Big Year 2016 – Rarest Birds
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Jan 3, 2017 | by Greg Miller
| Rank | Species | Tour |
| 780 | Tufted Flycatcher | SE Arizona |
| 734 | Western Spindalis | Florida |
| 705 | American Flamingo | Florida |
| 700 | Five-striped Sparrow | SE Arizona |
| 681 | Black-capped Gnatcatcher | SE Arizona |
| 669 | Mexican Chickadee | SE Arizona |
| 663 | Aplomado Falcon | Texas Rio Grande |
| 653 | Buff-breasted Flycatcher | SE Arizona |
| 650 | Spot-breasted Oriole | Florida |
| 643 | Yellow-footed Gull | Southern California |
| 639 | Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Washington |
| 632 | Thick-billed Kingbird | SE Arizona |
| 629 | Baird’s Sparrow | Montana |
| 628 | Spotted Dove | Southern California |
| 625 | Bar-tailed Godwit | Bay Area California |
| 618 | Brown Booby | Southern California |
| 617 | Green Parakeet | Texas Rio Grande |
| 613 | Bendire’s Thrasher | SE Arizona |
| 612 | South Polar Skua | Maine |
| 610 | Slaty-backed Gull | Washington |
| 605 | Lucifer Hummingbird | SE Arizona |
| 600 | Greater Pewee | SE Arizona |
Above I have listed the “rarest” birds seen on the 2016 Big Year Tours with Wildside Nature Tours. The rank is derived from eBird data for the Lower 48 States as of December 31, 2015 based on the total number of checklists submitted for each species from 1900-2015. There are just over 900 species reported in the Lower 48 States in eBird for this time period. All our target species were 1-500, or the 500 most reported species in the Lower 48 States. These were surprises we bumped into along the way. The lower the rank, the more common the species.
2016 Big Year Tours with Wildside Nature Tours were so much fun we’ve decided to do it all again! Check out bigyeartours.com for our upcoming trips.