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    Prompted by a mate asking for help sorting them out I have just realised that the 'Rufous Antpitta' we saw in southern Ecuador three years ago was actually Equatorial Antpitta - a life tick.
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    The tick was last week but the bird was way back in 2010. I saw a pair of what were then Blue-throated Blue Flycatchers at the Gurney's Pitta site in south Thailand, and in a spare hour or two over Christmas I entered my notes from that trip on to eBird. One of the regional reviewers (thanks...
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    17 armchair ticks on my IOC list - the way things are going that's the only type of lifers I can expect for a year or two. I suppose the latest has to be Olivaceous Saltator as that was nearest the end of the updates! Steve
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    A British 'lifer' in the impressive form of the Caspian Tern at Frampton Marsh on Friday. I have spent 50 years birding now and always hoped to find one of these myself, either flying past Spurn in my youth or dropping in to one of the Leics/Rutland reservoirs in the last 30 years but no luck...
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    Stejneger's Stonechat for my IOC world list, thanks to looking at a thread on here and realising that whta I saw in Hong Kong many years ago was not the run of the mill Siberian Stonechat.
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    (Richardson's) Cackling Goose on Islay, February 25th. New for World as well as UK etc lists. Steve
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    Azure Tit in Belarus 23.05.2019 was new for all my relevant lists - 5013 World, 675 WP, 525 Europe. Then Greater Spotted Eagle the same afternoon was 526 for Europe. Belarus is an under-birded country. No visa needed for normal length trips, loads of habitat variety, fantastic road network...
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    Tthanks to an alert from Bubo listing I checked the April IOC update and as well as a few additions I was expecting I can now tick something I saw as Buff-vented Bulbul on Borneo a very long time ago - Charlotte's Bulbul Thanks IOC, Bubo and of course Charlotte. Steve
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    Ringed Teal: m and f at Costanera Sur in Buenos Aires, the last of 109 new birds during a great southern Argentina tour. #4725. Steve
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    Finally caught up with the Black-winged Pratincole at the Ouse Washes on Monday - world lifer. Steve
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    Meadow Bunting for my world list - Yancheng, China November 10th. Steve
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    World #4443 Red-cheeked Wattle-eye (Aweta, Ghana 29.11.12) The final one of my 33 lifers on a 15 day Ashanti African Tours trip guided by William Aprahu and Paul Mensah. Others included the magical Yellow-headed Picathartes, Nkulengu Rail, Spot-breasted Ibis and Hartlaub's Duck. Steve
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    Updating my life list according to the latest Clements changes the last new one I added was 'Italian Sparrow' I must admit I am not convinced that this should me listed as a species. Steve
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    World (Clements) #4402 Thayer's Gull Elsham, Lincs April 11th Steve
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    Painted Francolin World 4401 - Velavadar NP, Gujarat, India on 20.02.12 Steve
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    Latest is 4383 (Clements) Velvet-fronted Euphonia at Laguna Pedropalo in Colombia on October 14th. Steve
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    Thanks to the AOU I have added three armchair ticks (desk ticks really) today: 4227 Pacific Wren 4228 Puerto Rican Oriole 4229 Common Gallinule Now thinking about ditching Clements in favour of the IOC list - that could get me a whole load more ticks without leaving the house. Steve
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    Slaty-breasted Rail - the last of 27 lifers during my recent Thailand trip. Steve
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    4194 Jerdon's Leafbird Courtesy of the Cornell University team updating the Clements list - thanks ! Steve
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    Red-gartered Coot The last of 115 lifers during a 17 day trip to south-east Brazil. Steve
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    Cape Sugarbird - the last of 102 lifers on a 17 day South Africa trip this month. Steve
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    3988 Tawny Antpitta Antisana, Ecuador 22.04.08 The last certain lifer of about 160 during a two week trip. I hoped to make the 4000 mark but missed out by a few. Uncertainty due to conflicting ideas about Andean and Black-faced Ibises. Steve
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    3829 for my World List.... Slaty-bellied Tesia The last of 63 lifers on a trip to Thailand. Steve
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    3766 for my world list.... Greater Necklaced-Laughingthrush Kaziranga tea gardens, Assam, NE India last week The last of 71 lifers on the trip which also included Bugun Liocichla, Snow Pigeon, Black-necked Crane, Black-tailed Crake and Long-billed Plover. Thanks to Jo Thomas (WildaboutIndia)...
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    3693 Ankober Serin The last of 40 lifers during a 19 day tour of Ethiopia with Rockjumper Tours in which we saw all but two of the country's endemics. Steve
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