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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 XinJiang during this year.

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

participants


* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2020
1. wangjianli (228)
2. Rick Wang (225)
3. yang feifei (211)
4. Marmot (138)
5. zhangxingmin (133)
6. Binzhao Lv (64)
7. hpx (39)
8. Tiddler (37)
9. Liujianming (33)
10. Rezaq Hassan (19)
11. Daxian (7)
12. Lee Tao (5)
13. zhushengqqi (4)
15. cc (3)
16. Allan Linn (1)

all species photographed in 2020


* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Black-throated Thrush (2020-01-01)
2. Common Kestrel (2020-01-01)
3. Upland Buzzard (2020-01-01)
4. Mistle Thrush (2020-01-01)
5. Common Blackbird (2020-01-01)
6. Bohemian Waxwing (2020-01-01)
7. Great Gray Shrike (2020-01-01)
8. Siberian Accentor (2020-01-01)
9. Golden Eagle (2020-01-01)
10. Fieldfare (2020-01-01)
11. Common Kingfisher (2020-01-01)
12. Common Pheasant (2020-01-01)
13. Northern Shoveler (2020-01-01)
14. White-headed Duck (2020-01-01)
15. Ferruginous Pochard (2020-01-01)
16. Water Pipit (2020-01-01)
17. Gadwall (2020-01-01)
18. Tufted Duck (2020-01-01)
19. Little Grebe (2020-01-01)
20. Smew (2020-01-01)
21. Ruddy Shelduck (2020-01-01)
22. Eurasian Coot (2020-01-01)
23. Common Pochard (2020-01-01)
24. Long-legged Buzzard (2020-01-01)
25. Eurasian Collared Dove (2020-01-01)
26. Desert Finch (2020-01-01)
27. Rough-legged Hawk (2020-01-01)
28. Great Egret (2020-01-01)
29. Mandarin Duck (2020-01-02)
30. Brambling (2020-01-02)
31. Common Merganser (2020-01-02)
32. Mallard (2020-01-02)
33. Common Moorhen (2020-01-02)
34. White-backed Woodpecker (2020-01-02)
35. Pallas's Rosefinch (2020-01-02)
36. Great Tit (2020-01-02)
37. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2020-01-02)
38. Grey-headed Woodpecker (2020-01-02)
39. Eastern Buzzard (2020-01-02)
40. Eurasian Sparrow Hawk (2020-01-02)
41. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2020-01-02)
42. Red-crested Pochard (2020-01-02)
43. Taiga Bean Goose (2020-01-02)
44. Graylag Goose (2020-01-02)
45. Whooper Swan (2020-01-02)
46. Eurasian Wigeon (2020-01-02)
47. Rock Dove (2020-01-02)
48. Common Chaffinch (2020-01-02)
49. Mongolian Ground Jay (2020-01-02)
50. Crested Lark (2020-01-02)
51. Rook (2020-01-02)
52. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2020-01-03)
53. Western Marsh Harrier (2020-01-03)
54. Hen Harrier (2020-01-03)
55. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2020-01-04)
56. Azure-winged Magpie (2020-01-04)
57. Common Redpoll (2020-01-04)
58. European Robin (2020-01-04)
59. Eurasian Treecreeper (2020-01-04)
60. Long-eared Owl (2020-01-04)
61. Azure Tit (2020-01-05)
62. Goldcrest (2020-01-05)
63. Eurasian Bullfinch (2020-01-05)
64. Black-throated Accentor (2020-01-05)
65. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2020-01-05)
66. Ural Owl (2020-01-05)
67. Silver-throated Bushtit (2020-01-05)
68. Eurasian Nuthatch (2020-01-05)
69. Greater Spotted Eagle (2020-01-05)
70. Steppe Eagle (2020-01-05)
71. Common Crane (2020-01-05)
72. White-tailed Sea Eagle (2020-01-05)
74. Pallas's Bunting (2020-01-10)
75. Greater Flamingo (2020-01-11)
76. Oriental Bullfinch (2020-01-11)
77. Eurasian Jackdaw (2020-01-11)
78. Red-billed Chough (2020-01-11)
79. Red-fronted Serin (2020-01-11)
80. European Goldfinch (2020-01-11)
81. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (2020-01-11)
82. Reed Bunting (2020-01-11)
83. Yellowhammer (2020-01-11)
84. House Sparrow (2020-01-11)
85. Horned Lark (2020-01-11)
86. Chukar Partridge (2020-01-11)
87. Meadow Pipit (2020-01-11)
88. White-winged Woodpecker (2020-01-11)
89. Great Cormorant (2020-01-11)
90. Bearded Reedling (2020-01-11)
91. Eurasian Curlew (2020-01-11)
92. Common Goldeneye (2020-01-12)
93. Pygmy Cormorant (2020-01-12)
94. Grey Heron (2020-01-12)
95. Common Myna (2020-01-14)
96. Rock Bunting (2020-01-14)
97. Red-throated Thrush (2020-01-14)
98. Saxaul Sparrow (2020-01-14)
99. Green Sandpiper (2020-01-14)
100. Solitary Snipe (2020-01-14)
101. Common Greenshank (2020-01-14)
102. Black-necked Grebe (2020-01-14)
103. Common Sandpiper (2020-01-14)
104. Brown Accentor (2020-01-15)
105. Wallcreeper (2020-01-16)
106. Eurasian Siskin (2020-01-16)
107. White-winged Grosbeak (2020-01-16)
108. Carrion Crow (2020-01-16)
109. Himalayan Griffon (2020-01-16)
110. Lammergeier (2020-01-16)
111. European Greenfinch (2020-01-16)
112. Twite (2020-01-16)
113. Pine Bunting (2020-01-16)
114. Daurian Partridge (2020-01-16)
115. White-throated Dipper (2020-01-16)
116. Eurasian Magpie (2020-01-16)
117. Short-eared Owl (2020-01-20)
118. Northern Goshawk (2020-01-20)
119. Great White Pelican (2020-01-20)
120. Boreal Owl (2020-01-20)
121. Eversmann's Redstart (2020-01-21)
122. Ibisbill (2020-01-21)
123. Red-throated Pipit (2020-01-21)
124. Little Owl (2020-01-22)
125. Godlewski's Bunting (2020-01-22)
126. Spotted Nutcracker (2020-01-22)
127. Coal Tit (2020-01-22)
128. Alpine Chough (2020-01-22)
129. Plain Mountain Finch (2020-01-22)
130. Eurasian Wren (2020-01-26)
131. Tarim Babbler (2020-01-26)
132. White-browned Tit Warber (2020-01-26)
133. Black Redstart (2020-01-26)
134. Blue-capped Redstart (2020-01-26)
135. Xinjiang Ground Jay (2020-01-30)
136. Common Shelduck (2020-01-30)
137. Common Starling (2020-03-10)
138. Isabelline Shrike (2020-03-11)
139. Heuglin's Gull (2020-03-13)
140. Common Linnet (2020-03-14)
141. Rock Sparrow (2020-03-14)
142. Common Hoopoe (2020-03-14)
143. Black-headed Gull (2020-03-14)
144. Northern Pintail (2020-03-14)
145. Cetti's Warbler (2020-03-15)
146. Mute Swan (2020-03-15)
147. Yellow-legged Gull (2020-03-15)
148. Pallas's Gull (2020-03-15)
149. Northern Lapwing (2020-03-15)
150. Black Kite (2020-03-15)
151. White Wagtail (2020-03-15)
152. Eurasian Skylark (2020-03-16)
153. Meadow Bunting (2020-03-16)
154. Booted Eagle (2020-03-16)
155. Common Redshank (2020-03-16)
156. Rufous-tailed Shrike (2020-03-21)
157. Pied Wheatear (2020-03-21)
158. Isabelline Wheatear (2020-03-21)
159. Desert Wheatear (2020-03-21)
160. Citrine Wagtail (2020-03-21)
161. Little Ringed Plover (2020-03-22)
162. Kentish Plover (2020-03-24)
163. Mongolian Gull (2020-03-27)
164. Lesser Kestrel (2020-03-28)
165. Great Crested Grebe (2020-03-28)
166. Asian Short-toed Lark (2020-03-28)
167. Hawfinch (2020-03-28)
168. Eurasian Teal (2020-03-31)
169. Pied Avocet (2020-04-01)
170. Barn Swallow (2020-04-01)
171. Grey Wagtail (2020-04-02)
172. Mew Gull (2020-04-02)
173. Eurasian Oystercatcher (2020-04-02)
174. Black-tailed Godwit (2020-04-03)
175. Western Yellow Wagtail (2020-04-03)
176. Garganey (2020-04-04)
177. Black-winged Stilt (2020-04-04)
178. Greater Short-toed Lark (2020-04-05)
179. Northern Wheatear (2020-04-05)
180. Tawny Pipit (2020-04-05)
181. Dalmatian Pelican (2020-04-06)
182. Bluethroat (2020-04-06)
183. Dusky Thrush (2020-04-06)
184. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2020-04-06)
185. Black Woodpecker (2020-04-06)
186. Western Osprey (2020-04-08)
187. Turkestan Tit (2020-04-09)
188. Eurasian Crag Martin (2020-04-10)
189. Common Tern (2020-04-10)
190. Peregrine Falcon (2020-04-10)
191. Siberian Stonechat (2020-04-10)
192. Great Reed Warbler (2020-04-10)
193. Pale Sand Swallow (2020-04-10)
194. Black Stork (2020-04-11)
195. Demoiselle Crane (2020-04-11)
196. Hill Pigeon (2020-04-11)
197. Northern House Martin (2020-04-12)
198. Tree Pipit (2020-04-12)
199. Common Buzzard (2020-04-12)
200. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2020-04-12)
201. Cinereous Vulture (2020-04-12)
202. Black-bellied Sandgrouse (2020-04-12)
203. Ruff (2020-04-13)
204. Eurasian Scops Owl (2020-04-14)
205. Horned Grebe (2020-04-14)
206. Pallid Scops Owl (2020-04-18)
207. Merlin (2020-04-19)
208. Bar-headed Goose (2020-04-19)
209. Steppe Grey Shrike (2020-04-19)
210. Black Lark (2020-04-20)
211. Hume's Leaf Warbler (2020-04-21)
212. Richard' s Pipit (2020-04-21)
214. Common Raven (2020-04-22)
215. Common Swift (2020-04-22)
216. Western Capercaillie (2020-04-23)
217. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2020-04-23)
218. Great Bustard (2020-04-23)
219. Orange-flanked Bluetail (2020-04-23)
220. Swinhoe's Snipe (2020-04-23)
221. Eurasian Jay (2020-04-24)
222. Eastern Yellow Wagtail (2020-04-24)
223. Song Thrush (2020-04-25)
224. Asian Desert Warbler (2020-04-25)
225. Calandra Lark (2020-04-26)
226. Honey Buzzard (2020-04-26)
227. Greenish Warbler (2020-04-26)
228. Himalayan Snowcock (2020-04-29)
229. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2020-04-30)
230. Common Wood Pigeon (2020-04-30)
231. Desert Whitethroat (2020-04-30)
232. Tibetan Snowfinch (2020-04-30)
233. Rosy Pipit (2020-04-30)
234. Ground Tit (2020-04-30)
235. Eurasian Wryneck (2020-05-02)
236. European Roller (2020-05-02)
237. Lesser Sand Plover (2020-05-02)
238. Marsh Sandpiper (2020-05-02)
239. Sand Martin (2020-05-02)
240. Indian Golden Oriole (2020-05-03)
241. Mountain Chiff-chaff (2020-05-03)
242. Brown Dipper (2020-05-04)
243. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2020-05-04)
244. Sinai Rosefinch (2020-05-04)
245. Red Crossbill (2020-05-04)
246. Oriental Turtle Dove (2020-05-04)
247. Paddyfield Warbler (2020-05-04)
248. Grey-necked Bunting (2020-05-04)
249. Sykes' Warbler (2020-05-04)
250. Spotted Great Rosefinch (2020-05-07)
251. White-winged Redstart (2020-05-07)
252. Spotted Redshank (2020-05-08)
253. Wood Sandpiper (2020-05-08)
254. Long-toed Stint (2020-05-08)
255. Greater Sand Plover (2020-05-08)
256. Little Tern (2020-05-09)
257. Common Cuckoo (2020-05-09)
258. Temminck's Stint (2020-05-09)
259. Little Bittern (2020-05-09)
260. Snow Pigeon (2020-05-10)
261. Dusky Warbler (2020-05-11)
262. Mongolian Finch (2020-05-12)
263. Hume's Short-toed Lark (2020-05-13)
264. Long-tailed Shrike (2020-05-13)
265. Eurasian Hobby (2020-05-13)
266. Lesser Whitethroat (2020-05-13)
267. Lesser Grey Shrike (2020-05-13)
268. Ortolan Bunting (2020-05-13)
269. Brown-headed Bunting (2020-05-13)
270. Ruddy Turnstone (2020-05-13)
271. Terek Sandpiper (2020-05-13)
272. European Nightjar (2020-05-14)
273. European Bee-eater (2020-05-14)
274. Black Tern (2020-05-14)
275. Greater Whitethroat (2020-05-15)
276. White-winged Tern (2020-05-15)
277. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2020-05-15)
278. Common Snipe (2020-05-15)
279. Little Stint (2020-05-15)
280. Red-footed Falcon (2020-05-15)
281. Stock Dove (2020-05-15)
282. Spotted Flycatcher (2020-05-16)
283. Common Nightingale (2020-05-16)
284. Black-crowned Night Heron (2020-05-16)
285. Booted Warbler (2020-05-17)
286. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2020-05-17)
287. Barred Warbler (2020-05-18)
288. Montagu's Harrier (2020-05-18)
289. Macqueen's Bustard (2020-05-19)
290. Common Rosefinch (2020-05-19)
291. Grey Partridge (2020-05-19)
292. Corncrake (2020-05-25)
293. Spanish Sparrow (2020-05-26)
294. Oriental Cuckoo (2020-05-28)
295. Red-backed Shrike (2020-05-29)
296. Brown Shrike (2020-05-29)
297. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2020-05-30)
298. Black-throated Diver (2020-05-30)
299. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2020-05-30)
300. Fork-tailed Swift (2020-05-30)
301. Relict Gull (2020-06-01)
302. European Turtle Dove (2020-06-01)
303. Blue Whistling Thrush (2020-06-02)
304. Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin (2020-06-02)
305. Red-necked Phalarope (2020-06-07)
306. Rosy Starling (2020-06-07)
307. Bimaculated Lark (2020-06-07)
309. Willow Tit (2020-06-10)
310. Siberian Rubythroat (2020-06-10)
311. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2020-06-14)
312. Saker Falcon (2020-06-14)
313. Eurasian Spoonbill (2020-06-18)
315. Velvet Scoter (2020-06-19)
316. Common Grasshopper Warbler (2020-06-19)
317. Crested Honey-buzzard (2020-06-20)
318. Pallas's Fish Eagle (2020-06-20)
319. Eurasian Golden Oriole (2020-06-20)
320. Whiskered Tern (2020-06-20)
321. Caspian Tern (2020-06-20)
322. Laughing Dove (2020-06-20)
323. Common Redstart (2020-06-20)
324. Altai Accentor (2020-07-12)
325. Rock Ptarmigan (2020-09-19)
326. Brown-headed Gull (2020-09-19)
327. Pacific Golden Plover (2020-09-19)
328. Pallid Harrier (2020-09-21)
329. Little Bustard (2020-09-22)
330. Taiga Flycatcher (2020-09-23)
331. Wood Warbler (2020-09-27)
332. European Pied Flycatcher (2020-09-28)
333. Common Chiff-chaff (2020-09-30)
334. Rufous-naped Tit (2020-10-12)
335. White's Thrush (2020-10-12)
336. Indian Pond Heron (2020-10-19)
337. Common Ringed Plover (2020-10-19)
338. Hooded Crow (2020-10-21)
339. Black-headed Penduline Tit (2020-11-01)
340. Griffon Vulture (2020-11-07)
341. Songar Tit (2020-11-15)
342. Alpine Accentor (2020-11-22)
343. Barbary Falcon (2020-11-24)
344. Buff-bellied Pipit (2020-11-24)
345. Corn Bunting (2020-11-24)
346. Water Rail (2020-11-24)
347. Grey Plover (2020-12-09)

Big Year 2024

1. Rick Wang (299)
2. yang feifei (235)
3. AhuiVision (194)
4. dinmin (156)
5. Yang (139)
6. Rezaq Hassan (130)
7. Marmot (119)
8. lixiangren (88)
9. Tiddler (84)
10. Bird Sniper (73)
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rare birds records


Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmeus)

© daobazi
2018-11-20
Xinjiang Changji Manas County National Wetland Park

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

Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata)

© gebi huyang
2018-09-16
wusu

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

Sinai Rosefinch (Carpodacus synoicus)

© Marmot
2018-05-31
Hetian County


Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)

© Allan Linn
2018-05-27
Kuntibes, Muji, Akto

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