I'm very impressed Paul. I got to bird in and around Bangkok in March for a day (with a guide) and a half (myself) and only got 104 species. But it was absolutely magnificent - and I was very happy to see two spoon-billed sandpipers, as well as a load of other lifers.If I purchased my wife a present, having entered a "no presents binding bilateral agreement" in 1993, which has been observed for 31 years, after a trip to Thailand, it would cause a whole heap of unmerited suspicion!
Krabi - 15th March
679 - Green-backed Flycatcher
680 - White-bellied Munia
681 - Ferruginous Babbler
Current tallies - expected to be final:-
Trip - 550
Heard - 18
Photographed - 466
Lifers - 239
(Maybe some common photography tomorrow morning at our Bangkok Hotel before our flight thT may add to the photographed....)
Thai List - 622
Thai Heard - 10
Thai Heard but Seen elsewhere - 1
Thai Seen Only not photo'd anywhere - 32
Thai Seen Only but photo'd elsewhere - 15
Thai Photo'd in Thailand - 564
Only a couple of pics this morning - Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher, Green-backed Flycatcher & Ferrruginous Babbler.
All the best
Paul
The Merlin birdpack is an excellent resource for this. I was in Colorado Monday-Tuesday and as I moved around it could quickly tell me what I'm likely to see - in order of probability - and then you can remove the ones on your lifelist and highlight the lifers. An amazing resource.I am very conscious that I am unable to judge regional endemics and specialities. I have been to most localities once only - other than in a Western Palearctic context where there is very limited biodiversity and endemism in any event - so it is interesting beginning to understand some of these concepts.
Our guide had an excellent understanding of distributions and indeed population dynamics and likely future taxonomic changes so all credit goes to him. I am beginning to have an understanding now as to what may come in the future if I start targeting things more specifically.
The Merlin Birdpack has 950 species for Thailand. It is an unusually comprehensive pack. What I would expect as our guide was engaged in its production. If I flick the switch to exclude species that I have already in my eBird list, that reduces to 231 species. (There are one or two more maybe not in my eBird yet but that is about right.) I do intend to look at a few South East Asia trips and the next analysis will probably show where we tried and dipped key targets in Thailand. I think that there are some such as Rusty-cheeked Hornbill but as said, I know that I cannot really make that judgement yet!
We did plan this itinerary in the immediate aftermath of our first Thailand trip.
All the best
Paul