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Big Year 2023

The winner will submit the pictures of the largest number of bird species taken on the territory of Kyrgyzstan during this year.

You can see previous years competitions results here: 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

participants


* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2023
3. Trommel Pjotr (165)

all species photographed in 2023


* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Eastern Buzzard (2023-01-01)
2. Saker Falcon (2023-01-01)
3. Great White Egret (2023-01-02)
4. Meadow Bunting (2023-01-02)
5. Carrion Crow (2023-01-03)
6. Black-headed Gull (2023-01-03)
7. Black-Necked Grebe (2023-01-03)
8. Red-crested Pochard (2023-01-03)
9. Mew Gull (2023-01-03)
10. Common Buzzard (2023-01-03)
11. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-01-03)
12. Mistle Thrush (2023-01-03)
13. Tufted Duck (2023-01-03)
14. White-winged Grosbeak (2023-01-03)
15. Common Kestrel (2023-01-03)
16. Upland Buzzard (2023-01-03)
17. Eversmann's Redstart (2023-01-03)
18. Yellow-breasted Tit (2023-01-03)
19. Azure Tit (2023-01-03)
20. Alpine Accentor (2023-01-04)
21. Wallcreeper (2023-01-04)
22. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2023-01-04)
23. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2023-01-05)
24. Mallard (2023-01-05)
25. Eurasian Dipper (2023-01-05)
26. Common Pochard (2023-01-05)
27. Bearded Tit (2023-01-05)
28. Crested Lark (2023-01-05)
29. Eurasian Goldfinch (2023-01-05)
30. Goosander (2023-01-05)
31. Great Grey Shrike (2023-01-05)
32. Great Tit (2023-01-05)
33. Green Sandpiper (2023-01-05)
34. Common Chaffinch (2023-01-05)
35. Laughing Dove (2023-01-05)
36. Common Mynah (2023-01-05)
37. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-01-05)
38. Pygmy Cormorant (2023-01-05)
39. Caspian Gull (2023-01-05)
40. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-01-05)
41. Hooded Crow (2023-01-05)
42. Grey Heron (2023-01-05)
43. Little Grebe (2023-01-05)
44. Rough-legged Buzzard (2023-01-05)
45. Black-breasted Tit (2023-01-06)
46. Black-Billed Magpie (2023-01-06)
47. Brown Dipper (2023-01-06)
48. Hen Harrier (2023-01-06)
49. Whooper Swan (2023-01-07)
50. Mute Swan (2023-01-07)
51. Bewick's Swan (2023-01-07)
52. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-01-07)
53. Common Goldeneye (2023-01-07)
54. Common Teal (2023-01-07)
55. Common Shelduck (2023-01-07)
56. Greater Flamingo (2023-01-07)
57. Horned Lark (2023-01-07)
58. Common Redshank (2023-01-07)
59. Northern Lapwing (2023-01-07)
60. Eurasian Wigeon (2023-01-07)
61. Black Kite (2023-01-07)
62. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-01-07)
63. Red-billed Chough (2023-01-08)
64. Red-fronted Serin (2023-01-08)
65. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2023-01-08)
66. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2023-01-08)
67. Yellow-billed Chough (2023-01-08)
68. Tree Sparrow (2023-01-10)
69. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-01-12)
70. Rook (2023-01-13)
71. Brambling (2023-01-13)
72. Eurasian Siskin (2023-01-14)
73. Rock Pigeon (2023-01-14)
74. European Greenfinch (2023-01-15)
75. Golden Eagle (2023-01-15)
76. Black-throated Accentor (2023-01-19)
77. Brown Accentor (2023-01-19)
78. Hodgson's Rosefinch (2023-01-19)
79. Corn Bunting (2023-01-20)
80. Black-throated Thrush (2023-01-21)
81. Common Coot (2023-01-21)
82. Long-eared Owl (2023-01-21)
83. Great Crested Grebe (2023-01-23)
84. Lammergeier (2023-01-23)
85. Water Pipit (2023-01-25)
86. Great Cormorant (2023-01-27)
87. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2023-01-28)
88. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-01-28)
89. Yellowhammer (2023-01-31)
90. Common Raven (2023-02-03)
91. Common Moorhen (2023-02-06)
92. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-02-07)
93. Smew (2023-02-07)
94. Red-breasted Merganser (2023-02-08)
95. Common Starling (2023-02-08)
96. Common Pheasant (2023-02-08)
97. Little Owl (2023-02-09)
98. Chukar Partridge (2023-02-09)
99. Twite (2023-02-09)
100. Northern Wren (2023-02-11)
101. Ibisbill (2023-02-11)
102. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-02-15)
103. Eurasian Spoonbill (2023-02-19)
104. Cinereous Vulture (2023-02-19)
105. Himalayan Vulture (2023-02-19)
106. Goldcrest (2023-02-19)
107. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-02-21)
108. Bean Goose (2023-02-22)
109. Pallas's Gull (2023-02-23)
110. Alpine Swift (2023-02-24)
111. White-Winged Woodpecker (2023-02-24)
112. Hill Pigeon (2023-02-28)
113. Coal Tit (2023-03-01)
114. Wood Pigeon (2023-03-02)
115. Northern Shoveler (2023-03-04)
116. Gadwall (2023-03-04)
117. Isabelline Shrike (2023-03-04)
118. Masked Wagtail (2023-03-05)
119. Pine Bunting (2023-03-05)
120. Desert Wheatear (2023-03-05)
121. House Sparrow (2023-03-05)
122. Northern Goshawk (2023-03-05)
123. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-03-07)
124. Rock Bunting (2023-03-11)
125. Eurasian Linnet (2023-03-13)
126. Isabelline Wheatear (2023-03-13)
127. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2023-03-13)
128. Citrine Wagtail (2023-03-14)
129. Bluethroat (2023-03-14)
130. Little Ringed Plover (2023-03-15)
131. Northern Pintail (2023-03-15)
132. Common Greenshank (2023-03-20)
133. Common Snipe (2023-03-20)
134. Water Rail (2023-03-20)
135. Eurasian Bittern (2023-03-22)
136. Common Chiffchaff (2023-03-22)
137. Blue-capped Redstart (2023-03-22)
138. Pied Avocet (2023-03-22)
139. Common Stonechat (2023-03-24)
140. Pied Wheatear (2023-03-25)
141. Garganey (2023-03-27)
142. Greater Spotted Eagle (2023-03-27)
143. Tawny Pipit (2023-03-27)
144. Grey Wagtail (2023-03-29)
145. Greylag Goose (2023-03-29)
146. Demoiselle Crane (2023-03-31)
147. Hoopoe (2023-03-31)
148. Booted Eagle (2023-03-31)
149. Calandra Lark (2023-03-31)
150. Turkestan Shrike (2023-03-31)
151. Black-winged Stilt (2023-03-31)
152. Black-headed Wagtail (2023-04-01)
153. Yellow Wagtail (2023-04-01)
154. Little Bustard (2023-04-01)
155. Black Stork (2023-04-02)
156. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2023-04-02)
157. Steppe Eagle (2023-04-02)
158. Northern Wheatear (2023-04-02)
159. Rock Sparrow (2023-04-02)
160. Kentish Plover (2023-04-05)
161. Barn Swallow (2023-04-12)
162. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-04-13)
163. Sky Lark (2023-04-13)
164. Marsh Sandpiper (2023-04-13)
165. Egyptian Vulture (2023-04-13)
166. Turkestan Tit (2023-04-13)
167. Lesser Kestrel (2023-04-13)
168. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2023-04-13)
169. Griffon Vulture (2023-04-13)
170. White Wagtail (2023-04-14)
171. Red-throated Pipit (2023-04-14)
172. Common Swift (2023-04-16)
173. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2023-04-16)
174. Tree Pipit (2023-04-17)
175. Northern House Martin (2023-04-17)
176. Common Tern (2023-04-17)
177. Long-tailed Shrike (2023-04-17)
178. Spotted Redshank (2023-04-17)
179. Osprey (2023-04-17)
180. Spanish Sparrow (2023-04-19)
181. Common Sandpiper (2023-04-19)
182. Cetti's Warbler (2023-04-20)
183. Paddyfield Warbler (2023-04-20)
184. Glossy Ibis (2023-04-21)
185. Black Tern (2023-04-25)
186. Hume's Warbler (2023-04-29)
187. Collared Pratincole (2023-05-01)
188. Eurasian Roller (2023-05-01)
189. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-05-01)
190. Little Tern (2023-05-01)
191. Pale Sand Martin (2023-05-01)
192. Temminck's Stint (2023-05-01)
193. White-headed Duck (2023-05-01)
194. European Bee-eater (2023-05-01)
195. Oriental Turtle Dove (2023-05-01)
196. Indian Golden Oriole (2023-05-05)
197. Eurasian Whimbrel (2023-05-05)
198. Terek Sandpiper (2023-05-05)
199. Grey Plover (2023-05-05)
200. Little Stint (2023-05-05)
201. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2023-05-05)
202. Blue Rock Thrush (2023-05-05)
203. Himalayan Rubythroat (2023-05-06)
204. Rosy Starling (2023-05-06)
205. Shikra (2023-05-06)
206. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2023-05-06)
207. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2023-05-06)
208. Common Rosefinch (2023-05-07)
209. Common Cuckoo (2023-05-07)
210. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-05-07)
211. Eurasian Hobby (2023-05-07)
212. Lesser Grey Shrike (2023-05-07)
213. Bar-tailed Treecreeper (2023-05-09)
214. Hawfinch (2023-05-09)
215. Little Forktail (2023-05-09)
216. Desert Finch (2023-05-09)
217. Indian Sparrow (2023-05-09)
218. Mongolian Finch (2023-05-10)
219. Little Bittern (2023-05-11)
220. Red-headed Bunting (2023-05-11)
221. Black Redstart (2023-05-11)
222. White-capped Redstart (2023-05-11)
223. Blyth's Rosefinch (2023-05-11)
224. Common Whitethroat (2023-05-12)
225. White-throated Robin (2023-05-12)
226. Hume's Whitethroat (2023-05-12)
227. Eastern Orphean Warbler (2023-05-12)
228. White-capped Bunting (2023-05-12)
229. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2023-05-13)
230. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-05-13)
231. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2023-05-13)
232. Greater Short-toed Lark (2023-05-13)
233. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2023-05-13)
234. Variable Wheatear (2023-05-13)
235. White Stork (2023-05-13)
236. Grey-necked Bunting (2023-05-14)
237. Blue Whistling Thrush (2023-05-14)
238. Common Kingfisher (2023-05-15)
239. Black-crowned Night Heron (2023-05-15)
240. Common Nightingale (2023-05-15)
241. White-winged Tern (2023-05-17)
242. Purple Heron (2023-05-21)
243. Common Oystercatcher (2023-05-24)
244. Taiga Flycatcher (2023-05-25)
245. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2023-05-29)
247. Sand Martin (2023-05-30)
248. White-winged Snowfinch (2023-06-01)
249. Merlin (2023-06-01)
250. Himalayan Accentor (2023-06-01)
251. Asian Short-toed Lark (2023-06-01)
252. Lesser Sand Plover (2023-06-01)
253. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2023-06-01)
254. Barbary Falcon (2023-06-02)
255. Barred Warbler (2023-06-03)
256. Eurasian Redstart (2023-06-04)
257. Wood Sandpiper (2023-06-04)
258. Ruddy Turnstone (2023-06-06)
259. Whiskered Tern (2023-06-06)
260. Red-rumped Swallow (2023-06-07)
261. Bar-headed Goose (2023-06-07)
262. Common Treecreeper (2023-06-11)
263. Greenish Warbler (2023-06-18)
264. Eurasian Crag Martin (2023-06-22)
265. Songar Tit (2023-06-30)
266. Spotted Nutcracker (2023-06-30)
267. Brandt's Rosefinch (2023-07-04)
268. Montagu's Harrier (2023-07-06)
269. Ruff (2023-07-08)
270. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2023-07-11)
271. European Nightjar (2023-07-15)
272. Curlew Sandpiper (2023-07-20)
273. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-08-16)
274. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2023-09-05)
275. Little Gull (2023-09-05)
276. Pacific Golden Plover (2023-09-09)
277. Red-backed Shrike (2023-09-10)
278. Dunlin (2023-09-23)
279. Red-Necked Grebe (2023-09-23)
280. Common Crane (2023-10-07)
281. Eurasian Curlew (2023-10-07)
282. Eurasian Golden Plover (2023-10-07)
283. Slavonian Grebe (2023-10-07)
284. Ortolan Bunting (2023-10-15)
285. Greater White-fronted Goose (2023-10-28)
286. Dalmatian Pelican (2023-12-10)

rare birds records


Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla)

© Neil and Lucy Rogers
2023-05-25
Chong Kemin

The first confirmed record of the Taiga Flycatcher in Kyrgyzstan.


Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)

© Jérémie Berlioux
2023-05-21
Ozornoe

First record in Kyrgyzstan.


White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)

© Pjotr Trommel
2022-08-20
Ozyornoye, Bishkek

Very likely to be the first encounter in Kyrgyzstan, with vagrants recorded in neighbouring Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.


Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus rubescens)

© Tatiana Menshikova
2021-10-10
Mikhaylovka, Issyk-kul region

The first confirmed record in the Kyrgyz Republic

more rarities...

recent video

2023-07-15. Indian Golden Oriole (Gennadii Zakirov), Black-Billed Magpie (Gennadii Zakirov).

2021-10-26. Little Owl (Katherine Hall).

2021-03-15. Common Buzzard (Viacheslav Prudskikh).

2021-03-13. Grey-headed Goldfinch (Viacheslav Prudskikh).

2018-04-11. Grey-headed Goldfinch (Ivan Turkovskiy).

2017-11-16. Black-breasted Tit (Ivan Turkovskiy).

2017-09-05. Little Owl (Ivan Turkovskiy), Common Kingfisher (Ivan Turkovskiy).

2017-09-03. Ibisbill (Ivan Turkovskiy).

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unidentified birds


2024-01-09

no any comments:

2024-01-09

no any comments:

2023-10-28

Igor Fefelov: Circus macrourus|pygargus|cyaneus

2023-04-17

Анна Ясько: На 2 и 3 фото, действительно, завирушку больше напоминает по контрастности головы и спины.

2023-01-14

И. Фефелов: If it's some wheatear it should be Oe.pleschanka or Oe.deserti.

more unidentified birds...