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Big Year 2015

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

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* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2015

all species photographed in 2015


* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )

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

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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).

more video...

unidentified birds


2024-01-09

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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.

more unidentified birds...