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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
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
Sturnidae
Corvidae
Bombycillidae
Cinclidae
Troglodytidae
Prunellidae
Sylviidae
Regulidae
Muscicapidae
Turdidae
Paradoxornithidae
Aegithalidae
Remizidae
Paridae
Sittidae
Certhiidae
Ploceidae
Fringillidae
Emberizidae

Big Year 2025

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

You can see previous years competitions results here: 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2025

all species photographed in 2025


* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Hen Harrier (2025-01-15)
2. Common Moorhen (2025-01-15)
3. Common Snipe (2025-01-15)
4. Pygmy Cormorant (2025-01-15)
5. Northern Lapwing (2025-01-15)
6. Western Marsh-Harrier (2025-01-15)
7. Black-throated Thrush (2025-01-21)
8. Mistle Thrush (2025-01-21)
9. Red-throated Thrush (2025-01-21)
10. Naumann's Thrush (2025-01-21)
11. Tree Sparrow (2025-01-21)

Big Year 2025

1. Anatoliy Taran (11)
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rare birds records


Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla)

© Neil and Lucy Rogers
2023-05-25
Chong Kemin

The first confirmed record of the Taiga Flycatcher in Kyrgyzstan.

Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)

© JΓ©rΓ©mie Berlioux
2023-05-21
Ozornoe

First record in Kyrgyzstan.

White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)

© Pjotr Trommel
2022-08-20
Ozyornoye, Bishkek

Very likely to be the first encounter in Kyrgyzstan, with vagrants recorded in neighbouring Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus rubescens)

© Tatiana Menshikova
2021-10-10
Mikhaylovka, Issyk-kul region

The first confirmed record in the Kyrgyz Republic
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recent video

2023-07-15. Indian Golden Oriole (Gennadii Zakirov), Eurasian Magpie (Gennadii Zakirov).

2021-10-26. Little Owl (Katherine Hall).

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).

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unidentified birds

2025-01-25

xxxx: ΠΏΠ»ΠΎΡ…ΠΎ Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π½ΠΎ, Π½ΠΎ ΠΌΠ½Π΅ каТСтся это ΠΊΡƒΠ»ΠΈΠΊΠΈ Π»ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ пСсочники.
2025-01-25

Ρ…Ρ…Ρ…Ρ…: Π΄Π°. это ΠΊΡ€ΠΎΡ…Π°Π»ΡŒ, Π½ΠΎ скорСС всСго срСдний. длинноносый ΠΊΠΎΡ‚ΠΎΡ€Ρ‹ΠΉ. ΠΈΠ· Π·Π° красной шСи. ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π»Π΅Ρ‚ Π½Π΅ ΠΌΠΎΠ³ ΠΎΠΏΡ€Π΅Π΄Π΅Π»ΠΈΡ‚ΡŒ Π²ΠΈΠ΄ этой ΠΏΡ‚ΠΈΡ†Ρ‹. Π³ΡƒΠ³Π» ΠΌΡƒΠ³Π» Π½Π΅ ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠΎΠ³Π°Π΄. [....]
2025-01-06

Анатолий Π’Π°Ρ€Π°Π½: ΠšΡƒΡ€Π³Π°Π½Π½ΠΈΠΊ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Восточный канюк?
2024-11-01

АндрСй КовалСнко: Π‘ΠΊΠΎΡ€Π΅Π΅ Π»ΡƒΠ³ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠΉ...
2024-01-09

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