Alex Wiebe, a biologist and Jonathan Franzen Fellow at the Los Amigos Bird Observatory recently broke the world record for an on-foot Big Day, recording 347 species in a single day.
A Big Day is a competitive birding ‘race,’ in which the contestant attempts to see or hear as many different bird species as they can in one 24-hour period. In addition to breaking a world record, Will was also able to identify a species that is new to our Los Amigos lodge: the Rusty-margined flycatcher!
This means that we now know that Los Amigos is home to at least 598 species of birds. Congrats, Alex!
What a fantastic achievement to beat a record held since 1982. Back then Scott Robinson and Ted Parker saw/heard 331 in a day at Cocha Cashu, a few days canoe ride upstream of the Madre de Dios and up The Manu rivers. Incredible and if Alex has written an article about and published his list, can he or anyone or knows please send me a link. I would love to read it and see the list. Well done Alex. Brilliant effort and congratulations to you and to Los Amigos Biological Station.