Already in the Tanimbar Islands, before reaching Yamdena, the last island to be visited by the Banda Sea Expedition, we had a few hours in Anggarmasa, a small island between Yamdena and Selaru. Tanimbar Megapode was common there, but also very shy and fast, so we could not get photographs or video. But we also had a number of interesting waterbirds and small island specialists, including ... [+]

Before reaching Tanimbar, the final point of the Banda Sea Expedition, we visited the island of Babar, in the extreme eastern Lesser Sundas. Here, apart from those of the Orange-banded Thrush, already uploaded with the initial instalment, we got first materials for the IBC of Tricoloured Parrotfinch, Banda Myzomela, ... [+]

Lynx Edicions, sponsor of the IBC, has launched a photo contest with the aspiration of becoming the most important bird photography competition at the international level. There are several prizes, including a grand prize of US$10,000, and each participant can submit up to 8 photographs. Participating in ... [+]

We would like to share a list of countries and territories that do not have any material yet on the IBC. Our goal is not just to have materials of all species, but also to cover a great diversity of aspects, like subspecies and habitats, and for this reason the contributions from different geographic areas are very important. We hope you will ... [+]

We have been receiving a common query lately: Where can I find a list of species without material? On the IBC there are several ways to view these missing species.

For more than one hundred countries, we already have checklists online that you can sort and ... [+]

We are very happy that a number of professional photographers with material published in the Handbook of the Birds of the World series have given permission for the inclusion of their photos on the IBC. We hope that the wider repercussion of the IBC is beneficial for everyone. We will soon include photos from David Stowe, Neil Bowman, David James Southhall, Albert Masó, ... [+]

This small island is renowned ornithologically as it is the home of the Damar Flycatcher, a smart bird found nowhere else in the world. Of course, this species was the main target on our visit to Damar during our Banda Sea expedition, but there we also got the first videos for the IBC of Wallacean Whistler and Northern Fantail, the latter at the nest. We found ... [+]

This time we invite you to browse the checklists of some African countries: Djibouti, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Niger, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo Republic and Burundi.
Most of them are empty or almost empty of materials, but despite this you can find ... [+]

This species has a fairly small range, encompassing extreme SE Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and a N Brazil. There it occurs in humid forest and forest edge, to 500 m. I've only seen this species on the Brownsberg, where it is common. It is said to be very common in interior French Guiana, so I presume it will be the same for a large part of interior ... [+]

Continuing with the Banda Sea cruise, today we are uploading more materials recorded in Leti, where our main target was the near endemic Grey or Kisar Friarbird. On this island we also got first videos for the IBC of White-shouldered Triller, Scaly-breasted Honeyeater and Timor Zebra Finch. And we found an ... [+]

We invite you to explore a new and diverse group of checklists: Antarctica, New Guinea, Sulawesi, Mongolia, Bhutan, Macedonia, Andorra, DR Congo and Benin as well as Saint Helena and Ascension Islands. From these pages you can easily access the most interesting species from each territory, like the endangered ... [+]

More new materials from this Banda Sea island include first videos of Timor Imperial-pigeon, Black Cuckoo-dove and Crimson-hooded Myzomela. Also, two subspecies endemic to this island appear as markedly distinct and will probably be split in the near future as Wetar Scops Owl and Wetar Oriole. We also add two ... [+]

Forest-falcons are a difficult group in general. Without taping them, one often only sees glimpses of these birds as they fly swiftly off from a low branch or when they pass by on eye height. During my visit I've heard Collared (a few near the coast), Barred (a few), Slaty-backed (once) and Lined Forest-falcon ... [+]

More exciting news from the enigmatic hummingbird found in Colombia:
A few weeks ago in the Rogitama Nature Reserve, established in 1982 by Roberto Chavarro and his family who are well-known conservationists of Colombian biodiversity, a new hummingbird was found – number 18 for the reserve. The first observations, by Roberto and the ranger of the reserve, Jesús Pachón, and ... [+]

With the checklists of Saint Lucia, Barbados, Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines we have completed all of the countries from the Nearctic and Neotropical regions! We have also enabled checklists for Tunisia, Mauritania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Java and Vanuatu. If you visit the pages of these territories, you will see that Mauritania and Bosnia and Herzegovina don’t have any ... [+]