Big Year in Xinjiang. Birds of Xinjiang, China.

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Big Year 2021

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

You can see previous years competitions results here: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

participants

* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2021

1. Rick Wang (116)

2. yang feifei (90)

3. BDnaturer (75)

4. Rezaq Hassan (24)

5. The Birds Record committee (10)

6. Liujianming (8)

7. Marmot (6)

all species photographed in 2021

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

1. White-headed Duck (2021-01-03)

2. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-01-05)

3. Mistle Thrush (2021-01-05)

4. Little Grebe (2021-01-05)

5. Mallard (2021-01-05)

6. Common Magpie (2021-01-05)

7. Common Blackbird (2021-01-05)

8. Daurian Partridge (2021-01-05)

9. Azure-winged Magpie (2021-01-05)

10. Black-throated Thrush (2021-01-05)

11. Long-eared Owl (2021-01-05)

12. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (2021-01-06)

13. White-tailed Sea Eagle (2021-01-06)

14. Whooper Swan (2021-01-06)

15. Smew (2021-01-06)

16. Common Merganser (2021-01-06)

17. Great Egret (2021-01-06)

18. Azure Tit (2021-01-06)

19. Common Chaffinch (2021-01-06)

20. Bearded Reedling (2021-01-06)

21. Common Moorhen (2021-01-06)

22. Reed Bunting (2021-01-06)

23. White-winged Woodpecker (2021-01-06)

24. Grey Heron (2021-01-06)

25. Great Gray Shrike (2021-01-06)

26. Eversmann's Redstart (2021-01-06)

27. Great Tit (2021-01-06)

28. Common Kestrel (2021-01-07)

29. Bohemian Waxwing (2021-01-08)

30. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2021-01-08)

31. Brown Accentor (2021-01-08)

32. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2021-01-08)

33. Meadow Bunting (2021-01-08)

34. Red-billed Chough (2021-01-08)

35. Godlewski's Bunting (2021-01-08)

36. Pine Bunting (2021-01-08)

37. Plain Mountain Finch (2021-01-08)

38. Yellowhammer (2021-01-08)

39. Upland Buzzard (2021-01-09)

40. Common Kingfisher (2021-01-09)

41. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-01-09)

42. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-01-09)

43. Common Starling (2021-01-09)

44. White Wagtail (2021-01-09)

45. Common Pheasant (2021-01-09)

46. Turkestan Tit (2021-01-13)

47. Eurasian Wren (2021-01-13)

48. Common Goldeneye (2021-01-14)

49. Ibisbill (2021-01-14)

50. White-throated Dipper (2021-01-14)

51. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-01-14)

52. Short-eared Owl (2021-01-14)

53. Rough-legged Hawk (2021-01-14)

54. Eurasian Siskin (2021-01-16)

55. Lammergeier (2021-01-16)

56. Goldcrest (2021-01-16)

57. Golden Eagle (2021-01-16)

58. Himalayan Griffon (2021-01-16)

59. Merlin (2021-01-17)

60. Carrion Crow (2021-01-17)

61. Chukar Partridge (2021-01-17)

62. Western Marsh Harrier (2021-01-20)

63. Common Crane (2021-01-20)

64. Spotted Great Rosefinch (2021-01-20)

65. Crested Lark (2021-01-20)

66. Cinereous Vulture (2021-01-20)

67. Little Owl (2021-01-21)

68. Eastern Buzzard (2021-01-21)

69. Horned Lark (2021-01-21)

70. Rufous-necked Snowfinch (2021-01-21)

71. Tibetan Sandgrouse (2021-01-21)

72. White-rumped Snowfinch (2021-01-21)

73. Tibetan Lark (2021-01-22)

74. Saker Falcon (2021-01-22)

75. Brandt's Mountain Finch (2021-01-23)

76. Twite (2021-01-24)

77. Peregrine Falcon (2021-01-27)

78. Eurasian Sparrow Hawk (2021-01-29)

79. Water Rail (2021-01-31)

80. Water Pipit (2021-02-01)

81. Coal Tit (2021-02-05)

82. Red Crossbill (2021-02-05)

83. Solitary Snipe (2021-02-05)

84. Gadwall (2021-02-06)

85. Hen Harrier (2021-02-06)

86. Northern Pintail (2021-02-06)

87. Bar-headed Goose (2021-02-06)

88. Hawfinch (2021-02-14)

89. Fieldfare (2021-02-15)

90. Eurasian Bullfinch (2021-02-15)

91. European Greenfinch (2021-02-15)

92. Stock Dove (2021-02-16)

93. Red-throated Thrush (2021-02-16)

94. Northern Goshawk (2021-02-17)

95. Brown Dipper (2021-02-23)

96. Spanish Sparrow (2021-02-23)

97. Common Pochard (2021-02-23)

98. House Sparrow (2021-02-23)

99. Red-fronted Serin (2021-02-23)

100. Wallcreeper (2021-02-24)

101. Hill Pigeon (2021-02-24)

102. Himalayan Snowcock (2021-02-25)

103. Tibetan Snowcock (2021-02-25)

104. Ground Tit (2021-02-25)

105. Eurasian Teal (2021-02-25)

106. Tibetan Snowfinch (2021-02-26)

107. Great Crested Grebe (2021-03-01)

108. Ferruginous Pochard (2021-03-03)

109. European Goldfinch (2021-03-03)

110. Long-tailed Duck (2021-03-06)

111. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-03-06)

112. Great Cormorant (2021-03-06)

113. Pallas's Gull (2021-03-06)

114. Yellow-legged Gull (2021-03-06)

115. Taiga Bean Goose (2021-03-07)

116. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-03-09)

117. Brambling (2021-03-15)

118. Boreal Owl (2021-03-15)

119. Rock Dove (2021-03-15)

120. Common Buzzard (2021-03-15)

121. Red-breasted Goose (2021-03-16)

122. Black-headed Gull (2021-03-18)

123. Citrine Wagtail (2021-03-18)

124. Red-crested Pochard (2021-03-19)

125. Common Redshank (2021-03-19)

126. Graylag Goose (2021-03-19)

127. Eurasian Coot (2021-03-19)

128. Saxaul Sparrow (2021-03-19)

129. Isabelline Shrike (2021-03-19)

130. Desert Finch (2021-03-20)

131. Pallas's Bunting (2021-03-21)

132. Eurasian Skylark (2021-03-21)

133. Pallid Scops Owl (2021-03-21)

134. Black Kite (2021-03-22)

135. Desert Wheatear (2021-03-24)

136. Pied Wheatear (2021-03-26)

137. Rock Sparrow (2021-03-26)

138. Grey Wagtail (2021-03-26)

139. Pale Sand Swallow (2021-03-27)

140. Asian Desert Warbler (2021-04-01)

141. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2021-04-01)

142. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-04-01)

143. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-04-01)

144. Asian Short-toed Lark (2021-04-01)

145. Rufous-tailed Shrike (2021-04-01)

146. Common Hoopoe (2021-04-01)

147. Northern Shoveler (2021-04-01)

148. Northern House Martin (2021-04-01)

149. Sand Martin (2021-04-01)

150. Tufted Duck (2021-04-01)

151. Little Ringed Plover (2021-04-03)

152. Northern Wheatear (2021-04-04)

153. White-browned Tit Warber (2021-04-05)

154. Eurasian Treecreeper (2021-04-05)

155. Common Myna (2021-04-07)

156. Lesser Kestrel (2021-04-07)

157. Black Redstart (2021-04-07)

158. Tawny Pipit (2021-04-07)

159. Common Chiff-chaff (2021-04-07)

160. Bimaculated Lark (2021-04-07)

161. Black-bellied Sandgrouse (2021-04-07)

162. Booted Eagle (2021-04-07)

163. Common Linnet (2021-04-07)

164. Greater Short-toed Lark (2021-04-07)

165. Kentish Plover (2021-04-10)

166. Black-winged Stilt (2021-04-10)

167. Western Osprey (2021-04-10)

168. Western Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-10)

169. Bluethroat (2021-04-10)

170. Eurasian Curlew (2021-04-10)

171. Siberian Stonechat (2021-04-11)

172. Barn Swallow (2021-04-11)

173. Cetti's Warbler (2021-04-11)

174. Northern Lapwing (2021-04-11)

Big Year 2021

1. Rick Wang (116)
2. yang feifei (90)
3. BDnaturer (75)
4. Rezaq Hassan (24)
5. The Birds Record committee (10)
6. Liujianming (8)
7. Marmot (6)

more...

rare birds records

Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmeus)

Dec. 28, 2018, LIU Zhongde found this species in Manas River wetland.

Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata)

15 Sept 2018, shot from Dafdar,Tashkurghan has been confirmed a new record in Xinjiang.

Sinai Rosefinch (Carpodacus synoicus)

Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)

27 May 2018, photo by Allan from Kuntibes,Akto has been confirmed a new record in Xinjiang.

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unidentified birds

2021-04-10

梁勇新疆北山羊: 谢谢戈壁胡杨老师指导。

2021-04-09

戈壁胡杨: 在本库中可以看到部分嘴大嘴黄且嘴尖带黑色浸润，主要在北疆北部分布，明显区别与我们常见的亚洲短趾百灵的“亚洲短趾”

2021-04-09

戈壁胡杨: 抛砖引玉，谢谢！

2021-04-04

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2021-04-04

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