10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2011

For these stunning birds are not easily found outside of the Guianas which includes Suriname, Guyana and French Guiana. On a trip to Suriname to find and film some of these spectacular species I was blown away by the birding. Suriname has approximately 735 recorded species, with many more to still be added to its total list.

Suriname 209

Suriname Guyana Birds South America 209

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2018

401-600 sp: Honduras, Guatemala, Guyana, Suriname and French Guyana, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay; the Sahel countries (Africa), Namibia and Botswana; Central Asian countries and Cambodia. 1 en), Suriname (735 sp. / Shown as a list, it looks like this: Less than 200 bird species: Antarctica; oceanic islands. 801-1000 sp. –

Equatorial Guinea 193

Equatorial Guinea Costa Rica Central African Republic Guyana 193

10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2023

When Arjan reached Suriname, his count stood at 3,646 species, with just under half a year left. . … After such a long period of intensive travel, it has become completely normal that my life revolves around only one piece of hand luggage, binoculars, a camera, and seeing as many bird species as I can.”

Papua New Guinea 246

Papua New Guinea Guinea Suriname Brazil 246

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

And what I am saying here doesn’t only apply to his Sri Lanka guide, but to all the others as well (these include the first dedicated guidebooks to Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Malawi, Ghana, Mozambique, Rwanda, Suriname).

Sri Lanka 222

Sri Lanka Malaysia Suriname Malawi 222

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

It arrived near the border of Guiana and Suriname in 1877, though it wasn’t until the 1930′s before this species became really established in the new world. Cattle Egret was first recorded in Florida in 1941 (although originally these were dismissed as escapes), and officially bred in Florida in 1953.

Cattle 170

Cattle South Korea Suriname Seychelles 170

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

Or the time in Suriname that we drove 3 hours to film Capuchinbirds only to learn that he left our video camera back at the lodge (next to an empty vodka bottle!). Mostly the unexpected event is caused by Aderman, my trusty videographer. But I digress.

Costa Rica 253

Costa Rica Suriname Eggs Hunting 253

10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2022

In recent years he authored the first English-language guidebook to Suriname and an overhauled 600-page guidebook to Sri Lanka, both published by Bradt. These include the first dedicated guidebooks to Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Malawi, Ghana, Mozambique and Rwanda, among others, all of which are regularly updated for new editions.

Sri Lanka 147

Sri Lanka Ghana Uganda Protesters 147