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2023-01-06 | Ozyornoye, Chuy valley | Pavel Isayenko

2023-01-05 | Ozyornoye, Chuy valley | Pavel Isayenko

2021-06-25 | Chui region, Bishkek, Chon-Aryk | Gennadii Zakirov

2023-02-07 | | Irina Romanovskaia

2023-01-19 | | Irina Romanovskaia

2023-12-05 | Ozornoe | Jérémie Berlioux

2022-07-17 | Tolok, Chuy valley | Pavel Isayenko

2022-05-05 | Orto-Say, Bishkek, Chuy valley | Pavel Isayenko

2022-07-26 | Pristan'-Przheval'sk | Elena Mikolaichuk

2022-08-23 | Kyzyl-Oi | Pjotr Trommel

2022-08-03 | | Irina Romanovskaia

2022-07-08 | | Philippe Campeau

2022-04-15 | | Philippe Campeau

2022-01-18 | Alamudun, Ozernoye | Robert Parker

2021-09-11 | Ak-bulun, Issyk-kul region | Tatiana Menshikova

2021-08-23 | | Philippe Campeau

2021-07-30 | Kadzhi Sai, Issykkul Region | Katherine Hall

2021-06-30 | Bishkek Ozornoe | Pjotr Trommel

2021-05-22 | | Irina Romanovskaia

2020-10-26 | | Irina Romanovskaia

2020-09-05 | | Irina Romanovskaia

2020-08-22 | | Myrzabek Ozubekov

2020-05-25 | Bishkek | Philippe Campeau

2015-03-21 | Chon-Tash | Pavel Isayenko

2020-03-01 | Chon-Aryk, near Bishkek | Pavel Isayenko

2020-02-08 | Bishkek | Philippe Campeau

2019-10-27 | Bishkek | Philippe Campeau

2019-10-27 | Bishkek | Philippe Campeau

2019-10-27 | Bishkek | Philippe Campeau

2019-09-08 | | Philippe Campeau

2018-01-21 | Ala-too, Chuy Valley | Tatiana Menshikova


rare birds records


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


Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei)

© Tatiana Menshikova
2019-03-11
Ozernoe, Chuy region

Potentially the first record in Kyrgyzstan, at least according to Evgeny A. Koblik and Vladimir Yu. Arkhipov, Avifauna of the States of Northern Eurasia (former USSR), Checklists.


Pallas's Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)

© Philippe Campeau
2019-10-19
Kashka-Suu

Potentially the first record of a Pallas warbler in Kyrgyzstan.


Yellow-browed Bunting (Emberiza chrysophrys)

© Philippe Campeau
2020-12-27
Karakol gorge, Central Tien Shan.

First record of a yellow-browed bunting in Kyrgyzstan.

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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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