life list

noun

: a record kept of all birds sighted and identified by a birder

Examples of life list in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For any Alaska visitors seeking to build up their life list, Katmai National Park serves as one of its crown jewels of natural beauty, brimming with hundreds of indigenous species to spot alongside the bears. —Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025

Hiking a fourteener is on the life lists for many people, but there’s an easier way to scale two of Colorado’s famed peaks. —Mindy Sink, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025

Visiting nature lovers can spot a few of the Big Five, add some birds to their life list or dine in the early morning alongside Namibia’s native meerkats, while those in need of a relaxing getaway can stick close to the lodge and unwind by the pool. —Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024

The occasion that called for the celebratory quaffs: the first elegant trogon on his life list. —Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2024

Last on my Ayurveda in daily life list: cultivating more of a routine. —Annie Daly, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2024

Visiting a volcano should be on everyone's life list. —Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for life list

• blastocyst
• bolshevist
• coexist
• egoist
• hedonist
• jihadist
• nativist
• oculist
• reminisced
• assist
• blacklist
• booklist