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rare birds records


Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)

© Andrey Bazdyrev
2022-09-15
Nadezhdinsky District, Primorsky Territory

The first dated record of the species in Primorsky Krai.

Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)

© Olga Vasik
2022-11-12
Sivakovka

The 1st record of the species in the Primorsky Kray.

Falcated Duck (Anas falcata)

© Alexander Yakovlev
2022-05-17
Chukotka, Ugolnye Kopi

The 1st record in the Chukotka Peninsula.

Japanese Wood-Pigeon (Columba janthina)

© Olga Vasik
2020-05-23
Vladivostok


American herring gull (Larus smithsonianus)

© Yuri Artukhin
2015-01-25
Sea of Okhotsk, South-West Kamchatka

The first record of the American (herring) gull in the Russian Federation. Details here: Artukhin, Yu. B. (2022) American herring gull Larus smithsonianus Coues, 1862 is a new species for the avifauna of Russia. Amurian Zoological Journal, 2022, vol. XIV, No 2, p. 335–344.
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unidentified birds

2023-03-20

Сергей Л. Волков: Ага, спасибо.
2023-03-19

Игорь Фефелов: У японского они не такие узкие, как у лесного дупеля, но значимо у'же, чем у об.бекаса, и, думается, у'же, чем у этой птицы.
2023-03-19

Сергей Л. Волков: Линька уже пошла и ракурс не удачный для определения.
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