Big Year in Kyrgyzstan. Romanovskaia Irina. Birds of Kyrgyzstan

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Podicipediformes

Pelecaniformes

Phalacrocoracidae

Ciconiiformes

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Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

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Charadriiformes

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Romanovskaia Irina

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total species: 152 total photos: 461 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Azure Tit (2021-01-03)

2. Red-fronted Serin (2021-01-03)

3. Great Tit (2021-01-03)

4. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-01-04)

5. Little Grebe (2021-01-04)

6. Black-Necked Grebe (2021-01-04)

7. Red-crested Pochard (2021-01-04)

8. Tufted Duck (2021-01-04)

9. Mallard (2021-01-04)

10. Common Pochard (2021-01-04)

11. Mew Gull (2021-01-04)

12. Black-headed Gull (2021-01-04)

13. Caspian Gull (2021-01-04)

14. Common Coot (2021-01-04)

15. Black-Billed Magpie (2021-01-04)

16. Common Chaffinch (2021-01-04)

17. Eversmann's Redstart (2021-01-04)

18. Great Crested Grebe (2021-01-04)

19. Eurasian Dipper (2021-01-05)

20. Carrion Crow (2021-01-05)

21. Common Teal (2021-01-05)

22. Goosander (2021-01-05)

23. Hooded Crow (2021-01-05)

24. Smew (2021-01-05)

25. Common Goldeneye (2021-01-05)

26. Mute Swan (2021-01-05)

27. Whooper Swan (2021-01-05)

28. Common Shelduck (2021-01-06)

29. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-01-06)

30. Horned Lark (2021-01-06)

31. Northern Lapwing (2021-01-06)

32. Grey Heron (2021-01-06)

33. Water Pipit (2021-01-06)

34. Bewick's Swan (2021-01-06)

35. Great White Egret (2021-01-12)

36. Black-throated Thrush (2021-01-12)

37. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-01-12)

38. Bearded Tit (2021-01-12)

39. Northern Wren (2021-01-12)

40. Tree Sparrow (2021-01-12)

41. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-01-12)

42. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-01-12)

43. Common Buzzard (2021-01-12)

44. House Sparrow (2021-01-15)

45. Mistle Thrush (2021-01-15)

46. Brambling (2021-01-15)

47. European Greenfinch (2021-01-15)

48. Common Mynah (2021-01-15)

49. Yellowhammer (2021-01-15)

50. Eurasian Siskin (2021-01-16)

51. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-01-17)

52. Black Kite (2021-01-17)

53. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-01-17)

54. Great Grey Shrike (2021-01-17)

55. Rough-legged Buzzard (2021-01-17)

56. Hen Harrier (2021-01-18)

57. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2021-01-18)

58. Long-eared Owl (2021-01-25)

59. Rook (2021-01-25)

60. Wallcreeper (2021-01-26)

61. Common Kestrel (2021-01-27)

62. Blue Whistling Thrush (2021-01-29)

63. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-01-30)

64. Ibisbill (2021-02-02)

65. Brown Dipper (2021-02-02)

66. Coal Tit (2021-02-02)

67. Golden Eagle (2021-02-02)

68. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2021-02-08)

69. Brown Accentor (2021-02-08)

70. Black-throated Accentor (2021-02-08)

71. Godlewski's Bunting (2021-02-08)

72. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2021-02-12)

73. Common Raven (2021-02-15)

74. Greylag Goose (2021-02-15)

75. Masked Wagtail (2021-03-08)

76. Ferruginous Duck (2021-03-09)

77. Crested Lark (2021-03-10)

78. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-03-10)

79. Citrine Wagtail (2021-03-19)

80. Northern Pintail (2021-03-19)

81. Gadwall (2021-03-19)

82. Common Redshank (2021-03-19)

83. Great Cormorant (2021-03-20)

84. Rock Bunting (2021-03-20)

85. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-03-27)

86. Common Chiffchaff (2021-04-06)

87. Grey Wagtail (2021-04-06)

88. Garganey (2021-04-06)

89. Northern Shoveler (2021-04-09)

90. Black-winged Stilt (2021-04-09)

91. Bluethroat (2021-04-09)

92. Eurasian Linnet (2021-04-10)

93. Little Ringed Plover (2021-04-11)

94. Kentish Plover (2021-04-11)

95. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-04-11)

96. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-04-18)

97. Pied Wheatear (2021-04-20)

98. Barn Swallow (2021-04-20)

99. Rock Sparrow (2021-04-20)

100. Corn Bunting (2021-04-23)

101. Common Oystercatcher (2021-04-23)

102. Hodgson's Rosefinch (2021-04-24)

103. Booted Eagle (2021-04-25)

104. Common Pheasant (2021-04-25)

105. Common Crane (2021-04-25)

106. Black Stork (2021-04-25)

107. Green Sandpiper (2021-04-25)

108. Oriental Turtle Dove (2021-04-26)

109. Common Snipe (2021-04-26)

110. Common Sandpiper (2021-04-26)

111. Sand Martin (2021-04-26)

112. Northern Wheatear (2021-05-05)

113. Turkestan Shrike (2021-05-19)

114. Common Whitethroat (2021-05-21)

115. Common Stonechat (2021-05-21)

116. Eurasian Crag Martin (2021-05-21)

117. Laughing Dove (2021-05-22)

118. Curlew Sandpiper (2021-05-22)

119. Lesser Sand Plover (2021-05-22)

120. Temminck's Stint (2021-05-22)

121. Hoopoe (2021-05-22)

122. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-23)

123. Tree Pipit (2021-05-24)

124. Common Treecreeper (2021-05-24)

125. Greenish Warbler (2021-05-24)

126. Black Redstart (2021-05-24)

127. Red-billed Chough (2021-05-24)

128. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-05-25)

129. Paddyfield Warbler (2021-05-25)

130. Chukar Partridge (2021-05-25)

131. Mongolian Finch (2021-05-25)

132. Common Moorhen (2021-05-27)

133. Black-crowned Night Heron (2021-05-27)

134. Indian Sparrow (2021-05-28)

135. Common Starling (2021-05-28)

136. Black-breasted Tit (2021-05-28)

137. European Bee-eater (2021-05-28)

138. Eurasian Roller (2021-05-28)

139. Long-tailed Shrike (2021-05-28)

140. Syke's Warbler (2021-06-13)

141. Common Swift (2021-06-13)

142. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-06-14)

143. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-06-14)

144. Isabelline Shrike (2021-09-04)

145. Little Stint (2021-09-04)

146. Wood Sandpiper (2021-09-04)

147. Dunlin (2021-09-04)

148. Terek Sandpiper (2021-09-04)

149. Sanderling (2021-09-04)

150. Ruff (2021-09-04)

151. Common Greenshank (2021-09-13)

152. Common Quail (2021-09-15)

recent uploads

2021-09-15. Common Quail.

2021-09-13. Northern Wheatear, Unkown Bird, Sanderling, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Greenshank, Northern Shoveler.

2021-09-09. Indian Sparrow, Rock Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Corn Bunting, Oriental Turtle Dove, Common Starling, Black-breasted Tit, European Bee-eater, Eurasian Roller, Long-tailed Shrike, Great Cormorant, Common Moorhen, Black-crowned Night Heron.

2021-09-07. Common Stonechat, Water Pipit, Black-tailed Godwit, Isabelline Shrike, Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper, Dunlin, Little Ringed Plover, Terek Sandpiper, Sanderling, Ruff, Black-winged Stilt, Crested Lark, Wallcreeper.

2021-06-30. Golden Eagle, Horned Lark, Northern Wheatear, Wallcreeper.

2021-06-29. Isabelline Wheatear, Great Tit, Rock Bunting, Common Whitethroat, Common Stonechat, Long-legged Buzzard, Eurasian Crag Martin, Laughing Dove, Unkown Bird, Northern Lapwing, Curlew Sandpiper, Lesser Sand Plover, Kentish Plover, Whooper Swan, Black-tailed Godwit, Temminck's Stint, Common Redshank, Hoopoe, Masked Wagtail, Common Crane, Common Rosefinch, Common Kestrel, Coal Tit, Tree Pipit, Common Treecreeper, Greenish Warbler, Black Redstart, Brown Dipper, Red-fronted Serin, Red-billed Chough, Eurasian Collared Dove, Paddyfield Warbler, Ruddy Shelduck, Temminck's Stint, Chukar Partridge, Mongolian Finch, Common Stonechat, Long-legged Buzzard, Syke's Warbler, Barn Swallow, Common Swift, Spotted Flycatcher, Grey Wagtail, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blue Whistling Thrush, Rock Bunting, Common Rosefinch.

2021-06-28. Turkestan Shrike.

2021-05-05. Northern Wheatear.

2021-04-27. Eurasian Jackdaw, Pied Wheatear, Grey Wagtail, Barn Swallow, Rock Sparrow, Water Pipit, Corn Bunting, Common Oystercatcher, Mistle Thrush, Long-legged Buzzard, Hodgson's Rosefinch, Booted Eagle, Eversmann's Redstart, Common Pheasant, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Crane, Hen Harrier, Eurasian Linnet, Black Stork, Common Crane, Green Sandpiper, Common Buzzard, Oriental Turtle Dove, Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper, Great Crested Grebe, Sand Martin, Citrine Wagtail, Mute Swan, Gadwall, Long-eared Owl, Black Kite, Common Kestrel.

2021-04-11. Eurasian Linnet, Little Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Northern Pintail, Ruddy Shelduck, Whooper Swan, Gadwall, Western Marsh-Harrier.

2021-04-09. Northern Shoveler, Black-Necked Grebe, Black-winged Stilt, Bluethroat, Black-throated Thrush.

2021-04-06. Common Kestrel, Common Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, Black Kite, Eurasian Wigeon, Garganey.

2021-03-27. Isabelline Wheatear.

2021-03-25. Common Redshank, Northern Reed Bunting.

2021-03-21. Rock Bunting.

Big Year 2021

1. Aziza Abdurakhmanova (198)
2. Philippe Campeau (182)
3. Pjotr Trommel (164)
4. Irina Romanovskaia (152)
5. Elvira Gazieva (60)
6. Nurzhan Alymkanova (46)
7. Katherine Hall (42)
8. Myrzabek Ozubekov (21)
9. Gulbara Omorova (6)
10. Murat Jumashev (6)

rare birds records

Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)

© Myrzabek Ozubekov
2020-05-24
Kochkor

The first photo registration of a Black-Bellied Sandgrouse on birds.kg.

Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)

© Askar Isabekov
2020-03-14
Bishkek

Very rare or probably unique case of nesting of Long-legged Buzzards in the center of large city.

Red-throated Thrush (Turdus ruficollis)

© Irina Romanovskaia
2020-03-01

Third record of Red-throated Thrush in Kyrgyz Republic. First one was shot at March 22, 1958 in valley of At-Bashi river (Yanushevich et al, 1960). Second record of Red-throated Thrush was at February 10, 2002 near Ananievo village, coast of Issyk-Kul lake (Kulagin, 2009). Basing in this records Red-throated Thrush was included to checklist of birds of Kyrgyz Republic with a status of vagrant bird (Toropova, Kulagin, 2006).

Торопова В.И., Кулагин С.В. Третий систематический список птиц Кыргызстана// Selevinia, 2006. – С. 44-54.
Янушевич А.И., Тюрин П.С., Яковлева И.Д., Кыдыралиев А., Семёнова Н.И. 1960. Птицы Киргизии. Фрунзе, 2: 1-272.

Snow Pigeon (Columba leuconota)

© Fedor Shakula
2015-07-11
Zaalaisky ridge, altitude 3800 m

Rare record and first photo-record of Snow Pigeon in Kyrgyzstan. Most recent records of Snow Pigeon are related to summer of 1985, when E.D.Shukurov during 5 days found 4 Pigeons in mountains of Alai ridge, and 3 ones in north slope of Chonalai ridge. Birds were observed in altitude 3000-3330 m. Nest with eggs was found by E.D.Shukurov at June 14, 1985 in canyon of northern slope of Chonalai ridge in altitude 3200 m. In Zaalai ridge S.V.Kulagin observed Snow Pigeon several years ago in Ichke Suu, close to Lenin Peak area, but he couldn't take photo of bird.

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recent video

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

2021-09-13

Ирина Романовская: Снимала на закате. Пустынная каменка?

2021-09-07

Philippe Campeau: Наверное чернеть (а то гнездящих в Сон Куле, мне интересно), но... Может быть даже Морская чернеть? У самки много белый вщзле клюва, но я не очень [....]

2021-09-03

Machiel Valkenburg: Looks almost good for a Great Knot :)

2021-08-24

Андрей Баздырев: Озёрная чайка

2021-08-24

Андрей Баздырев: Зелёная пеночка

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