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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
1. Romanovskaia Irina (106) 2. Berlioux Jérémie (86) 3. Trommel Pjotr (85) 4. Mikolaichuk Elena (40) 5. Bastaev Vasilii (38) 6. Isayenko Pavel (18) 7. Menshikova Tatiana (17) | 8. Gazieva Elvira (14) 9. Ozubekov Myrzabek (13) 10. Khasanov Grigory (4) 11. Omorova Gulbara (1) 12. Rogers Neil and Lucy (1) 13. Zakirov Gennadii (1) |
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. Great White Egret (2023-01-02) 3. Meadow Bunting (2023-01-02) 4. Carrion Crow (2023-01-03) 5. Black-headed Gull (2023-01-03) 6. Black-Necked Grebe (2023-01-03) 7. Red-crested Pochard (2023-01-03) 8. Mew Gull (2023-01-03) 9. Common Buzzard (2023-01-03) 10. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-01-03) 11. Mistle Thrush (2023-01-03) 12. Tufted Duck (2023-01-03) 13. White-winged Grosbeak (2023-01-03) 14. Common Kestrel (2023-01-03) 15. Upland Buzzard (2023-01-03) 16. Eversmann's Redstart (2023-01-03) 17. Yellow-breasted Tit (2023-01-03) 18. Azure Tit (2023-01-03) 19. Alpine Accentor (2023-01-04) 20. Wallcreeper (2023-01-04) 21. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2023-01-04) 22. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2023-01-05) 23. Mallard (2023-01-05) 24. Eurasian Dipper (2023-01-05) 25. Common Pochard (2023-01-05) 26. Bearded Tit (2023-01-05) 27. Crested Lark (2023-01-05) 28. Eurasian Goldfinch (2023-01-05) 29. Goosander (2023-01-05) 30. Great Grey Shrike (2023-01-05) 31. Great Tit (2023-01-05) 32. Green Sandpiper (2023-01-05) 33. Common Chaffinch (2023-01-05) 34. Laughing Dove (2023-01-05) 35. Common Mynah (2023-01-05) 36. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-01-05) 37. Pygmy Cormorant (2023-01-05) 38. Caspian Gull (2023-01-05) 39. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-01-05) 40. Hooded Crow (2023-01-05) 41. Grey Heron (2023-01-05) 42. Little Grebe (2023-01-05) 43. Black-breasted Tit (2023-01-06) 44. Black-Billed Magpie (2023-01-06) 45. Brown Dipper (2023-01-06) 46. Hen Harrier (2023-01-06) 47. Whooper Swan (2023-01-07) 48. Mute Swan (2023-01-07) 49. Bewick's Swan (2023-01-07) 50. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-01-07) 51. Common Goldeneye (2023-01-07) 52. Common Teal (2023-01-07) 53. Common Shelduck (2023-01-07) 54. Greater Flamingo (2023-01-07) 55. Horned Lark (2023-01-07) 56. Common Redshank (2023-01-07) 57. Northern Lapwing (2023-01-07) 58. Eurasian Wigeon (2023-01-07) 59. Red-billed Chough (2023-01-08) 60. Red-fronted Serin (2023-01-08) 61. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2023-01-08) 62. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2023-01-08) 63. Tree Sparrow (2023-01-10) 64. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-01-12) 65. Rook (2023-01-13) 66. Brambling (2023-01-13) 67. Eurasian Siskin (2023-01-14) 68. Rock Pigeon (2023-01-14) 69. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-01-14) 70. Black-throated Accentor (2023-01-19) 71. Brown Accentor (2023-01-19) 72. Hodgson's Rosefinch (2023-01-19) 73. Corn Bunting (2023-01-20) | 74. Black-throated Thrush (2023-01-21) 75. Common Coot (2023-01-21) 76. Long-eared Owl (2023-01-21) 77. Great Crested Grebe (2023-01-23) 78. Water Pipit (2023-01-25) 79. Rough-legged Buzzard (2023-01-25) 80. Great Cormorant (2023-01-27) 81. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2023-01-28) 82. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-01-28) 83. Yellowhammer (2023-01-31) 84. European Greenfinch (2023-01-31) 85. Common Raven (2023-02-03) 86. Common Moorhen (2023-02-06) 87. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-02-07) 88. Smew (2023-02-07) 89. Red-breasted Merganser (2023-02-08) 90. Sky Lark (2023-02-08) 91. Common Starling (2023-02-08) 92. Common Pheasant (2023-02-08) 93. Little Owl (2023-02-09) 94. Chukar Partridge (2023-02-09) 95. Twite (2023-02-09) 96. Northern Wren (2023-02-11) 97. Ibisbill (2023-02-11) 98. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-02-15) 99. Eurasian Spoonbill (2023-02-19) 100. Lammergeier (2023-02-19) 101. Cinereous Vulture (2023-02-19) 102. Himalayan Vulture (2023-02-19) 103. Golden Eagle (2023-02-19) 104. Goldcrest (2023-02-19) 105. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-02-21) 106. Bean Goose (2023-02-22) 107. Pallas's Gull (2023-02-23) 108. Alpine Swift (2023-02-24) 109. White-Winged Woodpecker (2023-02-24) 110. Great Rosefinch (2023-02-27) 111. Hill Pigeon (2023-02-28) 112. Coal Tit (2023-03-01) 113. Wood Pigeon (2023-03-02) 114. Northern Shoveler (2023-03-04) 115. Gadwall (2023-03-04) 116. Isabelline Shrike (2023-03-04) 117. Masked Wagtail (2023-03-05) 118. Pine Bunting (2023-03-05) 119. Desert Wheatear (2023-03-05) 120. House Sparrow (2023-03-05) 121. Lesser Kestrel (2023-03-06) 122. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-03-07) 123. Rock Bunting (2023-03-11) 124. Eurasian Linnet (2023-03-13) 125. Isabelline Wheatear (2023-03-13) 126. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2023-03-13) 127. Citrine Wagtail (2023-03-14) 128. Bluethroat (2023-03-14) 129. Little Ringed Plover (2023-03-15) 130. Northern Pintail (2023-03-15) 131. Common Greenshank (2023-03-20) 132. Common Snipe (2023-03-20) 133. Water Rail (2023-03-20) 134. Eurasian Bittern (2023-03-22) 135. Common Chiffchaff (2023-03-22) 136. Blue-capped Redstart (2023-03-22) 137. Pied Avocet (2023-03-22) 138. Black Kite (2023-03-24) 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) |
Big Year 2023
1. Irina Romanovskaia (106)
2. Jérémie Berlioux (86)
3. Pjotr Trommel (85)
4. Elena Mikolaichuk (40)
5. Vasilii Bastaev (38)
6. Pavel Isayenko (18)
7. Tatiana Menshikova (17)
8. Elvira Gazieva (14)
9. Myrzabek Ozubekov (13)
10. Grigory Khasanov (4)
2. Jérémie Berlioux (86)
3. Pjotr Trommel (85)
4. Elena Mikolaichuk (40)
5. Vasilii Bastaev (38)
6. Pavel Isayenko (18)
7. Tatiana Menshikova (17)
8. Elvira Gazieva (14)
9. Myrzabek Ozubekov (13)
10. Grigory Khasanov (4)
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.
recent video
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
2023-03-29
Анна Ясько: Здесь, похоже, две разные птицы. На 1 фото, вероятно, зимняк Buteo lagopus.
2023-03-29
Анна Ясько: Южный соловей.
2023-03-13
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2023-02-09
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2023-01-19
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