

And finally, many thanks to Eduardo Patrial and our Serra do Divisor: Remote Brazil Expedition (July 2021) group members for locating the extraordinarily localized:

Acre Antshrike