Australia
5899
Swift Parrot
12/20
Australia
5900
Forty-spotted Pardalote
12/20
Australia
5901
Strong-billed Honeyeater
12/20
Australia
5902
Yellow-throated Honeyeater
12/20
Australia
5903
Pallid Cuckoo
12/20
Australia
5904
Beautiful Firetail
12/20
Australia
5905
Dusky Robin
12/20
Australia
5906
Scrubtit
12/20
Australia
5907
Ground Parrot
12/20
Australia
5908
Sooty Oystercatcher
12/20
Australia
5909
New Zealand Fantail
12/21
New Zealand
5910
Gray Gerygone
12/21
New Zealand
5911
Tui
12/21
New Zealand
5912
New Zealand Pigeon
12/21
New Zealand
5913
Red-billed Gull
12/21
New Zealand
5914
Red-breasted Dotterel
12/21
New Zealand
5915
Variable Oystercatcher
12/21
New Zealand
5916
South Island Oystercatcher
12/21
New Zealand
5917
White-fronted Tern
12/21
New Zealand
5918
New Zealand Storm-Petrel
12/21
New Zealand
5919
White-faced Storm-Petrel
12/21
New Zealand
5920
Fluttering Shearwater
12/21
New Zealand
5921
Buller’s Shearwater
12/21
New Zealand
5922
Flesh-footed Shearwater
12/21
New Zealand
5923
Parkinson’s Petrel
12/21
New Zealand
5924
Fairy Prion
12/21
New Zealand
5925
Cook’s Petrel
12/21
New Zealand
5926
Red-crowned Parakeet
12/21
New Zealand
5927
Gray Noddy
12/21
New Zealand
5928
Little Shearwater
12/21
New Zealand
5929
North Island Saddleback
12/21
New Zealand
5930
New Zealand Bellbird
12/21
New Zealand
5931
New Zealand Kaka
12/21
New Zealand
5932
Weka
12/21
New Zealand
5933
South Island Takahe
12/21
New Zealand
5934
Brown Teal
12/21
New Zealand
5935
Paradise Shelduck
12/21
New Zealand
5936
North Island Brown Kiwi
12/21
New Zealand
5937
Black-billed Gull
12/22
New Zealand
5938
Wrybill
12/22
New Zealand
5939
Double-banded Plover
12/22
New Zealand
5940
African Collared-Dove
12/22
New Zealand
5941
New Zealand Grebe
12/22
New Zealand
5942
New Zealand Scaup
12/22
New Zealand
5943
Tomtit
12/22
New Zealand
5944
Fernbird
12/23
New Zealand
5945
New Zealand Robin
12/23
New Zealand
5946
Stitchbird
12/23
New Zealand
5947
North Island Kokako
12/23
New Zealand
5948
Whitehead
12/23
New Zealand
5949
Rifleman
12/23
New Zealand
5950
Western Corella
12/24
Australia
5951
Port Lincoln Parrot
12/24
Australia
5952
Black-faced Woodswallow
12/24
Australia
5953
Rufous Fieldwren
12/24
Australia
5954
Redthroat
12/24
Australia
5955
Rufous Treecreeper
12/24
Australia
5956
Slaty-backed Thornbill
12/25
Australia
5957
White-browed Treecreeper (244–245)
12/25
Australia
5958
Little Crow
12/25
Australia
5959
Chiming Wedgebill
12/25
Australia
5960
Crimson Chat (244)
12/25
Australia
5961
Splendid Fairywren
12/25
Australia
5962
Mulga Parrot (244)
12/25
Australia
5963
Bourke’s Parrot
12/25
Australia
5964
White-fronted Honeyeater
12/25
Australia
5965
Southern Whiteface
12/25
Australia
5966
White-backed Swallow (246)
12/25
Australia
5967
Elegant Parrot
12/26
Australia
5968
Regent Parrot
12/26
Australia
5969
Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo
12/26
Australia
5970
Western Yellow Robin
12/26
Australia
5971
Western Spinebill
12/26
Australia
5972
Gilbert’s Honeyeater
12/26
Australia
5973
Baudin’s Black-Cockatoo
12/26
Australia
5974
Western Thornbill
12/26
Australia
5975
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
12/26
Australia
5976
Blue-breasted Fairywren
12/26
Australia
5977
Red-capped Parrot
12/26
Australia
5978
Western Rosella
12/26
Australia
5979
Red-eared Firetail
12/26
Australia
5980
White-breasted Robin
12/26
Australia
5981
Western Wattlebird
12/26
Australia
5982
Red-winged Fairywren
12/26
Australia
5983
Crested Shrike-tit
12/26
Australia
5984
Painted Buttonquail
12/26
Australia
5985
Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
12/27
Australia
5986
Straw-headed Bulbul
12/27
Singapore
5987
Gray Nightjar
12/27
Singapore
5988
Ruddy-breasted Crake
12/27
Singapore
5989
Tanimbar Corella
12/27
Singapore
5990
Slender-billed Vulture
12/28
India
5991
Dark-rumped Rosefinch
12/29
India
5992
Rufous-breasted Bush-Robin
12/29
India
5993
Ludlow’s Fulvetta
12/29
India
5994
Rufous-vented Yuhina
12/29
India
5995
Streak-throated Fulvetta
12/29
India
5996
Beautiful Sibia
12/29
India
5997
Yellow-throated Fulvetta
12/29
India
5998
Rusty-throated Wren-Babbler (253)
12/29
India
5999
White-naped Yuhina
12/29
India
6000
Yellow-rumped Honeyguide (253)
12/29
India
6001
Gray-cheeked Warbler
12/29
India
6002
Scaly-breasted Cupwing
12/29
India
6003
Nepal House-Martin
12/29
India
6004
Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler
12/29
India
6005
Chevron-breasted Babbler
12/29
India
6006
Striated Yuhina
12/29
India
6007
Wedge-tailed Pigeon
12/29
India
6008
Black-faced Bunting
12/30
India
6009
White-tailed Rubythroat
12/30
India
6010
Marsh Babbler
12/30
India
6011
Jerdon’s Babbler
12/30
India
6012
Spotted Bush-Warbler
12/30
India
6013
Baikal Bush-Warbler
12/30
India
6014
Pallas’s Grasshopper-Warbler
12/30
India
6015
Paddyfield Warbler
12/30
India
6016
Tickell’s Leaf Warbler
12/30
India
6017
Smoky Warbler
12/30
India
6018
Gray-sided Bush-Warbler
12/30
India
6019
Brown-cheeked Rail
12/30
6020
Swamp Francolin
12/30
India
6021
Baikal Teal
12/30
India
6022
Falcated Duck
12/30
India
6023
Bar-headed Goose
12/30
India
6024
Siberian Rubythroat
12/30
India
6025
Thick-billed Warbler
12/30
India
6026
Whistler’s Warbler
12/30
India
6027
Spot-winged Starling
12/30
India
6028
Sapphire Flycatcher
12/30
India
6029
Rusty-bellied Shortwing
12/30
India
6030
Small Niltava
12/30
India
6031
White-throated Bulbul
12/30
India
6032
Scaly Thrush
12/31
India
6033
Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush
12/31
India
6034
Rufous-necked Laughingthrush
12/31
India
6035
Nepal Fulvetta
12/31
India
6036
Rufous-throated Fulvetta
12/31
India
6037
White-hooded Babbler
12/31
India
6038
Buff-chested Babbler
12/31
India
6039
Large Woodshrike
12/31
India
6040
White-cheeked Partridge
12/31
India
6041
White-winged Duck
12/31
India
6042
Silver-breasted Broadbill (255, 257)
12/31
India
Index
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
Acorn Woodpecker, 138
Adélie Penguin, 17
Aengwo, Joseph, 192
Afasi, Kalu, 163–82, 184, 191
African Palm-Swift, 179
Akademik Ioffe, 2, 5, 8–9
Alden, Peter, 41, 42, 43
Altamirano, Carlos, 67, 72–75, 77, 87–88, 91–95
Ambua Lodge, 238, 239
American Birding Association (ABA), 11–13, 42, 149
American Black Duck, 153, 155
Andean Cock-of-the-rock, 104, 106–7
Andean Condor, 34
Andean Gull, 18
Andean Pygmy-Owl, 102
Andes Mountains, 15–16, 66–68
Antarctica, 1–2, 6–10, 14, 17, 49, 199, 256
antpittas, 51, 103–5, 107–10
Aplomado Falcon, 34
Arctic Tern, 157
Areta, Nacho, 31
Argentina, 23–24, 26–29, 32–35, 50–51
Arizona, 144, 149
Atlantic Puffin, 157
Atlantic Rainforest, 51, 52, 53
Attenborough, David, 237–38
Audubon, John James, 37, 38
Australia, 243–47, 248
Ave de Oro (Golden-backed Mountain Tanager), 81
Avelino, Luis, 52
B
Baluarte Bridge, 136, 137
Bare-shanked Screech-Owl, 124
Barn Owl, 235
Barred Fruiteater, 81
Bar-tailed Godwit, 112
Baruah, Pritam, 257–58
Bat Falcon, 58
bay-owls, 257–58
Beaver, Hugh, 205–6
Bee Hummingbird, 3
Bell, Dave, 149
Benites, Julio, 87
Benner, Lance, 149
Berguido, Guido, 112
Bernardon, Bianca, 55–65
Bernardon, Giuliano, 55–65
Big Day, 228–29
The Biggest Twitch (Miller and Davies), 48–49
Big Year
author’s motivation and thoughts regarding, 149–50, 207–8, 254–57
author’s world record, 209–14, 216–17, 231–32
blog updates, 119–20, 149, 201, 255
endurance necessary for, 57–58, 92–93, 101, 129, 134
gear for, 264, 265
goals and list rules for, 2, 5, 30
importance of local birders to, 30–32, 35, 120, 123–24, 158, 185–87
North American Big Years, 40, 41–42, 44–45, 248
rare bird chasing, 155–56
rate of progress, 16–17, 23, 134, 138, 159, 181, 192, 194, 200, 216–17, 231–32, 245–49, 250–51, 253–54
snapshot list, 266–67
species list, 268–318
travel and logistics for, 29–32, 53–54, 120–21, 143–45, 152–53, 156, 158–59, 193–94, 225–26, 252, 256–57