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life list

noun

  1. a list of species sighted and identified by a bird watcher or naturalist over a lifetime.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of life list1

First recorded in 1900–05
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I don’t have a life list, and I can’t tell one juvenile gull from another.

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An obsessive birder since childhood, Mr. Kaestner woke up that morning in February with 9,997 birds on his personal “life list” — more than 90 percent of Earth’s scientifically recognized species and three away from a singular milestone.

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As of now, my Life List on Merlin is 45 birds.

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The first species they identified — a rufous-sided towhee with a velvety black head, bright red and white breast, and ruby eyes — was the first bird Joanne ticked off on her life list.

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