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Big Year 2018
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
participants
* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2018
1. Romanovskaia Irina (163) 2. Menshikova Tatiana (128) 3. Alymkanova Nurzhan (112) 4. Vorobieva Katerina (85) 5. Gazieva Elvira (68) 6. silan serg (39) | 7. Turkovskiy Ivan (33) 8. Kalchinov Nurlan (22) 9. Belyalov Oleg (12) 10. Dyakin Gennadiy (10) 11. Shukurov Eric (4) |
all species photographed in 2018
* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Tree Sparrow (2018-01-01) 2. Northern Wren (2018-01-02) 3. Azure Tit (2018-01-02) 4. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2018-01-02) 5. Eastern Buzzard (2018-01-02) 6. Great Tit (2018-01-02) 7. Long-eared Owl (2018-01-03) 8. Yellow-breasted Tit (2018-01-05) 9. Eurasian Blackbird (2018-01-06) 10. Great White Egret (2018-01-07) 11. Green Sandpiper (2018-01-07) 12. Eurasian Siskin (2018-01-12) 13. Brambling (2018-01-14) 14. Carrion Crow (2018-01-14) 15. Laughing Dove (2018-01-15) 16. Red-fronted Serin (2018-01-15) 17. Hooded Crow (2018-01-15) 18. Crested Lark (2018-01-18) 19. Water Pipit (2018-01-18) 20. Northern Reed Bunting (2018-01-18) 21. Ruddy Shelduck (2018-01-18) 22. Goosander (2018-01-18) 23. Eurasian Spoonbill (2018-01-18) 24. Dalmatian Pelican (2018-01-18) 25. Western Marsh-Harrier (2018-01-18) 26. Black-throated Thrush (2018-01-18) 27. Eversmann's Redstart (2018-01-18) 28. Grey Heron (2018-01-18) 29. Corn Bunting (2018-01-18) 30. Black-throated Accentor (2018-01-19) 31. Rough-legged Buzzard (2018-01-19) 32. Yellowhammer (2018-01-19) 33. Coal Tit (2018-01-20) 34. Rook (2018-01-21) 35. Eurasian Jackdaw (2018-01-21) 36. Horned Lark (2018-01-21) 37. European Robin (2018-01-25) 38. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2018-01-25) 39. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2018-01-25) 40. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2018-01-25) 41. Common Chaffinch (2018-01-29) 42. Black-Billed Magpie (2018-01-29) 43. Common Mynah (2018-01-29) 44. Merlin (2018-02-02) 45. Red-crested Pochard (2018-02-04) 46. Mute Swan (2018-02-04) 47. Black-Necked Grebe (2018-02-06) 48. Northern Shoveler (2018-02-06) 49. Whooper Swan (2018-02-07) 50. Tufted Duck (2018-02-07) 51. Smew (2018-02-07) 52. White-Winged Woodpecker (2018-02-08) 53. Pygmy Cormorant (2018-02-10) 54. Little Grebe (2018-02-10) 55. Upland Buzzard (2018-02-27) 56. Rock Pigeon (2018-02-28) 57. Brandt's Rosefinch (2018-03-03) 58. White-winged Snowfinch (2018-03-03) 59. Northern Lapwing (2018-03-03) 60. Pallas's Gull (2018-03-03) 61. Common Oystercatcher (2018-03-04) 62. Gadwall (2018-03-04) 63. Northern Pintail (2018-03-04) 64. Common Sparrowhawk (2018-03-08) 65. Caspian Gull (2018-03-08) 66. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2018-03-09) 67. Masked Wagtail (2018-03-09) 68. Pine Bunting (2018-03-09) 69. Black-headed Gull (2018-03-09) 70. Common Coot (2018-03-10) 71. Common Pochard (2018-03-10) 72. Great Crested Grebe (2018-03-10) 73. Common Pheasant (2018-03-12) 74. Greater Flamingo (2018-03-16) 75. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2018-03-17) 76. Bluethroat (2018-03-18) 77. Citrine Wagtail (2018-03-18) 78. Mallard (2018-03-19) 79. Black Kite (2018-03-20) 80. Pied Wheatear (2018-03-21) 81. Golden Eagle (2018-03-23) 82. Grey Wagtail (2018-03-24) 83. Little Ringed Plover (2018-03-25) 84. Common Chiffchaff (2018-03-28) 85. Wood Pigeon (2018-03-30) 86. European Greenfinch (2018-03-30) 87. Eurasian Collared Dove (2018-03-30) 88. Steppe Grey Shrike (2018-03-30) 89. Long-legged Buzzard (2018-03-30) 90. Chukar Partridge (2018-03-30) 91. Turkestan Shrike (2018-03-30) 92. Common Snipe (2018-03-30) 93. Garganey (2018-03-30) 94. Common Teal (2018-03-30) 95. Red-billed Chough (2018-03-30) 96. Isabelline Shrike (2018-03-30) 97. Hoopoe (2018-03-31) 98. Common Starling (2018-03-31) 99. Eurasian Linnet (2018-03-31) 100. Common Kestrel (2018-03-31) 101. Rock Bunting (2018-04-01) 102. Steppe Eagle (2018-04-01) 103. Desert Wheatear (2018-04-03) 104. Black-crowned Night Heron (2018-04-04) 105. White Stork (2018-04-05) 106. Common Stonechat (2018-04-06) 107. Northern Wheatear (2018-04-10) 108. Black-breasted Tit (2018-04-12) 109. White-winged Grosbeak (2018-04-12) 110. Brown Dipper (2018-04-14) 111. Pied Avocet (2018-04-14) 112. Black-winged Stilt (2018-04-17) | 113. Common Moorhen (2018-04-17) 114. Eurasian Wigeon (2018-04-17) 115. House Sparrow (2018-04-17) 116. Black-tailed Godwit (2018-04-17) 117. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2018-04-18) 118. Osprey (2018-04-18) 119. Great Cormorant (2018-04-19) 120. Cetti's Warbler (2018-04-20) 121. Caspian Tern (2018-04-21) 122. Common Tern (2018-04-21) 123. Common Redshank (2018-04-21) 124. Isabelline Wheatear (2018-04-21) 125. Eurasian Roller (2018-04-22) 126. Barn Swallow (2018-04-22) 127. Black Tern (2018-04-22) 128. Rock Sparrow (2018-04-22) 129. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2018-04-22) 130. Common Sandpiper (2018-04-22) 131. Greater Spotted Eagle (2018-04-22) 132. Grey-necked Bunting (2018-04-22) 133. Collared Pratincole (2018-04-23) 134. Blue-capped Redstart (2018-04-23) 135. Little Tern (2018-04-24) 136. Northern House Martin (2018-04-27) 137. Oriental Turtle Dove (2018-04-27) 138. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2018-04-27) 139. Common Raven (2018-04-28) 140. Long-tailed Shrike (2018-04-29) 141. White Wagtail (2018-04-29) 142. Indian Golden Oriole (2018-04-30) 143. Pale Sand Martin (2018-04-30) 144. Black-headed Wagtail (2018-04-30) 145. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2018-05-02) 146. Lesser Kestrel (2018-05-04) 147. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2018-05-04) 148. Common Cuckoo (2018-05-05) 149. Common Nightingale (2018-05-05) 150. European Bee-eater (2018-05-05) 151. White-winged Tern (2018-05-07) 152. Temminck's Stint (2018-05-07) 153. Yellow Wagtail (2018-05-07) 154. Shikra (2018-05-07) 155. Common Greenshank (2018-05-07) 156. Spotted Redshank (2018-05-08) 157. Mistle Thrush (2018-05-09) 158. Whiskered Tern (2018-05-09) 159. Black Redstart (2018-05-15) 160. Red-headed Bunting (2018-05-17) 161. Lesser Grey Shrike (2018-05-19) 162. Little Bustard (2018-05-19) 163. Wood Sandpiper (2018-05-21) 164. Terek Sandpiper (2018-05-21) 165. Alpine Swift (2018-05-22) 166. Egyptian Vulture (2018-05-23) 167. Rosy Starling (2018-05-25) 168. Common Rosefinch (2018-05-28) 169. Blue Whistling Thrush (2018-05-28) 170. Spotted Flycatcher (2018-05-28) 171. Barred Warbler (2018-05-28) 172. Himalayan Vulture (2018-05-28) 173. Common Whitethroat (2018-05-28) 174. Greylag Goose (2018-05-28) 175. Turkestan Tit (2018-05-29) 176. Lesser Sand Plover (2018-06-01) 177. Himalayan Rubythroat (2018-06-02) 178. Common Swift (2018-06-05) 179. Indian Sparrow (2018-06-05) 180. Spanish Sparrow (2018-06-05) 181. Little Owl (2018-06-14) 182. Tawny Pipit (2018-06-20) 183. Bearded Tit (2018-07-08) 184. Demoiselle Crane (2018-07-18) 185. Ibisbill (2018-07-19) 186. Paddyfield Warbler (2018-07-20) 187. Eurasian Crag Martin (2018-07-21) 188. Common Kingfisher (2018-07-24) 189. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2018-07-28) 190. Hodgson's Rosefinch (2018-07-28) 191. Common Crane (2018-07-28) 192. Tree Pipit (2018-07-29) 193. Wallcreeper (2018-07-30) 194. Little Bittern (2018-08-08) 195. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2018-08-18) 196. Twite (2018-08-19) 197. Savi's Warbler (2018-08-22) 198. Eurasian Hobby (2018-08-27) 199. Little Stint (2018-09-02) 200. Eurasian Wryneck (2018-09-06) 201. Lesser Whitethroat (2018-09-06) 202. Eurasian Redstart (2018-09-07) 203. Hume's Warbler (2018-09-10) 204. Alpine Accentor (2018-09-14) 205. Yellow-billed Chough (2018-09-14) 206. Ruff (2018-10-01) 207. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2018-10-06) 208. Cinereous Vulture (2018-10-10) 209. Calandra Lark (2018-10-11) 210. Daurian Partridge (2018-10-22) 211. Slavonian Grebe (2018-10-23) 212. Hen Harrier (2018-11-07) 213. Lammergeier (2018-11-18) 214. Great Grey Shrike (2018-11-18) 215. Short-eared Owl (2018-11-25) 216. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2018-12-06) 217. Common Goldeneye (2018-12-06) 218. Red Crossbill (2018-12-07) 219. Common Treecreeper (2018-12-07) 220. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2018-12-07) 221. Baraba Steppe Gull (2018-12-15) 222. Goldcrest (2018-12-23) 223. Common Shelduck (2018-12-25) 224. Peregrine Falcon (2018-12-25) |
Big Year 2024
1. Irina Romanovskaia (113)
2. Jérémie Berlioux (56)
3. Elvira Gazieva (11)
4. Adinai Akhmatova (5)
5. Iuliia Liakh (2)
6. Nurzhan Alymkanova (2)
2. Jérémie Berlioux (56)
3. Elvira Gazieva (11)
4. Adinai Akhmatova (5)
5. Iuliia Liakh (2)
6. Nurzhan Alymkanova (2)
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
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).
unidentified birds
2024-01-09
no any comments:
2024-01-09
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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.