Birds!

This was not a birding trip, obviously. There weren’t even any birding outings or walks on the trip. But I was always on the lookout for birds. Given that, I wound up with 165 life birds on the trip. For you bird nerds, here’s the list (taxonomic order of course!):

Lesser Whistling-Duck
Ruddy Shelduck
Paradise Shelduck
Brazilian Teal
Cape Teal
Brown Teal
New Zealand Scaup
Rusty-margined Guan
Indian Peafowl
Picazuro Pigeon
Malagasy Turtle-Dove
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Little Cuckoo-Dove
Asian Emerald Dove
Zebra Dove
Crimson-crowned Fruit-Dove
Nuku Hiva Imperial-Pigeon
Barking Imperial-Pigeon
New Zealand Pigeon
Greater Coucal
Pied Cuckoo
Asian Koel
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
White-throated Needletail
Satin Swiftlet
African Swift
Bradfield's Swift
Pacific Swift
House Swift
Glittering-bellied Emerald
Antillean Crested Hummingbird
Buff-banded Rail
Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail
Gray-headed Swamphen
Black Crake
Blue Crane
Indian Thick-knee
Pied Avocet
South Island Oystercatcher
African Oystercatcher
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Red-wattled Lapwing
Chestnut-banded Plover
White-fronted Plover
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Eurasian Curlew
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Curlew Sandpiper
Sabine's Gull
Brown-hooded Gull
Brown-headed Gull
Black Noddy
Damara Tern
Yellow-billed Tern
Large-billed Tern
Black-naped Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Snowy Albatross
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
Spectacled Petrel
Fluttering Shearwater
Asian Openbill
African Woolly-necked Stork
Asian Woolly-necked Stork
Lesser Adjutant
Milky Stork
Painted Stork
Lesser Frigatebird
Little Cormorant
Bank Cormorant
Cape Cormorant
Japanese Cormorant
Buff-necked Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Indian Pond-Heron
Chinese Pond-Heron
Eastern Cattle-Egret
Medium Egret
Humblot's Heron
Spot-billed Pelican
Shikra
Fiji Goshawk
Swamp Harrier
Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Eurasian Hoopoe
Crowned Hornbill
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
White-throated Kingfisher
Pacific Kingfisher
Channel-billed Toucan
Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker
New Zealand Kaka
Red-crowned Parakeet
Eastern Rosella
Monk Parakeet
White-winged Parakeet
Golden-capped Parakeet
Blue-and-yellow Macaw
Red-and-green Macaw
Red-shouldered Macaw
Rifleman
Pale-legged Hornero
Masked Water-Tyrant
Dusky-chested Flycatcher
Tui
Dark-brown Honeyeater
Gray Gerygone
Polynesian Triller
Whitehead
Rufous Whistler
Fiji Woodswallow
Southern Boubou
Philippine Pied-Fantail
New Zealand Fantail
Black Drongo
Malagasy Paradise-Flycatcher
Azure-winged Magpie
North Island Saddleback
Stitchbird
North Island Robin
Rufous-naped Lark
Southern Crag-Martin
Black Bulbul
Light-vented Bulbul
Swinhoe's White-eye
Orange River White-eye
Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush
Samoan Starling
Black-collared Starling
Crested Myna
Chalk-browed Mockingbird
Song Thrush
Chinese Blackbird
Marico Flycatcher
Blue Rock-Thrush
Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
Southern Double-collared Sunbird
Seychelles Sunbird
Bornean Spiderhunter
Asian Fairy-bluebird
Red Fody
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Madagascar Munia
Chestnut-breasted Munia
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
Cape Wagtail
Paddyfield Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Common Chaffinch
Yellow-fronted Canary
Oriole Blackbird
Yellow-hooded Blackbird
Plumbeous Warbler
Red-capped Cardinal
Yellow-billed Cardinal
Orange-fronted Yellow-Finch
Saffron Finch
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