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classification:

Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
  • Threskiornithidae
  • Ciconiidae
    • Phoenicopteriformes
  • Phoenicopteridae
    • Anseriformes
  • Anatidae
    • Falconiformes
  • Pandionidae
  • Accipitridae
  • Falconidae
    • Galliformes
  • Tetraonidae
  • Phasianidae
    • Gruiformes
  • Gruidae
  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
  • Recurvirostridae
  • Haematopodidae
  • Scolopacidae
  • Glareolidae
  • Stercorariidae
  • Laridae
    • Pterocletiformes
  • Pteroclidae
    • Columbiformes
  • Columbidae
    • Cuculiformes
  • Cuculidae
    • Strigiformes
  • Strigidae
    • Caprimulgiformes
  • Caprimulgidae
    • Apodiformes
  • Apodidae
    • Coraciiformes
  • Coraciidae
  • Alcedinidae
  • Meropidae
    • Upupiformes
  • Upupidae
    • Piciformes
  • Picidae
    • Passeriformes
  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
  • Laniidae
  • Oriolidae
  • Dicruridae
  • Sturnidae
  • Corvidae
  • Bombycillidae
  • Cinclidae
  • Troglodytidae
  • Prunellidae
  • Sylviidae
  • Regulidae
  • Muscicapidae
  • Turdidae
  • Paradoxornithidae
  • Aegithalidae
  • Remizidae
  • Paridae
  • Sittidae
  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

    • Big Year 2014

    The winner will submit the pictures of the largest number of bird species taken on the territory of our country during this year.

    You can see previous years competitions results here: 2013

    participants


    * number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2014
    11. Belyalov Oleg (149)
    15. Silan Serg (134)
    16. Zuban Ivan (134)
    20. Magazov Aibar (126)
    21. Zenkov Valentin (125)
    23. Malkov Yuriy (107)
    25. Kim Natali (79)
    27. Iskakov Timur (69)
    30. Lyakhov Oleg (53)
    36. Meek Albert (42)
    44. Yasko Anna (28)
    47. Voronova Vera (26)
    52. Gubin Boris (19)
    55. Vayman Danil (16)
    56. Isakul Elnur (15)
    58. Dalnova Olga (14)
    61. Sarayev Fedor (11)
    69. Ashby Sveta (4)
    76. Belyaev Ivan (2)
    84. Karpov Fedor (1)
    86. Popov Roman (1)
    89. San Lyudmila (1)
    95. Zhazel Gabas (1)

    all species photographed in 2014


    * in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
    1. Eastern Buzzard (2014-01-01)
    2. Rough-legged Buzzard (2014-01-01)
    3. Rock Pigeon (2014-01-01)
    4. Common Redpoll (2014-01-01)
    5. Common Kestrel (2014-01-01)
    6. Great Tit (2014-01-01)
    7. Mistle Thrush (2014-01-01)
    8. Black-throated Thrush (2014-01-01)
    9. Yellowhammer (2014-01-01)
    10. Northern Bullfinch (2014-01-01)
    11. Smew (2014-01-01)
    12. Goosander (2014-01-01)
    13. Bohemian Waxwing (2014-01-01)
    14. Common Chaffinch (2014-01-01)
    15. Eurasian Blackbird (2014-01-01)
    16. Red-throated Thrush (2014-01-01)
    17. Redwing (2014-01-01)
    18. European Robin (2014-01-01)
    19. Eurasian Siskin (2014-01-01)
    20. Brambling (2014-01-01)
    21. Lesser Whitethroat (2014-01-01)
    22. Cinereous Vulture (2014-01-01)
    23. Common Mynah (2014-01-01)
    24. White-winged Grosbeak (2014-01-01)
    25. Goldcrest (2014-01-01)
    26. Rook (2014-01-01)
    27. Hooded Crow (2014-01-01)
    28. Great Grey Shrike (2014-01-01)
    29. Great White Egret (2014-01-01)
    30. Water Rail (2014-01-01)
    31. Common Goldeneye (2014-01-02)
    32. Tree Sparrow (2014-01-02)
    33. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2014-01-02)
    34. Mallard (2014-01-02)
    35. Common Raven (2014-01-02)
    36. Golden Eagle (2014-01-02)
    37. Long-eared Owl (2014-01-02)
    38. Eurasian Magpie (2014-01-02)
    39. Ibisbill (2014-01-02)
    40. Eurasian Collared Dove (2014-01-02)
    41. Long-legged Buzzard (2014-01-02)
    42. Fieldfare (2014-01-03)
    43. Northern Goshawk (2014-01-03)
    44. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2014-01-03)
    45. Laughing Dove (2014-01-03)
    46. Eurasian Dipper (2014-01-03)
    47. Brown Dipper (2014-01-03)
    48. Lammergeier (2014-01-03)
    49. Solitary Snipe (2014-01-03)
    50. Eversmann's Redstart (2014-01-03)
    51. Long-tailed Tit (2014-01-03)
    52. Yellow-billed Chough (2014-01-03)
    53. Common Buzzard (2014-01-03)
    54. Carrion Crow (2014-01-03)
    55. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2014-01-03)
    56. Barbary Falcon (2014-01-03)
    57. Green Sandpiper (2014-01-03)
    58. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2014-01-04)
    59. Yellow-breasted Tit (2014-01-04)
    60. European Greenfinch (2014-01-04)
    61. Northern Black Grouse (2014-01-05)
    62. White-Backed Woodpecker (2014-01-05)
    63. Eurasian Goldfinch (2014-01-05)
    64. Pine Bunting (2014-01-05)
    65. Meadow Bunting (2014-01-05)
    66. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2014-01-06)
    67. Eurasian Nuthatch (2014-01-06)
    68. Willow Tit (2014-01-06)
    69. Eurasian Jackdaw (2014-01-06)
    70. Common Sparrowhawk (2014-01-06)
    71. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2014-01-07)
    72. Little Owl (2014-01-07)
    73. Common Pochard (2014-01-07)
    74. House Sparrow (2014-01-07)
    75. Bearded Tit (2014-01-07)
    76. Common Coot (2014-01-08)
    77. Tufted Duck (2014-01-08)
    78. Mute Swan (2014-01-08)
    79. Caspian Gull (2014-01-08)
    80. Black-headed Gull (2014-01-08)
    81. Hawfinch (2014-01-08)
    82. Turkestan Tit (2014-01-09)
    83. Red Crossbill (2014-01-10)
    84. White-winged Crossbill (2014-01-10)
    85. Common Treecreeper (2014-01-10)
    86. Common Starling (2014-01-10)
    87. Common Kingfisher (2014-01-10)
    88. Little Egret (2014-01-10)
    89. Great Rosefinch (2014-01-11)
    90. Water Pipit (2014-01-11)
    91. Baikal Bullfinch (2014-01-11)
    92. Crested Lark (2014-01-11)
    93. Eurasian Linnet (2014-01-11)
    94. Corn Bunting (2014-01-11)
    95. Northern Reed Bunting (2014-01-11)
    96. Mew Gull (2014-01-11)
    97. Steppe Eagle (2014-01-11)
    98. Little Grebe (2014-01-11)
    99. Hen Harrier (2014-01-11)
    100. Grey Heron (2014-01-11)
    101. Ferruginous Duck (2014-01-11)
    102. Calandra Lark (2014-01-11)
    103. Daurian Jackdaw (2014-01-12)
    104. Blyth's Rosefinch (2014-01-12)
    105. Upland Buzzard (2014-01-12)
    106. Common Pheasant (2014-01-12)
    107. Merlin (2014-01-12)
    108. Twite (2014-01-12)
    109. Azure Tit (2014-01-12)
    110. Dunlin (2014-01-13)
    111. Whooper Swan (2014-01-13)
    112. Saker Falcon (2014-01-13)
    113. Great Cormorant (2014-01-13)
    114. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2014-01-13)
    115. Black-throated Accentor (2014-01-15)
    116. Pine Grosbeak (2014-01-15)
    117. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2014-01-18)
    118. Griffon Vulture (2014-01-18)
    119. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2014-01-18)
    120. Red-fronted Serin (2014-01-18)
    121. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2014-01-18)
    122. Snow Bunting (2014-01-20)
    123. Glaucous Gull (2014-01-21)
    124. Dalmatian Pelican (2014-01-22)
    125. Horned Lark (2014-01-22)
    126. Black Woodpecker (2014-01-24)
    127. Asian Rosy-Finch (2014-01-25)
    128. White-Winged Woodpecker (2014-01-26)
    129. Grey Partridge (2014-01-29)
    130. Brown Accentor (2014-02-01)
    131. Red-billed Chough (2014-02-01)
    132. Brandt's Rosefinch (2014-02-01)
    133. Red-breasted Rosefinch (2014-02-02)
    134. White-winged Snowfinch (2014-02-02)
    135. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2014-02-02)
    136. Wallcreeper (2014-02-02)
    137. Coal Tit (2014-02-02)
    138. Songar Tit (2014-02-02)
    139. Short-eared Owl (2014-02-02)
    140. Northern Wren (2014-02-02)
    141. Common Snipe (2014-02-02)
    142. Red-breasted Merganser (2014-02-04)
    143. Greater Scaup (2014-02-05)
    144. Pallas's Rosefinch (2014-02-08)
    145. Gadwall (2014-02-10)
    146. Eurasian Jay (2014-02-11)
    147. Pygmy Cormorant (2014-02-12)
    148. Chukar Partridge (2014-02-13)
    149. Black Lark (2014-02-15)
    150. White Wagtail (2014-02-16)
    151. Wood Pigeon (2014-02-17)
    152. Northern Hazelhen (2014-02-18)
    153. Stock Pigeon (2014-02-20)
    154. Sky Lark (2014-02-22)
    155. Northern Pintail (2014-02-22)
    156. White-winged Lark (2014-02-22)
    157. Common Teal (2014-02-22)
    158. Eurasian Wigeon (2014-02-22)
    159. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2014-02-25)
    160. Bean Goose (2014-02-26)
    161. Masked Wagtail (2014-02-28)
    162. Meadow Pipit (2014-03-01)
    163. Ruddy Shelduck (2014-03-01)
    164. Spotted Nutcracker (2014-03-03)
    165. Indian Sparrow (2014-03-03)
    166. Peregrine Falcon (2014-03-04)
    167. Great Bustard (2014-03-05)
    168. Western Marsh-Harrier (2014-03-05)
    169. Eurasian Woodcock (2014-03-08)
    170. Isabelline Wheatear (2014-03-10)
    171. Isabelline Shrike (2014-03-10)
    172. Crimson-winged Finch (2014-03-12)
    173. Rock Bunting (2014-03-13)
    174. Blue Tit (2014-03-13)
    175. Hoopoe (2014-03-16)
    176. Pied Wheatear (2014-03-16)
    177. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2014-03-16)
    178. Black Kite (2014-03-16)
    179. Pallas's Gull (2014-03-16)
    180. Northern Shoveler (2014-03-16)
    181. Ruff (2014-03-16)
    182. Northern Lapwing (2014-03-16)
    183. Greater Short-toed Lark (2014-03-16)
    184. Citrine Wagtail (2014-03-16)
    185. Red-crested Pochard (2014-03-16)
    186. Oriental Lark (2014-03-17)
    187. Tree Pipit (2014-03-20)
    188. White Stork (2014-03-21)
    189. Greater Spotted Eagle (2014-03-21)
    190. Black Stork (2014-03-21)
    191. Common Crane (2014-03-21)
    192. Demoiselle Crane (2014-03-21)
    193. Common Oystercatcher (2014-03-21)
    194. Desert Finch (2014-03-22)
    195. Turkestan Shrike (2014-03-22)
    196. Common Chiffchaff (2014-03-22)
    197. Common Redshank (2014-03-22)
    198. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2014-03-22)
    199. Rock Sparrow (2014-03-22)
    200. Steppe Grey Shrike (2014-03-22)
    201. Little Ringed Plover (2014-03-22)
    202. Bimaculated Lark (2014-03-22)
    203. Bluethroat (2014-03-22)
    204. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2014-03-22)
    205. Northern Wheatear (2014-03-23)
    206. Common Shelduck (2014-03-23)
    207. Macqueen's Bustard (2014-03-23)
    208. Pallid Harrier (2014-03-23)
    209. Kentish Plover (2014-03-23)
    210. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2014-03-23)
    211. Greater White-fronted Goose (2014-03-23)
    212. Song Thrush (2014-03-24)
    213. Baraba Steppe Gull (2014-03-24)
    214. Black-headed Wagtail (2014-03-24)
    215. Greylag Goose (2014-03-24)
    216. White-tailed Lapwing (2014-03-25)
    217. Common Swift (2014-03-25)
    218. Black Redstart (2014-03-25)
    219. Eurasian Spoonbill (2014-03-25)
    220. Bewick's Swan (2014-03-29)
    221. White-headed Duck (2014-03-29)
    222. Siberian Stonechat (2014-03-30)
    223. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2014-03-30)
    224. Barn Swallow (2014-04-01)
    225. Great Crested Grebe (2014-04-01)
    226. Osprey (2014-04-01)
    227. Long-tailed Duck (2014-04-01)
    228. Desert Wheatear (2014-04-01)
    229. Booted Eagle (2014-04-01)
    230. Tawny Pipit (2014-04-01)
    231. Grey Wagtail (2014-04-04)
    232. Marsh Sandpiper (2014-04-05)
    233. Garganey (2014-04-06)
    234. Eurasian Redstart (2014-04-07)
    235. Black-winged Stilt (2014-04-07)
    236. Cetti's Warbler (2014-04-08)
    237. Boreal Owl (2014-04-08)
    238. Yellow Wagtail (2014-04-08)
    239. Lesser Kestrel (2014-04-09)
    240. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2014-04-09)
    241. Pied Avocet (2014-04-10)
    242. Pallid Scops Owl (2014-04-10)
    243. Finsch's Wheatear (2014-04-10)
    244. Menetries Warbler (2014-04-10)
    245. Blue-capped Redstart (2014-04-10)
    246. Eurasian Curlew (2014-04-11)
    247. Black-Necked Grebe (2014-04-12)
    248. Common Moorhen (2014-04-12)
    249. Little Bustard (2014-04-12)
    250. Slender-billed Gull (2014-04-12)
    251. Oriental Turtle Dove (2014-04-12)
    252. Plain Mountain Finch (2014-04-15)
    253. Montagu's Harrier (2014-04-16)
    254. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2014-04-16)
    255. Hume's Warbler (2014-04-17)
    256. Himalayan Vulture (2014-04-17)
    257. Willow Warbler (2014-04-18)
    258. Whinchat (2014-04-18)
    259. Black-tailed Godwit (2014-04-18)
    260. Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse (2014-04-18)
    261. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2014-04-19)
    262. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2014-04-20)
    263. Common Sandpiper (2014-04-20)
    264. Temminck's Stint (2014-04-20)
    265. Barnacle Goose (2014-04-20)
    266. Lesser White-fronted Goose (2014-04-20)
    267. Red-flanked Bluetail (2014-04-20)
    268. Common Cuckoo (2014-04-22)
    269. Long-tailed Shrike (2014-04-22)
    270. Red-Necked Grebe (2014-04-22)
    271. Eurasian Whimbrel (2014-04-22)
    272. Bar-tailed Godwit (2014-04-23)
    273. Eurasian Wryneck (2014-04-24)
    274. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2014-04-24)
    275. Spotted Redshank (2014-04-24)
    276. Caspian Tern (2014-04-24)
    277. Sociable Lapwing (2014-04-24)
    278. Caspian Plover (2014-04-25)
    279. Common Tern (2014-04-26)
    280. Eurasian Hobby (2014-04-26)
    281. Lesser Grey Shrike (2014-04-26)
    282. Eurasian Roller (2014-04-26)
    283. Red-breasted Goose (2014-04-26)
    284. Glossy Ibis (2014-04-27)
    285. Common Nightingale (2014-04-27)
    286. Pale Sand Martin (2014-04-27)
    287. Great White Pelican (2014-04-28)
    288. Asian Desert Warbler (2014-04-28)
    289. Pander's Ground-Jay (2014-04-28)
    290. Red-headed Bunting (2014-04-28)
    291. Pied Flycatcher (2014-04-28)
    292. Grey-necked Bunting (2014-04-29)
    293. Ortolan Bunting (2014-04-29)
    294. Arctic Loon (2014-04-30)
    295. European Bee-eater (2014-05-01)
    296. Slavonian Grebe (2014-05-01)
    297. Little Bittern (2014-05-01)
    298. Eurasian Bittern (2014-05-02)
    299. Rosy Starling (2014-05-02)
    300. Thrush Nightingale (2014-05-02)
    301. Paddyfield Warbler (2014-05-02)
    302. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2014-05-02)
    303. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2014-05-02)
    304. Great Reed Warbler (2014-05-02)
    305. Shikra (2014-05-02)
    306. Spanish Sparrow (2014-05-02)
    307. Gull-billed Tern (2014-05-02)
    308. Little Tern (2014-05-02)
    309. Altai Snowcock (2014-05-02)
    310. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2014-05-02)
    311. Yellow-browed Warbler (2014-05-03)
    312. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2014-05-03)
    313. Red-backed Shrike (2014-05-03)
    314. Spotted Flycatcher (2014-05-03)
    315. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2014-05-03)
    316. Wood Warbler (2014-05-03)
    317. Common Rosefinch (2014-05-04)
    318. European Turtle Dove (2014-05-04)
    319. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2014-05-04)
    320. Black-winged Pratincole (2014-05-04)
    321. Greenish Warbler (2014-05-04)
    322. Alpine Swift (2014-05-04)
    323. Syke's Warbler (2014-05-04)
    324. Red-footed Falcon (2014-05-04)
    325. Hill Pigeon (2014-05-04)
    326. Northern House Martin (2014-05-05)
    327. Booted Warbler (2014-05-05)
    328. Eurasian Dotterel (2014-05-05)
    329. Sand Martin (2014-05-05)
    330. Common Whitethroat (2014-05-07)
    331. European Nightjar (2014-05-07)
    332. Barred Warbler (2014-05-07)
    333. White-winged Tern (2014-05-07)
    334. Common Quail (2014-05-07)
    335. Wood Sandpiper (2014-05-07)
    336. Saxaul Sparrow (2014-05-08)
    337. Brown-necked Raven (2014-05-08)
    338. Indian Golden Oriole (2014-05-09)
    339. Rufous Bush Robin (2014-05-09)
    340. Relict Gull (2014-05-09)
    341. Collared Pratincole (2014-05-09)
    342. Greater Sand Plover (2014-05-10)
    343. Black Tern (2014-05-10)
    344. Whiskered Tern (2014-05-11)
    345. Sedge Warbler (2014-05-11)
    346. Red-rumped Swallow (2014-05-12)
    347. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2014-05-12)
    348. Olive-backed Pipit (2014-05-12)
    349. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2014-05-12)
    350. Terek Sandpiper (2014-05-13)
    351. Greater Ringed Plover (2014-05-13)
    352. Common Greenshank (2014-05-13)
    353. European Golden Oriole (2014-05-13)
    354. Red-necked Phalarope (2014-05-14)
    355. Ruddy Turnstone (2014-05-14)
    356. Sanderling (2014-05-14)
    357. Curlew Sandpiper (2014-05-14)
    359. Blue Whistling Thrush (2014-05-15)
    360. Hume's Whitethroat (2014-05-17)
    361. White-capped Bunting (2014-05-17)
    362. Blue Rock Thrush (2014-05-17)
    363. Mongolian Finch (2014-05-17)
    364. Egyptian Vulture (2014-05-18)
    365. Red-throated Pipit (2014-05-18)
    366. Little Stint (2014-05-20)
    367. Arctic Skua (2014-05-21)
    368. Purple Heron (2014-05-22)
    369. Lesser Sand Plover (2014-05-23)
    370. Greater Flamingo (2014-05-24)
    371. Little Gull (2014-05-24)
    372. Sandwich Tern (2014-05-24)
    373. Black-headed Penduline Tit (2014-05-25)
    374. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2014-05-25)
    375. Garden Warbler (2014-05-25)
    376. Arctic Warbler (2014-05-25)
    377. Black-crowned Night Heron (2014-05-25)
    378. Yellow-eyed Pigeon (2014-05-25)
    379. Himalayan Accentor (2014-05-26)
    380. Willow Ptarmigan (2014-05-26)
    381. Grey Plover (2014-05-26)
    382. Siberian Tit (2014-05-27)
    383. Eurasian Crag Martin (2014-05-27)
    384. Himalayan Rubythroat (2014-05-27)
    385. Black-legged Kittiwake (2014-05-28)
    386. Alpine Accentor (2014-05-29)
    387. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2014-06-09)
    389. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2014-06-15)
    390. Streaked Scrub Warbler (2014-06-17)
    391. Savi's Warbler (2014-06-18)
    392. Pallas's Sea-Eagle (2014-06-21)
    393. Pied Bushchat (2014-06-22)
    394. Moustached Warbler (2014-06-22)
    395. Daurian Partridge (2014-06-26)
    396. White-winged Scoter (2014-06-28)
    397. Dusky Warbler (2014-06-29)
    398. Siberian Rubythroat (2014-06-30)
    399. Himalayan Snowcock (2014-07-06)
    400. Hume's Short-toed Lark (2014-07-17)
    401. Taiga Flycatcher (2014-07-20)
    403. Upcher's Warbler (2014-07-31)
    404. Baillon's Crake (2014-08-10)
    405. Levant Sparrowhawk (2014-08-15)
    406. Siberian Jay (2014-08-20)
    407. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2014-08-30)
    408. Pacific Golden Plover (2014-09-06)
    409. Long-billed Dowitcher (2014-09-07)
    410. Siberian Crane (2014-09-11)
    411. Rustic Bunting (2014-09-21)
    412. Pomarine Skua (2014-09-24)
    413. Buff-bellied Pipit (2014-09-25)
    414. Eurasian Golden Plover (2014-09-28)
    415. Ural Owl (2014-10-07)
    416. Blackcap (2014-10-23)
    417. Herring Gull (2014-10-23)
    418. Jack Snipe (2014-10-25)
    419. Pallas's Warbler (2014-10-27)
    420. Little Bunting (2014-10-31)
    421. Trumpeter Finch (2014-11-01)
    422. Asian Short-toed Lark (2014-11-02)
    423. Snowy Owl (2014-11-04)
    424. Godlewski's Bunting (2014-11-04)
    425. Indian Pond Heron (2014-12-13)

    rare birds records


    Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

    © Vasilii Bastaev
    2026-05-08
    Karakol lake, Mangystau

    The second record of a rare migratory species this season.

    Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

    © Qanatbek Kenzhegulov
    2026-04-14
    Aktau, Mangystau region

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    © Alexandr Fedulin
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    © Margarita Davydova
    2021-04-02
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