Big Year in Russian Far East. Birds of Russian Far East.

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Big Year 2020

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

You can see previous years competitions results here: 2017 2018 2019

participants

* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2020

1. Rogal' Alexander (196)

2. Shokhrin Valery (195)

3. Khodakov Anatolii (169)

4. Iakovlev Arsenii (160)

5. Pryadun Tamara (130)

6. Vyalkov Andrey (119)

7. Petrunina Natali (112)

8. Malykina Irina (110)

9. Markiv Arseniy (103)

10. Belyaev Dmitry (98)

11. Bobkov Alexander (71)

12. Fedotov Andrey (64)

13. Petrushin Pavel (56)

14. Kalaidina Tatiana (51)

15. Barkanova Elena (40)

16. Konev Petr (39)

17. Dugintsov Vasiliy (38)

18. Goroshko Yulya (38)

19. Kochetkov Denis (34)

20. Korobov Dmitry (34)

21. Fomina Natalia (29)

22. Ivannikov Grigory (29)

23. Ryzhikh Pavel (19)

24. Khitrov Alexander (16)

25. Perepelkin Martin (14)

26. isachenkov Vladimir (7)

27. Ukolov Ilya (5)

28. Feldsherov Victor (4)

29. Vasik Olga (3)

30. Artukhin Yuri (1)

31. Korneeva Inna (1)

32. Ogleznev Sergey (1)

33. Voznesenskaya Alice (1)

all species photographed in 2020

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

1. Vinous-throated Parrotbill (2020-01-01)

2. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2020-01-01)

3. White-Backed Woodpecker (2020-01-01)

4. Large-billed Crow (2020-01-01)

5. Harlequin Duck (2020-01-01)

6. Spectacled Guillemot (2020-01-01)

7. Bohemian Waxwing (2020-01-01)

8. Eurasian Nuthatch (2020-01-01)

9. Pallas's Rosefinch (2020-01-01)

10. Asian Rosy-Finch (2020-01-01)

11. Common Redpoll (2020-01-01)

12. Peregrine Falcon (2020-01-01)

13. Common Kestrel (2020-01-01)

14. Common Goldeneye (2020-01-01)

15. Eurasian Jay (2020-01-01)

16. Pygmy Woodpecker (2020-01-01)

17. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2020-01-02)

18. Naumann's Thrush (2020-01-02)

19. Mallard (2020-01-02)

20. Brown-eared Bulbul (2020-01-02)

21. Rosy-cheeked Bullfinch (2020-01-02)

22. Japanese Tit (2020-01-02)

23. Marsh Tit (2020-01-02)

24. Tree Sparrow (2020-01-02)

25. Coal Tit (2020-01-02)

26. Lapland Longspur (2020-01-02)

27. Long-tailed Tit (2020-01-02)

28. Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker (2020-01-02)

29. Northern Bullfinch (2020-01-02)

30. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2020-01-02)

31. Northern Goshawk (2020-01-02)

32. Rough-legged Buzzard (2020-01-02)

33. Common Pheasant (2020-01-02)

34. Hen Harrier (2020-01-02)

35. Ural Owl (2020-01-02)

36. Eastern Buzzard (2020-01-03)

37. Hawfinch (2020-01-03)

38. Black-Billed Magpie (2020-01-03)

39. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2020-01-03)

40. Chinese Grey Shrike (2020-01-03)

41. Pine Grosbeak (2020-01-03)

42. Slaty-backed Gull (2020-01-04)

43. Common Raven (2020-01-04)

44. Black Woodpecker (2020-01-05)

45. Common Treecreeper (2020-01-05)

46. Steller's Sea-eagle (2020-01-05)

47. Redwing (2020-01-06)

48. Red-breasted Merganser (2020-01-06)

49. Glaucous Gull (2020-01-06)

50. Baikal Bullfinch (2020-01-06)

51. Gyrfalcon (2020-01-06)

52. Brown Dipper (2020-01-06)

53. Willow Tit (2020-01-07)

54. Common Sparrowhawk (2020-01-08)

55. Goosander (2020-01-08)

56. Whooper Swan (2020-01-08)

57. Smew (2020-01-08)

58. Common or Green-winged Teal (2020-01-08)

59. Long-tailed Duck (2020-01-08)

60. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2020-01-09)

61. Steller's Eider (2020-01-09)

62. Glaucous-winged Gull (2020-01-09)

63. Pelagic Cormorant (2020-01-10)

64. Northern Grey Shrike (2020-01-10)

65. Rock Pigeon (2020-01-10)

66. Common Teal (2020-01-10)

67. Little Grebe (2020-01-10)

68. Eurasian Wigeon (2020-01-11)

69. Dusky Thrush (2020-01-11)

70. Great White Egret (2020-01-11)

71. American Scoter (2020-01-11)

72. Carrion Crow (South Asian) (2020-01-11)

73. Pine Bunting (2020-01-12)

74. Rustic Bunting (2020-01-12)

75. Snow Bunting (2020-01-13)

76. Greater White-fronted Goose (2020-01-13)

77. Black-faced Bunting (2020-01-15)

78. Eurasian Siskin (2020-01-16)

79. Latham's Snipe (2020-01-16)

80. Azure-winged Magpie (2020-01-17)

81. Meadow Bunting (2020-01-17)

82. Short-eared Owl (2020-01-17)

83. Mew Gull (2020-01-18)

84. Yellow-throated Bunting (2020-01-18)

85. Pallas's Reed Bunting (2020-01-19)

86. Northern Hazelhen (2020-01-19)

87. White-winged Crossbill (2020-01-21)

88. Least Auklet (2020-01-22)

89. White-winged Scoter (2020-01-22)

90. Fieldfare (2020-01-22)

91. White-cheeked Starling (2020-01-22)

92. White Wagtail (2020-01-22)

93. Sky Lark (2020-01-23)

94. Northern Pintail (2020-01-23)

95. Oriental Greenfinch (2020-01-23)

96. Solitary Snipe (2020-01-25)

97. Northern Wren (2020-01-26)

98. Spotted Nutcracker (2020-01-28)

99. Northern Hawk Owl (2020-01-28)

100. Grey-capped Woodpecker (2020-01-31)

101. Great Tit (2020-01-31)

102. Barn Swallow (2020-02-03)

103. Grey Heron (2020-02-03)

104. Azure Tit (2020-02-04)

105. Cinereous Vulture (2020-02-06)

106. Alpine Accentor (2020-02-07)

107. Vega Gull (2020-02-09)

108. Northern Parrotbill (2020-02-12)

109. Merlin (2020-02-12)

110. Daurian Redstart (2020-02-21)

111. Black-tailed Gull (2020-02-25)

112. Bean Goose (2020-03-05)

113. Bewick's Swan (2020-03-05)

114. Common Pochard (2020-03-05)

115. Falcated Duck (2020-03-05)

116. Chinese Spot-billed Duck (2020-03-05)

117. Siberian Accentor (2020-03-07)

118. Long-billed Plover (2020-03-07)

119. Northern Lapwing (2020-03-09)

120. Japanese Waxwing (2020-03-09)

121. Eurasian Spoonbill (2020-03-09)

122. Common Starling (2020-03-10)

123. Baikal Teal (2020-03-11)

124. Northern Shoveler (2020-03-12)

125. Tufted Duck (2020-03-12)

126. Great Cormorant (2020-03-12)

127. Scaly-sided Merganser (2020-03-12)

128. Vega Gull (Mongolian) (2020-03-12)

129. Red-crowned Crane / Japanese Crane (2020-03-12)

130. Black-backed Wagtail (2020-03-12)

131. Common Coot (2020-03-13)

132. Gadwall (2020-03-13)

133. Spotted Redshank (2020-03-13)

134. Rook (2020-03-13)

135. Oriental Turtle Dove (2020-03-14)

136. White-naped Crane (2020-03-14)

137. Great Crested Grebe (2020-03-14)

138. Black-headed Gull (2020-03-16)

139. Oriental Stork (2020-03-16)

140. Brambling (2020-03-19)

141. Far Eastern Curlew (2020-03-19)

142. Daurian Jackdaw (2020-03-21)

143. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2020-03-22)

144. Black-Necked Grebe (2020-03-22)

145. Black Kite (2020-03-22)

146. Eastern White Egret (2020-03-22)

147. Little Ringed Plover (2020-03-24)

148. Mountain Hawk-Eagle (2020-03-24)

149. Red-flanked Bluetail (2020-03-27)

150. Ancient Murrelet (2020-03-28)

151. Grey-headed Lapwing (2020-04-02)

152. Common Redshank (2020-04-02)

153. Mandarin Duck (2020-04-03)

154. Grey Wagtail (2020-04-03)

155. Greater Scaup (2020-04-06)

156. Northern Reed Bunting (2020-04-06)

157. Garganey (2020-04-06)

158. Hoopoe (2020-04-06)

159. Japanese Cormorant (2020-04-06)

160. Pallas's Warbler (2020-04-07)

161. Black-winged Stilt (2020-04-07)

162. Common Oystercatcher (2020-04-08)

163. Common Sandpiper (2020-04-10)

164. Osprey (2020-04-12)

165. Kentish Plover (2020-04-12)

166. Black-faced Bunting (2020-04-13)

167. Bull-headed Shrike (2020-04-13)

168. Chinese Yellow Wagtail (2020-04-14)

169. Grey Plover (2020-04-14)

170. Ruff (2020-04-14)

171. Red-billed Starling (2020-04-16)

172. Stejneger's Stonechat (2020-04-16)

173. Eurasian Wryneck (2020-04-17)

174. Grey-backed Thrush (2020-04-17)

175. Dunlin (2020-04-18)

176. Goldcrest (2020-04-19)

177. Common Kingfisher (2020-04-19)

178. Olive-backed Pipit (2020-04-21)

179. Pale Thrush (2020-04-21)

180. Manchurian Bush-Warbler (2020-04-24)

181. White's Thrush (2020-04-25)

182. Wood Sandpiper (2020-04-26)

183. Dusky Warbler (2020-04-26)

184. Little Egret (2020-04-26)

185. Chestnut-eared Bunting (2020-04-27)

186. Common Snipe (2020-04-27)

187. Greater Sand Plover (2020-04-28)

188. Siberian Rubythroat (2020-04-29)

189. Long-toed Stint (2020-04-29)

190. Temminck's Stint (2020-04-29)

191. Rufous-necked Stint (2020-04-29)

192. Green-headed Wagtail (2020-04-29)

193. Eastern Yellow Wagtail (2020-04-29)

194. Cattle Egret (2020-04-29)

195. Brown-cheeked Rail (2020-04-29)

196. Buff-bellied Pipit (2020-04-29)

197. Pacific Golden Plover (2020-04-29)

198. Blue Rock Thrush (2020-04-30)

199. Green Sandpiper (2020-04-30)

200. Little Bunting (2020-04-30)

201. Lesser Sand Plover (2020-04-30)

202. Tristram's Bunting (2020-04-30)

203. Red-throated Pipit (2020-04-30)

204. Pied Harrier (2020-04-30)

205. Bar-tailed Godwit (2020-04-30)

206. Great Knot (2020-04-30)

207. Oriental Pratincole (2020-05-01)

208. Blue-and-white Flycatcher (2020-05-01)

209. Purple-backed Starling (2020-05-01)

210. Northern House-Martin (2020-05-01)

211. Grey-tailed Tattler (2020-05-01)

212. Common Tern (2020-05-01)

213. Yellow-browed Warbler (2020-05-02)

214. Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (2020-05-02)

215. Eyebrowed Thrush (2020-05-02)

216. Lesser Striated Swallow (2020-05-02)

217. Pale-legged Leaf-warbler (2020-05-02)

218. Ashy Minivet (2020-05-03)

219. Asian Stubtail (2020-05-03)

220. Eastern Crowned Leaf-warbler (2020-05-03)

221. Mugimaki Flycatcher (2020-05-03)

222. Asian Brown Flycatcher (2020-05-04)

223. Amur Falcon (2020-05-04)

224. Yellow-browed Bunting (2020-05-04)

225. Pacific Swift (2020-05-04)

226. Sanderling (2020-05-04)

227. Pechora Pipit (Manzbier's) (2020-05-05)

228. Swinhoe's Robin (2020-05-05)

229. Common Greenshank (2020-05-05)

230. Common Moorhen (2020-05-07)

231. Ruddy Turnstone (2020-05-08)

232. Radde's Warbler (2020-05-09)

233. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2020-05-09)

234. Grey Bunting (2020-05-10)

235. Brown Shrike (2020-05-11)

236. Curlew Sandpiper (2020-05-12)

237. Japanese Reed Bunting (2020-05-12)

238. Terek Sandpiper (2020-05-13)

239. Chinese Grosbeak (2020-05-13)

240. Taiga Flycatcher (2020-05-14)

241. Oriental Cuckoo (2020-05-15)

242. Common Cuckoo (2020-05-15)

243. Siberian Blue Robin (2020-05-15)

244. Common Rosefinch (2020-05-15)

245. Median Egret (2020-05-15)

246. Black-tailed Godwit (2020-05-16)

247. Black-browed Reed-warbler (2020-05-17)

248. Eurasian Hobby (2020-05-17)

249. Black-naped Oriole (2020-05-17)

250. Siberian Flycatcher (2020-05-17)

251. Rufous-bellied Woodpecker (2020-05-17)

252. Chestnut Bunting (2020-05-18)

253. Brown Hawk-Owl (2020-05-18)

254. Red-necked Phalarope (2020-05-18)

255. Forest Wagtail (2020-05-20)

256. Japanese Grosbeak (2020-05-21)

257. Oriental Reed-warbler (2020-05-21)

258. Thick-billed Warbler (2020-05-22)

259. Chestnut-cheeked Starling (2020-05-23)

260. Eurasian Whimbrel (2020-05-23)

261. Slavonian Grebe (2020-05-23)

262. Striated Heron (2020-05-23)

263. Little Tern (2020-05-23)

264. Dollarbird (2020-05-24)

265. Red Knot (2020-05-24)

266. White-throated Needletail (2020-05-25)

267. Black-legged Kittiwake (2020-05-26)

268. Black-crowned Night-Heron (2020-05-27)

269. Dark-bellied Brent Goose (2020-05-28)

270. Bluethroat (2020-05-28)

271. Whiskered Tern (2020-05-28)

272. Greater Ringed Plover (2020-05-28)

273. Crested Honey-buzzard (2020-05-29)

274. Grey-streaked Flycatcher (2020-05-29)

275. Chinese Pond-heron (2020-05-30)

276. Grey-faced Buzzard (2020-05-30)

277. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (2020-05-30)

278. Chestnut-flanked White-eye (2020-05-31)

279. Chinese Egret (2020-05-31)

280. White-winged Tern (2020-05-31)

281. Richard's Pipit (2020-06-02)

282. Eurasian Woodcock (2020-06-03)

283. Spoon-billed Sandpiper (2020-06-03)

284. Yellow-billed Loon (2020-06-04)

285. Eurasian Penduline-Tit (2020-06-06)

286. Willow Ptarmigan (2020-06-06)

287. Arctic Warbler (2020-06-06)

288. Gray's Warbler (2020-06-06)

289. Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler (2020-06-07)

290. White-throated Rock-thrush (2020-06-09)

291. Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler (2020-06-10)

292. Lanceolated Warbler (2020-06-10)

293. Great Grey Owl (2020-06-10)

294. Kittlitz's Murrelet (2020-06-12)

295. Greenish Warbler (2020-06-14)

296. Western Sandpiper (2020-06-15)

297. American Wigeon (2020-06-17)

298. Golden-crowned Sparrow (2020-06-19)

299. Arctic Loon (2020-06-21)

300. Hill Pigeon (2020-06-24)

301. Japanese Robin (2020-07-04)

302. House Sparrow (2020-07-12)

303. Eastern Marsh-harrier (2020-07-12)

304. Hooded Crane (2020-07-15)

305. Greater Spotted Eagle (2020-07-17)

306. Rhinoceros Auklet (2020-07-19)

307. Japanese Sparrowhawk (2020-07-20)

308. Northern Fulmar (2020-08-01)

309. Aleutian Tern (2020-08-02)

310. Horned Puffin (2020-08-02)

311. Common Guillemot (2020-08-03)

312. Marsh Sandpiper (2020-08-05)

313. Philippine Bush-Warbler (2020-08-06)

314. Lesser Frigatebird (2020-08-09)

315. Long-tailed Skua (2020-08-10)

316. Brunnich's Guillemot (2020-08-10)

317. Short-tailed Shearwater (2020-08-13)

318. Long-billed Murrelet (2020-08-13)

319. Tufted Puffin (2020-08-13)

320. Arctic Skua (2020-08-13)

321. Tiger Shrike (2020-08-13)

322. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2020-08-13)

323. Red-Necked Grebe (2020-08-27)

324. Eurasian Curlew (2020-08-27)

325. Pechora Pipit (2020-09-13)

Big Year 2020

1. Rogal' Alexander (196)
2. Shokhrin Valery (195)
3. Khodakov Anatolii (169)
4. Iakovlev Arsenii (160)
5. Pryadun Tamara (130)
6. Vyalkov Andrey (119)
7. Petrunina Natali (112)
8. Malykina Irina (110)
9. Markiv Arseniy (103)
10. Belyaev Dmitry (98)

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rare birds records

Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel)

Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)

Redwing (Turdus iliacus)

The first photo registration in the Primorsky krai.

Red Collared-dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica)

more rarities...

recent video

2020-06-14. Great Spotted Woodpecker (Victor Feldsherov).

2020-04-06. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (Yulya Goroshko).

2020-04-04. Mandarin Duck (Pavel Petrushin), Oriental Stork (Pavel Petrushin), Oriental Stork (Pavel Petrushin).

2017-11-26. American Scoter (Ilya Ukolov).

2017-10-07. White-bellied Green-Pigeon (Ilya Ukolov).

2017-10-01. Siberian Grouse (Alexander Yakovlev).

unidentified birds

2020-09-21

Андрей Баздырев: Самка синей, вероятно. На эту очень даже похожа.

2020-09-21

Александр Рогаль: Предполагаю, что восточная малая мухоловка.

2020-09-21

Александр Рогаль: И на сибирского пепельного похоже, но предполагаю, что это - черныш.

2020-09-21

Елена Барканова: Полевой жаворонок в процессе линьки?

2020-09-21

Александр Рогаль: Взрослых особей, конечно, определить гораздо легче.Так что уж и не знаю. Теперь пусть специалисты решающее слово скажут.

more unidentified birds...