Big Year in Kyrgyzstan. Campeau Philippe. Birds of Kyrgyzstan

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327 photographed species of 401 (81%)

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classification

Gaviiformes

Podicipediformes

Pelecaniformes

Phalacrocoracidae

Ciconiiformes

Threskiornithidae

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

Gruiformes

Charadriiformes

Recurvirostridae

Pterocletiformes

Columbiformes

Cuculiformes

Strigiformes

Caprimulgiformes

Apodiformes

Coraciiformes

Upupiformes

Piciformes

Passeriformes

Paradoxornithidae

Campeau Philippe

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total species: 182 total photos: 324 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 1

1. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2021-01-01)

2. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2021-01-01)

3. Red-fronted Serin (2021-01-01)

4. White-winged Grosbeak (2021-01-01)

5. Coal Tit (2021-01-01)

6. Black-throated Accentor (2021-01-01)

7. Barbary Falcon (2021-01-01)

8. Short-eared Owl (2021-01-09)

9. Eastern Buzzard (2021-01-09)

10. Common Buzzard (2021-01-09)

11. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-01-09)

12. Mew Gull (2021-01-09)

13. Goosander (2021-01-09)

14. Black-throated Thrush (2021-01-09)

15. Common Starling (2021-01-09)

16. Great White Egret (2021-01-09)

17. Crested Lark (2021-01-09)

18. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-01-09)

19. European Robin (2021-01-09)

20. Northern Wren (2021-01-09)

21. Bearded Tit (2021-01-09)

22. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2021-01-09)

23. Corn Bunting (2021-01-16)

24. Yellowhammer (2021-01-16)

25. Pine Bunting (2021-01-16)

26. Eversmann's Redstart (2021-01-16)

27. Long-eared Owl (2021-01-23)

28. Azure Tit (2021-01-23)

29. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2021-01-30)

30. Mute Swan (2021-01-30)

31. Whooper Swan (2021-01-30)

32. Smew (2021-01-30)

33. Red-crested Pochard (2021-01-30)

34. Merlin (2021-01-30)

35. Northern Goshawk (2021-01-30)

36. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-01-30)

37. Black-Billed Magpie (2021-01-30)

38. Horned Lark (2021-01-30)

39. Rock Sparrow (2021-01-30)

40. Goldcrest (2021-02-02)

41. Brown Dipper (2021-02-02)

42. Ibisbill (2021-02-02)

43. Mistle Thrush (2021-02-02)

44. Black-breasted Tit (2021-02-02)

45. Great Grey Shrike (2021-02-17)

46. Caspian Gull (2021-02-17)

47. Common Snipe (2021-02-17)

48. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-02-17)

49. Water Pipit (2021-02-17)

50. Green Sandpiper (2021-02-17)

51. Pallas's Gull (2021-02-17)

52. White-Winged Woodpecker (2021-03-06)

53. Eurasian Siskin (2021-03-06)

54. Lammergeier (2021-03-06)

55. Hen Harrier (2021-03-06)

56. Common Pheasant (2021-03-06)

57. Bluethroat (2021-03-22)

58. Alpine Swift (2021-03-22)

59. Griffon Vulture (2021-03-22)

60. Himalayan Vulture (2021-03-22)

61. Common Raven (2021-03-22)

62. Isabelline Shrike (2021-03-22)

63. Calandra Lark (2021-03-22)

64. Black Redstart (2021-03-22)

65. Desert Wheatear (2021-03-22)

66. Rock Bunting (2021-03-22)

67. Eurasian Linnet (2021-03-22)

68. Blue-capped Redstart (2021-03-23)

69. Wallcreeper (2021-03-23)

70. Grey Wagtail (2021-03-23)

71. European Greenfinch (2021-03-23)

72. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-03-24)

73. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-03-24)

74. Masked Wagtail (2021-03-24)

75. White Wagtail (2021-03-24)

76. Common Chiffchaff (2021-03-24)

77. Cinereous Vulture (2021-03-24)

78. Steppe Eagle (2021-03-24)

79. Alpine Accentor (2021-03-24)

80. Tawny Owl (2021-03-25)

81. Bar-tailed Treecreeper (2021-03-25)

82. Yellow-breasted Tit (2021-03-25)

83. Himalayan Accentor (2021-03-25)

84. Blue Whistling Thrush (2021-03-25)

85. Egyptian Vulture (2021-03-27)

86. Common Oystercatcher (2021-03-27)

87. Osprey (2021-03-27)

88. Little Ringed Plover (2021-03-27)

89. Common Redshank (2021-03-27)

90. Great Cormorant (2021-03-27)

91. Grey Heron (2021-03-27)

92. Black-headed Gull (2021-03-27)

93. Common Teal (2021-03-27)

94. Garganey (2021-03-27)

95. Northern Shoveler (2021-03-27)

96. Common Stonechat (2021-03-27)

97. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-03-27)

98. Citrine Wagtail (2021-03-27)

99. Tree Sparrow (2021-04-01)

100. Brambling (2021-04-01)

101. Common Chaffinch (2021-04-01)

102. Turkestan Shrike (2021-04-02)

103. Eurasian Redstart (2021-04-02)

104. Pied Wheatear (2021-04-02)

105. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2021-04-02)

106. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-04-02)

107. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2021-04-02)

108. Greater Spotted Eagle (2021-04-03)

109. Peregrine Falcon (2021-04-03)

110. Black Kite (2021-04-03)

111. Pied Avocet (2021-04-03)

112. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-04-03)

113. Black-winged Stilt (2021-04-03)

114. Great Crested Grebe (2021-04-03)

115. Gadwall (2021-04-03)

116. Hoopoe (2021-04-03)

117. Heuglin's Gull (2021-04-03)

118. Common Swift (2021-04-03)

119. Glossy Ibis (2021-04-17)

120. Common Kestrel (2021-04-17)

121. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-04-17)

122. Common Moorhen (2021-04-17)

123. Northern Wheatear (2021-04-17)

124. Red-rumped Swallow (2021-04-17)

125. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-04-17)

126. Tree Pipit (2021-04-17)

127. Wood Pigeon (2021-04-17)

128. Common Greenshank (2021-04-17)

129. Little Bustard (2021-05-01)

130. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2021-05-01)

131. Shikra (2021-05-01)

132. Eurasian Hobby (2021-05-01)

133. Rosy Starling (2021-05-01)

134. Oriental Turtle Dove (2021-05-01)

135. Paddyfield Warbler (2021-05-01)

136. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2021-05-02)

137. Common Nightingale (2021-05-02)

138. Common Sandpiper (2021-05-02)

139. Red-headed Bunting (2021-05-02)

140. Eurasian Roller (2021-05-02)

141. Common Kingfisher (2021-05-08)

142. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2021-05-08)

143. European Bee-eater (2021-05-09)

144. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-05-09)

145. Barn Swallow (2021-05-09)

146. Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler (2021-07-18)

147. Sand Martin (2021-07-18)

148. Common Whitethroat (2021-07-18)

149. Northern House Martin (2021-07-19)

150. Greenish Warbler (2021-07-19)

151. Himalayan Rubythroat (2021-07-20)

152. Common Crane (2021-07-20)

153. Eurasian Dipper (2021-07-20)

154. Hodgson's Rosefinch (2021-07-20)

155. White-winged Snowfinch (2021-07-20)

156. Hill Pigeon (2021-07-23)

157. Black Stork (2021-07-23)

158. Eurasian Crag Martin (2021-07-23)

159. Golden Eagle (2021-07-23)

160. Brandt's Rosefinch (2021-07-24)

161. Hume's Warbler (2021-07-24)

162. Songar Tit (2021-07-24)

163. Common Rosefinch (2021-07-25)

164. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2021-08-11)

165. Grey-necked Bunting (2021-08-16)

166. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2021-08-17)

167. Terek Sandpiper (2021-08-20)

168. Ruff (2021-08-20)

169. Northern Pintail (2021-08-20)

170. Little Stint (2021-08-21)

171. Common Tern (2021-08-21)

172. Eurasian Curlew (2021-08-22)

173. Temminck's Stint (2021-08-24)

174. Mallard (2021-08-24)

175. Common Pochard (2021-08-27)

176. Black-Necked Grebe (2021-08-27)

177. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-09-03)

178. Red-necked Phalarope (2021-09-04)

179. Wood Sandpiper (2021-09-04)

180. Northern Lapwing (2021-09-04)

181. Yellow Wagtail (2021-09-04)

182. Eurasian Wryneck (2021-09-04)

recent uploads

2021-09-07. Eurasian Curlew, Terek Sandpiper, Ruff, Temminck's Stint, Little Stint, Common Redshank, Eurasian Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Barbary Falcon, Common Tern, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Common Pochard, Black-Necked Grebe, Unkown Bird.

2021-09-05. Eurasian Wryneck, Grey-necked Bunting, Guldenstadt's Redstart, Wallcreeper, Himalayan Vulture.

2021-09-04. Red-necked Phalarope, Ruff, Temminck's Stint, Wood Sandpiper, Northern Lapwing, Yellow Wagtail, Hoopoe, Spotted Flycatcher.

2021-08-11. Asian Paradise Flycatcher.

2021-07-27. Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler, Himalayan Rubythroat, Hill Pigeon, Whooper Swan, Common Crane, Black Stork, Ibisbill, Common Redshank, Sand Martin, Eurasian Crag Martin, Northern House Martin, Golden Eagle, Eurasian Dipper, Hodgson's Rosefinch, Brandt's Rosefinch, White-winged Snowfinch, Common Rosefinch, Common Whitethroat, Greenish Warbler, Hume's Warbler, Songar Tit.

2021-05-10. Little Bustard, Common Kingfisher, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, European Bee-eater, Isabelline Wheatear, Red-headed Bunting, Shikra, Lesser Grey Shrike, Rosy Starling, Barn Swallow, Crested Honey-Buzzard.

2021-05-07. Sulphur-bellied Warbler, Oriental Turtle Dove, Great White Egret, Calandra Lark, Common Nightingale, Eurasian Redstart, Common Sandpiper, Western Marsh-Harrier, Pied Wheatear, Red-headed Bunting, Eurasian Roller, Common Stonechat.

2021-05-04. Little Bustard, Glossy Ibis, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Shikra, Eurasian Hobby, Common Kestrel, Rosy Starling, Oriental Turtle Dove, Lesser Whitethroat, Paddyfield Warbler.

2021-04-21. Glossy Ibis, Green Sandpiper, Common Kestrel, Common Pheasant, Great Crested Grebe, Turkestan Shrike, Caspian Gull, Western Marsh-Harrier, Common Moorhen, Northern Wheatear, Red-rumped Swallow, Ruddy Shelduck, Tree Pipit, Wood Pigeon, Common Greenshank.

2021-04-08. Pied Wheatear, Pied Wheatear, European Greenfinch, Isabelline Shrike, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Pine Bunting, Common Starling, Common Sparrowhawk, Cinereous Vulture, Short-toed Snake-Eagle.

2021-04-07. Black Redstart, Blue-capped Redstart, Eversmann's Redstart, Wallcreeper, Grey Wagtail, European Greenfinch.

2021-04-05. Bluethroat, Alpine Swift, Griffon Vulture, Himalayan Vulture, Common Raven, Isabelline Shrike, Calandra Lark, Black Redstart, Corn Bunting, Desert Wheatear, Rock Bunting, Eurasian Linnet.

2021-04-04. Osprey, Greater Spotted Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, Black Kite, Pallas's Gull, Pied Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Snipe, Black-winged Stilt, Common Redshank, Little Ringed Plover, Great Crested Grebe, Gadwall, Garganey, Grey Heron, Hoopoe, Common Chiffchaff, Pied Wheatear, Isabelline Shrike, Heuglin's Gull, Common Swift.

2021-04-02. Turkestan Shrike, Eurasian Redstart, Tree Sparrow, Brambling, Common Chaffinch.

2021-04-01. Tawny Owl, Tawny Owl, Bar-tailed Treecreeper, Blue-capped Redstart, Yellow-breasted Tit, Alpine Accentor, Himalayan Accentor, Wallcreeper, Blue Whistling Thrush.

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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