• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
ZEISS DTI thermal imaging cameras. For more discoveries at night, and during the day.

Search results

thxpress_search_the_forum Search Opus
  1. Ficedula

    Unbirded localities of the world

    I think this in large part accounts for it. FOMO is a big thing now. In my day there were no local guides anywhere in the developing world, even those in Australia were not very commercial and often just took us out birding for nothing. Also in the pre-internet, pre-mobile phone days the info...
  2. Ficedula

    Unbirded localities of the world

    You don't need to be a millionaire (although of course it helps), all you need it to be relatively young and fit, and have quite a hight tolerance of discomfort, and most of the places I listed above you can get to. All of my extensive trips across Melanesia, lasting many months, including the...
  3. Ficedula

    Unbirded localities of the world

    Afraid not, many islands between Raja Empat and Halmahera could hold undescribed taxa, but mostly low lying. i do not know if anyone has visited since the early collectors.
  4. Ficedula

    Unbirded localities of the world

    Indeed, it is the existence (or former existence ) of the Wondiwoi tree-kangaroo that makes me think this is a possible candidate for an unbirded location with potential undescribed taxa.
  5. Ficedula

    Unbirded localities of the world

    Certainly there will still be many undiscovered species lurking in most parts of the tropics, but most are likely to be very low-density species that might take years of fieldwork before they come to light. I took the meaning of the OP as asking about places that are unbirded to the extent that...
  6. Ficedula

    Unbirded localities of the world

    As far as I know no birder has ever reached the high reaches of the Whiteman Mountains in New Britain, I tried in 1993 but failed. I don't think anyone has been into the Fakfak mountains since my trip in 1992. Jared Diamond visited the Kumawa Mountains, but no birders since that I have heard of...
Back
Top