If you have been birding during 13-16 Feb, you have until 28 Feb to log your
sightings at http://gbbc.birdcount.org
When I last checked 510 species had been logged for “mainland” Australia (744
checklists) - 524 species when observations from Norfolk and Christmas Island
were observed.
In comparison
661 species were logged in the United States from 98,974 checklists
704 species were logged in India from 5664 checklists
609 species were logged in Mexico from 357 checklists and
711 species were logged in Ecuador from just 103 checklists.
Clearly Ecuador is the best place to go birding :)
I would say that the US list is close to the max possible. The Australian list
is a far bit below what is possible - mostly because there are few birders
reporting from outside of the ecumene (a geographical term for the settled
part of Australia).
Roy Sonnenburg was the top observer in Australia with 132 species. The top
observers in the other leading countries were 301 species in India, 287 species
in Ecuador, 199 species in Brazil and 179 species in Mexico.
You can check the Australian bird list at
http://ebird.org/ebird/gbbc/country/AU?yr=all (some of the species names are
different from the Australian convention)
If you observed a species during 13-16 Feb that isn’t on the list, you have
until the end of the month to log it.
Regards, Laurie.
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